Great News From Squidoo -- SquidBids!

Squidoo announced today that they have launched a new promotional tool for eBay sellers called SquidBids. eBay sellers can use their eBay userID or eBay Store name to create a profile on their ebay business. It is a cool little tool and something even the big players on eBay should consider for their business.

I would love to see a SquidBid page for GrapevineHill, InflatableMadness, GothamCityOnline among others. Sellers need to reach out and find customers where they hangout and Squidoo gets tons of traffic. Here is an example of a SquidBid page from eBay Seller FreakNoodles.

Seth Godin does a much better job of explaining SquidBids then I would so here is a link to his blog post.

Combining SquidBids with the Red Door Store campaign that some store sellers have started might give eBay sellers some promotional juice.

Using SquidWho to Help You Sell Memorabilia!

I think Memorabilia sellers would get a great benefit from using SquidWho to promote their items for sale. My Jessica Alba lens is getting over 500 unique visitors a week with many clickthru's to the eBay memorabilia I've linked to. Since I don't sell the product nor do I know anyone who does I've just linked to Jessica Alba items by using the eBay module and searching on her name. Imagine the power of really knowing your product and featuring special items on a SquidWho lens.

If you sell sports, celebrity, or other entertainment memorabilia, you might want to check out SquidWho. It might be an excellent tool for promoting your product and best of all its free.

If you don't think you have time or don't want to mess with Squidoo or Squidwho, then I would suggest you work with someone who does. An existing lensmaster can create the content and earn money from the effort as well as the referrals to your product and you get the increased promotion and hopefully sales. eBay and Squidoo -- A match made in ...

How To Create An eBay Stores Lens That Sells!

I'm sure many of you don't know the first place to start with this Squidoo stuff; don't worry you are lot alone. Many eBay sellers have heard of Squidoo but no very little about it. I'll try to give you a snapshot.

5 Reasons YOU Need a Squidoo Lens...

1. Squidoo Is Free. You can’t beat free! In the few minutes it takes to create your lens, you can quickly start driving traffic to your eBay listings. That's right...for free.


2. Squidoo Lenses Are Easy To Create. Squidoo is easy, friendly and totally non-techy to use, and provides you with the tools to create an excellent page describing your product or service.


3. Squidoo Helps You Become The Expert. Nobody knows your products as well as you do, so use Squidoo to share that knowledge with potential buyers. Showcase your bestselling stuff, introduce yourself to new customers, give a little background about your store, explain a process or some unique history about your product... and then (of course) point readers to where they can buy buy buy!


4. Squidoo is a Wowsers Traffic Driver. Hundreds of eBay sellers have seen increased traffic to their eBay Stores and websites. If you use the eBay building block on a lens, you can list your items once and as they change on eBay they will automatically change on your Squidoo page. Many eBay sellers get a nice percentage of their store traffic from their Squidoo lens.


5. Squidoo Pays You! You earn a royalty from every sale off of your lens. For you or charity. Just for selling stuff you were going to anyway. Nice.

I thought it would be nice to give you a head start, creating your very own eBay Stores Lens, with an example of some of the "best practices" for creating a lens: How To Create An eBay Stores Lens That Sells!. Once you've had a chance to review the lens and see how easy it is, then just click on the Make Your Own link on the header and get started creating your own lens.

eBay Sellers! Add Your Links to the Seller's Directory.

I've created an eBay Sellers's Directory on Squidoo to help promote your many online properties. It is meant for eBay sellers to promote their blogs, Squidoo Lenses, eBay Stores, Websites and other online commerce stores and content

The traffic is building, so make sure to add your links. The Seller's Directory is ranked #4 on all of Squidoo so don't miss out.

The directory is broken down into categories and each category contains (2) Links Plexos; one for your ecommerce links, like your eBay Store, Websites, etc; the other is for your online content like your blog and Squidoo lenses. Please make sure to put your links in the appropriate section. Also vote for your links, to move them higher on the list, because I only display the top 5 links on the directory index. (All of the links display on the category specific lenses). Here is a link to the listing directions.

My goal is to have this directory humming by the Christmas shopping season, every little bit of promotion helps. Squidoo is growing and so will this directory so take advantage of the free promotion.