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  • Paul Duxbury
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Squid Blog

Announcing Localisation Support

Today we’re releasing our first attempt at providing support for non-US data formats. Specifically, we’re working to account for the differences in the ways numbers, currencies, and dates are displayed throughout the world. Here’s what you need to know: We make an attempt to determine your locale based on the language settings of your browser. Lensmasters can [...]

Hot Forum Topic

Discussion taking place now: How do I get people to buy from my lens?

Is your Charity Partnership Secure?

Hi Squidoo Charity Partners! As you know, becoming a Squidoo Charity Partner takes some work. There’s getting to know Squidoo, developing a lens, setting up a PayPal account, and spending countless hours asking volunteers to create lenses for you. After all that work, we want to make sure you’re able to continue to succeed. Maintaining [...]

Teach your friends to Squidoo, Win an iPad

All the details are right here. The giveaway starts now. Runs through March 17 2010. May the force be with you.

Themes and style updates on the way

Early next week you might notice some minor display changes in lens themes and front door lens designs. The bulk of the updates will be noticeable in the headers and backgrounds of the lenses. If you hear the words style and change and quake in terror, quake not. This is cleanup work, simplification so that we can [...]

Seth Godin's Blog

TEDthink

Can you factor this? If you're like most people, you get a little queasy at the thought. And when you were in tenth grade, you surely wondered why they were bothering you. (the answer is (x-2) times (x-2), in case...

Frightened, clueless or uninformed?

In the face of significant change and opportunity, people are often one of the three. If you're going to be of assistance, it helps to know which one. Uninformed people need information and insight in order to figure out what...

The least I could do

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that. That's actually what they spent most of my time at business school teaching me. No sense putting...

iPad app of my dreams: the digital talking pad

Here's the spec. If you build it and it's great, I'll use it and I'll blog it. A while ago, I posted about the talking pad and a modern version of it. I think there's a killer app version of...

The relentless search for "tell me what to do"

If you've ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling. People are just begging to be told what to do. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think the biggest one is: "If you tell...

SquidUtils Blog

Updated Lens Workshop Addon

Many of you are familiar with the Squidoo Lens Workshop Addon for Firefox and Chrome – if not, click the link for more information. Anyway, today I have released a new version: v1.4. This is mainly to provide increased support for Google Chrome, but it has also been slightly improved for Firefox users too. I’ve fixed Related posts:
  1. Squidoo Releases New Lens Workshop
  2. New Tools for Squidoo Lensmasters

Adding “ReTweet” Buttons To Your Lens

The TweetMeme retweet button is for website and blog publishers who want to encourage their audience to tweet their content on Twitter. The button shows a live count of the number of times your webpage or blog post has been tweeted. You may have already seen buttons like this one appearing on this and other blogs all over No related posts.

Improved Tag Pages at Squidoo

Recently, Squidoo updated their tag pages to be more useful to visitors and search engines. If you’re not familiar with tag pages, these are pages that list lenses that use a particular tag. Have a look at the Lensography tag page for an example. There are hundreds of thousands of tags on Squidoo, providing an additional Related posts:
  1. Relevance is Key!
  2. Making the Most of Squidoo Tags

How To Pick Your Primary Tags

Originally posted on SquidU Forum as The Importance of Primary Tags. This post was published on April 21st, 2008 and updated on July 23rd, 2009. The Primary Tag is the first tag you are asked to define when creating your new lens, and it is an often misunderstood and poorly utilised by many Lensmasters. Admittedly, it doesn’t Related posts:
  1. Making the Most of Squidoo Tags
  2. Relevance is Key!
  3. 4 Out Of 5 Lenses Have Poor Health!

How To Search for Lenses and Groups

Searching for Squidoo lenses on a search engine can be a real pain sometimes, as the results are very often filled with non-content pages. Finding the best groups for your lens to join can also be very tricky. SquidUtils provides two custom searches (powered by Google) that are optimised to only return the searches that you Related posts:
  1. Relevance is Key!
  2. 4 Out Of 5 Lenses Have Poor Health!

How to Add a FanClub Counter

Back in June 2008, I introduced the ‘FanClub Counter’ – an orange box that shows how many fans you have in your FanClub, linking back to your profile on Squidoo. An example is shown here » You may have already seen this on other peoples lenses and profiles. If you want to know how to add this Related posts:
  1. New Tools for Squidoo Lensmasters

SquidUtils: The Story So far

Once upon a time, probably during April of 2007, I started making a few tools for Squidoo Lensmasters. I don’t know the exact date, but I figure that “2 years ago” is close enough. The very first tool was the Lensmaster RSS Feed. I remember requesting this on the forum, but a month later I had Related posts:
  1. Welcome to the SquidUtils Blog
  2. New Tools for Squidoo Lensmasters
  3. Being an Amazon Associate on Squidoo

A Browser Toolbar for Squidoo Lensmasters

This news has already been leaked out via a few other blogs, so this post marks the official release of the SquidUtils Toolbar. It is available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows, Mac and Linux. This toolbar is designed to make the job of a Lensmaster easier, by putting some of the most used Related posts:
  1. New Tools for Squidoo Lensmasters

Squidoo Releases New Lens Workshop

Squidoo have overhauled their lens editor, and today released Workshop 2.0! The guys at HQ have done a wonderful job, and have really improved the lens editing experience. (You may need to click on a link in the top corner if you’re still getting the old dashboard.) The first thing you’ll notice is that your lens Related posts:
  1. Updated Lens Workshop Addon

Spreading the Social Butter

A couple months ago, Seth Godin wrote a blog post about critical mass, and how it applies to social networking. There was this particular paragraph that resonated with me: “If you have a presence on twitter, squidoo, blogs, facebook, myspace, linkedin and 20 other sites, the chances of finding critical mass at any of them is No related posts.
 

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Giant Squids are successful lensmasters who have been recognized by Squidoo for building at least 50 quality lenses.
2 minutes ago
Hi, Here is a lens I created to help new Zazzlers... many have said they found it helpful so thought I'd share it here too! http://www.squidoo.com/create_your_own_zazzle_store
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Shelley Kuhn and Steve are now friends
6 minutes ago
WindyWinters and Mark Nehs are now friends
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WindyWinters updated their profile
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Windy I just stopped by your lens and your Zazzle store. You have some wonderful photographs. Beautiful! I have used the quick load a few times and then put a check mark on all that I don't think fit the design and go to the top and click on delete…
1 hour ago
I tried Zazzle a year ago and couldn't figure it out. I played around with the fonts and my designs became worse. After seeing the amazing products that lensmasters were making with their photos, especially Mary Beth, the light bulb went off. Oh, ri…
1 hour ago
How are you using Squidoo to market the products you sell in your Zazzle shops?
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2 hours ago
Steve joined Keir Moorman's group
This group discusses using the power of online video to market products and services.
3 hours ago
Great lens, Steve, on a very important and worthwhile subject.
4 hours ago
5 hours ago
Nice lens Steve and a very worthwhile cause - I have a number of "sustainable" lenses in the back of my head at the moment and will lensroll yours when I get them onto screen
6 hours ago
Natasha added a blog post
So I have began my Squidoo journey like many others. So far I still have under 20 lenses. My goal is to try and get all these doing well and making money before I start on others but is that really the way to go I wonder? Should I be just building a…
7 hours ago
This is the lens that started it all for me.. Hope you all stop by and say hello :):) Gardening Non-Profit
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I am tending to follow a bit if a theme at the moment so here's some Laptop Sleeve Cases for you :-)
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Richard H and Jamie are now friends
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Can you guess which pet belongs to which lensmaster? Squidoo Pets
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Nancy Hellams and Paul Duxbury are now friends
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Forum

Nora

Hi all, I'm new to Ning! 1 Reply

Hey all,   I had heard about Ning on Squidoo and thought I'd come check things out. I'm still lurking around and trying to figure out how this works.  This is the 1st group I've joined. Looking forwa…

Started by Nora in General Discussions. Last reply by Paul Duxbury Feb 6.

Mary  Beth Granger

My First LOTD 1 Reply

I really excited that I received a LOTD for http://www.squidoo.com/super-bowl-party-menu T lens benefits Hope for Haiti so that makes it even more special. Thanks for your visits and support.

Tagged: great, superbowl, easy, foods, football

Started by Mary Beth Granger in General Discussions. Last reply by WindyWinters Feb 5.

Mary  Beth Granger

My First LOTD

I really excited that I received a LOTD for http://www.squidoo.com/super-bowl-party-menu T lens benefits Hope for Haiti so that makes it even more special. Thanks for your visits and support.

Tagged: great, superbowl, easy, foods, football

Started by Mary Beth Granger in General Discussions Feb 4.

Paul Duxbury

SAD Light Therapy Box

This is something I have seen a number of my friends benefit from and something I have been toying with getting SAD Light Therapy Box

Tagged: Box, Therapy, Light, SAD

Started by Paul Duxbury in Promote your lenses Feb 4.

Joan

Women's Walking Shoes

Hopefully this year I will get into a walking habit, but have been looking at shoes -- and of course ended up with a lens........http://www.squidoo.com/buy-womens-walk

Started by Joan in Promote your lenses Feb 4.

Paul Duxbury

Hello! 5 Replies

I couldn't find a thread to introduce myself and say how shocked I am that I hadn't joined here previously :-)I thought that I would share my newest lens with you as a way of introducing myself to th…

Tagged: Records, Military, Genealogy

Started by Paul Duxbury in Promote your lenses. Last reply by Paul Duxbury Feb 5.

Joan

Star Wars Clothing

well, this is a bit "salesy" for me, but I am determined to make some sales for 2010 -- lots of em.......and these star wars things are fun too....... http://www.squidoo.com/star-wars-cloth

Started by Joan in Promote your lenses Jan 16.

John Dilbeck

I love high-speed broadband. Don't make me go back to dial-up! 6 Replies

Good morning, OK. I take back all the negative things I've said over the last year about Squidoo getting too slow to be useful. I'm spending some time with my daughter and her family and they have…

Tagged: lens, lenses, broadband, dial-up, slow loading

Started by John Dilbeck in On the back porch. Last reply by John Dilbeck Jan 7.

Liew Wei Jane

My Top 15 Wackiest Creative Valentines Gift

Valentines Day is fast approaching. Have you thought of the 'perfect' gift to give? Short of ideas on what to get? I have compiled here my top 15 wackiest gift ideas for valentines and I must say it…

Tagged: unique, cool, ideas, special, gift

Started by Liew Wei Jane in Promote your lenses Jan 5.

Joan

Squidoo Step by Step

Squidoo Step by Step is a FREE Squidoo Guidebook. Written by well known Squidoo Lensmasters, the Guidebook is full of Squidoo tips and help to make the process of creating and promoting Squidoo lense…

Started by Joan in Promote your lenses Jan 1.

John Dilbeck

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010... 1 Reply

I don't know how your year went in 2009, but I, for one, am looking forward to this new year with a sense of hope and anticipation. May 2010 be a much better year for all of us and may you enjoy hap…

Tagged: celebration, holiday, 2010, New Years

Started by John Dilbeck in General Discussions. Last reply by Joan Jan 1.

Beth Day

Valentine's Day lens - rated R

I made this lens for Valentine's DayIntimate Apparel For Valentine's Day

Started by Beth Day in General Discussions Dec. 21, 2009.

Nancy Hellams

Where's Ohme? 9 Replies

This lens is a little gimmick I invented to try to get some new people into our shops in Pendleton SC. During the month of December, my little Ohme Bug statue will be hidden in one of the shops on ar…

Tagged: shop, local, bug, ohme, sc

Started by Nancy Hellams in Promote your lenses. Last reply by MiMi Dec. 6, 2009.

Ulla Hennig

Lensography for my Music lenses

Yesterday I published I love Music It is a lensography of all my classical music lenses. Enjoy!

Started by Ulla Hennig in Promote your lenses Nov. 30, 2009.

Joan

Ladies' Talking Watch

Beautiful array of talking watches for ladies - both casual and dressy. Some of these talking watches include alarms. If you are looking for a talking watch designed especially for a woman, you will…

Started by Joan in Promote your lenses Nov. 28, 2009.

John Dilbeck

I do not like Squidoo changing groups to lenses 18 Replies

I try to be positive most of the time and I look for the good in most things. I've tried to do that with the recent change Squidoo made when they converted all the remaining groups to regular lenses…

Tagged: change, groups, lenses, Squidoo

Started by John Dilbeck in General Discussions. Last reply by Pat Dec. 16, 2009.

Joan

We can make a difference! 1 Reply

Right now, Coreen needs our help! We can continue to use this thread to help others, too. But right now, to help Coreen, you can visit her lenses, visit her redgage, buy from her zazzle store, do wh…

Started by Joan in General Discussions. Last reply by Deb Lauman Nov. 9, 2009.

Nancy Hellams

A fun SquidWho! Who is Roy G. Biv?

This was a fun lens to do! Who is Roy G. Biv?

Tagged: rainbow

Started by Nancy Hellams in Promote your lenses Oct. 29, 2009.

Events

Blog Posts

Natasha

Squidoo beginnings

So I have began my Squidoo journey like many others. So far I still have under 20 lenses. My goal is to try and get all these doing well and making money before I start on others but is that really the way to go I wonder? Should I be just building and building. How was the beginning of your Squidoo journey, did you start small or grow fast? Did you advertise at first. I didn't till after the first few months. The more Squidoo lenses I read everyday the more I learn about what t

Continue

Posted by Natasha on February 9, 2010 at 1:36pm

Steve

How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake New People Make Trying To Earn An Income Online.

What is the most common mistake people make when trying to earn an income online?

In one word it could be called greed.

In other words, people look at earning Big Dollars by selling the latest and greatest get rich product instead of looking inside themselves and asking what they really love to do for fun or as a hobby.

Many people start off by selling products they know nothing about and have no interest in. In a high percentage of cases, people try to sell Internet Marketing and Social Medi… Continue

Posted by Steve on February 8, 2010 at 3:30pm

bernertry

Clinton, Bush say saving lives is top goal in Haiti


Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say.
In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in after the n… Continue

Posted by bernertry on January 17, 2010 at 6:10pm

Mark Mooney

Getting to know you

Hi All,
Just checking this out at the moment, and would like to thank John for launching this Group, also Mark for alerting me to this via his lens. I am sure I will get to know you all over the coming weeks and months, and I am sure that this group will provide some useful information on how to become a better Lensmaster.

Speak to you all soon
Regards
Mark M
will this be the year of the SQUID?

Posted by Mark Mooney on January 15, 2010 at 6:17am

bernertry

Google Embraces Partners to Straddle Desktop-Cloud Divide


Google has unveiled plans today to allow Google Docs to store any type of files, and revealed a new tool from Memeo to enable users to access, migrate, and synchronize files between their desktop and Google Docs. These announcements signify a broader strategy by Google to help business customers bridge the gap between the desktop and the cloud.
Google has been aggressive… Continue

Posted by bernertry on January 12, 2010 at 5:55pm

Real People, Real Success...

SBI! Proof


"Tamar and I did lots and lots of research on kid birthday parties and started experimenting with our ideas on kids and during parties whenever the opportunity arose. We wrote up lots of content for the site and I was in charge of strategy and building the site from a technical aspect (although, with Site Build It!, you really don't need any technical knowledge because you can build a site through simple building blocks and monitor every aspect of traffic through a consolidated control center.). In no time, both of us became kid birthday junkies." ~ Elad Shippony
coolest-parties.com

Read Elad's case study for more information.


 
 

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