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How to make money online after being banned from adsense

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 [...]

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How much is a squidoo lens worth?

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 [...]

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Affiliate marketing and SEO

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 [...]

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Clean up after the holidays: page speed and more

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 This is the time to: Check your stats Look at page speed Check your tags Delete outdated info and offers Let’s look at each of those in more detail.

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Passion or Making money?

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 [...]

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So, what sells?

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 [...]

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Sales tip: edit user contributions!

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 [...]