The Money Maker Lens & Modules

Google AdWords income may be automatic, for the most part, but the rest of the ways to make money will take a little more forethought and planning. A lens, while being a collection of various lists, polls, visuals, and text information, is made up of modules that you insert into the lens. Some of these modules help you to make money, and others are merely informational. In order to figure out which modules might make you money, you can start out by choosing to create the Money Maker lens when you are asked what you want to do with the lens. It might not include everything you need to make money, but it will give you a good start on how to make the lens that is targeted for income opportunities.

Different Types Of Modules

There are informational lenses and entertainment lenses. Squidoo isn't just a place to sell things, but is a place where lenses can be created to make money. Sometimes, lenses are used just to gain an air of authority on a topic, and thus, promote the author's own products and services in other moneymaking lenses. Other times, they are just to promote some other type of information on the Web, like a video. Then, there are the ones that make money.

All of these work with modules as the basic component to creating a lens. The only difference is that some modules will allow you to create an income stream with them and others won't. That's perfectly normal since not all lenses are about making money. It's your job to figure out what modules make it easy to make money. Or you can use this report to help you pinpoint some of the major modules that make money. We'll go over a few of the modules available to help make it easier for you.

Different Ways To Make Money

Realize, however, that you can make money in other ways too, not just by creating a lens with the right modules. There are other strategies that will bring in income. We'll discuss those as well. For instance, you can get paid to refer people to Squidoo. Just like you would look for programs that give you money based on getting others to sign up, Squidoo offers the same type of incentive. Many of the same types of strategies that you use with other Internet ventures can be combined with Squidoo to help you make money. If you are making money from advertisements on a blog, for instance, you can drive traffic to the blog from a Squidoo page. This is another indirect way to make money using a Squidoo lens.

Making Money With Affiliate Offers

When people hear about affiliate offers, they tend to think about earning a commission on someone else's products. That's not always the case. You can offer your own affiliate offerings through Squidoo. That's because you can make money using the CafePress and eBay modules too, where your own products and services are being sold. In addition, Squidoo partners with a number of top affiliates to make selling their products and services easier to do on your lens. One of these is Amazon.com.

Selling Your Own Offers

If you are an Internet marketer who's been around for a while, you may indeed have a CafePress or eBay store. If not, it does take time, and in some cases, money, to get one set up. A CafePress store won't cost anything to set up, but it takes a bit of time to get one up and running. You do have to worry about copyright issues with CafePress. Anything you publish may be copyrighted, and thus, protected. However, it can be a fun way to get a store up and running online with minimal hassle, no inventory, and just letting your imagination run free.

EBay stores usually require that you've sold things on eBay before in order to qualify to have a store. You have to learn how to market your wares online, deal with customers, keep an inventory, and ship things when they are bought. All of this is required just to run your eBay business, and you still have to learn the ins and outs of the actual eBay site. Obviously, it's a time-intensive proposition for someone just starting out. If you already are in it, though, Squidoo provides a quick and easy way to add your eBay store to your lenses with SquidBids.

Selling Other People's Stuff

This is the route that many new people take first as the path of least resistance. They don't have to learn about another site and their policies. They don't have to create anything to have a large inventory of products to market. Best of all, they don't have to ship anything just to make a commission on it. The Amazon module is a perfect example of a module that helps newbies start selling right away.

The main difference between selling your own or someone else's products is that you stand to make more money per sale on your own stuff. However, it also takes a lot more time and effort to create that stuff. So, it's up to you on which way you want to go when selling with affiliate offers.

It's All About Good Marketing

Before we go into some of the modules that will help you to create a lens, it's very important to understand that a moneymaking lens is not just a collection of things to buy. How many times have you felt the need to buy anything just because someone put up a huge list of items in front of your face? Very rarely. It's up to the lensmaster who wants to make money to bring in his/her skills with Internet marketing to write a lens that makes people want to buy. There are some things you can do to create a higher potential that people will take the time to read your lens, rate it, and even buy things from it.

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