I Just Checked My Squidoo Accounts and I’m rich!
Do You Do Squidoo?
Early in 09 I worked like 35 hours to create seven squidoo lens. (See sidebar blogroll right) And then promptly ignored them and moved on with my life.
Fast forward a year (i.e. now) and I’m looking at my business goals going “oh yeah, squidoo.” I really should do a few more of those. So I pop over and low and behold there is actual coinage in my account. $3.33 to be exact. (I’m like whoohoo!) So that equals out to less than 10 cents per hour worked on the project.
So what was my very first thought?
I need to build more lenses. (Yeah I know right? like isn’t that the reaction everybody would have? ) And so I promptly did. I’ve nearly doubled my lenses, though 1 is still in the building stage.
Okay I’m kinda mocking squidoo or more correctly my feeble attempts at income earning through my lenses. But I know (or have heard tell at any rate) that really good money can be made from squidoo lenses. They just need to be networked a little bit more than “create and leave.” Plus if you become a big squid (make at least 50 lenses that rank well) your earning potential goes up.
Part of the problem (besides my lack of computer talents) is that I focus really hard on providing content (which is the original intention of creating them) and not at all on monetization. (i.e. including advertising links like amazon) So that too is on my To-Do list.
I think 43 new lenses to become a big squid (or is it giant squid?) is out of my grasp for this year. So let’s see . . . if I do an additional 7 lenses this year . . . oh heck lets shoot for 13 new lenses to bring me to the nice even number of 20, maybe I’ll earn $10 by the end of 2010.
Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she.
UPDATED:If anyone looks at my Squidoo lenses and finds them useful, I would really appreciate you ranking the lens. This helps with my overall ranking and listing placement as well as payout. You do not have to be a squidoo member to rank a lens.
Updated Again: SO it turns out that $3.33 was only for the month of October. From what I can tell that was the first month that generated any income at all. For some reason the lenses just sort of spontaneously started earning cash. Huh?
lol I’ve seen squidoo lenses before, but I think it’s all a little beyond me (and I’m guessing it’s beyond everyone else too by the lack of comments on this particular post!)
Undaunted
Yup I was hoping a few folks might check out a lens or two. (and hopefully comment on the lens or better still rank it) I know Angela said she has used my lenses in the past. (Which is good) It’s a lot of work for limited benefits, but like so many things I am hoping it will build. I’ve already seen a large amount of traffic coming from my squidoo lenses to my blog. Yay.
As for payout, it takes a lot of lenses to make any real money. And by a lot I mean hundreds and sometimes thousands. No way I can make that happen before I die. But if you figure each one pays out minimally $5-30 monthly per lens that adds up real quick. Of course it’s not as easy as that, but some folks do make serious money and treat it like a job.