Margo's Ultimate Squidoo 'How to Squidoo' Branch Library

Hey, Don't Miss the Library's Main Branch! 

Margo's Ultimate Squidoo Business Branch Library

I used to have all these really great lenses on my computer bookmarks. I thought I was really smart, until my computer crashed and they were all gone. I was slowly able to find most of them and more. In order to keep these, I created Margo's Ultim...

Margo's Ultimate Squidoo "SEO" Branch Library

I first started my Squidoo lens library when a computer crash made me loose all the links to all the ones I had been saving. Oh No! Well, I wasn't going to let that happen again, so I started a lens to save all of the lenses I didn't want to loose t...

"A" is for "Arrowsmith"

I began this journey as a lens master on June 21, 2008. I started with the story of how my parents began their first small business. That first lens reached a top rank of 188 overall and 14 in business, and then started back down, getting as low as...

Margo's Ultimate Squidoo Library: Main Branch

When I was 45 I still owned every book I ever read. Well, nearly. I certainly possessed every book I ever owned. When I moved from New Jersey to North Carolina I shipped every one of them through the post office. 13 years later I sold my house, I cou...

Basics for Newbies 

The Squidoo Learning Curve

For some, the Squidoo Learning Curve has been a road with gentle inclines and peaceful valleys. They traverse it with ease, picking up new ideas along the way. For others following the Learning Curve is akin to scaling a mountain. There are sharp, ja...

Lost in Squidoo - Hot Tips for Newbies

How'd you find your way here? Was it a weblink, or word of mouth from someone who builds lenses? I stumbled into Squidoo one afternoon while researching a topic for a monthly column. The more I explored Squidoo lenses, the more I thought, Hmmmm. I c...

Squidoopedia

In this lens we will be adding, and encouraging others to add examples of  Squidoo-centric jargon as it evolves. Referenced sources from the Squidu forum are most appreciated and given extra weight.

Types of Squidoo Lenses

SquidWho and SquidLit and MonkeyBrain, oh my! There are many different lens templates you can use when creating your lens. Some of the different lens types can conveniently be found at the very bottom of your dashboard screen. Others are well hidden...

How To Be You - On Squidoo

First of all - welcome! We're interested in YOU. The Squidoo community (and the world) wants to meet YOU. Your lenses may be about a huge variety of topics, but they will all reflect your personality in one way or another. So tell us: Who are YOU? Wh...

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Drifter's Tales

Out from under the murky sludge of his past and into the light of the living, the creature crawls. Using the powers of the Ancients, he smites indifference and the wanton abuse of the human nature that drives some to just slide by. This is Drifter's...

Stepping Up the Quality and the Production 

How to Be More Creative

Having the ability to come up with creative ideas can help you each and every day. Creativity is not the sole domain of the arts-whether it's painting, theater, music, architecture, dancing, literature, and so on-but is important in any field, from m...

Expanding Your Lens Publishing Power -- How-to Squidoo

Hello Lensmasters! I have prepared this special Squidoo how-to lens just for you! This lens gives you step-by-step directions from a squidoo addict who has experienced over three years on Squidoo to become a GIANT Squid 100 Club Member having authore...

How Not to Squidoo 

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! After all, all...

Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes

Making a Squidoo lens is easy. Making a good Squidoo lens, well, that's another story. A lot of Squidoo newbies ask veterans to critique their lenses, and most of these lenses are not nearly as good as they could be. (There are exceptions!) Hopefull...

Making Your Way on Squidoo 

Squid Etiquette

Squid Etiquette is all about what to do and what NOT to do on Squidoo! It is a very different How To Squidoo than you have probably seen before. In our enthusiasm to not only publish our first few Squidoo lenses but also get traffic, we may forget...

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...

Lensmasters Who Help Lensmasters 

Your Lens HERE!

That's right, the Captain's Featuring lenses on his profile page and one of the 5 spots could be yours for a full month!

HTML Lenses 

Basic HTML for Squidoo

Before you start reading all this, you may want to open Advanced HTML in a new tab, because you'll be wanting to check it out as soon as you've finished this! You can use basic HTML in a few of the lens modules. Mostly used to create hyperlinks (the...

Those All Important "How to Do the Cool Tricks" 

How To Add Animoto Video To Your Squidoo Lens

This is free and so much fun! Create sassy little Animoto videos with your choice of music and add them to your Squidoo lenses. Upload a few of your pictures, pick your song from a great selection in several music categories - and Animoto produces a...

How to Use the Polaroid Module

The Polaroid Module allows lensmasters to quickly upload a single picture to create a Polaroid-like image within the lens, a photo with a white border. The benefit of the Polaroid Module is that you can upload a large image easily without needing to...

Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens

I've gathered my favorite Squidoo-code for later reference. I'm tired of trying to find that specific lens I used a css effect on and then having to go to edit-mode, copy paste, and then go back to the lens I was working on. This lens will help me be...

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 have included easy instructions for a variety of...

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Bulleted and Ordered Lists

You can easily make bulleted or numbered lists in the Text List module. Too easy! But if you want more control and more of a say on how the information is presented you'll need to learn to use three HTML tags. Lets say you want to display a list in...

Website Content Writing Tips for Squidoo, Your Website or Blog

This lens focuses on writing web content that will entertain site visitors, do well in search engine queries, and provide helpful answers to those who seek your information. If you want your pages to be noticed and to be used as reference pages peop...

Lens Candy - Free Squidoo Graphics for the Style Conscious Lens Master

Hello and thanks for visiting this lens. I know there are quite a few graphic resource lenses out there but, hey when it comes to style, there can never be too much choice. So here's my contribution :) So far, I've included three sets of squidoo gra...

My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo

The basic tools provided by Squidoo will do pretty much everything you need to get your content out to your audience. But sometimes you want to format it a little differently, and this is where inline CSS comes into play. Here I show some of the tric...

Even More Borders and Dividers for use on Squidoo

The use of borders, dividers and clip art is a fun way to give your lens that little extra something. Use them to break up long sections of text to make your lens more readable. They can make your lens flow better and appear more visually appealing....

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FREE Logos for the Squidoo Community

  FREE Squidoo Design Group There are more Logos displayed there & you can add your Lens .. I also display other peoples work :) So get on board. If you need a Logo, Avatar or pic for Lens... Get in contact :) * RequestBook below * I dont...

Free Spacers & fillers for your Lens

Yes, Janusz is back to help you make your Lenses even better than they are already :). This is #3 in a series of "How To" make your Lens look Great!. I have made a number of Spacers & Pics that you can add to your Lens. As always all are FREE for...

Getting Your Lenses Seen and Read 

Promote Your Squidoo Lens

If you have a lens that starts with 'Promote your Lens' or has 'promoting your lens' in the title, then, you might just find it here!

Getting More Out Of Squidcasts

According to the definition of Squidoo a squidcast is a squirted message, sent from a lens. From the dashboard every lensmaster can send such a squidcast, related to a specific lens, which will be shown within the favorites of anyone in the lensmaste...

Squidoo Lensranking - How Important It Is And How To Make It Better

I believe that the lensranking and the LensRank system (algorithm) are very important to all of us - the Squidoo lensmasters - and to the Squidoo Headquarters (HQ) too... For two main reasons - first, the LensRank can make us happy when our lenses a...

Traffic From Image Searches

Google Images | Traffic and hits to your lens or web-page. Yahoo, MSN, and Google image searches are the best kept secret among experienced webmasters and SEO consultants for acquiring readers to internet locations around the web. Read on to find out...

Squidoo Traffic Tricks: (how to get more visitors and a better search engine ranking for your Squidoo lens)

Do you have some lenses that don't get as many visitors as they deserve? Would you like to learn how to get more people reading your lenses? Wanna know how to make people come back to your lenses again and again? Would you like to rank higher in G...

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. By promotin...

How to get traffic to your squidoo lens

So your Lens has fallen on hard times? Well no worry because my definitive guide on how to boost your lens traffic will definitely give your Lens the new edge it needs to be a huge and successful Lens! The guide is split into 10 helpful parts all of...

Making Money with Squidoo 

Squidoo Profits - The True Step by Step Guide

The Squidoo Profits Step by Step Guide is a collection of e-books designed to help you create Squidoo lenses that will attract big traffic. However, you can find all this information, and more, for free if you know where to look. This lens will tell...

Making Money On Squidoo

I plan to talk here about the technicalities and legalities of making money by building Squidoo lenses. I will describe the rules and policies regarding that issue that are detailed in the Squidoo Terms Of Services (TOS), FAQ (Questions And Answers)...

The Two Original Research Studies Of Squidoo's MOST PROFITABLE LENS LISTING in 2006 - And, The 2007 Study of the MARKETING TAG

Hello Fellow Lensmasters and Squidooers - and welcome to the one lens based on the now non-existent Most Profitable Listing of Squidoo. The Most Profitable Listing on Squidoo was a `rolling' Top 100 most profitable lenses on a given day. The lens res...

Squidoo - A Good Investment? Is It Really Worth It?

When asked, "is it a good investment to make Squidoo lenses?", or, "is it worth it to spend all that time on Squidoo?" - I answer "yes, it is a good investment for me!" I know how to make money online! I know how to work from home using Squidoo.com a...

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Exponentially Compound Your Squidoo Earnings With Affiliate Marketing

There are lots of reasons to become a lensmaster, and one of them is to earn money for yourself, your company or a worthy charity. And Squidoo offers lensmasters many ways to earn money. A lensmaster can earn money directly from the rankings of thei...

Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?

Okay, I am sure you are all thinking, "What's the catch?" Don't worry, there isn't one. I promise. I am a stay at home mom and I will show you how Squidoo is helping me earn a monthly income while still being home to take care of my children. What i...

Buy Quality Lenses -- Created by Jaguar Julie

Well, Jaguar Julie to the rescue! Why not buy one of Jaguar Julie's developed lenses? While many are not for sale and will probably never be for sale -- no matter what the price as they are PRICELESS -- there are at the minimum 100 lenses that can be...

Getting Seen and Lens Rank 

Why You Should Not Submit Your Lens To Search Engines.

I have not submitted any lenses to search engines and yet I have been ranked quickly and have ranked well. How? Well, I will explain why you should not submit to search engines in a minute.

Make Money on Squidoo Before Noon

A few months ago I was searching for an opporunity to share with others my experiences in life and came across a wonderful service in squidoo which allowed others like me who are thirty for knowledge to share their expert advice in certain subjects,...

Squidoo Lensranking - How Important It Is And How To Make It Better

I believe that the lensranking and the LensRank system (algorithm) are very important to all of us - the Squidoo lensmasters - and to the Squidoo Headquarters (HQ) too... For two main reasons - first, the LensRank can make us happy when our lenses a...

Misc. Some of the Best Are Here 

Squidoo Therapy | How To Create Vital Lenses

For the "get-to-the-point" folks, this lens is about how to create great lenses by mining your past creative "failures." In the process, you'll not only make a great lens, but will have freed up your creativity and energy for success, now and in the...

Squidaholics Anonymous

It's the newest addiction to hit the streets. It starts with just one.. then you build a second, and a third, and before you know it you have a dozen. Then two dozen... then 50!  You know what I mean, don't you?  Because you're probably...

Giant Squid Mentor

It's true. Squidoo is a great place to create web pages for free. But did you know that part of the magic of Squidoo also comes from the membership? Since Squidoo started in the fall of 2006, our lensmasters have continued to create great lenses and...

Thrivingmom's Critique Service

Have you ever posted on the "Critique" section of the SquidU forums asking for a critique of one of your lenses only to find your post gets tons of views and no replies? Or maybe you just get a couple replies and all they say is "looks good." It can...

Where can I find the best lenses about... SQUIDOO?

In a determined effort to help Lensmasters, new and experienced alike, I have been creating Squidoo Lenses about... Squidoo. So have others. And if you are one of those Lensmasters who have made a quality informative lens about a specific aspect abo...

Marketing Your Lenses Off (and On) Squidoo 

Promoting Your Lens Outside Of Squidoo

One of the most often asked questions in the Squidu Forums is, "How do I get traffic to my lens?" The most obvious way to generate traffic to your lens is to make sure that it is search engine friendly. But that is a topic that deserves its own lens...

Keyword Research Tools and Tips For Squidoo Lensmasters

f you haven't been optimizing your Squidoo lenses with specific keywords and keyword phrases for internet searches, you are probably missing out on a LOT of traffic. To put it simply, you have to compose your Squidoo lenses in such a way that people...

SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization

SEO - search engine optimization - has many different facets. This lens goes over the main ones - especially how they effect making successful lenses on squidoo. An elaborate version of this lens, with details about blogging, twitter and more, can...

Navigating Groups on Squidoo 

Tips for Starting and Maintaining a Group

One of the fabulous things about Squidoo is your ability as a lensmaster to start a group that interests you!  A group is a collection of lenses that is maintained by a groupmaster. The lensmaster can invite members, generate interest for the gr...

All About Groups at Squidoo!

I have about 40 groups, some more successful and useful than others, but working with all of them I have learned a LOT about Squidoo, my fellow lensmasters, and the wide range of possibilities and potential for groups. This concerns Group Masters (G...