Home » Squidoo Community » Lensmaking Tips

Time for Feedback

Do you make lenses based on your blog posts? Are you going to start?

From the lens Why Not Turn a Blog Post into a Squidoo Lens!.

Just want to say hello or leave a comment about this lens? This is the place!

  • SophiesWords May 10, 2012 @ 10:28 am | delete
    This is a brilliant idea that simply hadn't occurred to me before. I'll certainly have a think about it. Thank you.
  • BobBlackUK Sep 23, 2011 @ 2:03 am | delete
    Great lens. Love your blog too. I'm still a newbie on here but dead keen. I too draw inspiration from my own blogs, websites, twitter and facebook etc, but thanks for the encouragement.
  • mukunda22 Aug 13, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete
    How bout turning a Lens into a full blown posting everyday Prayer Blog! That's what I did and the dang thing is just about to get published!!
  • CCGAL Jul 31, 2011 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    You know, this never crossed my mind, but you're right .... I have a lot of blog posts that would make great lenses. Thanks for this idea!
  • Duane_Jackson Jul 17, 2011 @ 2:22 pm | delete
    Quite an interesting thought!!
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Mar 26, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete
    Brilliant idea, Susan and of course, just like using the keywords people are finding your lenses with as inspiration, you can create a lens based on the hot keywords on your blog.
  • garrekds Mar 23, 2011 @ 12:17 pm | delete
    I started on Squidoo with the idea that I would spread the ideas that I talk about on my blog! I thought I would make just one lens, but discovered that I can make any number of lenses about different topics on my blog!
  • sgNgix Feb 8, 2011 @ 9:05 pm | delete
    I guess I already had the aha moment... with one exception, the rest of my lenses have been from my blogg. :D
  • quantummike Dec 14, 2010 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    i have been using my blogs as lenses it seemed like a good place to build my base lenses from. I like your information.
  • cwimmer77 Dec 8, 2010 @ 8:25 am | delete
    not on my blog posts but yes on my blog topic, soccer. I am trying to make as many soccer themed lenses as I can.
  • Tipi Oct 21, 2010 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    Its a good idea to turn blog posts into a Squidoo lens too. I don't have a blog, but someday hope to find the time for it. Love Squidoo and I guess in away this is where I blog.

    Loving you and thinking of you Susan, ... in my heart to stay! x
  • KarenTBTEN Aug 15, 2010 @ 3:03 am | delete
    There is definitely interplay between my blogs and my Squidoo lenses, but rarely can I say a lens grew from a single post. I added one that had a blog post as its inspiration -- the original post is on the lens.

    A couple other lenses grew from short articles posted on tutoring sites.
  • CoffeeBreaker Jul 2, 2010 @ 10:45 am | delete
    I have been thinking about this for some time. My blogs have kind of gotten lost in the shuffle and I was going to start, one by one, reviving them, but I think I will turn the posts into lens instead! Thanks for the inspiration!
  • AdrienneJenkins Jan 19, 2010 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your duh moment. I had a similar thought today. I was looking at a friend's blog about their travels and they had all this rich text and pictures and I thought, wow, I should ask them if I can get their permission to re-publish all this great material onto a lens. Then I thought, duh, why not publish some travel lenses inspired by my own blog rather than someone else's. Doi? So I think the same can be said about snippets of Tweeets or Facebook posts. They are kind of like instant draft versions of lenses. So thanks for sharing your thoughts....I so hear ya.
  • GrowWear Jan 16, 2010 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    Turning a blog post into a lens is a great idea! And at least you did something about your idea; some of us think them up and don't follow through. :)
  • vallain Jan 11, 2010 @ 10:26 am | delete
    I've turned a few blog posts into Squidoo lenses. This reminds me to keep checking my blog for more inspiration and material. Thanks.
  • davidstillwagon Jan 8, 2010 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    that is a good idea that I never thought of
    thanks
    5*
  • tandemonimom Nov 30, 2009 @ 11:23 am | delete
    Great idea! Now, if I just had time to keep up with my blog ...
  • ChapelHillFiddler Nov 28, 2009 @ 12:12 am | delete
    I've been blogging since the start of 2005 and there is a ton of stuff there I could make lenses about. However, I am TRYING now to focus on the lenses that are about my music and art and my blog is personal, not biz-related. I'm featuring this on my fan-club thank-you lens so - thank you!
  • aj2008 Sep 23, 2009 @ 6:34 am | delete
    Sometime the simplest of ideas are the best she says rushing off to check her blogs....
  • JaguarJulie May 7, 2009 @ 3:26 pm | delete
    Susan -- yep, sometimes the coolest ideas are right under our very noses! My first blog post was in December 2004 -- it was rather my awakening about blogging being a good thing! Wow, look all that has happened since that time. ;)
  • citrusemma Mar 21, 2009 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    Great lens! I have to admit, I do this myself! Such as my white tea lens!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 29, 2008 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    Great idea. Ronpass was ont of the first people I read when I came here! He corresponded with me to help me get a start. Then I lost him. This really is a circle. and a comment from Seth! Wow lady! *****for you!
  • CherylK Nov 15, 2008 @ 6:36 pm | delete
    I was actually thinking about this just yesterday...now that you've validated the idea, I think I'll turn a couple of my own blog posts into lenses! Thanks for the inspiration....both to you and to Seth, actually.
  • Sep 23, 2008 @ 11:23 am | delete
    I write (when I have time) on Associated Content too so I kind of already got the idea; I am thinking of using the blog post I wrote today as a Squidoo lens and also an article; I could actually write a few articles about it and use them to get traffic to my lens. I'm not too sure where to start but I'll get around to it very soon I hope!
  • Jewelsofawe Sep 14, 2008 @ 4:57 pm | delete
    I kind of used that idea, but combined them into one lens...remembering our light
  • serendipityrose Sep 9, 2008 @ 1:25 pm | delete
    Awesome work once again Susan52! You are an educator extroadinaire!
  • KimGiancaterino Aug 26, 2008 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Very nice, Susan! I'm featuring this on my Squid Angel Diary.
  • lc2u2 Jul 26, 2008 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    Great idea. I've turned my second blogpost (way back in 2006) into a lens here. I never realised that I can turn it into something more than what it was at that time.
  • JohannTheDog Jul 16, 2008 @ 5:34 am | delete
    I've turned several blog posts into Squidoo lenses. Whenever I get a lot of searches on a subject that's one of the first things I do. Then I post about my new lens! It really helps my readers find more detailed info! Great lens, great topic!
  • PatinKC Jun 26, 2008 @ 3:32 pm | delete
    Good points here. Like the Lens ring idea, also.
  • sparkyfun Jun 10, 2008 @ 11:58 am | delete
    great lens. I have turned my first lens from my blog but with a little difference. I think that is O.K
    but thanks for the information. :)
  • johndilbeck Jun 9, 2008 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    Hi Susan52, Let's see, I read Ron's blog post that linked to this lens. I've been thinking about doing something similar to this and I'm happy to see it working for you. I was very pleasantly surprised to see my "Duh!" designs on your lens. (I hope you sell a million of them! - grin). Act on your dream! JD
  • andrewsquidoo Jun 9, 2008 @ 2:45 am | delete
    Great idea! I am always looking for inspiration.
  • sethgodin Jun 8, 2008 @ 7:45 pm | delete
    Great post/lens!
  • ronpass Jun 8, 2008 @ 6:53 pm | delete
    Hi Susan52 - saw your Twitter message re this lens. I've also carved up an article to create a product review lens and then created a blog post:
    Turn an article into a Squidoo lens

by

Susan52

Susan52 is a baby boomer, a retired homeschool mom, and a Giant Squid on Squidoo where she recently celebrated her five-year anniversary. She enjoys w... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

Related Tags