Got 7 dollars Out of the Blue from Squidoo

@diamania (7011)
Netherlands
February 12, 2010 12:41pm CST
I was checking my paypal account yesterday and found out Squidoo had send me 7 dollars. I wasn't aware of the reason so I checked the stats page and it said this. YOUR ROYALTIES (12/01/2009 to 12/31/2009) Your previous balance + Refer-A-Friend bonuses = $3.56 Your new lens earnings this period = $3.44 Total earnings = $7.01! How did I make this money? Please tell me!
6 responses
@yugasini (12836)
• Anantapur, India
13 Feb 10
hi diamania, congratulations that you got more money that is double the amount,with referral money,i think i have registered with squidoo site,but i could not start it,because i donot know what to do in the site for earning money,if you can guide me some thing i may try,have a nice day
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@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
13 Feb 10
I didn't even know I had referrals, so haha! SEO is of course very important on squidoo, people need to be able to find your article. :) If you know seo you know how to earn on squidoo ;-)
@yugasini (12836)
• Anantapur, India
13 Feb 10
hi diamania, thanks for the comment,i have not understand the words "SEO" what is that,first of all i have to check i have joined in squidoo or not,if it is easy just like mylot i can do if it is difficulty in understanding it is difficulty to me,due lack of information i have not do any thing in mylot for 8 months,have a nice day
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@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
13 Feb 10
It stands for search engine optimization without it you'll never make a serious amount of money.
@sergeantrom (5721)
• United States
13 Feb 10
Wow $7, thats good for squidoo but I did not know squidoo paid less than $10. You do understand how squidoo pays its members right? Any traffic your lens gets and your referrals, they pay you. Thats some lens you must have.
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• United States
14 Feb 10
If you set the payment threshold right, you can get paid less than $10. The minimum is $1. This was not one of my best months, but I did better than I had thought I did. The weirdest part is I actually got paid exactly $25 which don't happen to often. The more lenses you have though, the more potential of making more if they actually rank well. If you write on things that really interest you, you'll keep making money there.
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@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
17 Feb 10
Hey Melissa who knows I will start creating more lenses. It would definitely improve my writing skills. Thanks for all the useful information!
@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
13 Feb 10
Actually I don't. I didn't even expect to receive money. I was only trying to catch some traffic from those looking for the legitimacy of sharecash. :D
@LouieWpHs04 (4554)
• United States
12 Feb 10
I get about $2.00 a month from Squidoo and I haven't been active on the site for months. I mainly get it from people I referred that're still active, plus some sales I get every month. It's really not much though considering how active some of the people are under me, plus how much i sell of some specific niche' products.
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
12 Feb 10
This happens to me regularly. I know about the page views and so far, I have not had any referral earnings, but a little via Amazon.com of things I have listed in my lens. I have not figured out how it all works as what it shows on the status page is not what I end up receiving, altho all that really shows is affiliate income.. not page views. My cupcake lens is 'up there' and I have not had time to work much on anything lately, but hope to get back to it. But it sure is nice to get that little extra each month! Same thing on Associated Content. Altho now, AC has changed their account page and we can't see how many page views we get monthly. It shows "life long" figures and I hate that. I know what I have made int eh past, I want to know what I can look forward to in the present! But keep it up with Squidoo... every little bit helps!
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• Indonesia
12 Feb 10
"Refer-A-Friend bonuses" = This means you get paid for having led others (your friends) to sign up and become a member on this website via your link reff. "Your new lens earnings this period" = I don't know this website. But certainly, this income you earn from their program.
1 person likes this
13 Feb 10
I have had a few of these surprises from Squidoo, but nothing like $7. You must have written a red hot article to get those kind of royalties. My advice: do more, you might double it next time!
@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
13 Feb 10
I mentioned the article in question afore. It's a quite popular article but I wouldn't be able to reproduce an article of such kind for sure.