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Captain Draws first Blood in Amazon Contest

The Amazon Fitness Lensbuilding Competition between Grayth (troy) and myself has begun as of Sunday and I’ve scored the first Sales with $1.24 currently pending on my dashboard from the 8 lenses I have entered in the competition.
For a blow by blow of traffic stats etc for the lenses in the competiton, official judge and [...]

First Earnings Surface in Squidoo Quest

Our First Sale hit in the Squidoo Quest! It took a little less than 4 weeks for our first sale to come through Amazon, and only with 3 lenses published (have another venture that I’m trying to get off the ground, it’s been a time suck.).
Almost $4.00 from one sale certainly isn’t too shabby.
If we [...]

Advice for Squidoo – Ebay Affiliates

Recently (May), Ebay released some policy changes for their affiliates, not allowing them to put links on domains they don’t ‘control’ instead of content.
This has caused some big time ripples as it is the latest in a string of moves by eBay that increasingly makes their affiliate program more and more hostile towards its own [...]

Squidoo Plexos : Super Tool or Old and Busted?

I think that the ‘Plexo’ modules on Squidoo are probably one of the least understood aspects of Squidoo. I have always been kind of ambivalent towards all of the plexo modules just because I never really saw how they could benefit me. Until Now.
The Real Facts about Plexo Modules:

Votes are pooled across all versions of [...]

Squidoo Tip of the Day: Squidoo Product Descriptions

If you are building a new lens with any kind of Amazon, CafePress, or other products that Squidoo allows you to add descriptions to, add a short description.
Many people often forget that if the picture is a giant stuffed elephant and the title says ‘plush toy’ or something similar, Google thinks that is a picture [...]

New Module: Amazon Recommends

There’s a new module on the ‘Interact’ page of the Module picker titled’ Amazon Recomendations’. It’s an interesting twist on the classic Amazon Plexo that’s worth checking out.
It basically pulls a 5 item plexo list from Amazon with items that are ‘related’ to the item you give the module to start with.
Why this is awesome:

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How Squidoo Amazon Commission Works

This is Part Two of the Commission Education basics for Squidoo Lensmasters.
Amazon is probably the most popular vendors used on Squidoo. Why not? They have everything, an easy to use website, and are trusted almost as much as a brick and mortar store (i.e. Wal-Mart or Sears or Barnes and Noble) . Let’s see how [...]