And a Happy 4th of July…

Pretty sure that most of us Squidoo users have noticed a bunch of new advertising on the Squidoo.com site lately.  Seems the most annoying ad to most lensmasters is the big banner ad at the top of our lenses. Good news is that Squidoo is just testing these ads to see how they do.  Bad news is, some lensmasters just can’t stand them.  If you are one of the Squidoo lensmasters that wants to to get some ads OFF your lens, keep reading and follow my step-by-step directions (with pictures). more…

Three Success Factors To Think About -

One of the toughest things for me personally when it comes to teaching others how to make money online is when I hear someone say, “I’ve spent SO much money - nothing works! I quit!”   To me, quitting is just not an option. If one thing doesn’t work - try another. The internet is FULL of possibilities - and many, many ways to get there.  Above all, nowhere does it say that you have to spend a lot of money to MAKE money online, either. Today, I have a great guest post that talks about three very important internet marketing success factors. more…

Link To Your Online Content/Make Money

Since I’ve introduced Redgage to my readers here at PotPieGirl.com, I’ve been paying a lot more attention to the site and seeing how things work.  Naturally, the biggest question is “How do you make money by using RedGage?”.  I came across a great video that shows how it works and how to easily link to your online content (lens, blog, article, etc etc) and make a little green for it.  No, nothing to quit your day job over, but I am always cool with free money! more…

Is It Time To Take Our Content Somewhere Else?

Since the announcement of the impending policy changes at Squidoo.com, I have read a LOT of varying opinions and feedback.  I’ve also been “accused” of looking at these policy changes thru rose-colored glasses in an attempt to remain friends with Squidoo, or because I have some deep vested interest in others loving Squidoo, or something to that effect.  While this annoys me to some degree, I felt that in the spirit of transparency, I should talk about that.  I should also say straight out whether I think it’s time for affiliate marketers to leave Squidoo or not.  So, let’s talk… more…

Will Squidoo’s New Policies Effect YOUR Lenses?

Squidoo recently announced site-wide policy changes that will be put into effect in mid-July. These changes sure have cause a good bit of uproar and discussion among the internet marketing community so I figured it was important that I come out of my vacation for a bit to gather some facts, bust some rumors, and basically share my two cents. Let’s talk about the newly announced Squidoo policy changes, see whether they will effect YOUR lenses, and talk about things we can do to protect our content now. more…

Adding a Picture Link To Your Lens -

One of the most common questions I get about Squidoo is how to add a picture that is a link on a  lens.  Adding images to Squidoo lenses is really important - people love pictures, and pictures can add so much more dimension to your online content.  Also, being able to make that image a link to your website or make it an affiliate link to a product can be very effective for your Squidoo marketing efforts.  So, let’s walk thru the steps to take to get a clickable picture link on your lens. more…

Get Paid To Book Mark Your Content

RedGage is a new social bookmarking type service with a twist.  Apparently, when you bookmark your own online content at RedGage, you get paid for views of that bookmark.  Make any sense?  Confused me, too, so I thought I’d check it out.  Within my first 42 minutes of submitting a link book mark to my “How To Sell An eBook With PayPal” post yesterday, I made $5.80 on RedGage.  It appears I got some sort of bonus from the site owners or editors or something (not too sure yet), but it definitely got my interest and made me take a look closer at this RedGage site.  Here’s what I’ve learned… more…

Selling Your eBook With PayPal Buttons - The Simple Steps

In the last post, we talked about how to create an eBook and convert it into a PDF file.  Now, the big question - What if you want to SELL your ebook?  What are your options?  One of the easiest ways to sell an eBook online is by using the buy now buttons available to you thru your PayPal account.  Now, this is far from the ONLY way to sell an eBook, but to me, it is the easiest way to get started selling info products online.  In typical PotPieGirl fashion, let’s walk thru the steps needed when selling an eBook with PayPal (and yes, there are pictures, too….lol). more…

How To Make A PDF Ebook For Free -

So you want to make an ebook, do ya?  That is great!  Ebooks and pdf reports are great to give away to help build your email list or to sell for some online profits.  Info products online are big business and learning how to make a document into a pdf report with clickable links is super important to the success of your online business.  Let’s take a minute today to learn how to create a document and convert it into a pdf report - in simple PotPieGirl steps (yes, with pictures).

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What a GREAT Day!

Yesterday afternoon, I had the honor of watching my son, Trey, exchange wedding vows with his new wife, Carissa.  What a beautiful wedding….what a perfect day…what an amazing young couple.  I have a few pictures to share with everyone.  Thank you for humoring me and allowing this internet marketing mom to brag about her family a little.  MAYBE… just maybe…I can get thru this post WITHOUT more tears of happiness flowing.  I feel like I was the Kleenex lady yesterday….lol. more…

I Swear, If One More Person Tries To Get Me To Buy Something….

I’m tired of it!  All these people that claim to want to help me are constantly sending me sales pitch emails for whatever they claim is the “latest and greatest” product of the day.  What’s with that??!?!  I get SO frustrated!  I mean here I am, trying so hard to make this work with very little money to invest - and I am bombarded with all these emails offering me yet another product to buy.  I swear, I am going to start emailing these marketers back and give them a piece of my mind!  I’ve had it! more…

Or Buy Everything?

The hubby and I went golfing yesterday.  With all the craziness in life lately, it sure was nice to get out in the fresh air and hit that silly white ball around.  I lost money to PotPieDude (about $40) - but, it coulda been MUCH worse.  Good news is that this post has nothing to do with my score (which was flat out embarrassing)!  Instead I want to talk about something I realized while on the golf course yesterday. more…

Why Mistakes Matter -

How many things in your life have you not even tried because you were afraid of screwing up?  Is fear of failure keeping you from taking any action?   Hey, that is not an uncommon fear - don’t feel alone.  Just keep this in mind -  We are not born with these fears. Somehow, somewhere, we learn them.  So, how do you move these fears out of your mentality so you can get to work?  Can you make money online in spite of your fear of failure?

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My Super Secret, Ultra-Ninja, Totally Cool Way For Finding Niche Keywords -

Oh yes, this video totally shows how to find low-competition niche keywords for your One Week Marketing campaigns.  Not only that - this technique shows you how to find keywords for your Ezine Articles, Hub Pages, USFreeAds, BlogSpot Blogger blogs, GoArticles, or any other free-to-use website you can think of.  And we’re talking keywords you can actually RANK FOR in Google!!  I know there are as many ways to do keyword research as there are internet marketers, but here is how to find niche keywords PotPieGirl Style! more…

Why Care About Other Squidoo Lenses in Google?

The past couple video posts at PotPieGirl.com have been regarding the effectiveness of Squidoo.com and getting those lenses indexed. I showed how doing a little research before ever making a lens on Squidoo (or a web page on ANY site for that matter) can really help your chances of getting your web page indexed. One of the questions I am getting is, “Why should I care how many OTHER lenses are already targeting my keywords?” Today’s video will show you why you should REALLY care about other web pages on the same site that are already indexed - and they are targeting your keywords. more…

Finding Keywords That WORK on Squidoo -

Yesterday, I did a quick video about the effectiveness of Squidoo these days since I have been hearing lots of “Squidoo doesn’t work anymore!” comments thru-out my travels on the internet. In that video, I showed a technique I use to get keyword ideas for Squidoo lenses that are original to the Squidoo site (which should help the chance of your lenses being indexed…and STAYING indexed). Now that there are over 1.5 MILLION pages from squidoo.com found within the Google index, it more important than ever to give Google something unique from the Squidoo site. Prepare to be DAZZLED by my incredible video and graphic skills once again… more…