Authors do you Squidoo?
Authors Do You Squidoo?
by Marlive Harris, TheGRITS.com
When I visited Squidoo.com’s homepage recently and saw in large letters the question –What should the world know about you? — I immediately thought about all the messages I’ve received, and continue to receive, from authors asking about best places to promote their books online. This homepage goes on to say, “Welcome to the world’s easiest way to make a page online. Share your interests, get found, and even earn money (for you or for charity). For free, of course.” Listen, with introductory information like that, I’m sure you understand why I titled this post, “Authors do you Squidoo?”
Squidoo is a network of single-page blogs called lenses that highlights a person’s point of view on a variety of topics they’re passionate about. So how can Squidoo benefit authors? Authors can join Squidoo for free and create lenses about their books. Nonfiction writers can create lenses on all the topics covered in their books which is an excellent way for them to build their brand and be recognized as a thought-leader in their field.
Users who create lenses are called Lensmasters. So a typical author’s lens will be about their book and point directly to their YouTube book trailer, Flickr photos of book events and signings, interviews and live webcasts, recommended links, blogs and book purchasing information. Squidoo has sweetened the deal more by offering Lensmasters a chance to earn money from all lenses created and promoted via their network. So if you’ve been looking for some free places to market and promote your book online, I think Squidoo is the place to be!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marlive Harris is the founder and business owner of TheGRITS.com, an online reading and book promotion community for readers and writers of all ages!
Wow. Thanks for sharing this tip. I will use it.
Greetings Anada,
Thanks so much for checking out this post about Squidoo. I’m glad to hear that you are going to give this site a try. Be sure to stop back here and leave us the link to your lens so that we can stop by and support you there!
Hello Marlive
This sounds wonderful & you can count me in! I seen this link from Creative TYhinkers International & am glad to have seen this fabulous information.
Thank You For Posting
Peace, Love & Poetry
Embrace~Embrassé
Vickie
Hi Vickie,
It’s great hearing from you and thank you so much for checking out this week’s marketing tip! Please once you have your Squidoo Lens built, swing back through and let us know so we can stop by and support you!
Thanks Marlive for breaking down the benefits of interacting with Squidoo in a way that I found both informative and intriguing enough to movivate me to check it out very soon.
Aberjhani
Aberjhani,
Thank you so much for stopping by and responding to my overview about Squidoo. I do believe you will like this service very much. When you have your ELEMENTAL books lens and other lenses created, be sure to let us know what the URL is so that we can stop by and support you. Again thank you!
This was a wonderful and helpful post. Thanks for sharing. I’m definitely interested in checking out Squidoo!