Mission: Possible... Becoming a Giant Squid in 2009

ONE: Get to Know the Giant Squid Greeters 

Giant Squid Challenge June 2009

Are you trying your hand to become a Giant Squid or join the 100 Club in June 2009? Well this is your lucky day because your Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters want to help you succeed! We've created a fun little challenge to get you motivated and p...

Meet The Giant Squid Greeters

Very simply, Giant Squid Greeters are here to help! A Giant Squid Greeter is a cheerleader and a go between for The Giant Squids on Squidoo. The Greeters will also be on the look out for talented lensmasters who'd like to join the ranks of Giant Squ...

Meet Future Giant Squids Here 

Stop By and Cheer Them On!

Rajays Rocking Squids

If you are looking to become a Giant Squid or Giant 100 Club member on June 30th 2009, then I WANT YOU to join The Rajays Rocking Squids Team. The Squidoo Giant Greeters and Organizers have a competition setup to recruit potential Giants and Giant 1...

Willow's Wonder Squids

And you're invited to jump right in and join this challenge! A little elaboration for all of you who came to this lens: Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters are throwing a great and fun challenge called Giant Squid Challenge June 2009 for all lensmas...

JustBon’s Blue Ribbon Squids

Welcome to the home of JustBon's Blue Ribbon Squids! The home of what, I hear you ask? Well, you are probably aware that another group of talented Lensmasters are soon to join the elite of Squidoo - the Giants and the Giants 100 Club. Are you going...

Joan's Jolly Judicious Jetsetters

Update: July 1, 2009 Congratulations to all of the super members of the Jolly Judicious Jetsetters! You created a total of 221 Prospective Giant lenses and 201 Prospective Giant 100's. I am amazed and thrilled! A total of 422 lenses between May 1 and...

Kab's Fab Squid Squad

Hey there, fellow lensmaster. So, you're trying to become a Giant Squid, eh? Or, what's that, you're shooting for Giant Squid 100 Club? Well, welcome to Kab's Fab Squid Squad, a team of lensmasters just like you in a race for their lives (and when I...

TWO: Get to Know the Giant Squid Community Organizers 

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Giant Squid Community Organizer

Whether you are new to Giant Squidom, an old pro, or a Giant Squid Hopeful, I'm here to help! I'm RMS (aka Robin) and I'm proud to be a part of a wonderful team of lensmasters, the Giant Squid Community Organizers. Please feel free to use this lens...

Squidoo's Giant Squid Community Organizers

I am the GypsyPirate and I have been a Squidoo Lensmaster since July 2006. I got my Giant badge in September 2007. And now, I have been asked to act as a Giant Squid Community Organizer (along with bdkz and rms). And, seriously, I couldn't be more ex...

Giant Squid Organizer: Bonnie

Do you aspire for greatness? Are you a stellar lensmaster? Do you want to be a part of the coolest group on Squidoo? If you answered yes to any of these questions then we've got a group for you! Learn what it takes to join the ranks of the Giant Squ...

Squidoo Tips from the Giant Squid Organizers 

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Squidoo Tips From The GypsyPirate

You already know what you want to make your lens about. But you want to make it a really good lens, or you wouldn't have entered the search term that brought this lens up for you. So, I'll share what I know with you. Who am I to offer help? Well, go...

What We Are Looking for When We Choose New Giant Lensmasters

The Giant Squid Lensmasters are my superheroes because of all the hard work they put into their lenses. You see, having 50 Squidoo lenses made is NOT the only requirement for becoming a Giant Squid Lensmaster. We've raised the bar and we're only ac...

bdkz's Best Squidoo Tips

Welcome! I'm Bonnie, lensmaster bdkz. I'm a Giant Squid Organizer and a Squid Angel. I have created over 400 lenses, been "Lens of the Day" twice and have had 14 of my lens in the Top 100. I have been with Squidoo for over two years and I wanted to...

Newbie Guide to Squidoo Lensmaking

I know, I know, there are already tons of How-to-Squidoo Squidoo lenses out there and I'm going to tell you right up front, mine isn't the best.  My How to Squidoo lens isn't even the brightest.  I've only been squidooing for a few short mo...

THREE: Get to Know the Citizen Squid Mentors 

The Citizen Squids: The Coolest Lensmaster Perk Ever

Where can you help an awesome Web 2.0 company move forward, test unreleased features, and get hints from the masters on how to be great? Why as a Citizen Squid of course! Citizen Squids started as a panel of volunteer lensmasters, who in exchange for w...

Tips From the Citizen Squid Mentors 

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"Making your First Lens" Mentor

EVERYBODY can Squidoo! You can too! It might take you an afternoon to 'get the hang of it', but that afternoon can be LOTS of fun. You don't need to be an expert in anything 'internet-y' to be able to build a beautiful, useful and successful Squido...

HTML And CSS Mentor

Many of you start writing your lenses without any HTML and CSS, but as you start understanding Squidoo, you want to learn how to spice your lenses up. HTML and CSS is just the ticket that you may be looking for. Here, on this lens, you will learn fr...

Giant Squid Mentor Kiwisoutback

The Giant Squid Program is a prestigous honor and a completely attainable goal. With 50 lenses published under your belt, you'll be much better at crafting amazing lenses, selling products, promoting your website, and raising money for charity. Many...

The Module Mentor

What makes Squidoo different than other help-you-build-it websites? One feature is modules. Modules are sections of a lens that you add depending on what kind of content you want to add. Want to create a list of links? Add a link module. Want to wr...

More Tips From the Citizen Squid Mentors 

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Giant Squid Mentor

It's true. Squidoo is a great place to create web pages for free. But did you know that part of the magic of Squidoo also comes from the membership? Since Squidoo started in the fall of 2006, our lensmasters have continued to create great lenses and...

Groups Mentor

What makes Squidoo different than other help-you-build-it websites? One feature is groups. Groups are, well, groups of lenses that have something in common. Want to get all the computer lenses together? Or the football lenses? Or the lenses about v...

Promoting Your Lens Outside Of Squidoo

One of the most often asked questions in the Squidu Forums is, "How do I get traffic to my lens?" The most obvious way to generate traffic to your lens is to make sure that it is search engine friendly. But that is a topic that deserves its own lens...

Image and Video Mentor

Welcome! I'm Linda Martin, your Image and Video Mentor here at Squidoo. I love working with images and know you will too once you have the right software and a few simple instructions. This lens lists sites where you can find free images on the web....

Lenses by Kimberly Dawn Wells 

Squidoo's Community Organizer

Squidoo's Community Organizer

You get more cool Squidoo lenses!  And happy lensmasters, and more prosperous businesses and charities.  And all of that is part of my goal as Squidoo's new Community Organizer.

Do Squidoo: A much requested guide to creating a successful Squidoo lens

Are you seeking information on how to use Squidoo effectively?  Excellent, because this lens is made just for you! Find the answers to:  - How do I do ...? - Why won't ... work? - How can I ...? - Why do you ...? - Where is the ...? Finally d...

Lens Promotion FAQ

SEO and promotion is a biiiiig topic among lensmasters. This lens won't answer all your questions about where and how, but it will answer some basic questions about policies and procedures, as well as the most frequently asked questions about search...

How to Run a Successful CafePress Shop (and make lots of money!)

CafePress is THE online place to become your very own entrepreneur quickly and easily.  All you need is a computer, Internet connection, and a graphics program, and you are on your way to making major money!  Get all the CafePress goodness...

FAQ: Payment Settings and Commissions

Are you confused about commissions? Experiencing donation snafus? Here are the most frequently asked questions about money and earnings on Squidoo. If you were directed here by Tisha, our awesome bug sorter outer, and you still weren't able to find...

FIVE: Visit the Squidoo Answer Deck 

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Add Borders to Your Lens Photos on Squidoo

Would you like to jazz up the photos on your lenses? You can use borders on your images to give them much more impact and to help them "pop." You just need to use a little bit of simple HTML magic. I have included easy instructions for a variety of...

Basic HTML for Squidoo

You can use basic HTML in a few of the lens modules. Mostly used to create hyperlinks (they are the "live links" to other sites). Though there are also other uses for HTML. If you find yourself in need of quick tutorial on how to do it, her...

Advanced HTML for Squidoo

The techniques shown here aren't much more advanced then what's in the Basic HTML tutorial. The code being used isn't any more special. But the results and presentation can appear to be more sophisticated. Hence it being the Advanced HTML tutorial. F...

Are You a Squidoo Nobody? How to Become a Squidoo Somebody in 6 Easy Lessons

Who is this little orange guy? That's what everyone wants to know! So, why are you leaving us in the dark? "This is my bio. I can edit it later." Well, little orange guy, later has arrived. The time is now! Come out from behind your orange anonymity...

The Donations Module

Squidoo now has a way for you and your fans to donate to your favorite Squidoo Charity right on the lens with the Donations Module! This is a great idea if you are holding fund raising drive. Just build a lens and e-mail it to the people who want to...

SIX: Visit the Giant Squid Community Showcase 

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The Giant Squid Community Showcase

The Giant Squid Community Showcase blog features the best lenses made by Squidoo's Giant Squids along with tips, lens ideas and useful information for the entire Squidoo community of lensmasters. This lens is the home of the Choose Your Favorite Gia...

#1 Topic Lenses 

All Things Simpsons - Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, plus more

The Simpsons are a national icon of animated humor (in my opinion) and allow us to poke fun at ourselves through their satire, social commentary, and just plain silly humor. All your favorites are here; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and all the rest! In...

Pendleton - Old Photos

Most of these old Pendleton photographs date to the early 1900's. How did I get these photos? Well, that is a good story. One day Frank Crenshaw showed me these photos and I asked him if I could get copies made. He told me that Mr. Norton Campbell h...

Karen's Thomas Kinkade Art Store

Welcome to my Thomas Kinkade Art Store Lens. I am the #1 Thomas Kinkade Artwork Collector in the World with 192 Thomas Kinkade paintings. I am the proud owner of several Kinkade originals in my private collection and can advise you from a Collector's...

Al Capone

Al Capone ruled Chicago's underworld of crime during the 1920s. His gang controlled the city's gambling, prostitution, and illegal liquor activities. After defeating several murder charges, Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and spent eight y...

How to Reuse Paper Rolls

Before you throw away a paper roll, do you consider what it can be used for? Never thought of that? Or you already reuse them? Although our society urges people not to throw out but recycle and reuse as many common household items as possible, we st...

A Selection of Lenses of the Day 

10 Things Moms Can Do To Reduce Environmental Impact AND Have Healthier Kids

Whether you're a health nut or a tree hugger, going green and reducing your environmental impact is a good thing. It's not just healthier for the environment - it's healthier for people, too! That double benefit is what makes it worth your while as a...

Dress Up Your Food for Halloween - Lots of Eyeball Recipes

No, not recipes that use eyeballs as an ingredient. If that's what you're looking for, go back to Google and keep searching. I'm talking about dressing up tasty foods for Halloween to make them spooky and disgusting. If you want gross Halloween reci...

Arrowsmith Printing: Entreprenuership in Small Town Iowa in Mid /Century

In 1948 Fritz and Marjorie Arrowsmith took their 2 children Micheal 7 years and Margo 6 months and moved half way across Iowa with no car, $100 in the bank and $6500 in debt. The printer and former high school journalism student took on the job of re...

Top 10 Chateaux of the Loire Valley

The Loire River divides France into its Northern and Southern parts as the climate becomes much more temperate south of the river. The beautiful Loire Valley is known for its pastoral landscapes, historic villages, great architectural monuments, fine...

Football Manager 2009

Football Manager 2009 is finally on the shelves and available to buy. Every year I purchase the game, going back quite a few years now to when it was still the 'Championship Manager' series. The first game in the Sports Interactive series that I ever...

Squidoo Co-Branding 

This Lens by bdkz Explains Everything!

Squidoo Co-Branding

Squidoo Co-Branding is taking an already successful format and marketing it into different brands. Like SquidBids, SquidVids and SquidWho. Here is a list that I compiled for you to wade through the Co-Branding waters! Squidoo also uses the term "Fro...

TEN: Tap Into Squidoo HQ 

Corey Brown

Hi, I'm Corey I'm one of the guys on the Squidoo team, and here's my story... (for more frequent updates, follow me on Twitter or check out coreyweb) P.S. Don't forget to say hi!

The Squidoo King

You know, I was actually just thinking about Seth Godin the other day.  No fooling, really!!!  You see, I realize he's the mastermind behind Squidoo.  But, I was just thinking about how curious it is that I've been bitten by...

Megan Casey Squidoo Editor-in-Chief

One of Squidoo's Founding Members "Before joining the founding Squidoo team Megan spent 6 years in book publishing, most recently at the Portfolio business books imprint of Penguin Group, USA. There she developed pioneering marketing and technology...

How We Engineered Squidoo

Founded in mid 2005, Squidoo launched in early 2006 and quickly gained traction as a platform for sharing ideas online. On Squidoo, everyday experts (yes, that means you) can handcraft individual web pages (just to be difficult, we call them lenses)...

Lenses by Squidoo Editor-in-Chief Megan Casey 

THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)

No, it's not a rock group (but it might as well be). It's the core group of movers and shakers at Squidoo. It's a gathering of influentials, the most dedicated lensmakers on Squidoo. Here's how this whole thing started. One day at Squidoo Headquarte...

SquidDon't!

It's simple: given our pedigree, our point of view and our dyed-in-the-wool, we-will-never-change-our-mind conviction on this issue, spam is not okay at Squidoo. This page outlines our thinking on the issue. It supplements our terms of service. Don'...

IT'S A MODULE MODULE WORLD

Here's a treasure trove of fun, widgety modules. 8 easy ways to make your lenses stand out from the crowd. The Talk Bubble Module The Sticky Note (post-it) Module The Blackbox Module The Polaroid module (This one is gorgeous) The BIG Arrow L...

49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses

...or 10 or 100! It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right. Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more. Congrats. That's the best pl...

6 ways to improve your lens, right now!

You've already done the hard part. You've had a big idea, something you want to talk about or share on your lens, and you got started. Way to go. So, this lens is about what comes next. It's a quick, 30 second overview of just a handful of easy thin...

Lenses by Squidoo Founder Seth Godin 

Pssst! He even has his own action figure!

The free guidebook to Squidoo: Calamari!

But, on the other hand, perhaps you'd like a complete guidebook, the sort of guidebook published by Wiley, the sort that sold a million (a million!) copies just on eBay. Well, we didn't want to wait for a 'real' book, so we wrote a free one. You can...

Tribes

This page gives you links and information about my new book, Tribes. Already an Amazon bestseller, the book is short and small and simple. It argues, as clearly as I am capable, that leadership is the best marketing tactic to any organization--a com...

The 9 Free Things Every Site (or Lens!) Should Do

Rule #1: If you have a site or Squidoo lens, you want more traffic. Rule #2: You don't have enough money to buy as much traffic as you need. Rule #3: You've already made your site/lens as compelling as you know how to. So, what now? Read on for the (...

Why Build a Lens?

Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town. Lenses are f...

How to Use Squidoo to Raise Money (and engage your volunteers)

Squidoo is a free web platform that makes it easy for you (or your donors or anyone who supports your cause) to earn money, day after day, by building useful web pages. This page will explain how it works and how to get started. Our current Squidoo...