Drive Traffic To Your Blog With Squidoo – Part I
Squidoo has been around for a while. Seth Godin has created one killer social network for folks who want to share knowledge with others. But did you know that you can drive lots of traffic to your blog just from your Squidoo pages? Squidoo pages used to very well on major search engines a while ago. While Squidoo was slightly slapped by Google, these pages still rank well on major search engines. You can also get a lot of followers on Squidoo and go viral as a result. Best of all, Squidoo allows you to establish yourself as a guru in your niche.
Not every Squidoo lense is going to be a traffic driver for your blog. The more value you provide on your Squidoo, the better chance you have of getting targeted visitors to your blog. Your lens is basically a page about a niche that you are interested about. Your goal should be to create lenses that people refer to on a consistent basis to find useful information about your niche. Create a killer Squidoo page can take a lot of your time, but it does help you to market yourself and get more exposure for your blog.
Here are a few ways to drive traffic to your blog from Squidoo:
- Tips Lenses: these lenses show people how to complete a task (e.g. how to tie a tie). People are constantly looking for better ways to get thing done, and if you can show that to them, you are going to get a lot of followers and more targeted traffic to your blog.
- Make Money Lenses: one of the best ways to drive traffic to your blog from Squidoo is by showing people how to make money. There are plenty of ways to make money online, and you can never have enough lenses about this topic.
- Lists: top 10, 20, … lists make great Squidoo lenses. You can always show people the top 10 social networks or top 10 books in your niche. There are plenty of lists that you can create around your niche.
- Network: Squidoo is a great place to connect with other community members and expand your network. You should always try to link to other top Squidoo members and try to connect with them.
- SquidU: SquidU is Squidoo’s forum. It’s another great way to get in touch with fellow Squids and get more exposure for your blog and brand.
- Comments: just like any blog, you can live comments on Squidoo lenses (if the module is not disabled). Commenting on other lenses is another way to get the word about about yourself and your brand. And it’s a great way to network with others as well.
- Squidlit: a simple way to create a lens to review a book on Squidoo. The better you review, the more people you can get to visit your Squidoo profile and visit your blog.
- Squidvids: Squidvids are essentially video lenses. This is another simple way of creating a Squidoo lens fast. All you have to provide is a set of keywords to get started with your lense.
The key to getting traffic from Squidoo is providing real value to your readers. Think of your Squidoo lens as your top blog post. Don’t leave any door untouched to make sure you write the best lens possible. Something that people can’t stop reading! And if you put enough top quality lenses up, you can get thousands of visitors to your blog on an everyday basis without you having to lift a finger.
Stay tuned for the second part which includes a few other killer strategies to drive traffic to your blog with Squidoo.
