Squidoo Success Secrets: How To Avoid Three
Embarrassing Mistakes That Could Trip You Up.
Author: Elisabeth Kuhn
Here are three easy Squidoo strategies that can prevent you
from making embarrassing mistakes. Experienced lensmasters
might scoff at my oh-so-basic tips, so if that's you, please go
away and find something more complicated. But if you're a
beginner, keep reading.
Squidoo seems easy enough to navigate. Once you figure out how
it works, you can put together a nice enough looking lens in all
but 15 minutes. But appearances can be deceptive. The apparent
ease can lure you into a false sense of confidence. The fact is,
there are a few things that could trip you up.
And the frustrating thing about them: You may never notice.
Or at least not for a while. Meanwhile, you wonder why your
lens doesn't bring you the visitors or the sales you thought it
would.
So here are three tips that will help you avoid those
embarrassing mistakes:
1. When you start a lens, make sure you have enough time to set
up at least 4 modules or so. Why? If you try to leave earlier
than that, Squidoo sometimes won't let you publish it. Instead,
it will try to lure anyone else who may happen to come along
into taking over YOUR lens! And after you've just spent all this
time and energy coming up with a cool lens name and concept, you
wouldn't want that, would you?
2. When you insert links, be sure to remember to include the
"http://" bit! Why? Just as an experiment, try to leave it out
and watch what happens: If you click on the link, it will take
you to an "under construction" Squidoo lens. That lens will have
the name of your link and Squidoo will invite you to take it
over! Ouch! Imagine someone else had clicked on that link.
3. After editing or modifying your lens, don't forget to hit
the "Publish" button! Sure, you may have "saved" the individual
parts, but that's not good enough. If you don't click
"Publish," your lens will remain exactly like it was before you
invested all that hard work in making your revisions. Ouch
again!
No, none of these is necessarily a big deal. Not for some
people. But they can be for you if you think your links lead
back to your website, yet what they really do is invite your
hoped-for visitors to build their own Squidoo lens -- with YOUR
website's name on it! Not only does this defeat the purpose, it
also makes you look unprofessional.
So you have to be on your toes: Make sure you allow enough
time to finish what you start – or at least make enough progress
that your lens is solid enough that Squidoo won't try to take it
away from you.
Then, double-check all your links after you've saved your lens.
This, or course, really should be "good practice," but how often
do we skimp on that step.
And lastly, make sure you re-publish your lens after any and
all changes. Because if you don't, the changes won't stick.
Easy? Yes. Insignificant? Not if you miss even one of them!
About The Author: And if you're ready to take your Squidoo
lenses to the next level and make some real money with Squidoo,
go to http://www.squidoocash.info for the best resource you're
likely to find anywhere. Also visit Elisabeth's blog at
http://www.myfavoriteselfhelps
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