Flowers & Centerpieces for Weddings - Angel

Top 8 Blessing "Must Haves"

as well as setting yourself up to succeed!

• 1A bio. Take 30 seconds and fill out a custom bio for each lens. Between building credibility with your reader and the SEO benefits, you just can't lose.
• 2Use a Photo or Avatar. Association is a big way people remember things. Again, it takes 30 seconds to upload a photo. Readers are going to be more inclined to trust a face than a big blank box.
  Go! Do it!
• 3Minimum, 200 word introduction. Tell your reader what your lens is about; what problem are you going to help them solve; what they will learn; why you are a good person to teach them. You choose and don't forget to add your keywords!
• 4Change default titles. They are meant as guides not permanent titles and subtitles. Leaving them default sends a message that you didn't care to spend a minute or two cleaning things up for your reader.
• 5Content - I need something. Just of list of products or links is not going to hold my attention. Follow through on your introduction promise. You don't have to write chapters but throw in the facts, figures, and reasons with your call to action.
• 6Check for grammatical and spelling errors. No one is perfect but re-read what you write with this in mind. It is irritating to a reader to have a lensmaster telling them they are trustworthy and credible when their work is riddled with obvious spelling errors or grammar problems.
  
  i.e. - you're is the contraction for "you are" - "your" is possessive of "you"
  
  My brain gets ahead of my fingers sometimes. Thankfully, I have a wonderful lensmaster friend that proofreads for me! Thanks Pat!
  
  Use a browser or word processor spell-checker as you write or post.
• 7Give credit where due. Images, quotes or a snippet of text should contain a credit/link for the source. No need to credit affiliate links/graphics but anything else should be credited.
  
  This is a good time to mention plagiarism - don't do it. Simple. Passing off someone else's work or content as your own is against the law. Surely you can say something similar in your own words... If not, you should consider a different line of work.
• 8Lastly, though not a criteria for blessings, learn Squidoo from those that know it. Squidoo lensmasters are very open, caring and sharing people. Ask questions at Squid U, send a message to a lensmaster you admire asking for advice, join one of the groups around the net dedicated to making you a better, more profitable lensmaster like Squidlog.