If you're new to social marketing - Squidoo is a great way to help spread the word about your hobbies, your interests, and of course - your business.

But like all social networking sites, you need to have an actual social presence and participate to get the benefit of added traffic to your website.

With Squidoo, the need to stay on top of your page (or lens, as they call it) is incredibly important. Creating lenses is free, but to get a real flow of traffic, you need to:

• Write 100% unique content (that means no private label articles or content you've yanked from your blog or website!)
• Add photos, links, videos and other interactive lens "modules" to keep people interested and coming back to your page
• Bookmark it at top social marketing websites - including Twitter
• Add relevant tags to get the attention (and visitors) of Google and other search engines.
• Get high quality backlinks to increase your search engine ranking
• And a whole lot more...

Let's face it - who has the time to do all that?!

 That's where BuildMyLens.com comes in. Master Squidoo marketers Tiffany Dow and Lewis Smile have created over 1,000 (ONE THOUSAND!) Squidoo lenses for businesses, organizations and people simply looking for a better way to grab their piece of the social marketing pie.

But is BuildMyLens Really the Marketer's Shortcut it Claims to Be? 

I decided to take a closer look at BuildMyLens to see if it's really the Squidoo marketing miracle it seems to be.  After all, even internet marketing gurus can't take care of everything themselves.  It makes sense to hire a pro that knows the ins and outs of Squidoo marketing

Here's what I discovered about BuildMyLens:

• Build My Lens gives you all the tools you need to create a powerful Squidoo marketing vehicle - for your business, your interests or anything you're passionate about.    With just a simple questionnaire, you can have Tiffany and Lewis create your lens for you if you're short on time (this is the recommended method that I personally used!) 
• You don't have to write a thing! Your content is custom-written for you, on any topic you want. It's designed to grab the search engines' attention in a way very few people know how to do.   I'll admit, I was skeptical about letting someone else have the reins to my lens but it's one of the best decisions I could've made! The content flowed beautifully, and traffic increased to my website ten-fold! 
• They take care of all the social marketing and bookmarking for you!  This is what really attracted me to BuildMyLens. I simply didn't have time to give my Squidoo lens the proper social marketing and reading all the Squidoo marketing tips just put me further behind.    I was relieved to hand it over to Tiffany and Lewis - these guys really know what they're doing! (see BuildMyLens.com for their credentials -- they really do walk the walk).

The Final Word on Squidoo Marketing with Build My Lens

You're really working with the BIG Squids when it comes to BuildMyLens.  Even Seth Godin - the Giant Squid himself, talked about Build My Lens in his blog, so you know if something earns his recommendation, it's definitely worth checking out.

If you've ever wanted a Squidoo lens but just left it sit there to get stale (mine went over 2 years without an update - I admit it!), you owe it to yourself to give BuildMyLens a try. Just click on the link below to get started.  Over 1,000 lensmasters can't be wrong! :)