Website Traffic Through Squidoo

The traditional way of doing business online is to build a website, then promote your goods or services through various mediums: free advertising, paid advertising, forums, newsletters, etc. With the advent of  Facebook, Myspace, blogs and Squidoo, however, there are now other more ingenious ways of driving traffic to your site. When you consider the millions of websites now online and the constant competition in driving traffic to your site, then thank goodness these other promotional means exist.  

Squidoo evolved just a few years ago and is now one of the most visited sites online. Its creation has been successful mainly because of a well planned marketing campaign. Added to this is that because of Squidoo's promotional activities and the fact that other websites use Squidoo as a marketing tool, then traffic flows greatly through its medium. 

The Squidoo set-up allows users to create their own mini sites called 'lens' where links, images, hobbies, general interest information can be entered. As long as your lens is content oriented and rich in key words, you will gradually gain status on the search engines. Should your lens have a high placing on the search engines, then you will be in a strong position to drive lots of FREE Squidoo traffic from your lens to your web pages or website. 

With the traditional website, domain purchasing and hosting involves some cost. A Squidoo lens, however, is totally free to set up, which can be particularly useful if you are testing a marketing campaign. It is perfectly permissible to set up more than one lens for free also. This website freedom opens the possibility for you to generate lots of Squidoo traffic. 

Certain steps are essential for an effective lens layout. If you have a particular niche you are targeting, for example, ensure your main key word is selected for your title. 

Use an opt-in form to capture leads, thus grasping the opportunity to build your list and make potential sales. 

Add a links category containing links to recommended programs and products. 

Keep adding to your lens. You can add articles, reviews and anything relevant to your particular topic. 

You can add a RSS link on your lens, which will generate back links from a site to a site publishing the feed. 

You can generate additional income through Squidoo via Adsense and affiliate programs. 

Another effective money earner is through key words linked to Ebay auctions. As soon as someone activates these links you will be earning money. 

Rather than link directly to your website's main page from Squidoo, make key word specific links to particular pages within your site. For example, you could write a summary of one of your website articles and link to that article. 

If you want to generate huge Squidoo traffic flow, then make use of the forums and blogs available on Squidoo to promote Squidoo's website. Make use of their marketing facilities and affiliate programs to maximize on what Squidoo has to offer.