You don’t know what you are missing, if you have not tried growing your home based business yet through Squidoo. Squidoo.com is one of the newer social networking sites modeled after MySpace and Facebook but unlike those two it encourages the marketing of products and services. This is a place that actually wants you to advertise your website.
To date, there are hundreds of different articles on hundreds of different subjects on Squidoo. The material is grouped by category helping the Squidoo follower get right to whatever they are looking for. A variety of different options are available, in all sorts of disciplines and on all sorts of topics. Say you are wanting to plan a road trip for example. Squidoo has an article on how to do that which includes links to possible destinations, attractions and places to stay. See how easy it can be to generate possible leads for your company.
It is important to make a lens on Squidoo that will attract users to your products or services. The first step is to sign up for a free account. Have a look at some other lenses on Squidoo before you put your own lens on there. When you are ready to set up your own lens, click on the Make A Lens box and begin. First, you will be asked what you want to do with your lens. Your next task is to paste the URL of your own site and choose a category for your lens. Fill out your profile and add some key search words for your lens.
Pages on Squidoo are called “lenses” to reflect the fact that they zoom into an important aspect in the eyes of the creator. It is believed that about 500 thousand people go to the site every day. All these people could become buyers of your service or product. When you begin your lens, you are required to fill up the initial module which is an introduction to you and your subject. Next, you can create a guest book for your visitors and add an area with links to similar sites. You can make easy money on Squidoo by linking different products to yours, and you will get rewarded for every product that is sold. The final step to creating your Squidoo lens is to click on the publish button and get started letting the website go to work for you.
Carin Davis is the editor and webmaster of http://www.CarinDavis.net. A site dedicated to the development and training for Network Marketers and Home Business Owners.