by Katinka Hesselink on June 29, 2011
I had a panicky email from a fellow squid this weekend who was worried about whether she’d get to stay in the Giant Squid program, after having been accused of problem making on the new squidu forums. It really is unfortunate when people who worry are perceived as rocking the boat. When what they’re doing [...]
by Katinka Hesselink on July 26, 2010
A long time lensmaster asked: how do you value a squidoo lens? It turns out that TheFluffanutta has made a lens valuing tool that at least has the right factors in there. Here is what it says about my top lens: http://www.squidoo.com/spirituality-quotes Estimated value of ‘spirituality-quotes’ Current Lensrank: #104 Average Lensrank: #85 Worth $160.62 over [...]
by Katinka Hesselink on May 20, 2010
lakeerieartists invited me to blog here, so I thought I’d check out her blog in more detail. It turns out, she’s already written about the most important things. She’s discussed: How to article (which can be big) Selling a Tangible Item (which makes me most affiliate income) Becoming an Authority (which gets you links and [...]
by Katinka Hesselink on December 28, 2009
Christmas is gone and online marketing is getting back to normal. Time to start thinking about some maintenance issues. This is the time to: Check your stats Look at page speed Check your tags Delete outdated info and offers Let’s look at each of those in more detail.
by Katinka Hesselink on January 20, 2009
Potpiegirl wrote recently that she feels all that talk about ‘following your passion’ won’t make you a living online. At least that’s how I understood this post about niches. She should know. I don’t agree with all her advice (her advice on tags is different from mine – though it’s a nuance thing), but on [...]
by Katinka Hesselink on January 19, 2009
My squidoo income is still mainly lensrank. However, I’ve recently come to earn about 20% of my squidoo income off actual sales. Looking at those statistics, I come to two conclusions about what sells: Go really NICHE. I’ve got some low traffic lenses that are very specific where the sales equal those of top traffic [...]
by Katinka Hesselink on December 22, 2008
I know this sounds too much to some people, but I’m serious. What people write in your guestbook, how your plexo’s look and stuff like that makes a BIG difference to the feel of a lens. And the feel of your lens can make the difference between a sale & no sale. I have a [...]