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I had a GREAT Google Knol account. Then someone who doesn’t like the idea of me selling information that’s free apparently went around and one-starred all of my lenses and reported all of my Google Knols as spam, which they weren’t.

The account was shut down and it takes forEVER for a review. The funny thing is, I have many other Knol accounts and they’re thriving. I won’t even begin to say where those are because whoever it is who has this “beef” with me would just go ruin those accounts, too. So they got my Tiffany Dow one - the rest I’ll just use with my pen name They also haven’t shut down any of the Knols our customers from Build My Knol have had created, either - because we build them in their own accounts!

This series is going to help you learn how to use and dominate Google Knol. Just don’t go acquiring any haters along the way lol Here is part 1 of the series:

Man have I been waiting a long time for this! My mouth was watering the first moment I heard Google was going to pull a Squidoo out of its hat and launch a similar site.

Google Knol was a closed Beta mission at first, but now it’s open to the public. But like all good things, there’s a bit of a learning curve. Now you can certainly go it alone, but it makes it so much easier when someone else (me) does the grunt work for you and teaches you in a step-by-step manner how to get set up with a new tool.

First, let’s talk about social marketing – it’s the wave of here and now (who knows what our future holds)? If you’re not using web 2.0 sites like Squidoo, Hub Pages, Twitter, etc., you’re already behind the times.

But stop right now if you plan to spam.

It’s not going to work on Google Knol. Plus, it ruins the site for the rest of us! Social marketing is all about value. If you can’t provide any, don’t get on the site. This isn’t your personal playground for link-building.

This is a give and take – you give good, free information and you take the links and traffic Google bestows on you.

This site is going to be BIG. It will most likely eventually dominate Wikipedia and Squidoo and Hub Pages with one fail swoop. And whose pages do you think good old Google will give higher preference to in the search engine algorithm?

Hmmm…lemme guess…

Knols!

Yeah, yeah, they can say they’re going to play fair till the cows come home, but let’s get real – I’m sure Google will boost their own Knol pages more than the competition over time – they’re just biding their time so they don’t get accused of SEO nepotism.

So it’s time to learn how to do it. Read all the way through this series over the coming days, setting up your own Knol as you go so that you don’t forget and wing it later. And as always, I’m here for you if you need me!

Hi everyone! Thought I would update you since I was on a journey to raise my son’s tuition by flipping lenses. We were blessed to have him get a great scholarship award from his school. They award above average grades, great citizenship, and school participation. I am so blessed to have a child who exceeds all of those requirements.

So we’re really close to raising the rest of our part (about $500 off). I’m still flipping lenses regularly. What was cool is that those that didn’t sell to my lens alert list, DID sell (almost all) on a Warrior Special Offer in the Warrior Forum for a $50 per lens garage deal I ran. I cleared out a bunch of lenses I don’t maintain - I sold 21 lenses at $50 a pop. That’s $1,050 for those who don’t want to do the math!

Flipping lenses on Squidoo has made me so much money over the years it’s incredible. I sure do owe Seth and his gang a lot of gratitude.
Tiff

Social networking is something that you and I have been doing since we were very young! It is simply the practice of meeting new people and building networks of friends that share the same interests and business associates that we like to work with or would like to work with.

Social networking goes on every day in every town, city and country in the world. But, these days, when someone refers to social networking, they might be referring to the kind of networking we do via the Internet.

Since the Internet has become the most popular place to find information about anything and everything, it’s also become a very popular place to find other people who share similar interests and goals.

If you belong to Facebook, or have a Twitter account or leave comments on your favorite blog, you’re practicing social networking via the world of Web 2.0. This type of networking has the potential for putting you in touch with people from all over the world!

You can use the Web 2.0 tools from the Internet to make new friends and learn new things. You can also share your knowledge with others, and brand your business. Social networking via the Internet has become as valuable (if not more valuable) in conducting marketing and networking than traditional forms of social networking.

Because social networking is something that all of us do anyway, learning to network via the Internet is usually a very comfortable and pleasant process. If you’re not using the Internet and Web 2.0 for social networking, it’s time to start!

Someone asked me if I met my son’s tuition goal and stopped flipping lenses. No, I just took time off for Spring Break and to deal with a health matter with my elderly father. I’m still flipping and will even after the tuition goal is met! The “days” I list here may not be consecutive - I’m just listing the days I spend lens flipping.

Yesterday I had 4 new lenses for sale in a variety of niche markets and one lens that hasn’t sold yet but is being found in Google for the keyword phrase “Law of Attraction Money.”

Lens #1 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/learn-a-foreign-language-now

(This lens promotes 6 of the top language ClickBank products in its niche by the Rocket Languages brand and three high dollar Rosetta Stone Amazon products selling for over $400 each!)

Lens Title: How to Learn a Foreign Language
Introduction Title: The Top 3 Most Popular Foreign Language Lessons
Amazon Title: Learn Spanish Quickly and Easily!
Text Title: Tools That Help You Speak a New Language Fast
Amazon Title: Speak French Fast!
Text Title: Italian, Chinese, and Japanese Fast Becoming the Second Language of Choice
Amazon Title: Learn to Speak German on Your Own Schedule!
Guestbook Title: Which Foreign Language Do You Want to Learn?

Lens #2 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/buy-designer-jewelry-online

(This lens promotes 2 ClickBank links and 4 Amazon.com links – in addition to the Amazon modules.)

Lens Title: How to Buy Designer Jewelry Online
Introduction Title: Buying Designer Jewelry Online
Amazon Title: Save 52% on These Gorgeous Diamond Earrings!
Text Title: Finding a Jewelry Store Online That’s Safe and Reliable
Amazon Title: Save 69% on This Beautiful Pearl Necklace!
Text Title: Bidding on Jewelry Online
Guestbook Title: What Questions Do You Have About Buying Designer Jewelry Online?

Lens #3 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/free-marketing-online

(This lens promotes 6 ClickBank products and 2 Amazon books)

Lens Title: A Guide to Free Marketing Online
Introduction Title: Free Marketing: Never Pay for Promotions Again!
Amazon Title: Make Your Website Easy to Find!
Text Title: Free Marketing on Social Networking Sites
Amazon Title: Master the World of Free Marketing Sites
Text Title: Advanced Free Marketing Methods
Guestbook Title: What’s Your Favorite Form of Free Marketing?

Lens #4 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/financial-markets

(This lens promotes 6 ClickBank products and 2 Amazon books)

Lens Title: Financial Markets: News and Information
Introduction Title: Getting Up-to-the-Minute Financial Market News
Amazon Title: Why Financial Markets Exist and How They Work
Text Title: Global Financial Market Institutions
Amazon Title: Understanding the Flow of Funds Across Various Financial Markets
Text Title: Financial Markets Review
Guestbook Title: Ask Your Financial Market Questions Here!

Lens That Was Still Available: http://www.squidoo.com/law-of-attraction-money-magnet

Lens Alert Went Out At: 9:36 AM
Lens #1 Sold At: 5:28 PM
Lens #2 Sold At: Didn’t
Lens #3 Sold At: 10:07 AM
Lens #4 Sold At: Didn’t

Total Tuition Tally: $6,000!

Thanks!
Tiff

PS - Get on the lens alert list here: http://www.buildmylens.com/alerts.html

Today I had a new lens plus some blog posts – but they’re in two different niches since Squidoo won’t accept one of the topics. This lens is something I stumbled upon that has a ton of searches and some products on ClickBank that have relatively high commission payouts (averaging $63 to $85). I personally know two people this week who sought this stuff out online so I started poking around and realized it was a hot moneymaker!

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/learn-a-language-fast

(This lens promotes 7 of the top language ClickBank products in its niche by the Rocket Languages brand and three high dollar Rosetta Stone Amazon products selling for over $400 each!)

Lens Title: Learn Any Language in Just 8 Short Weeks!
Introduction Title: Read, Speak and Write the Spanish Language
Amazon Title: One of the Top Selling Spanish Language Tutorials Available
Text Title: The French Language Is Beautiful When Spoken Correctly!
Text Title: German Language Resources That Work Fast!
Amazon Title: Top Selling German Language Product on the Market
Text Title: More People Clamoring to Learn the Chinese Language
Text Title: Japanese Language Tools for All Occasions
Amazon Title: Learn the Japanese Language Effortlessly!
Text Title: Learn How to Speak the Italian Language Easily!
StickyNote Title: You Can Even Learn Sign Language Quickly!
Guestbook Title: Which Foreign Language Do You Want to Learn Fast?

Blog Posts on Debt and Credit (5 pages total for $100)

Your Credit Card: A Good Idea or A Bad One? – 290 Words
What Is a Credit Union? – 212 Words
Credit Federal – 211 Words (this is a review of a website with an affiliate program)
Debt Consolidation: What You Need to Know – 243 Words
Credit Report Basics – 277 Words
How to End Credit Card Debt – 261 Words
Change Bad Credit to Good Credit – 258 Words
Student Loan Debt Brings Nightmare to New Economy – 261 Words

Lens Alert Went Out At: 2:15 PM
Lens Sold At: 2:18 PM
Blog Posts Sold At: 2:20 PM
Total Tuition Tally: $5,800

If one list doesn’t buy, sell somewhere else!

I listed two Forex lenses to my Lens Alert List and they didn’t buy. So I re-listed them on the Warrior Forum and they sold in about 20 minutes for $100 each, and it only cost me $20 to list the lenses.

So now…

Total Tuition Tally: $5,600

Good morning! Hope everyone had a great Monday I had a new lens yesterday called Squidoo for Dollars – and it was about the various ways to make money with Squidoo.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/squidoofordollars
Lens Title: Squidoo for Dollars: Get Started Today!
Introduction Title: Squidoo for Dollars: How to Make Money on a Free Social Networking Site
Amazon Title: Money Generating Ideas for Squidoo!
Text Title: Cool Ways to Make Money With Squidoo Lenses
Amazon Title: Social Media Marketing: Apply It to Squidoo!
Text Title: Lens Flipping: A Favorite Way to Make Money With Squidoo!
Guestbook Title: Do You Squidoo for Dollars?

Lens Alert Went Out At: 8:42 AM
Lens Sold At: 8:45 AM
Total Tuition Tally: $5,400

Tiff