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

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

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.

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

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

Today I chose two topics that are now off limits on Squidoo and created two Google Knols about it instead! If you want to know more about what a Google Knol is and why it’s good to use them, visit http://www.BuildMyKnol.com for some information.

The two topics were fitness over 40 and getting out of debt. Because you can’t “transfer a Knol” I created two individual gmail accounts for these Knols (your gmail account is connected to your Knol).

Again, they promoted 6 ClickBank products eachNote – before you look at these, I’ve been told you can see them in FireFox and AOL but IE butchers them.

Visit the Fit Over 40 Knol: http://knol.google.com/k/john-dow/losing-weight-and-feeling-great-over-40/1qg3yt4k5p2×0/1?upload=1#view

Visit the Get Out of Debt Knol: http://knol.google.com/k/dan-debt/debt-and-credit-relief/1aa635isa3xcm/1#

Knol Alert went out at: 9:07 AM
Knol on Fit Over 40 sold at: 9:12 AM
Knol on Get Out of Debt sold at: 9:17 AM
Total Tuition Tally: $3,000 Woot!!

Tiff

Today’s lens was great tool for Internet marketers – from newbie to advanced. It was all about web 2.0 marketing strategies. It promoted 6 ClickBank products.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/web-2-0-marketing-strategy

Lens Title: Web 2.0 Marketing Strategy

Introduction Title: Online Entrepreneurs Cut Costs But Gain Conversions With Web 2.0 Marketing

Amazon Spotlight Title: Learn How a Good Web 2.0 Strategy Can Help You Earn Money!

Text Title: Which Web 2.0 Sites Are Worth Your Time to Market On?

Amazon Spotlight Title: Discover How Web 2.0 Gives Power to the People

Text Title: Creating a Powerful Web 2.0 Marketing Strategy That Packs a Punch

Guestbook Title: What Web 2.0 Marketing Strategies Are You Currently Implementing?

If you know anyone who wants to get notification of these pre-made lenses, tell them to sign up here: http://www.buildmylens.com/alerts.html and thank you!

Lens Alert went out at: 9:20 AM
Lens sold at: 9:28 AM
Total Tuition Tally: $2,800

Tiff