Jennifer Lind

One goal I set for myself a month or two ago is to get involved on more social media sites. After all, internet marketing is my career and my passion, so I really should know as much as possible about this emerging form of marketing.

We all wear many hats, and have many stories to tell. On this blog, you see my career focused hat and the stories I can share about the internet marketing field. On other sites, I’ve dedicated to more personal stories. I recently added one of my most personal stories to Squidoo, and am eager but nervous about the results I will see (if any???). My goal here was to tell my own story about my dad’s cancer diagnosis and to create welcoming areas where others could tell their stories as well.

When I was looking through other squidoo sites, I noticed many great features such as adding content from Amazon, eBay, links, Flickr pictures, polls, and duels. This was a small trial of my social media technology knowledge as I linked to a Flickr set I made specifically about my squidoo topic. Otherwise, it was pretty easy to set up. I’m not saying this page is the best or even close - it’s my first attempt and I will continue to improve it.

There are some great opportunities on squidoo for businesses. For example, check out this page about a new style of laptop bags. This author describes the bags in detail, give you pricing details below, tells bag designers they can promote their bags through the page as well, and asks readers to explain which bag is their favorite and why. I love this because Squidoo creates a welcoming area where users can tell others about their favorite products, and promotes other user-generated content.

If you are interested in using Squidoo for your business, here some of the other applications you may be interested in: Youtube voting, Flickr voting, Amazon voting, text list, links voting, polaroids (giant picture!), RSS, talk bubble, sticky notes, the most important thing. Happy squidooing!