Jim Reviews Squidoo, get paid to write
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I figure that it would only be suitable for me to review the site that gave inspiration to this blog first. Squidoo is an article platform that handles all of the technical aspects of creating blog posts for you. Each Squidoo “lens” is simply a single page that serves as a gatekeeper of information for a given topic. Squidoo allows readers to get a general summary of a given topic (unless it is a very detailed lens). The lenses are put into a pre-made template that gives you many different widgets to work with to make a good looking page, my blogroll links to a few of the Squidoo’s that I have made in the past.
Right about now you are probably thinking…. ok great.. why is it in Making Money? Squidoo is a co-op, it is set up so that the content creator (the lensmaster), the company, and charity all earn money. 50% of profits go straight to the lensmaster, 5% go to charity, and 45% go to the company, or if you wish 55% goes to charity and 45% goes to the company. You can choose what your payout threshold will be, from $1 to $1 million it is all fair game.
The two sources of revenue are the Google AdSense ad’s displayed around the site and various referral companies; usually Amazon is the most utilized for each of the lenses. The profits from AdSense are distributed amongst the lensmaster based on Squidoo’s “Lensrank” algorithm, which is based off ratings, traffic, click through rates, and many other factors. The earnings from Amazon, Ebay, etc. are split 50/50 directly with the owner of the lens.
Since this is my first real blog post, I figured I’ll do a favor for the future lensmasters out there. Below is a banner that you can sign up from, and if (and only if) you sign up using this banner you will receive a $5 bonus upon making your first $15. If you sign up directly from the site or elsewhere, it will not be applied to your account. So enjoy, leave me some comments so I can test out the system 
