My Squidoo Lens Is Funneling Affiliate Traffic from Amazon
December 12th, 2007 | 
Author: I created my Top Toddler Toys lens on Squidoo and it’s going magnificently! So far, in the past 7 days, it’s earned $74.58 in direct links to Amazon and another $20+ via Squidoo co-op modules, like the built-in Amazon or eBay modules.
I’ve discovered people are buying way more through text links than they do product image links. I don’t know why. Maybe they feel like a text link will just give more information, so they click it without feeling the pressure to spend money. With a product link, you have a Buy button and the retail amount posted right there.
I like them anyway. I use the product links that Amazon helps you build on my blog entries, but for my Squidoo lenses, since you can no longer use iFrames, I use SquidUtils to build the same thing. These are great because they give you built-in images for your lens, and I hate lenses that are nothing but text!
Yesterday, my toddler lens sold some direct co-op module products, but from my direct link I sold a LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer, a Calico Critters NORWOOD MOUSE TWINS, and a Hasbro Playskool Mr. Potato Head Pirate Kit. It only earned $3.25 yesterday, but another day this week, I earned over $50!
Guess it just depends on who lands on your lens, and ya gotta love those consumers who buy a PlayStation 3 through your link!
tiff 
Posted in Affiliate Marketing on Squidoo
December 13th, 2007 1:15 am
I just posted this at SquidooCool…
Congratulations on your monies!
December 13th, 2007 4:21 am
Gotta love those big spenders, LOL. I had someone make a several thousand dollar purchase on one of my affiliate links during October. It was a happy day!
December 13th, 2007 1:01 pm
Oh very cool! Love it when they spend big
Congrats on your sales!
February 17th, 2008 11:49 pm
Hey there Tiff,
I built a lense recently and followed your tutorial pretty closely. I used SB promotion in both Digg and Delicious and even contributed to a related niche blog. Yet, I that the lense has been indexed at all. I created the lense on Monday and bookmarked it about 24 hours ago.
I was just wondering, on average how soon are you lenses indexed by G.?
Thanks for all of you help,
Yoki
February 17th, 2008 11:51 pm
In my earlier post, I meant to say that I see the lense hasn’t been indexed at all despite using web2.0 promotion. Any help you could provide would be so… very helpful:)