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Why Did You Join Squidoo?

From the lens Fresh Squid Graduation Class December 2008.

What were your expectations?

  • businessblossom Feb 4, 2009 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    I found Squidoo quite by accident -- I was doing some research on something totally unrelated, and I followed one of the links -- wham, I arrived on Squidoo's front page. I started reading about the company and checking out the lenses, and noticed how nice the people are around here and how very clean and functional the design is even for those of us who know relatively web design stuff. And of course, the fact that it was free didn't hurt anything. So I decided to join up. I have not created many lenses yet, relative to my time here, but what I find unique and delightful about Squidoo is the depth to which I am able to build out certain of my projects. My philosophy of building resources and portals is not wide but deep, and Squidoo really supports that -- although, granted, I am thinking now about creating, at long last, my sixth lens!
  • Solitudeone Feb 3, 2009 @ 6:22 am | delete
    For me, finding Squidoo came through researching SEO writers and suggestions they offered. I was looking for ways to help promote both my own website and new blog, and Squidoo was mentioned several times over.

    When I first started with Squidoo I read hundreds of lenses about creating lenses and everything else attached. Although my original intention was promotion, (and still is to some extent) I now take time to write here at my own pace, sometimes reflecting my blog writings in a different manner. This is one of the many good things about Squidoo. I can take my time now and polish a lense in my own ways.
  • burntchestnut Feb 2, 2009 @ 4:48 pm | delete
    I have a blog about moving from a city to a rural area, but hardly anyone was finding it - http://from-texas-to-tennessee.blogspot.com/ . My brother told me about Squidoo (I had never heard of it.) I like the idea of making a lens on one subject without feeling I had to keep posting on a regular basis. And I like that I can write a lens on any subject and they don't need to be related, like doing a blog. I'll keep updating my blog, but I like Squidoo lenses better. Plus I'd like to make a little money from Amazon and Google ads.
  • Ramkitten Feb 2, 2009 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    Well, first I found Twitter through a blog I like, where the blogger had a "Follow Me on Twitter" link. Then I randomly clicked on a Twitter follower/followee's tweeted link and found myself reading a lens. A really good one, too. I clicked on a lensrolled link and read another great lens. After about the fourth one, I started contemplating creating one myself. So it just sort of happened. The format and module choices really made it easy to create pages about anything and everything I wanted to write about.
  • Alethea000 Feb 2, 2009 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Hi there and thanks so much for voting me into the December Graduates competition!

    I stumbled across Squidoo as I was looking for ways to earn money on line.. I also have a passion for food and shopping so I set about creating some lenses. Within a week I developed around 5! had little sleep and drank far too much coffee (and wine) crafting my passions! Before long I really was addicted and am learning all the time, in terms of expectation my original objective to make money on line has sort of become seconday and now I am a truly addicted Squidooer to the point where I become aggitated if I haven't checked in for some reason on a dialy basis! We all have something of value to talk about, just go for it!

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