Challenge Diary: My 60 Day Squidoo Challenge

I have learned A LOT about Squidoo in a relatively short period of time. I feel confident that I know what goes into a quality lens (generally), so I can make them quicker and more efficiently. This should cause me to spend less time on Squidoo and make more progress.

At least one (possibly two) of my lenses was blessed by a Squid Angel in Week One! How awesome is THAT? I will be striving to create high quality lenses so that I can keep this trend going and position myself to be awarded the coveted status of "Giant Squid" when the Squid-powers-that-be vote on the next class.

That would be cool.

Now, I'm doing more research and observation - discovering what the top earners are doing and working on duplicating.

Lots of progress is being made at a snowball's pace - a snowball rolling down a hill! I am getting more ideas and gaining great insight, but my time doesn't always accomodate my big ideas and expectations. I am going to have to do more pre-planning and strategizing concerning lens topics and timing.

Basically, I need to try and plan my Squidoo activities ahead of time in accordance to my scheduled activities for the week. That way, I won't try and produce the biggest lenses on my busiest days!

The third week of the challenge was a little frustrating because the challenge and my day-to-day schedule became out of sync. I still have more ideas than time to create, so I am optimistic about being able to create 60 lenses in 60 days, but finding the time to do it is becomming harder and harder.

However, this challenge is a commitment that supercedes obastacles, and now I see why one has to undertake such a challenge in order to meet this goal. Creating 60 lenses would take FOREVER if I only did it in my spare time.

This week was the hardest so far. I got behind, and it is affecting my morale and my ability to publish lenses the same day that I create them. However, I am determined to rise to the challenge of 60 lenses in 60 days, and will soon be back on track with one lens a day. It's a tough challenge, but even if you don't get through it perfectly, it's still possible. You just have to be driven and commited to creating an income opportunity through Squidoo.

Lots of different things took place between Week 4 and Week 8; family situations, lenses that didn't quite work, bust days and slow days. To be honest, it all got a bit cumbersome to document, especially since some lenses were deleted and replaced with other lenses. However, in spite of all the obstacles that could possibly arise to hinder a contender in The 60 Day Squidoo Challenge, I did make 60 lenses in 60 days!

Yay!

By that time the deadline for Giant Squid qualification has passed, and guess what? I became a Giant Squid, too! So yes, you can create 60 quality lenses in 60 days. I am now also beginning to make an income from Squidoo, too. After 60 days my monthly Lensrank averages began to level out and I also began to see the affiliate sales start rolling in. All in all it was a positive experience; it was tough building the foundation, but now I have a great collection of lenses to build upon that are making money for me already :-)



Much success to you in your own 60 Day Squidoo Challenge,

I.C. Jackson

Webmasters Make $$$