Archive for February, 2009
Day 30: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
February 28th, 2009 | 
Author: Because the last lens was so popular with the list, I made another one about Forex Trading!
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/forex-market-online-trading
Lens Title: Forex Market: Trade Money to Make More of It!
Introduction Title: Forex Currency Trading Fundamentals
Amazon Title: A Great Outline of Specific Forex Trading Techniques
Text Title: Forex Trading Isn’t Hard to Understand
Amazon Title: FX Trading: Beat the Odds
Text Title: Understanding the Forex Market Language
Guestbook Title: What Questions or Concerns Do You Have About Becoming an FX Trader?
I also launched two WSOs (Warrior Special Offers) that I want you to know about. The first one is for all you info product creators out there (or those who would like to be). Part of the WSO is free and the other part gives you a coupon for one of my products. Read about it here:
The second is that I’m listing the Private Label Rights to my latest social networking product called Mastering FriendFeed – but Warriors get a BIG discount to what the general public will pay at my PLR Mini Mart site. Read about that WSO here:
Good luck with the lens purchase!
Tiff 
Lens Alert went out at: 12:03 AM
Lens sold at: 12:39 AM
Total Tuition Tally: $4,100
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Day 29: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
I hit a GREAT milestone today for my son’s tuition - read on and find out what it was…
Today I had a lens with an article pack in a VERY hot niche! It’s for the Forex trading niche – and if you’ve taken a peek, there are a lot of high commission products you can promote in this niche!
The lens promotes 6 ClickBank products (with great commissions of $46, $52, $79, $84, $85, and $119) and 2 Amazon books:
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/forex-online-trading-course
Lens Title: Currency Forex Online Trading: Is It for You?
Introduction Title: Use a Forex Strategy to Help You Get Ahead
Amazon Title: Use Forex Trading to Survive This Tough Economy
Text Title: Forex Signals - the Road Signs for Your Trading Journey
Amazon Title: Specific Forex Trading Strategies You Can Apply Today!
Text Title: Forex Market - Making It Work for You
Guestbook Title: Do You Have Questions About Forex Trading?
The articles are a pack of 10 created around some of the top keywords for this niche (in bold below). Here are the article titles and word counts:
1.) A Good Forex Platform – 401 Words
2.) Choosing a Forex Broker – 410 Words
3.) Forex Charts Help You Navigate the Market – 406 Words
4.) Forex Software You Can Bank On – 409 Words
5.) Forex Trading Made Easy – 402 Words
6.) Forex Trading Strategies That Work – 403 Words
7.) Global Forex Trading – 401 Words
8.) Learn Online Forex - 415 Words
9.) Learn to Trade Forex – 426 Words
10.) Should You Choose a Managed Forex Account? – 406 Words
I want to remind you that if you see a lens you want, and you’re on the Lens Alert List, email me back even if the alert went out hours ago. The other day no one emailed me about a social media lens. I re-listed it the next day and I got dozens of emails from people who just assumed it would be gone. Doesn’t take a sec to shoot back a quick email saying, “I’ll take it!”
Lens Alert went out at: 10:17 PM
Lens sold at: 10:27 PM
Article Pack sold at: 10:27 PM to same buyer as lens
Total Tuition Tally: $4,000!! Woot - milestone hit!
Tiff
Day 28: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
Today I built 1 new lens and relisted my lens that didn’t sell from yesterday. Both sold! Woot! Sometimes it takes a couple of emails about it since not everyone sees an email and some assume the lens is already gone.
Lens #1 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/niche-affiliate-marketing-plan (this lens promotes 6 ClickBank and 2 Amazon products)
Lens Title: Niche Marketing Blueprint for Super Affiliates
Introduction Title: So You Want to Be a Super Affiliate?
Amazon Title: Have a Breakthrough on Your Quest to Become a Super Affiliate
Text Title: Super Affiliates Pick the Right Niche
Amazon Title: How a Super Affiliate Picks a Niche
Text Title: Super Affiliates Use Tools to Make More Money
Guestbook Title: Which Affiliate Niche Marketing Tip Is Your Favorite?
Lens #2 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/social-media-marketing-campaign
(Same info as in last post)
Lens Alert went out at: 9:46 AM
Lens #1 sold at: 9:54 AM
Lens #2 sold at: 9:48 AM (Whew – not a fail after all!)
Total Tuition Tally: $3,700
Tiff 
Day 27: Dear Lens Flipping Diary (Epic Fail)
I took a day off from lens building (I needed a rest) but then listed TWO new lenses to make up for it – and only one sold! GASP – my first failed lens flip! Say it ain’t so! Maybe someone didn’t reply because they assumed it’d be sold. Boo hoo.
First, who knew there was such an interest in dog psychology? Dog owners aren’t like most pet owners who just want to know how to feed them and get them to do tricks. Dog owners feel their pet is part of the family and they want to get to know them as well as possible. So that’s lens #1. (This one sold)
Lens #2 is about social media marketing. We all know static sales copy isn’t going anywhere, but the perfect warm-up routine for a prospect is to find you through a social media element – whether that’s an online video, a blog, or a web 2.0 site like Squidoo! (This poor little guy is still up for adoption).
Lens #1 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/dog-psychology
Lens Title: Dog Psychology Training
Introduction Title: Dog Behavior Psychology Insight for Pet Owners
Amazon Title: How Does Your Dog Perceive the World Around Him?
Text Title: Dog Psychology Unearths the Social Behavior Patterns of Your Pet
Amazon Title: Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan Knows Dog Psychology
Text Title: How Much Does Breed Affect Dog Psychology?
Guestbook Title: What Questions Do You Have About Your Dog’s Psychological Makeup?
Lens #2 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/social-media-marketing-campaign
Lens Title: 5 Ways to Launch a Social Media Marketing Campaign
Introduction Title: Social Media Marketing Strategy #1: Blog
Text Title: Social Media Marketing Strategy #2: Video
Amazon Title: Manage Your Social Media Marketing Efforts
Text Title: Social Media Marketing Strategy #3: Social Networks
Text Title: Social Media Marketing Strategy #4: Forums
Amazon Title: Today’s Hottest Social Media Platform: Microblog Twitter!
Text Title: Social Media Marketing Strategy #5: Audio
Guestbook Title: Which Form of Social Media Marketing Is Most Intimidating to You?
Lens Alert went out at: 10:18 AM
Lens #1 sold at: 12:17 PM
Lens #2 sold at: (It didn’t. WAHHH)
Total Tuition Tally: $3,500
Tiff
Day 26: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
I like doing top # lists etc because they’re so fast to write. Since there are 10 items, the content can be shorter, but adds up to the same length as the three regular article lenses I create. Here’s today’s lens I flipped:
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/top-10-list-building-tips
Lens Title: Top 10 List Building Tips for Internet Marketers
Introduction Title: List Building Tip #1 - Use a Reliable Autoresponder System
Text Title: List Building Tip #2 – Have an Opt in Box Everywhere Possible!
Text Title: List Building Tip #3 – Advertise Your List
Text Title: List Building Tip #4 – Make It a No-Brainer for Them to Sign Up
Amazon Title: How to Make Money with Your List
Text Title: List Building Tip #5 – Have Plenty of Follow-Ups in the Queue
Text Title: List Building Tip #6 – Monitor What Makes People Unsubscribe
Text Title: List Building Tip #7 – Buy Advertising for Your Squeeze Page
Text Title: List Building Tip #8 – Link to Your Squeeze Page in Viral Freebies
Amazon Title: Learn How to Automate the Email Marketing Process to Your List
Text Title: List Building Tip #9 – Consider Using Co-Registration Leads
Text Title: List Building Tip #10 – Automate Your List Building Process
Guestbook Title: What List Building Tip Would You Like to Add to This Top 10 List?
Lens Alert went out at: 4:52 PM
Lens sold at: 4:55 PM
Total Tuition Tally: $3,400
Tiff
PS - Turns out Squidoo removed the restriction about no relationship lenses so now I’m trying to find out if they’re actually allowed.
Day 25: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
Tested out the new system today! Here’s how it works. I had a new lens called FAQ for Internet Marketing Newbies. Now it was still first to email me back got to buy the lens for $100 but here’s the twist:
I had also created five ORIGINAL one-page articles to accompany this topic that the lens buyer had the right to buy as well (these are NOT PLR – only the buyer will have the ability to use them, no one else). I wrote these personally, just like the lens itself.
Now IF the lens buyer decided to pass on the content, THEN whoever was next up in the email timeline would have the opportunity to buy the content only. If the first person to reply ONLY wanted the content but not the lens, I would wait 24 hours to see if anyone buys the lens – that person would still get first dibs on the content. The five original articles were an additional $100, so the lens and content combination would be $200 total.
What can they do with the original content? It’s the buyers – they can use it to build another lens, on their own website, in article directories, on a blog, in autoresponders, or sell it as PLR – I don’t care – they own all rights to it once they pay.
Here is the lens information as usual followed by the article titles and word counts:
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/internet-marketing-faq
Lens Title: FAQ for Internet Marketing Newbies
Introduction Title: Where Do I Get Started as an Internet Marketer?
Amazon Title: These Internet Marketers Were Once Newbies, Too!
Text Title: How Much Money Do I Need to Get Started in Internet Marketing?
Amazon Title: Internet Success Gurus Spill Their Secrets!
Text Title: What Skills Do I Need to Have to Become an Online Entrepreneur?
Guestbook Title: What Other FAQ Do You Have as an Internet Marketing Newbie?
The article pack is delivered in a single Word doc. Here are the five additional original articles that were made available to ONE person only (lens buyer getting first dibs):
Article #1: How to Pick a Profitable Niche – 444 Words
Article #2: How to Conduct Effective Keyword Research – 451 Words
Article #3: Using Autoresponders to Build a List – 400 Words
Article #4: Getting Paired Up With a Strong Joint Venture Partner – 446 Words
Article #5: Knowing Which Internet Marketing Business Model to Choose – 413 Words
Lens Alert went out at: 10:22 PM
Lens sold at: 10:26 PM
Article Pack sold at: 10:35
The lens owner passed on the articles so another buyer scooped them up instead
Total Tuition Tally: $3,300
Tiff
Day 24: Dear Lens Flipping Diary,
I flipped a lens below but wanted to talk about something first here on the blog and get your feedback on an idea I have. Yesterday there was some confusion about the Google Knols I flipped. A few people had trouble viewing them – turns out they appear fine in AOL and Firefox but not so much in Internet Explorer, for example.
Another interesting thing happened – the debt knol got flagged and shut down within minutes of me launching it, so we’re looking into why that happened. It can be flagged by anyone but if it doesn’t get reinstated once they review it (he sent a request in) then I’ll refund that and learn from it. The fit over 40 knol is holding its own just fine
It didn’t appear to violate any TOS but one thing I’m learning – spammers and lazy people who provide no value to these social networking sites are ruining it for everyone – this is why topics like dieting are banned from Squidoo and why Hub Pages limits links to 2 per site.
So it got me thinking and I have an idea I want to pass along to you and see what you think. How would you personally like it if I did any of these along with lens listings, Knols, etc:
1.) Listed original blog posts of 250 words each for a niche with only one buyer (not PLR). A social networking site can’t shut down your blog – YOU control it! So I can write the content for you to plug into your blog with a quick cut and paste. As you probably know, blogs do great in search engines. So I could email you with a blog alert that says I have one pack of 14 blog posts for $140 ($10 each). No one else would own them but you and you could submit requests to me via email like you do for niche lenses.
2.) One page article packs to use as web content, in article directories, etc. Again – 100% original, no one else gets a copy but you. So I could have a pack of 10 one-page articles for $200 (this is $10 per page OFF of my usual $30 per page price for ghostwriting). If no one bought it, I would simply list it for sale on my PLR Mini Mart site so it would not be a loss for me (or use it myself on one of MY blogs)!
Would you like to have the opportunity to buy original pre-made content for your niche like this or stick to lenses only? I may even combine the two – say I have a lens alert about Internet Marketing and then I have 10 unique articles you can use to drive traffic to your new lens (so the first person to reply about the lens would have dibs on the 10 pack of articles and if they passed but bought the lens, then others could buy the original content). Let me know your thoughts on how I can cater to your needs with this list!
Okay, today’s lens alert was about blogging as a way to make money. It promoted 6 ClickBank products and 2 Amazon books.
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/make-money-blogging-tips
Lens Title: Make Money Blogging About What You Love!
Introduction Title: Blogging Becomes a New Career Path for Many
Amazon Title: Start a Blog Business at Home!
Text Title: How to Blog Free
Amazon Title: Blog to Supplement Your Current Income!
Text Title: How to Search for Profitable Blog Niches
Guestbook Title: Have You Ever Blogged for Money Before?
Lens Alert went out at: 9:42 AM
Lens sold at: 9:56 AM
Total Tuition Tally: $3,100
Note: Got a GREAT response about the content ideas – the list members loved it so stay tuned for those!
Tiff