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Squidoo Earnings Break 3,000 a Month

Well, there must be something about getting married that helps to kick it up a notch because for whatever reason, July was my best month ever from Squidoo by far!
I didn’t quite reach the $4,000 level this month but I was well over $3,000 which is a first for me.
Note: I count the paypal payment [...]

June Squidoo Earnings Over $2,000 Again

The Captain should go on vacation every month! While I was gone, Squidoo and my affiliate programs just kept right on chugging, earning me just as much if not a little more than what I earned when I was here at the beginning of June.
As my earnings numbers get bigger, I’m going to necessarily have [...]

Is PepperJam part of your Squidoo affiliate plan?

There was a huge hubub a few months ago when the PepperJam Affiliate Network (run by Kris Jones) opened to the public. I signed up early in their release but I wanted to use the system a while before I threw my 0.02 in on the issue.
How does PepperJam stack up?
Dashboard
All of the graphics and [...]

Ebay Partner Network Goes Live

No, this isn’t an April Fool’s Joke. Ebay has officially made the split from Commission Junction to become it’s own stand alone affiliate program.
For the month of April, all the links for both Commission Junction and eBay will be live. All the links you have switched over to the new ebay program will earn an [...]

Ebay and CJ Divorce – Will Squidoo Need Child Support?

The big news today was that eBay is leaving Commission Junction and opening up their own independent affiliate network. It has been covered pretty heavily in the blogosphere so I thought I’d try to enlighten everyone a bit as to how it will affect your Squidoo lenses, since there are TONS of lenses out there [...]

March Squidoo Earnings – Closing in on 4 digits

Wow, it’s payday time again already!
February was a really good month for me, especially the last two weeks. Starting off with Mardi Gras and Valentines Day, my sales were very flat for the first 15 days or so of the month. After that, they really started to take off.
Here’s the recap:
Squidoo Payout ($$ Earned in [...]

February 2008 Squidoo Earnings Payout Tops $600

It’s my favorite day of the month! Booty Day!
Here’s the Breakdown:
Squidoo Payout: $247.98
CJ: $401.69
Total: $649.67
Lenses Built : 32 (woefully short of the number I need to get to 1,000 lenses)
Total Lenses (as of 2/7/08) : 283
Where the lenses fall: (These numbers should be read as ‘the number of lenses in the top X,XXX on my [...]

Squidoo Training Videos Now on YouTube

Just an FYI,
I’ve finally found a way to convert my training videos to a format that would upload on YouTube. If anyone is interested in seeing them again, or putting them on your lenses (hint, hint )� They can be found under Captain Squidoo.
The Next series of videos will be on using CJ [...]

Squidoo Payday Nov 2007 : It’s booty Time!

Yesterday afternoon was Squidoo Payday and The Captain was pleased. Passing over $120 in Adsense share combined with CJ payouts for the month of over $160 puts the month’s earnings at near $300/mo. So, Lewis’ post about earning $300/mo. from Squidoo is definitely achievable. I did it in four months.
Today’s Lens Breakdown: Nov 8, 2007
# [...]

Choosing an Affiliate program for Squidoo

As many of you know, it’s possible to make money on Squidoo through Squidoo in a few different ways.

Every Month your lens earns money from Adsense and SquidOffers. This money is distributed on a three-tiered system to all of the lensmasters.
When you put a ‘money maker’ module on your lenses and someone buys something from [...]