Have you heard of Squidoo?
Are you game for creating some fun web pages, with no programming experience required? And it's FREE of course...
Squidoo is a very nice way of telling people about yourself, your interests, personal or business, or hobbies. When you register with Squidoo you create pages called "lenses" which are focused on a given topic. It's very easy to do, and you can not only brighten up your pages by adding images, your own or from Flickr etc, you can add product links from Amazon, eBay, Cafepress and a host of other sites to your pages.
Not only do you get paid if people buy products from your pages, but Squidoo place Google Adsense adverts on your pages, and you get to share in the profit from there also. I just made $18 for last month, and didn't sell anything directly from my pages, so that's just my share from the collective profit.
It doesn't sound like much, but consider that this is really my first month on Squidoo and I only have 9 lenses that are doing anything. Some people have created 100 or more, and it's very easy to do.
So what can you create lenses about?
Well, do you have a hobby that you would like to tell people about?
Do you know a lot about something and can offer people advice?
How about making a tribute lens about somebody, either someone famous or a family member?
How about featuring some good recipes?
Take a look at the lenses that I have created and see what you can do.
CLICK HERE TO SEE MY LENSES
Consider how much time you spend writing articles on here. Now, if you could turn half of those articles into lenses, they would continuously get visitors and earn you money (real money not just points), whereas once ther have been posted on here for a few days ther just get buried and lost.
However.... You can get the best of both worlds. Place links to Squidoo in your Gather profile and articles to attract attention to your Squidoo pages, and also place links to your Gather profile and articles in your Squidoo lenses. You have already written a number of articles no doubt, so much of the content for your lenses is already there - you could create your first in 5 minutes.
It's really easy, it's fun to do, and you can earn money while you are doing it.
I hope to see some of you Frugal Shoppers joining me on Squidoo...
Every bit counts right!


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(Must now go update it before anyone drops by. Can't have them seeing the dirty dishes!!)
Sometimes it's a fine line between spam and not spam. I prefer not to, but there are times to cross-promote. I think that some people on here, especially those that are trying to live frugal lives and are hoping to earn a few $$$ from points on here might benefit from creating lenses as well. Plus of course Squidoo-ing is fun. I love making lenses.
By the way.....you must be quite frustrated down here in South Florida, as it is very rare for drivers to indicate properly:)
With something like Squidoo, you can create pages about anything you want, same as blogging on other sites like this, but you can earn at the same time. That's one extra joy for me as I need every penny I can get, but I mostly do it for the pleasure.
Frugal,
Not only the lack of indicating down here, but also the inability to understand how to drive around a roundabout. We have quite a few down here, and even the cops drive around them the wrong way. Coming from England where roundabouts are everywhere I can't see what's so difficult about them.
But yes I agree, Florida has some horrible drivers.
Can I post an article..........say, about my gardens........ with several pics? I can't figure that out and I'm concerned about my copyright. It looks to me they encourage adding your photos to public domain or maybe they meant that was where you can get photos for your articles??
Anyway, I'm confused.
This article is very important and I gave the proper credit it deserves. A resounding ten!
From any of the lenses you can sign up (FREE of course) and start making your own lenses. It's really easy.
If you sign up from my lens, as soon as you earn $15 (possible in the first month, definitely in the second) then I also get $5...
I made $30 in March, April will maybe be $40, May already I have figured at $60 and I'm still building lenses.
HELP!
Click here to see what I managed to create... http://www.squidoo.com/baby_boomer_jokes - this is just one of my lenses.
For anyone who hasn't signed up yet - you can register with Squidoo from a link on any of my lenses.
As for making money, if you sign up from my link, once you reach $15 income (2nd month for me) both of us get $5 rewarded. The income is easy - you can get it directly from links on your lenses, but you also get it based on site earnings for the month. That's where all my income comes from right now - $30 for March for a lot less effort than getting 3,000 points here. And the income will still continue as well.
All I would suggest is to give it a try. I have mentioned about the cold introduction screen. I think people want to know more about Squidoo before they start to create lenses. but just give it a go. It's as easy as posting articles in here - really is.
Nearly nothing but novels: fiction and crime fiction book reviews
Chemistry for a sustainable world
Gather.com (which also features my environmental articles and photos)
Sustainability and the environment group
Solar Power lens
Blogcritics magazine (also a mix of book reviews and environmental articles
What's a Little Murder Amongst Friends? Crime fiction group
Crime Fiction lens
Writing and photography on Uber.com
Guitar Lessons for Kids to Adults, Playing, Gear and Semi-Pro Gigging
Fiction lens
Take care
Paul
I see several squidoo-ers here that I recognize. Hello squiddy friends!
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