Who doesn’t love experiments? They are the engine for progress, so if you want to go big, you should get out of your daily routine and do something different. See what happens, measure the outcome, then use this feedback to improve your work. I can give you a funny example: last week, I wanted to [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2008
Here it is, already June, and it is WAY PAST TIME to discuss… Christmas! Well, not really Christmas per se, but a very important strategy for building, expanding, relating and planning your Squidoo lenses to maximize your income. There are mainly two approaches when considering seasons, holidays and events with your Squidoo pages. One is [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2008
One of the most impressive creative writing exercises I’ve ever done is ‘collaging’. Focusing on an interesting word, and then doing a ‘free association’ wordplay, I could make connections that I otherwise would never have thought of, and would be able to write a very satisfying, and very interesting piece. I also used to do [...]
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Our favorite headmaster boredofeducation has been a PREMIER support person for not only newbies, but for small business and the Room to Read organization. He has a particular niche, Harry Potter, a subject that he has a passion for, and he keeps up with new developments incredibly well. There may be competitors, and those using [...]
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A new announcement by your friend and mine, Google, is that Google Trends is now available for use comparing actual websites. Many of our Squidoo lensmasters also have websites that are linked to their Squidoo pages and other places. If you have competitors, you can now use Google Trends to compare your traffic with theirs. [...]
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Making sales on your Squidoo commerce lens or website is virtually the same process as any salesman, any brand building advertising, any relationship. Having had all too many years being trained and re-trained in this field, I’d like to share these elements with you, one at a time, to give you a look at the [...]
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I just heard that some of the big shooters of the University of Michigan have been looking at Michelangelo’s David, and they’re impressed! They LOVE the writing and content… Perhaps the page will make the rounds among the kind of people that could bring some SERIOUS Squidoo pages, some SERIOUS credibility, some SERIOUS traffic. Wouldn’t [...]
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In the professional sales world there is a techniques called ‘killing off the competition.’ Depending on your product, there are lots of ways to do this. However a better way of thinking about this step is to show somehow that you KNOW what else is out there, and that the way you are offering it, [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2008
Squidooers are a charitable bunch, no question about it! With the close of the Superheroes Contest, and the terrific response from lensmasters, you can tell that bunches of us care very deeply about our charities and do our best to benefit them! Now that that contest is over, I’d like to talk about some little [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2008
One of the great things about Squidoo is how it helps promote websites AND special expertise! Evrin Celimli is a FABULOUS composer, having won at Tribeca Film Festival AND at the Woods Hole Film Festival, done some amazing soundtrack work, and also some music for soundtracks for corporate films! You can listen to his work [...]
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