Can Squidoo Make you $500 in one day? Yep.
September was a pretty stinky month (relatively) for earnings from Squidoo. Of course, Hurricane Ike decidedly played a role in the drop off in money made from Squidoo. However, October is quickly turning into my best month ever by far.
In fact, I broke the $500 mark in one day for the first time yesterday!
I know I said I wasn’t going to announce anything until I hit the $1,000 a day mark, but I was pretty excited so I thought that I would share.
Could end up breaking the $5,000 mark for the month depending on how the last few days pan out…
I don’t mean for this post to brag (okay, maybe a little) but it just goes to show what you can accomplish with Squidoo if you just keep pounding day in and day out creating awesome lenses that sell great stuff.
I don’t sell ebooks on any of my lenses, although a lot of people do well with them and I don’t begrudge them that at all.
In fact, I don’t build lenses about things that I don’t feel comfortable talking to people about face to face in real life. I guess that is my true litmus test on what to build lenses on.
Either way, I’m halfway to the $1,000 / day mark, maybe I can hit it by the end of the year! we shall see….

October 28th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Wow, congratulations!
I’ve been following your blog for some time and have been really amazed at the potential of squidoo. I’m glad you decided to post about it a bit earlier
I really hope you hit the $1000/day mark by the years end!
- Jade
October 28th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
That’s fabulous, October is shaping up to be my best month ever too. September wasn’t too shabby either. I can’t wait until the Christmas sales really kick in over the next few weeks:-)
October 29th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Very inspiring! Hanging out in the Chat Room over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing bits of this as it was happening, but seeing more details laid out in this post gives me hope for my own work on Squidoo!
Thanks, Cap’n!
October 29th, 2008 at 2:34 am
WOOOHOOOOOO!!! That is so awesome! Congrats to you =) You totally rock marketing tangible products on Squidoo!
Jennifer
~PotPieGirl
October 29th, 2008 at 7:31 am
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October 29th, 2008 at 7:48 am
My problem is that I am deaf and firstly I want to get that off my chest. Consequently most of my lenses so far are about that. That people are not comfortable about talking about this face to face is exactly the point I’m trying to get across.Therefore I cannot see how I can have happy titles about a serious subject. Once I have accomplished that then I will move on. In the meantime while I’m learning I still want to make these lenses as best I can.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:55 am
congrats captain
October 29th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Congrats, Captain. I really appreciate your info. I don’t think you’re bragging. I’m really glad you’re willing to share your info. It is helping those of us struggling with payouts, inching up there in tiny increments and needing encouragement from someone who knows how to do it right. Thanks!
October 29th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I was talking with the Captain about this last night on the chat and it’s huge but I want to point out something on a smaller scale. I had never really heard of affiliate marketing last January when I started participating on the chat. I’m now averaging about $5 a day which a lot less than the Captain is but if I kept that rate steady for a year it’s nearly $2000 and an extra couple thousand dollars a year for a self-employed artist is a big deal.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Wow! Very cool!
October 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I know this is possible and I love love to read that you are actually doing it! I am determined to do the same! I am reading, studying, creating as fast as I can go (and still take care of a real j-o-b and hubby who likes to eat!)
you give me such hope that I am not chasing a wild dream! Thank you!
October 29th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Got a little Captain in you! That’s a lot of Rum! I want to thank you for this post. You are awesome for sharing. I enjoyed reading the comments as well. I love squidoo-ers!
October 31st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
That is THE best Captain, congratulations!!!
BTW, I think you Should share your financial successes with us, just look how many people you make happy announcing them…
October 31st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
This is very inspiring. I’m still working on making $500/month first
It’s great to know that Squidoo works for making much bigger sums of money.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:43 am
Congratulations! I find that each month is getting better for me. Thanks for the $500 per month carrot.
November 1st, 2008 at 7:01 am
Go go man! congratulation. I with you on this one, Squidoo is GREAT!!!
November 1st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
You would be surprised what even $5 a day could do for people in my country.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 am
Good info. We need all the help we can get. I have never worked so many hours and so hard for absolutely no return. can anyone give a condensed version of what to do on these lenses to get started? I am an Amazon affiliate. (Don’t need to be one for Squidoo, but I thought I’d try.) I don’t understand Amazon’s instructions all the time. Would appreciate any help. Thanks.
November 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Way to go, Captain! Some call it bragging, I call it inspiring. I was just reading elsewhere that a person needs 60 lens to make $1,000 per month, if you’re lucky. Then I end up here and find out you’re getting that income in TWO DAYS. Now that’s motivational…at least to me. Good luck hitting your next goal.
November 21st, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hi Captain
I am a newbie and I need help.
Will you be able to share exactly as to what do you do to make that kind of $$ ?
I came across this article through a blog today and I am interested to learn more.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:26 am
Great achievement. You just got yourself another subscriber!
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Awesome dude. I make about $50/month on mine… this makes me want to dive in and try harder.
Best, Brad
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 am
Hi,
I have recently gone through your blog while rambling in the labyrinth of Squidoo and am amazed to note that you are able to pick up such a heavy bag of bucks in an easy way on your shoulder.Please kindly lead me light.I am awefully in need to earn something with the help of my poetic calibre.
Thanking a lot,
malay bandyopadhyay
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January 13th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Hi, I have lost a lot of money joining things on the internet to make money. What is it exactly that you do? I`m new here. Thank you.
Brenda
January 16th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Hi! Wow! Congrats! and so one, but I want to know how you did it! At liast create a list with 10 lenses you have a great success with as an example.
Regards
Michaela
Twitter: cernescu, Squidoo: Michey
Blog: michaelacernescu.com
February 1st, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Congrats! I only make about $30.00 a month with 150 lenses, what’s your “secret”?
February 5th, 2009 at 5:54 am
500 $ per day is great. Have you touched 1000 as yet captain? Kindly share your terrific secrets so that we can help ourselves to some techniques too
All the best. You musta be a tired man counting on your way to the bank
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March 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Wohoo! That is awesome. Affiliate marketing through Squidoo lenses does work as long as they’re highly optimized and full of keyword rich — quality content.
There’s a whole strategy behind creating killer Squidoo Lenses. I’ll have to visit your blog more often!
March 31st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Wow! You mean there’s a way to make that kind of money with Squidoo? I’m interested in learning how.
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:45 am
I know I am chiming in late but fantastic. What an inspiration and motivator for those of use still working towards loftier goals than we have yet reached.
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Great that is good to know. I really like what you said about making lenses you could sit down with someone and have a conversation about. Knowing how to tell people in person makes it better to write about.
Thanks for the info, and congrats! Theresa
May 14th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I always recommend using Squidoo Lenses for link purposes. However, quite often I see sales generated from my Lenses, before the visitor even makes it to the main site. Squidoo has unbelievable pull in the SERP’s, and remains an internet marketer’s great friend.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:49 am
An inspiring post, but are you going to tell us how!!
Dave
May 26th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Wow!
$500 in a day!
I never thought it was possible. The most I’ve made till since i started 9 months ago is $300 in a month!
Im only on 74 lenses, but I guess its quality over quantity that brings in the money:)
Im gonna keep at it!
May 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Wow! Congratulations!
I’m about to start on Squidoo and I’m very excited to see the potential. I know that it takes a long time, if ever, to build up earnings like this, but it’s still encouraging.
Out of curiosity, do you earn most of your income through Adsense, or affiliating?
Thanks!
June 19th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Wow! What can one say, except wow? Good job Captain. I’ll be paying closer attention to your blog from here on out.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Amazing stuff….good luck for the future
July 20th, 2009 at 6:42 am
AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! how how how!????
July 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Thanks for the encouragement. I also am trying just to churn out the lenses and see what happens. More info on how you did it Please, PLease!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Well Done on your achievement! A very good target for the rest of us but at least we know it can be done with dedication.
Any chance of dropping some hints/ideas for us to follow?
August 13th, 2009 at 9:04 am
There`s certainly a lot of potential with making money from Squidoo. Now they`ve cut right down on spam lenses I think they`ll be taken more seriously too.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
My squidoo lens so far had really poor results…but this post gives me a lot of hope
thank you! I will add more content right now…
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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September 23rd, 2009 at 4:24 am
Woah- fantastic results, well done!
very encouraging-
I love squidoo, but am finding the recent changes very confusing (limits to outlinks etc)
Anyway great read here, thanks for sharing.
Mabel
pink pig
October 5th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
‘ Through a Glass’
“…You can also use it to improve your blog page rank by sending traffic from Squidoo…”
can you expand on how this can be done please
October 10th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Wow $500 in a day?!?!? That’s impressive. If you can do that every day in a year you’d be on pace to make $182,500 in a year, just from Squidoo. Your article just inspired me to start “squidoo-ing”. I’m going to make my first lense right now!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:12 am
woww, impressive. for me, squidoo is a new thing, and i found many good thing here, so thanks for the lessons, captain.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
WOW. Impressive results. I never thought anyone can earn this much with Squidoo. Thanks for posting.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Great work man, shows there is money to be made with squidoo – as long as you now how!
December 18th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Wow, $500 in one day! Thats fantastic! I really do hope you hit the $1000 a day mark!
Kerri
December 31st, 2009 at 1:54 am
Well it’s been over a year since your initial post but I just ran across a link to it. $500 in one day. Amazing! I’m going to look at Squidoo much closer. Thank you!
January 7th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
What to do after creating lens. I have submitted my lens to digg, delicious,SquidU and many more. But i don’t get continuous traffic. Do anyone have step by step tutorials. From my lens i could not achieve any single dollar from 5 months.
Cheers
myrealweb
January 8th, 2010 at 12:03 am
yes captain such is possible but the secret is what every body is after for i know that there must be secret behind that so keep it up and make your cash and enjoy squidoo.
January 19th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
That is really impressive that you are able to earn that much from just using Squidoo. Care to share some of your secrets with us? :-O
January 20th, 2010 at 10:14 am
That’s very impressive,I really want to know how you did that.
January 30th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
$500 in one day? Wow.. Very, very jealous.. Teach us. Teach Us.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
That beats the crap out of my nearly $1/day I am raking in off of Chitka. Pretty jealous…
February 24th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Captain Squid, I can totally see you achieving your goal. Once you’ve got a formula that works if you apply it over and over there is no upper limit to how much you can make using a rich platform such as Squidoo. I wish you all the best in reaching your goals and thanks for bringing value.
February 28th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Hi Captain,
Is it possible for anyone who lives in Spain to make any kind of cash with Commission Junction who are forever rejecting my affiliate forms saying that the telephone number does not compute apart from that is it really possible for anyone in the European Market like Spain to be able to make some Cash from Squidoo itself?
Pleased that you are able to make that much a Day. I see so many people say they make money but none are from Spain as yet.
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Hey Captain,
It’s good to see the fruits of your labor pay off for you.
Congratulations!
March 8th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I just broke that point myself last month, my end goal is $150/day on average with 10 hours of work per week. Put in the time and you will be rewarded.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Hey Captain, First time here and I’m amazed at your post regarding the making of $500 from Squidoo. Was reading up on a search for making money using the internet and came across a post by Seth Godin that mentioned you so here I am. Glad that I found ya, and will have to come back again and read some more of your past posts. Congratulations on your conquest of the $500 mark. jj
April 6th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I want to be a succesful online Marketier someday,thats why i really do my best visiting some site that truly can help to build more idea on how to make money on blogging.Ofcourse,i would be a patient on doing step by step process so that i can win what i want in online business..tnx for this blog!gl
April 9th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Wow, I just stumbled on this old post from 2008 but damn, I didn’t think you could actually earn so much form squidoo!! Since this is kinda old you must have some more up to date posts, time to go see your development !
April 20th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Have to agree with Vaal.. if you are doing that much in 2008.. I’ll have to check out how you are doing now. That’s fantastic!