The ball is rolling. I spent a significant amount of time yesterday reviewing some of the tutorials on Squidoo (thank you PotPieGirl & Revelation) and and in Squidoo itself. And, I'm happy to report that I published my first article before I called it a night.

Before I provide a link in the event that you want to review my initial efforts in the Article Marketing arena, I have to qualify the lens I posted. I submitted an Affiliate application to a company I have a business relationship with and can easily promote yesterday. I didn't want to be completely idol while I wait for the approval. I wanted to get familiar with the Squidoo tool. So, I chose to post an article on an organization I volunteer with - The Wildcat Sanctuary - a big cat sanctuary here in Minnesota.

It went well, I think. Of course, I'll keep monitoring it to see if it gets indexed and viewed in the near future. But, I think I've at least got the basic Squidoo process under control. I'm hoping to be approved for the Affiliate program I applied for this week as my goal is to get that article published this week. My other goal for the week is to get a new website designed where I can further expand my IM efforts. I'm not too worried about that as my business is in web design.

Now, without further ado...my first article...Wild-born cougar cubs rescued by The Wildcat Sanctuary