This is the place where I've tried to collect all the facts and links for all the projects run by Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters in the past. And, in a way, this lens is my own way to say thank you to those who helped me on my own way to become a Giant Squid, 100 Club member, a Greeter and SquidAngel.
Some of the Organizers and Greeters active then are now retired from this volunteering duty but they will always be those I'll remain grateful - for their dedication, their perservance and imagination. And their ever emerging desire to hep others.
Not until I've become a Greeter myself, I have understand what this really means. And what this title stands for. Essence of what Greeters do is explained in the word Greeter already: "To salute or welcome in a friendly and respectful way with speech or writing." Other synonyms for Greeter would be: saluter and welcomer.
It All Started with the Giants!
All of our Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters became Giants first!
As you all probably know, Seth Godin launched Squidoo in October 2005. In less than 2 years, Squidoo grow from zero to over 100,000 lenses! As in any other online community, there were those who gave their best and kept creating high quality and useful pages. Those lensmasters Squidoo HQ decided to encourage to create even more of those UUU lenses and to be the role-models for those who followed. This is how Giant Squid program was created and the first class of Giant Squids was announced on September 19th, 2007.
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Giant Squids Class of 2007: Meet The Finest Group Of Lensmasters Ever
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The Giant Squids are an extremely fine group of Lensmasters on Squidoo and I thought that it would be fitting to create a Giant Squid Directory for this wonderful group of people. I've included only the Class of Sept. 2007 on this lens... However I...
First class of Giant Squid was followed by the next batch of Giant Squids on May 2, 2008.
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Giant Squids - Class of 2008
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We are G-I-A-N-T!! No, that isn't a commentary on our pants size. (Although, collectively, we probably have a pretty big waist.) We're part of the Giant Squids, a super duper special covert elite group of Squids with razor-sharpened beaks and six-bl...
And 3rd followed on July 2nd 2008:
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The New Giant Squids - July 2008
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Congratulations to the new group of Giant Squids announced on July 2, 2008. These lensmasters have worked hard to create over fifty quality lenses. Visit their lenses, check them out, and give them a big, well-deserved pat on the back!
Number is 169!
In those first three announcements for Giant Squids, there has been 169 lensmasters who created over 50 high quality lenses and deserved a title - Giant Squid!
Giant Squid Organizers - Making Squidoo a Better Place!
They are also Giant Squid Mentors - always ready to share!
When Giant Squid Organizers were introduced by Squidoo HQ, Squidoo was one of the fastest growing online publishing ventures! With growing number of contributors (lensmasters) and pages (lenses) but also spam and junk, HQ searched for a way to encourage those who create quality pages and to support their work.
This is where Giant Squid Organizers come in. With their knowledge and dedication to make and keep Squidoo a great platform for all of us who want to grow with it, Organizers took a role of those searching for quality and encouraging that quality to be transformed into the quantity of 50 lenses needed for lensmasters to apply for Giant Squid program.
Giant Squid Organizers have a tasks of managing several Giant Squid blogs, creating forum threads, writing LOTD posts, organizing the Giant Squid Greeters Program and deciding who gets Giant Squid status. They are really very busy ladies!
Giant Squid Organizers and Greeters are always looking for:
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THE GIANT SQUIDS 100 CLUB (and how you can become one)
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The 100 Club is for Lensmasters who have created over 100 quality lenses here on Squidoo! They are the best of the best. These top notch lens masters are known for their superior lens making abilities, mentoring, charity work and all around helpfuln...
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THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)
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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 Sq...
Short History of the Giant Squid Organizers
Who, when and why part!
Giant Squid Organizers were officially announced on SquidBlog on June 2nd 2008. Our GSOs were here introduced and described by Megan as "3 of our best, cleverest, most gracious lensmasters". And they were: Bonnie aka bdkz, Robin aka rms, and Patti aka GypsyPirate. There 3 ladies decided to give "their precious spare time on nights, weekends, coffeebreaks, or whenever the kids are napping" and use it for mentoring people into Gianthood, managing the application process and perhaps most importantly: championing our existing Giants.
What you might not know, there has originally been four Giant Squid Organizers. Forth Organizer was Ellen aka GreekGeek, one of the most helpful and dearest lensmasters on Squidoo.
On May 5th 2008 Bonnie (bdkz) started a blog called So You Want To Be A Giant Squid? and with her 1st post she introduced all of the four Organizers and invited lensmasters to: "Subscribe to this blog for tips on how to become a successful Lensmaster. Along with tips we'll have interviews, ideas for new lenses, Squidoo news, inspirational stories, fun FAQ's, Q & A sessions, fishing trips (just kidding)...the bottom line is we're going to provide you with the tools, knowledge and inspiration to become Giant Squids. So be prepared to learn, laugh and have a lot of fun. The journey to becoming a Giant is just as important as the badge."
On May 7th 2008 Robin (rms) launched a blog called Giant Squid Community Showcase with a purpose to "introduce your best lenses to the world by way of featuring them" (speaking of the Giant Squids).
Ebook for Potential Giants created by Giant Squid Organizers!
One of the 1st projects our hardworking Organizers did, was to publish an ebook in pdf format called Want to be a Giant Squid? with 15 important tips for different aspects of lensbuilding, all of this in an effort to assist all interested for reaching a goal and become a Giant Squid.
This ebook shares many valuable tips and tricks and you're more to welcome to follow the link and download it or read it online. You did already? Never mind, I find every time I've read it something new! Something I've missed!
Meet the Giant Squid Organizers!
Past and Present!
Giant Squid Organizer: Bonnie aka bdkz
Busy, busy lady! With her heart ticking for Squidoo!
Bonnie joined Squidoo on February 2007. Since then she created over 380 lenses and rated over 6,000 of them! Wow! Along with this, she is a Giant Squid Organizer and RocketMoms Organizer! She runs four Squidoo related blogs: Want to be a Giant Squid?, RocketMoms, SquidBoo Blast and Squidazzle! All of these blogs are spotlighting other people lenses!
Now, I keep asking myself is she a robot? LOL Look all the things I've mentioned above! This takes a lots of time and patience! Not to mention, this lady has a real, offline life! She's a mom, wife and a digital artist! You can see cool digital art she creates on diverse products on Zazzle, in her store named D&D Art Studio!
- bdkz's Best Squidoo Tips
- I have been with Squidoo for over two years and I wanted to create a "Squidoo Tips" lens to share what I have learned about how to be a successful lensmaster. I hope that this lens gives you some ideas and inspiration to become a Giant Squid!
- How To Create A Quality Lens
- The word 'quality' has come up a lot lately on Squidoo, particularly when it comes to the Giant Squid Program. In order to be accepted you need 50 quality lenses, but what constitutes a 'quality' lens? Here's what I think defines quality and how you can get there!
- How To Create A Beautiful Squidoo Lens For Your Zazzle Gallery
- Welcome to 'How To Create A Beautiful Squidoo Lens For Your Zazzle Gallery'.Here's how you can create a perfect Lens for your Zazzle Gallery with the new Zazzle Gallery Lens Builder!
- 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 'Front Door' to describe these sites.
- 50 Ways To Use Squidcasting
- What the heck is Squidcasting? No it's not fishing for Squid! It's the awesome new interactive tool from the Squidoo HQ team. In a nutshell Squidcasting allows you to interact and react with your fans and fellow Squids. Check out my 50 Ways to Use Squidcasting!
- Over 50 Ways You Can "Change The World" Using Squidoo!
- I bet you didn't know that building a lens could change the world...well I'm here to tell you that it can!Think about it...if every Lensmaster on Squidoo created 1 lens per month and donated the funds to Charity that would add up to a heck of a lot of money!I've compiled a list of over 50 of the Top
- 50 Awesome Squidoo How-To Lenses From A-Z
- Here's a handy little directory of the best Squidoo How-To Lenses from A-Z.Find out how to: Build a lens, improve your lens, add photos, use HTML, Twitter, Squidcast, sell a lens, make a lensograpy, make a profile, find out what it takes to be a Giant Squid, Squid Angel or get Lens of the Day...
- So You Want To Make A Lensography!
- If the term Lensography were in the dictionary (which I think it should be) this would be the definition:1. A lens created about a Lensmaster. 2. A compilation of ones lenses. 3. A definitive guide to who a Lensmaster is, the ultimate 'Who of Squidoo'. 4. A biography of your lenses.
Giant Squid Community Organizer and Mentor: Robin aka rms
Love Squidoo and new recipes!
Robin joined Squidoo in May 2007, since than she created over 270 lenses and rated over 5,400 of other people lenses! She is a Giant Squid Community Organizer and Giant Squid Mentor - the right person to come to with a question when you're running for a Giant Squid!
Robin runs two Squidoo related blogs: Giant Squid Community Showcase and Cabaret Squidoo Best Recipe Blog. She's very well known for her love for cooking and that's a reason she created Cabaret Squidoo. On both of these blogs she puts spotlight on valuable lenses and lensmasters she encountered on Squidoo.
The latest and still active project she runs along with Bonnie and Greeters is New Giant Squid Challenge - this is place, where everyone who thinks his / her lenses are worth and have Giant quality, should stop by and apply! She would surely love to have you!
Tips and tricks shared by Robin:
- Creative Writing Tips and Tricks
- Creative Writing TipsDo you want to be a better writer? Are you ready to be more successful at getting published? At Creative Writing Tips and Tricks I offer my best articles, tips, and ideas to help get you on the path to writing fame and fortune.
- 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.
- GiantSquidTips on Twitter
- Follow GiantSquidTips on Twitter where you'll find quick Squidoo Tips, Inspirational lensmaking ideas, fun Squidoo suggestions, silly seaworthy motivational quotes and some serious help for keeping your lenses fresh.You don't need to be a Giant Squid to follow GiantSquidTips!
- 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.
- Don't Fall For Squid Tricks
- I've been seeing more and more Squid Tricks popping up lately and as one of Squidoo's Squid Citizen mentors, and a Giant Squid Organizer, I'm here to ask you NOT to fall for them.Squid Tricks are when people offer to 'help you' (for a fee, of course) get rich by using Squidoo.com.
- A Day in the Life of a Giant Squid Organizer
- I've been a member of the team of Giant Squid Organizers for about a year now and I'm sure some of you must be curious as to what it is we actually do.I've decided to give you all a little peek at what a day looks like for me being one of Squidoo's Giant Squid Organizers.
Giant Squid Organizer: Patti aka GypsyPirate
GypsyPirate is now retired from a duty of GSO.
Patty aka GypsyPirate joined Squidoo in July 2006. Since then she created over 120 lenses and rated over 1,600 other people lenses. She's the SquidU girl with over 3,000 posts what puts her in top of the most helpful people on SquidU.
Gypsy is really passionate person what shows in her lenses. She was, at the time she accepted to join GSOs, a full time employed as a technical writer and administrative assistant for a safety compliance company, and part time working as an emergency services dispatcher for a police department
She was a Giant Squid Organizer until Summer 2009 when she decided to take a break and take care of some of her other projects. She deserves this for sure. And I wish her luck in what ever she plans for future!
Learn and laugh with GypsyPirate:
- 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, good question.
- Giant Squids In Their Natural Habitats
- While you can never be sure of the results when you get a bunch of really talented people together - you can be sure that those results will be fun and worth your time.
- Purple Star Recipients
- Purple stars have been the topic of much chit chat for a little while now. And, now they are a reality and the lenses featured here are proof.In the modules of this lens you're going to find the recipients of Squidoo's Purple Stars. These lenses are something special, all of them. They are exciting,
- Giant Squids Headquarters
- Giant SquidsA group for the Giant Squids. To highlight their lensography's, plexography's, and a favorite personal lens or two.
- The Charity Giants Headquarters
- The Charity Giants This group is all about letting Giant Squids give something back through their lenses.
Giant Squid Organizer: Ellen aka GreekGeek
Ellen was a GSO for a short period of time.
Ellen aka GreekGeek has been a member of Squidoo since May 2007. She created over 80 lenses and has been very active on SquidU. She has been one of the most helpful and kind lensmasters I've get to meet since I've joined here. One more thing about Ellen is, I really see her as a courageous lady who didn't let her chronic illness stop her on her way through life!
She created a number of stunning tutorials over these last couple years and who ever read any of them, has gained a lot!
You can gain so much by browsing these lenses made by GreekGeek:
- Greekgeek's Top Ten Squidoo Tips
- Psst! Want some free Squidoo secrets?At the risk of losing some footholds in the top ranks on Squidoo, I'd like to share my Top Ten Squidoo Tips
- Is Squidoo a Scam? An Honest Answer
- Is Squidoo a scam? Does anyone really make money or get web traffic from Squidoo?Short answer: No, yes and yes!You won't make thousands of dollars on Squidoo in your first week or first month. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to scam you!
- SquidU's Lensmaster Lounge: Help for New Squids
- Newbies! Need help with Squidoo? Click 'SquidU' at the top or bottom of a Squidoo lens to visit Squidoo's fabulous discussion forum for its members, aka The Lensmaster Lounge.SquidU contains many kinds of resources to help you learn Squidoo.
- How NOT to Make Money on Squidoo
- I'm still learning the fine art of not making money online. Oh, I putter with the odd Amazon module, and once in a blue moon I put up an eBay module as a joke to see what silly things people are selling... but market products? Goodness me!
- GreekGeek's Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found
- So, you want to learn how to build successful Squidoo lenses (or any kind of webpage), attract web traffic, and get your Squidoo lens found by Google!
- Squidoo Tips: Building Web Traffic
- Welcome to Part II of Greekgeek's Squidoo Tips: How To Get Your Lens Found! This tutorial focuses on building web traffic with social networking.
- SEO: The Art of Search Engine Optimization
- Welcome to Part III of 'Greekgeek Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found!' This final part focuses on search engine optimization.
Giant Squid Greeters - Squidoo Continues to Grow!
Giving helping hand to Giant Squid Organizers in guiding potential Giants
And by August 2008..... Squidoo grew to nearly 700,000 lenses and 250,000 lensmasters! With more and more lensmasters at hand, Squidoo HQ and Giant Squid Organizers decided to bring in some helping eyes and fingertips to spot even more of these great lensmasters and help them stand out by assisting them to grow to Giant Squids.
This is when Giant Squid Greeters were introduced. On August 19th 2008, first three Greeters were announced in a blog post on So You Want to Be a Giant Squid? blog: Christene, Noadi and ThomasC - all of them SquidAngels and members of 100 Club.
On October 4th 2008, Giant Squid Organizer Bonnie (bdkz) posted a thread on SquidU, looking for another 7 lensmasters willing to join Greeters program and "search for lensmasters with potential, keep up morale in the forum, post in Guestbooks, and mentor. " Out of numerous lensmasters who applied, 7 new Greeters were chosen: awelldressedbullet, Beeobrien, Caseyfern, Clouda9, Everythingmouse, kab, and KimGiancaterino.
All of these 10 Greeters were volunteering until February 12th 2009 when new round of Greeters were announced. This time, new volunteers who applied and joined Greeters program were: AWellDressedBullet, EverythingMouse, Rajays, Gods_Grace_Notes and JustBon-Crochet-Designs.
On April 10th 2009 Joan4, a_willow and kab (rejoining) joined Greeters program.These three Greeters, along with Rayans and JustBon-Crochet-Designs, and Giant Squid Organizers started a Giant Squid Challenge for June 2009 deadline.
At the end of June 2009, GrowWear joined Greeters and helped other Greeters and Organizers with preparations for new Giant Squid Challenge for September 2009 deadline.
On September 16th 2009 three new Greeters were announced and joined already active Greeters: OhMe, bevspaper and luvmyludvig, which brings us to total of 9 Giant Squid Greeters active in this moment.
Meet the Giant Squid Greeters!
Past and Present
Christene
Giant Squid Greeter from August 2008 - February 2009
Christene has been been Squidoo member since February 6 2007 and she created 135 lenses since. She was in 1st batch of Giant Squid Greeters but also one of the first SquidAngels serving for 3rd time at this moment.
This lady has 4 lenses for LoTD and 5 purple stars so far! You can read more about her fascinating journey on Squidoo in her lensography.
Christene created these lenses to help others:
- Best Lensographies Ever
- Think of your lensography as your Squidoo home page. It can be the single URL that you direct people to, and they will have access to ALL of your lenses.
- Squidoo Resources
- Squidoo is great! It's a fun place to browse around, read some lenses, recommend products, advertise your business, drive traffic to your websites, educate the public, earn money for charity, or earn money for yourself!
- Squidoo Payday Questions & Answers
- It never fails, every month on payday the same questions are being asked in the SquidU forum. Most of them by new lensmasters, but surprisingly, there's also quite a bit of confusion among some who have been around for a while.
Noadi, aka Sheryl Westleigh
Giant Squid Greeter from August 2008 - February 2009
Noadi aka Sheryl Westleigh, has been a member since May 3 2007 and has created 144 lenses from scratch. Noadi is probably one of the most creative people I've met on Squidoo. You can learn more about her and her artworks in her biography.
She is also a person who brings creating tutorial and how-to lenses about crafts to the perfection!
Helpful lenses created by Noadi:
- Using Squidoo to Promote Your Handmade Business
- Squidoo is a great, easy way for anyone selling handmade items to promote their creations. Display your knitting, painting, sculpting, jewelry making, etc. and generate more visits (and hopefully sales) on your website or webstore.
- Giant Squid Greeters
- A Giant Squid Greeter is a champion and a go between for The Giant Squids on Squidoo. We celebrate the current Giants, champion potential Giants and establish relationships with and recruit potential Giants.
- Squidoodling with Noadi
- By squidlings of course I mean my lenses. This lens is my way of keeping track of my lens stats, sharing tips, and other fun Squidoo stuff.
ThomasC
Giant Squid Greeter from August 2008 - February 2009
ThomasC has been a member since January 30 2008 and has created 421 lenses from scratch. Wow! Thomas actually made over 600 lenses but many of those are created on order for other clients. Thomas runs a cool blog where he offers tips for successful lensbuilding called Squidbuilders.com.
You can find more about how he went from lensmaster to Giant Squid, Greeter and an Angel, and how he managed to do all of this and still make over 400 lenses in his biography.
Some tips shared by ThomasC:
- How to make it into top 2000 lensrank
- Most squidoo users know that reaching the top 2000 in lensrank can be difficult! Other squidoo users see it happen often and to a lot of their lenses.I have watched about 5-6 of my lenses go in and out of the top 2000 on any given day!
- How to feature your favorite band on Squidoo.com
- Do you have a band that you just love to listen to on those late nights up in your room? Help your favorite band gain more exposure by making them a squidoo lens!
- How to Maximize the Cafepress Module
- Most squidoo users add a money making module to each lens. Some lensmasters like to add several modules to make money. You may like the eBay module, or the Amazon module, but my favorite module to use is the cafepress module!
awelldressedbullet
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - April 2009
awelldressedbullet, aka Kathy has been a member since June 14 2007 and has created 200 lenses from scratch. She's a lady whose lenses has been featured on LoTD blog four times til date! One of them was for her Lensography of Kathy aka Pretty Bullet.
I've met this lady and feel fond of her because of her humor - she reflects this in all of her lenses as well. So, if you're looking for a break with laughs, you better not miss her lenses!
Kathy has quite a few helping lenses and you can reach them following these links:
- Kathy's Squidoo Help Library
- This is a quick reference lens with a few of my favorite Squidoo lenses that I often refer new lensmasters to. Of course, I've tried to organize them so you can find what you are looking for easily.I've offered a selection of lenses on the same topic.
- Kathy's Squidoo Tutorials
- This lens includes all my Squidoo Tips Tutorials. As new topics are completed they will be added here. Be sure to check back from time to time as I plan on adding more in the near future.Squidoo has updated their lenses recently (I love the new look by the way)
- My Squidoo Story
- Hello, my name is Kathy, aka 'Pretty Bullet'. I am a Squidette and this is My Squidoo Story! I started seeing the term "Squidoo" on the eBay Stores Discussion Boards before eBay Live 2007 was about to start.
KimGiancaterino
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - February 2009
Kim Giancaterino, has been a member since October 30 2006, has rated 7,484 lenses, favorited 3,682, and has created 276 lenses from scratch. This lady gets around a lot! Kim is a silent type. I'm pretty sure she has visited half of the lenses she rated without leaving comment! She's a little secret agent of the SquidAngels! :)
She has a variety of interests and she transformed many of them into lenses. You can see a complete list of them in Kim Giancaterino Lensography.
A human Angel looking out for her beloved Squids:
- Mission: Possible - Becoming a Giant Squid in 2009
- Attention Giant Squid Greeters,Giant Squid Community Organizers,and Citizen Squid Mentors...Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to welcome new lensmasters to the Squidoo community, answer questions and offer assistance to struggling newbies, and mentor lensmasters
- Promote Any Business for Free with Squidoo SquidZipper Lenses
- Do you have a regional business that you're currently promoting online? Would you like to learn about a FREE method of promotion that uniquely situates you as an expert on your neighborhood? Would you like to interact with potential customers in your area, and earn cash for yourself and charity?
- Ten Tips for a Bless-Worthy Squidoo Lens
- Being a Squid Angel is a responsibility I take very seriously. I'm currently serving my third term as a Squid Angel, and am thrilled to have an opportunity to recognize and reward Squidoo lenses worthy of a boost.
kab
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - February 2009; reactivated in April 2009 - still active!
kab has been a member since September 24 2006 and has created 232 lenses from scratch. If you ever wondered about that avatar on the right... She said that's what's she sees when she closes her eyes real tight! Kab is one of the Greeters with the longest serving period.
She wrote about her proud moments on Squidoo and one of them was for receiving a purple star for her lens What to Do With Your Old Soda Cans (this is my personal favorite too!).
These are only some of kab's helping lenses:
- 50 Things to Add to Squidzipper Lenses
- The key to a great squidzipper lens is personalization. Squidzipper already has an automated lens made on each zip code. So, what else is there to say? A LOT! The automated lens only shows the almanac version of your town. It doesn't show the people or the places like a lensmaster can.
- SquidKiva - A Kiva Community for Squidoo Lensmasters
- SquidKiva is a Kiva Community of members from the Squidoo community. Kiva facilitates micro-loans to individuals worldwide that would otherwise not be afforded the opportunity to open or expand their small business.
- Keeping Current With A Squidcast Calendar
- SquidCasts have the potential of bringing visitors to your lens, but they are often used inefficiently and ineffectively. I have found that squidcasts are most effective when there is some incident that prompted the cast to be sent.
beeobrien
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - February 2009
beeobrien, aka Bee OBrien, has been a member since March 8 2008 and has created 79 lenses from scratch. Bee loves (LOVES!) to cook! You can see that if you browse her lensography. When she's not cooking, she has a variety of other interests she's passionate about.
Bee is very kind person, very supportive to her Squidoo friends and on constant lookout for new friends.
Few of Bee's help lenses:
- HTML for Photos: A Tutorial for the Semi-Clueless
- How often do you look at a really great Squidoo lens and wonder how they changed colors or backgrounds or add photos somewhere other than the upper right-hand corner of the module? They use HTML.
- 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 Wanna Be a Giant Squid!
- I know a lot of other people want to be Giant Squids too. But why? What drives people to spend this kind of time and effort?And after they get to Giant Squiddiness, what do they like about it? I want to know. Please, Giants and Giants-to-be, let me know what you think.
Caseyfern
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - February 2009
Caseyfern, aka M K (Casey) van Bronkhorst, has been a member since November 30 2006 and has created 67 lenses from scratch. Casey created a whole serial of lenses about Squidoo (link to few of them are listed below) that any lensmaster should take a loot at. As a graphic designer, there is a lot of color in these lenses!
Casey has a cool blog called Perfectly Shaped World where some of the lenses from Squidoo gets featured from time to time so don't be surprised if you see this blog in your backlinks list!
Just a glimpse of useful links for Squidooers:
- Squidoo Modules 101 - The Starter Package
- There are probably a dozen gazillion how-to lenses about Squidoo modules, and this one joins the pack mainly so I can have a reference at my fingertips.
- Squidoo Modules 102 - Unique Content
- Finding the right modules to build a lens can be tricky even for the experienced lensmaster. In the Squidoo Modules 101 lens, I outlined the Starter Package. In this lens, I'm outlining the modules under the Add Unique Content tab (found when you select Add Modules).Looking for the basics?
- Squidoodling Artwork for your Lens and Group
- I'm very happy to help with small bits of art for my fellow Lensmasters and Groupmasters. (Not a Lensmaster? Become one!)I work with the Squidoo Design Group, so a request placed to that group may end up on my desk from there.
clouda9
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - February 2009
clouda9, aka Correen K, has been a member since May 10 2007 and has created 109 lenses from scratch. She's one of the dearest people I've met on Squidoo and she chooses to promote other people work in her blog posts at Squidreport.
She says for herself that Squidoo is "her addiction, her passion, and a way for her to get things out of her head and onto something more tangible."
This cheerful lady is always available for help:
- Rocket Mom's Photo of the Week Challenge
- The Rocket Mom's Photo of the Week group is at it again...this one's for Session Three! We've twisted things up a bit by having the group member's suggest Challenge Ideas.
- Meet Your Girl Friday!
- To help you deal with the overwhelming prospect of starting something anew, while still dealing with life's responsibilities, I'm here to support and provide you with an advantage. I am your Girl Friday!
- Seasonal Celebrations on Squidoo
- Enjoy this seasonal celebration on Squidoo! New beginnings, family gatherings, and memories in the making.This is what the seasons mean to me...
EverythingMouse
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - April 2009
EverythingMouse, aka Alison Meacham, has been a member since June 30 2007 and has created 227 lenses from scratch. She says about herself to be a little obsessed with Disney! LOL You can see what she means in her Disney Lensography.
She's very active member of Squidoo community at the moment as a serving SquidAngel and a RocketMom.
Get help from Adison:
- 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Squidoo
- It is a long time since I was a Squidoo Newbie but I can still remember how it felt. Exciting and scary. Exciting because Squidoo gives you such a brilliant platform to create wonderful things. Scary because I really had no clue what I was doing.
- How To Make Money With Squidoo and eBay
- How can you use eBay and Squidoo together? And why would you want to? You may already know that both eBay and Squidoo are great ways to make money working from home, but did you know you can use them together to create even more potential sales?
- Is A Squid Angel Looking Over Your Shoulder?
- Have you been Blessed by a Squid Angel? Did you even know that there is a group of lensmasters on Squidoo who are Squid Angels?You may never even have heard of the Squid Angels. Or perhaps you know that they exist but know little about them.
Rajays
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - still active!
Rajays, aka Suthep Sachasiri, has been a member since April 6 2007 and has created 190 lenses from scratch. One more of Greeters with the longest active serving period. Rajays is from Thailand and he presents his country's beauty and culture in few of his lenses you can reach through his profile.
I laughed when I read this line he wrote about why he loves Squidoo... he "thinks it is the best thing to happen since sliced bread".
Tips about promotion shared by Rajays:
- Article Submission Directories
- Article Directories are places where we can submit our articles for others to read and republish in their newsletter, ezines and other publications.This is one of the most effective and a free method to drive traffic to your websites.
- Social Bookmarking, Networking, News and Content Sites
- The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the online marketing landscape dramatically. Small and medium sized businesses can now compete on a level playing field with big branded businesses and websites.
- Top Ways to Promote Your Squidoo Lenses
- I am sure every lensmaster can do with more visitors to their lenses. I know I do.With that in mind I have created this lens to list all the possible and effective ways possible to help promote a lens.
JustBon-Crochet-Designs
Giant Squid Greeter from October 2008 - still active!
JustBon-Crochet-Designs, aka Bonnie From Ohio, has been a member since January 4 2007 and has created 139 lenses from scratch. Bonnie is a girl who loves a lots of music in her life - she refers to herself as a pop culture junkie! What she created so far can be seen through her lensography.
She is very giving person and she enjoys her "job" as Greeter. She runs a blog related to Squidoo where you can check out what she's up to lately.
Music brought by Squidoo-adict:
- Add Music to Your Squidoo Lens
- Have you ever wondered about adding some music to your lenses? Have you been fretting about how to do this?Well, fret no more, as there is an easy and fun way that you can now spice up the mood of your lenses.This is a step by step guide showing how you can add your favorite songs, or add music to c
- My Squidoo Fans
- Pop stars have them. Film stars have them. Squidoo has them. Lensmasters have them and I'm so pleased that I have them. What are they? They're fans.This page brings together those Lensmasters who have very kindly decided to become my fans.
- You're Addicted to Squidoo When...?
- ADDICTION...Or are you an addict? In the dictionary it says 'enslaved to a habit or dependent on something habit forming'. Well you just might be an addict. You love to wake up every morning, turn on your laptop, hit the bookmark icon and head to Squidoo.
gods_grace_notes
Giant Squid Greeter from February 2009 - April 2009
God's Grace Notes, has been a member since October 24 2006 and has created 95 lenses from scratch. She's one of the craftiest people on Squidoo what you can see for yourself if you browse through Connie's Craft-a-Holics Club Lensography.
She runs www.welcometosquidoo.com - a the place to find all of her latest news, tips and resources about learning how to make Squidoo work.
Fun and help from Connie:
- Squidoo Tips From a Veteran Squid Angel
- It's time to fly! Yes, it's true....the founding class of Squid Angel's has flown away home to hang up our Squid Angel wings. The baton has been passed to the next class of Angels who will be seeking to discover the best lenses in every category at Squidoo!
- Confessions of a Peeping Giant
- Yup, it's true; I just can't resist the urge to visit and critique Squidoo lenses.I love to read 'em. Lenses built by rookies, lenses built by Squidoo Masters, and lenses built by Team Squidoo.
- How-To Insert Your Flickr Photos Into Your Lenses
- The 24 hours of Flickr comes but once a year, but you can use your Flickr account to spice up every single lens you build at Squidoo...It's been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and I tend to agree with that statement.
Joan4
Giant Squid Greeter from April 2009 - still active!
Joan4, aka Joan Adams, has been a member since October 16 2007, has rated 3,573 lenses and has created 180 lenses from scratch. Joan runs a cool Squidoo related blog called Squidoo Kindergarten and co-hosts Squidoo related radio-show called Giant Squid OpenMike.
She's a very friendly and outgoing grandma what you can see just looking at the name of her lensography: Hello, I'm Joan!
- Ten Tips for Squidoo Newbies
- Squidoo is easy and fun! If you are new to Squidoo, this top 10 list will cover the basics. These are the things you should learn first. After this, you will learn something new every single day! Squidoo is a constant learning experience!Take advantage of all the super teaching lenses on Squidoo.
- Squidoo To-Do Lists
- I am by nature a list-maker. I make lists of everything! As I started learning about Squidoo and making lenses, I started making lists. Return often. As I learn and grow in Squidoo land, I am sure my lists will change also. Join me on this fantastic discovery -- Squidoo!
- Blog Talk Radio - Moon, Moo and You
- Moon Moo and You is a Blog Talk radio show dedicated to the wisdom of all of us. Kate Loving Shenk and I discuss a wide variety of subjects from journaling to meditation practices to Squidoo, angels, article writing and mysterious other things.
a_willow
Giant Squid Greeter from April 2009 - still active!
a_willow, aka Michelle Willow, has been a member since July 17 2008, has rated 3,518 lenses and has created 131 lenses from scratch.... Hey! That's me! :) I'm from Croatia and stumbled on Squidoo as a result of pure accident! Jumped in and never regret it!
I currently run 6 blogs - most of them are Squidoo related but these two are the most active: Fresh Squid News and Got Moxie Style?
- WiWon School of Wonders
- This school is special! It's school where lensmasters who are Giants or 100 Clubbers pass their knowledge to lensmasters who will become next generation of Giants!This school will open it's doors to WiWon team members on August 1st, 2009!
- How to Find and Expand a Niche
- There is a lot of talk about building a niche. Everyone is saying: make niche lenses! They have a better chance to be found by search engines! Become an expert in your niche!This is all great! And you should do this!But... how?
- Polish Until It Shines!
- For all of you who landed on this page, probably 'good' isn't a word you are satisfied with. You want to make 'great', 'excellent' even 'outstanding' lenses (pages or articles) online.We'll go through a list of things which will help your lens go from good to great.
GrowWear
Giant Squid Greeter from June 2009 - still active!
GrowWear, aka MiMi GrowWear, has been a member since January 27 2007, has rated 3,185 lenses and has created 69 lenses from scratch. Mimi is probably one of the people who promote other people's work more than their own! She runs a blog called Squidoo Lens Reviews where she features great lenses on daily basis!
She is also a game girl and you can check see what exactly I mean by this if you check her lensography.
- Best Of Lensmaster Shout-Outs
- A compilation of the love that Squidoo Tweetizens have showered on their fellow lensmasters. As you may or may not know, this is a contest to see who gets crowned (unofficially) as Squidoo Rockstar Extraordinaire. Officially, the winner will receive a quotation magnet from my store, GrowWear.com. ..
- The Best Squidoo Lens NOT To Do
- Oh, yippee yay! This is all about me and my Website and what I want you to buy. I am not going to add any of my personality or give you any information on the lens topic, because that would waste my time! In fact, I don't have a topic!
- Squidoo Lens Reviews
- Since July 2008, I have been blogging about and promoting creative, interesting and otherwise outstanding Squidoo lenses. This lens is all about the Squidoo Lens Reviews blog. The main goal is to show the world that Squidoo means quality.
OhMe
Giant Squid Greeter from September 2009 - still active!
OhMe, aka Nancy Hellams, has been a member since July 18 2008, has rated 5,091 lenses and has created 73 lenses from scratch. Nancy is queen of local lenses with the variety of lenses she created about her beloved town - Pendleton!
You can get to know her better through her lensography and blog called OhMe! Oh My!
- What Does Your Family Think Of Your Love For Squidoo?
- If you are like me, you have become obsessed with Squidoo. I find myself talking more and more about my activities on Squidoo and my new Squidoo friends. I am afraid that my family and friends are getting quite bored with this.
- What A Year! From Newbie to Giant Squid
- It has been one year since I joined Squidoo. I have been reflecting about what has happened since that date and am amazed at how my life has changed in just one year.I can not look back without remembering those who are responsible for my getting this far on Squidoo and becoming a Giant Squid
- Pendleton Goes Squidoo
- I'm a SAPP (Self Appointed Pendleton Promoter)!My sister, Joan4, made the first Squidoo lens about our hometown of Pendleton SC and I have followed with many more. I love to promote Pendleton and am continuing to make lenses about Happenings, Events, and History in Pendleton.
BevsPaper
Giant Squid Greeter from September 2009 - still active!
BevsPaper, aka Bev Owens, has been a member since June 18 2008, has rated 2,699 lenses and has created 119 lenses from scratch. Bev is a lady with many interests and included in nzmber of online activities. She even owns her own online shop where she sells paper products. She is Senior Squid and a Rocket Mom. More of her and her adventures can be found in her lensography.
- BevsPaper Proud To Be A Giant Greeter
- When I got the invitation from Bonnie and Robin, the Giant Squid Organizers on Squidoo, to become one of the new Giant Greeters starting with the December 2009 Giant Squid Challenge it was a monumental day for me.
- Visiting 100 Lenses for My 100th Lens
- In honor of my 100th lens I decided to follow in the footsteps of Squid Angel KimGiancaterino and visit 100 lenses.In the past few weeks, I've kept track of the lenses that I visited, rated, and commented on here at Squidoo.
- A Squid is Born
- This is a tale of how I came to be a Squidoo Lensmaster. You will read about how I came to swim in the Sea of Squidoo and follow my journey through the waters.I will also introduce you to fellow Lensmasters who have swam with me along the way.
luvmyludwig
Giant Squid Greeter from September 2009 - still active!
luvmyludwig, aka Crystal Touchton, has been a member since January 8 2009, has rated 1,003 lenses and has created 81 lenses from scratch. Crystal is a girl with big heart who runs two Squidoo related blogs: Happy Squidoo Anniversary and Squidoo Sun.
She is also a brave lady who walks on fire!
- Giant Squids And The Squidoo Community
- Giant Squids are revered around the Squidoo Community and are recognized as being the best of the best on Squidoo. With this honor comes responsibility. (I don't want to hear any whining 'responsibility' is not a four letter word, I promise!)
- No Cold Squids - Break The Ice And Learn About Your Fellow Lensmasters.
- Squidoo 'had me from hello' , in part, because of the sense of community I felt once I published my first lens and introduced myself in the SquidU Forum.I have found myself reading various lenses and learning more about each lensmaster by the contents of their lenses
- It Takes A Village To Raise A Giant Squid
- The old African proverb 'It takes a village to raise a child' can also be applied to Squidoo and becoming a Giant Squid. It is often said that the Squidoo community is the best part of Squidoo, and I have to agree.
Looking for potential Giants
Current and past
projects and challenges
run by
Organizers and Greeters
- Giant Squid Treasure Hunt
- Run from August 20th to 29th, 2008 - hosted by Bonnie aka bdkz
- A Halloween Contest for Future Giants
- ended September 26th, 2008 - hosted by Giant Greeter ThomasC
- How Giant Squids Do Halloween
- ended October 18th, 2008 - hosted by Patty aka GypsyPirate
- Vote Now for the 2008 Giant Squid Awards
- November 21st - December 21st, 2008 - hosted by Bonnie aka bdkz
- Giant Squid Challenge June 2009
- April 20th - June 30th 2008 - hosted by Robin aka rms and Giant Greeters (JustBon, Joan4, Rajays, Kab and a_willow)
- Giant Squid Challenge September 2009
- July 10th - September 30th - Hosted by Robin aka rms and Giant Greeters (Joan4, Rajays, Kab, GrowWear and a_willow)
- Get your Giant Squid Masters Degree this summer!
- Summer 2009 - Run by your Giant Squid Organizers, sponsored by Megan Casey, and contributed to by members of SquidHQ including Seth Godin, Kimberly Dawn Wells and more!
- Giant Squid Community Fair: Summer 2009
- Run by Robin aka rms
New Giant Squid Challenge - currently ongoing!
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New Giant Squid Challenge
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The Giant Squid Greeter Challenge teams have joined forces and we're proud to announce the all new Giant Squid Challenge, just for you! The NEW Giant Squid Challenge is a Ning community where your Giant Squid Greeters and Giant Squid Organizer...
Have you Meet These People?
If you have been spotted by any of them....
.... It means you're good! :) So, if you haven't achieved a Giant status yet, you better hurry and apply to the newest and ongoing Giant Squid Challenge! Link is just above!
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Nov 16, 2009 @ 6:08 pm
- Yep! Good people!
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Nov 6, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
- Wonderful Tribute to Organizers and Greeters! :)
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- aj2008 aj2008 Nov 1, 2009 @ 11:22 am
- Lenses like these are just so useful for finding out who is who on Squidoo!
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- AddaptAbilities AddaptAbilities Oct 29, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
- So many angels, greeters, and giants to check out. Thanks!
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Oct 27, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
- Great idea for a lens! Thank you for featuring me here - it is good to be in such excellent company
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Sources and Image Credits
- Free Squid Banners and Dividers
- This lens was created for all of you.I have been extremely blessed to be part of the Squidoo Community and thought it would be fun to find some ways to give back to all of you.So many people have helped me along my Squidoo pathway.
- SquidBlog
- Squidoo is the popular publishing platform and community that makes it easy for you to create "lenses" online.
- So You Want To Be A Giant Squid?
- A blog for mentoring the next generation of Giant Squids
- Giant Squid Community Showcase
- The Giant Squid Community Showcase is written by Giant Squid Organzier and mentor rms and exclusively features lenses made by Squidoo's elite group of lensmasters, The Giant Squids.
- SquidU
- Welcome to Squid University, our all-inclusive learning center for Squidoo lensmasters. Grab a comfy seat and your favorite beverage, kick your feet up, and have fun browsing our extensive list of lensmaster-driven resources.
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