Putting Yourself on the SquidWho Map

Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 07:00am by Sabah Karimi in Marketing

If you’re already on Squidoo, you’ve probably started building your lens and attracting like-minded readers, potential customers, and new fans. Squidoo has quickly become a growing blog and website community, allowing users to build a lens on a very focused topic that’s searchable with a simple keyword search. Now we have SquidWho, another opportunity to get involved with the vast world of the blogosphere. Plus, getting yourself onto the list offers many benefits.

The goal of SquidWho is to create a series of ‘fan pages’ on anyone and everyone. Just type in a famous celebrity name, and you’ll see a listing of where you can find information on that person is immediately available in a blog-style format. SquidWho pulls information from eBay, YouTube, Flickr, Amazon.com, and existing lenses on Squidoo. It’s a simple way to glance over anybody’s profile, ‘wikipedia-style.’

So how can this help you?

The user-created community allows anyone to create a fan page—even your own. If you’re looking for a fresh outlet to spotlight your blog, website, or just yourself, this is a great place to start. SquidWho can be helpful for any entrepreneur or business owner for the following reasons:

1. It can increase search engine rankings
2. It can help drive more people to your site, making you more discoverable on Squidoo and related blogs
3. Any news about you will instantly be sent to this main page for easy discovery
4. You can personalize the page to include logos, images, or anything else you might want to share with your potential audience
5. You can discover your target market through browsing and exploring the site itself

If you’re looking for a fresh outlet to spotlight your blog, website, or just yourself, this is a great place to start. Type in your own name first, and see if someone has already started a fan page for you. If not, you have the right to ‘claim’ the page and get it going. SquidWho asks you to fill in and edit these key areas on the main page:

• Three reasons to love (you)
• (You) at a Glance—a wikipedia article
• Great (you) stuff from Amazon
• Quick, what do you think of (your name)—this is a poll that can be edited later
• The Latest Yahoo News on (you)
• (Your name) videos
• Shout out For (You)—this includes stories, bog posts, rants, raves, etc.
• (You) on Flickr

Test out SquidWho and tickle your curiosity. . . then tell us where you are on the SquidWho map!

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