What Is Squidoo?

Squidoo.com is a website that has thousands and thousands of pages about thousands and thousands of topics. The web pages on their site (called lenses) are free to make. Those that make lenses are called lensmasters.

Yes, ANYONE can make one lens.... or as many as they like... for FREE!

What we are going to talk about today is how to MAKE your first lens - from setting up your account to getting your lens live to the world - in simple, easy to digest steps.

Many people reading this guide already know a little about Squidoo so I won't go into all the details of what Squidoo is and how it works. However, all those answers and so much more can be found right here in the Squidoo site:

http://www.squidoo.com/pages/faq

On that page you will learn:

• What is a lens?

• Why should I build a lens?

• Do I have to pay to build a lens? (no!)

• How to I build a lens? (I'm about to show you the easy way)

• Who should build a lens? (everyone!)

• What's a module?

• Can there be lots of lenses on the same topic? (yep!)

• Can I make lots of lenses? (yep!)

• What's this about earning royalties?

• What charities can I donate to?

• Does Squidoo make a profit?

• A little more about money...

• What is SquidU?

• How do lensmaster referrals work?

• And much, much more!

Note: It is also very important to be sure you are playing by the current rules of the Squidoo site. There are topics that you cannot make a web page on their site about.

To get the current "Squid-Don'ts", be sure to read this:

http://www.squidoo.com/squiddont