Home » Squidoo Community » About Me » Why I Squidoo

Greekgeek's 2012 Squidoo Goals

Ranked #565 in Squidoo Community, #78,412 overall

Diversify Beyond Squidoo, Improve Lenses

Yes, it's time for goal-setting and Squidoo New Year's Resolutions again!

The last Squidoo quest in which I participated was a Five Goals for 2011 challenge, in which we had to spell out goals for the coming year.

On the one hand, I failed to achieve four of my five goals. On the other hand, I made a tremendous amount of progress and doubled my earnings from the year before.

Image Credit: Carlos A. Brandão



Making goals is a good way to keep yourself focused, even if you fall short. So here's my five goals for 2012. Most of them are not Squidoo goals, since my primary goal is...

1) Diversifying My Income Stream Beyond Squidoo

Create 150 money-earning articles

by katagaci on Stock Xchng

Credit: katagaci on Stock Xchng

This year, I'm not committing myself to making a specific number of Squidoo lenses, although I'd love to reach 500 (I don't think I can -- I'm at 386 now, and I only managed to create 176 lenses last year by doing little else).

I think it's time to diversify. It's not wise to have all one's eggs in the same basket. I've started branching out, but since I'm fairly successful on Squidoo, I haven't gotten traction anywhere else. It's time to fix that.

So far, I'm writing on Hubpages and two blogs with Adsense. See the RSS feeds in the sidebar for my latest posts on each of these sites!

2) Overhaul and Improve 50 Articles

Time to upgrade my old lenses with all the skills I've learned

Photo by Rudy Tiben on Stock XchngLast year, I was so engrossed in trying to meet my "new lens" goals that I only did very minor updates to most of my old lenses.

Some of my lenses need major overhauls and complete rewrites, especially my old Squidoo tutorials and index of Squidoo modules. Others need new graphics and lens logos.

Photo Credit: Rudy Tiben



Revamping an article often takes as long as building it from scratch -- several days, if it's a quality article -- so I'm only going to commit to 50 major overhauls.

Articles Overhauled So Far:

  1. Greekgeek's Squidoo Stats
  2. 25 Funny Things on Google Maps
  3. Photos of Apollo Moon Landers from Space
  4. Squidoo Banners and Buttons
  5. Measuring Squidoo Success
  6. Niche Lensography (stealth account ;) ))
  7. Squidoo Free Squid Graphics
  8. Transfer This Lens Game
  9. How Not to Make Money on Squidoo
  10. (Niche account)
  11. Jackie Robinson
  12. (Niche account)
  13. My Greekgeek Lensography
  14. Funny Signs and Bizarre Billboards
  15. Claim Your Authorship on Google!
  16. How to Get Your Lens Found (aha "Secrets of My Squidoo Success")
  17. Understanding Squidoo Traffic Stats
  18. Squidoo Social Modules
  19. Greek Mythology Crossword Puzzles and Word Search
  20. My 2011 Patio Diary
  21. Gettin Author Information to Show in Google Results (Hubpages)

2012 Squidoo Progress Report

Week by week

My Squidoo Stats 2012

3) Earnings Goal: $1200/month by end of 2012

After spectacularly failing to meet Squidoo earnings goals last year...

Photo by Zsuzsanna KilianAgain, I'm not going to restrict myself to how I'm earning that money. I still need to take full advantage of Zazzle, and I've yet to really optimize my own websites and blogs for Adsense.

By the end of 2011, I was comfortably making $700, and I was just beginning to earn real income from non-Squidoo sources.

An increase of $500 is an awfully ambitious goal, considering I only increased my monthly payouts by $200 last year! But I'm going to keep trying.

Two events should help: one of my niche accounts is ready to capitalize on The Hobbit movies coming out in 2012 and 2013, and the other niche account covers some old but popular video games that are about to be updated and re-released for XBox and PS3.

Photo Credit: Zsuzsanna Kilian on Stock Xchng

4) Take Time to Work on Home and Gardening

Just because I work online doesn't mean I forget to live HERE

My Patio GardenMy Patio Garden
(and Samhin the Cat)

It's amazing how, when you're working online, you never get around to other longterm projects. I moved into this condo three years ago and prompty had a series of health problems that flattened me for two of them.

It's time to replace some of the IKEA furniture I've had since I went off to college (done: see my cool new office)! Kickstart the garden yet again! Replace the old heat-sieve windows and get the attic door insulated so I'm not paying to heat the attic!

There. Now maybe I won't keep putting those things aside while trying to get one more lens published, or all the other things that keep me busy.

Besides, home and gardening provide lots of lens topics.

Update: See my Patio Garden Diary 2012

5) Exercise! Exercise! Healthy Habits!

The one goal I DID meet in 2011

I've improved my diet and was getting 20-40 minutes of exercise a day by the end of 2011, until I threw my back out putting up Christmas lights! I'm about healed, and it's time to get back on the bike.

Specifically, this bike:

Fitdesk Exercise Bike

From: Samhain the Cat Reviews My Exercise Bike

Poll: Have You Set Any 2012 Goals?

Squidoo New Years' Resolutions

Loading poll. Please Wait...

A Few of My Other Lenses

What I've Done and Where I'm Going

Loading

Guestbook

Drop a note! Have any goals to share?

  • wilfredpadilla Feb 3, 2012 @ 1:56 pm | delete
    Wow! Very inspiring!
  • manlalakbay Jan 22, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    I wish I could earn money the same as you. Nice one! It keeps me inspired to make more lenses. :)
Show All

by

Greekgeek

Storyteller, former Latin teacher, student of mythology and the ancient world: I've worn many hats, but always I've dabbled in computers and the web.

Until... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

My Latest Hubs 

Greekgeek on Hubpages

Loading

Latest Posts on My Squidbits Blog 

SEO, Traffic, and other online writing tips

Loading

Latest Posts from My Mythphile Blog 

Myths and the Modern World

Loading

Related Tags