Today’s lens was great for marketers of all stages – specific groups like Mommy bloggers or Baby Boomers, or niches like affiliate marketing or Internet marketing newbies. It’s a topic I know quite well – Marketing on Squidoo! This topic is important because you can sell a guide that teaches them to keep costs low using a free social networking site to promote their business openly.

And yes, I promoted my competitor’s products in the lens, too! It promoted 5 ClickBank products and one PayDotCom product.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-marketing-success

Lens Title: Squidoo Marketing for Online Entrepreneurs

Introduction Title: Using Squidoo to Promote Your Business

Video Title: Cross Promote Your Ezine Articles on Squidoo!

Text Title: Four Fast and Easy Ways to Make Money Using Squidoo

Amazon Spotlight Title: Download This “How to Squidoo” Tutorial to Your Kindle Instantly!

Text Title: The Best Way to Build a Lens on Squidoo

Guestbook Title: Have You Tried Using Squidoo to Brand Your Business?

Lens Alert went out at: 6:13 PM
Lens sold at: 6:19 PM
Total Tuition Tally: $2,700

Tiff

Two new lenses today! I took yesterday off to spend time with my husband and kids on Valentine’s Day, so I made up for lost time here. The Kindle 2 lens was so popular that I made another one – and I know I’ll need to make more – especially since it releases this month and is already the top selling wireless reader on the market. And the other lens I made was for Internet Marketing newbies, since that was a hot topic, too!

Lens #1 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/kindle-2-wireless-readers

Lens Title: Kindle 2 Outsells Other Wireless Readers

Introduction Title: Why The Kindle 2 Is Already in Hot Demand

Video Title: Watch and Be Wowed By the Kindle 2!

Text Title: Downloading Books, Magazines, Blogs and More to Your Wireless Reader

Amazon Spotlight Title: Pre-Order the Kindle 2 Before It Sells Out!

Text Title: Accessories Available for the Kindle 2 Wireless Reader

Amazon Plexo Title: Vote on the Best Kindle 2 Accessories!

Guestbook Title: Have You Already Placed Your Order for a Kindle 2?

Lens #2 URL: http://www.squidoo.com/niche-marketing-for-newbies

Lens Title: Niche Marketing for Newbies

Introduction Title: Creating a Niche Marketing Aha Moment!

Amazon Spotlight Title: Learn How to Conduct Niche Marketing Research

Text Title: Research Tools That Help You Narrow Down Your Niche

Amazon Spotlight Title: How to Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace with a Unique Niche!

Text Title: How to Market to Your Niche Once You’ve Chosen It

Guestbook Title: Did This Tutorial Help You Understand Niche Marketing Better?

Lens Alert went out at: 9:53 PM
Lens #1 sold at: 10:15 PM
Lens #2 sold at: 10:02 PM
Total Tuition Tally: $2,600

Tiff

With many of these lens listing, I’m seeing a ton of “I’ll buy it” emails coming in – the Kindle 2 was one such topic, the Mom blog, Internet marketing 4 newbies, etc. I’ll be creating many of these over the coming days and weeks. But today’s lens was on dog training!

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/best-dog-training-aids

Lens Title: Dog Behavior Training: What You Need to Know

Introduction Title: Does Your Dog Think He Can Get Away With Anything?

Amazon Title: Dog Collar Training

Text Title: Dog Training for Shoe Chewers, Potty Mishaps and Bad Attitudes!

Amazon Title: Clicker Dog Training

Text Title: Protection Dog Training Versus House Dog Training

Guestbook Title: What Kind of Dog Training Does Your Four-Legged Friend Need?

Good luck and don’t forget to email me your niche topic lens requests!

Tiff

Lens Alert went out at: 7:31 PM
Lens sold at: 8:07 PM
Total Tuition Tally: $2,400

Tiff

(Actually posting this on Day 19 but I forgot to enter it so I’ll do it now):

Well the Lens Off tired me out yesterday! My poor wrists. I had hoped to list 10 lenses but I could only do 6. I might run another one awhile down the road.

However, today’s another day and I created a great lens on Amazon’s latest Kindle evolution – the Kindle 2 wireless reader, which will become available on February 24th and you KNOW it’s gonna be a hot seller! This gives my customer almost 2 weeks to get the ball rolling before the big day.

There are 2 ClickBank Kindle products promoted and the rest are via Amazon modules and Amazon Associates links.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/kindle-2-wireless-reader

Lens Title: Kindle 2 - The Next Generation of Amazon Kindle Reader

Introduction Title: What’s in Store for Kindle Enthusiasts?

Video Title: What’s New With Kindle 2?

Text Title: Why People Love the Kindle

Amazon Title: Order the Kindle 2 Here and Get FREE Shipping!

Text Title: What You Can Buy With Your Kindle 2

Amazon Title: Kindle Bestseller List

Guestbook Title: Are You Buying a Kindle 2?

Lens Alert went out at: 7:20 PM
Lens sold at: 7:28 PM with a loooonnnnngggg list of buyers behind the one who got it.
Total Tuition Tally: $2,300

Tiff

It’s true. Today I flipped a total of 6 lenses. Well, I take that back - 5 lenses and 1 Google Knol. The reason I had to flip a Knol was because Squidoo went and nixed weight loss lenses (which annoys me because they reject them due to spambait - yet they allow porn?) Kind of doesn’t make sens to me, but oh well.

I was shooting for 10 lens flips but my hand hurts from writing. I could stay up and do 4 more, but I’m not. $600 in one day is great - and it’s put me $600 closer to my son’s tuition for the 2009-2010 school year. I still have 3 more requests to do, which I’ll do over the next three days.

Want to know how I flipped these lenses? Buy the book Flip That Lens today!

So here’s the breakdown of today’s 5 lens flips and 1 Knol flip:
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Sometimes I stumble on a lens URL and wonder why it hasn’t been taken already. Today’s lens URL was a great one – and I did another step by step, promoting 6 ClickBank and 2 Amazon products in the content.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/info-product

Lens Title: Get Your First Info Product Off the Ground!

Introduction Title: Ready to Make an Info Product and Start Selling It?

Text Title: Step 1 - Find a Niche

Text Title: Step 2 - Think of a Solution for Your Niche

Amazon Title: Trouble Thinking of a Profitable Niche?

Text Title: Step 2 - Step 3 - Create Your Info Product

Text Title: Step 4 - Compile It, Upload It, and Get Your Payment Processor Ready

Amazon Title: Compile Your Products Using Adobe Acrobat

Text Title: Step 5 - Promote Your Product!

Guestbook Title: What Questions Do You Have About Info Product Creation?

Lens alert went out at 9:08 AM
Lens sold at 9:18 AM
Tuition Tally: $1,600 raised in 16 days!

Thanks to everyone for letting people know about the Lens Alert List!

Tiff

Darn it – I forgot to put the price in today’s email. My buyer had to email me asking how much it was. I’m rattled today – I had a scammer really do a number of one of my businesses. Makes me sick to my stomach. Thousands of dollars down the drain.

Today’s lens was rich in how to steps for moms who want to blog for money. It promoted seven ClickBank products and two Amazon books.

Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/mom-blog

Lens Title: 4 Steps to Big Mommy Blogging Bucks

Introduction Title: Turn Your Mommy Blog Into a Moneymaker!

Text Title: Step 1 – Set Up Your Blog

Amazon Title: A Mom’s Insider Scoop on Blogging for Money!

Text Title: Step 2 - Register for an Associates or Affiliate Account!

Text Title: Step 3 – Blog Frequently

Amazon Title: You Can Balance Pro Blogging With Parenting!

Text Title: Step 4 – Promote Your Blog!

Guestbook Title: Ready to Turn Your Love for Your Family Into Mega Mommy Blog Bucks?

Sometimes it’s easier to break up content into steps or top lists or whatever. This is what also makes for a great lens layout in my opinion. I guess I’m partial because I love magazines, and if you check out a publication like Women’s World Weekly, you’ll see lots of bite-sized chunks of information – makes it easy to read!

Lens alert went out at: 2:07 PM
Lens sold at: 2:10 PM
Tuition Tally: $1,500

Spread the word about the Lens Alert List - have people sign up at http://www.buildmylens.com/alerts.html today!
Tiff