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"By Invitation Only" Group Lensmaster Jurists

"By Invitation  Only"  is a group of regular lensmasters, like you, who  have a great  love  of terrific squidoo lenses.  This project is a grass-roots lensmaster project, to look at your lenses and  find...

'By Invitation Only' Great Lensmaster Monthly Contest

Add your best lens here!  Vote on the lenses here! 

This is a community, grass-roots lensmaster effort to find, get to know, and support each other!  We are looking for the shining stars, the wonderful content pages, and the terrific c...

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...

Best Presentations Ever
Great Presentations Are a Thing of Joy

I've been endlessly fascinated with great presentations. And it wasn't without a lot of thought, and viewing of hundreds of presentations, that we came up with KnowHR's list of the Top 10 Best Presentations Ever...

Blogging Starter Checklist

Many of my close friends are entering the blogging world. I am so happy for them. I started blogging in Feb 2005 and I have learnt that we need to do a few basic things when we start a blog. I learnt it the hard way but you don't have to. I have put...

Blogs and Lenses (together is better)

Every blog needs a lens. Here's why.

Building a Business Lens

Apologies for the old-school business clip-art image. But that's much of what business-focused communication online entails.

It doesn't have to be that way.

Business web sites, blogs, and other pages don't need to be business as usual. And there are lo...

Building Website Traffic 101

It also keeps your websites, marketing schemes, or affiliate programs from crashing and burning to the ground! This lens showcases the in's and out's of learning how to increase your website traffic!



Let Me Teach You What To Do With That Traffic On...
By Invitation Only Headquarters
Check these out -- SquidooSecrets.com Members' Very First Lens

As a member of SquidooSecrets.com, you have almost an unfair advantage.  One of those being this lens. 

This lens has one central purpose:  to get a link to your lens from this lens so you can have more traffic and a higher lens ranki...

Creativity and the Creative Paradox

This a lens to honor Gordon MacKenzie the author of one of my favorite books on creativity, "Orbiting the Giant Hairball". Use this lens as a reference to review creative resources I have used to improve on my ability to be creative and add...

Distinguish Yourself

This lens is based on a series of articles on my blog called "Ways to Distinguish yourself." I started writing the series since Feb 2005. I am creating this lens to mark the anniversary for this series :)

Distinguishing yourself is your answer to rapi...

Do Squidoo: A much requested guide to creating a successful Squidoo lens

Are you seeking information on how to use Squidoo effectively?  Excellent, because this lens is made just for you!

Find the answers to: 

- How do I do ...?
- Why won't ... work?
- How can I ...?
- Why do you ...?
- Where is the ...?

Finally d...
Don't Eat the Steak - If You Are Not Buying Dinner

We are all Modern Magellans making our way in the world. I believe everyone has a very important business - life. Your life and everything you are responsible for is your business. Many people believe that they cannot run a business but I know two th...

Fast, cheap, and out of control: how to promote your business, project, or nonprofit

You had to buy something expensive, like advertising, or do something complicated, like PR. Or you sent out lots of direct mail, which is expensive and complicated and horrendously wasteful. (Only 97% of our junk mail was thrown away! Fabulous succes...

Finding Inspiration

Reading is my passion. I read about a book a week. Over these years, there are more than a hundred books that have touched me in some special way. These books have played a valuable part in making me a better person - personally or professionally or...

HitTail - A Practical Alternative to Paying For Search Hits

HitTail is a $10/mo service to all small to medium size websites to get more traffic to your website for less money. For a free pre-packaged service that makes keyword writing suggestions for you without you having to waste time in the research...&nb...

How 2 Connect Using Social Media

Sometimes, all we need to know is how to connect...with a little magic from technology.

Here are some tools, platforms and ways of connecting yourself to content and people in your own unique way. Knowing how to assemble these tools and platforms in...

How to add large photos and audio to your lens

I've been creating Squidoo lens for the past month. It is frustrating to upload an image and find that it is restricted to a small thumbnail size. I tried contacting Squidoo help but they are too busy to respond. I don't blame them with all the lens...

How to create a Squidbook

What is a Squidbook you ask? It is a way of using Squidoo lens to publish a book. I came up with this idea recently and have started creating my first squidbook. You can check it out here
My first Squidbook

My second squidbook...on Squidoo

 ...

How to make an eBook
I've had a lot of success with eBook publishing and I get asked a lot about the mechanics. Here's my version--your mileage may vary!
How to Make YouTube Videos Look Great

The key for YouTube to display your video the best possible way, is to upload the best possible quality video that meets or exceeds their requirements. That is by encoding videos the right way. 

I'll show you a few ways on how to encod...

How to Squidoo -- A Step-by-Step Primer

This step-by-step primer gives you plenty of how-to information on how to get started building your Squidoo lens. Get some useful tips about how to build that lens with plenty of helpful pictures of the various templates you can use. You'll see plent...

I'm a Lensmaster! What now?

This lens deals with the ins and outs and tricks and tips that will help you make your next (or first) Squidoo Lens.

Other information you should read (if you haven't already)...

All About Squidoo: What others have had to say about Squidoo, and it...

Idea Mapping

Idea Mapping is a simple and profound tool that helps individuals and organizations improve planning, creativity, thinking and learning, while simultaneously producing incredible results.  An Idea Map is a colorful, single-page visual that captu...

iframe

R.I.P. The iframe Tag. Deceased 12th July 2007. 

The humble iframe tag... actually, the iframe tag is anything but humble. It's quite powerful. And it opens up a window of opportunity for webmasters and lensmasters alike...

Except for lensmasters,...

Imagination: Creativity, Success, Personal Development, Myth, Archetypes, and The Unconscious
Explore Imagination and Personal Development at Fearless Dreams Blog

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while  imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand." -- Albert Einstein

Go. T...

Lewis - One of the People Who Matter

Hello, my name is Lewis. And I am a person who matters.

I may not matter to you, but I matter to me!

Remember this - "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" Dr Seuss

Life Beyond Code

Technology professionals worldwide are getting caught in a tsunami of massive commoditization. Technologies are changing very fast. What seemed hot today is not hot anymore. There is a constant pressure to give more, be more effective, be more effici...

Meatball Sundae

A meatball sundae is the unfortunate result of mixing two good ideas.

The meatballs are the foundation, the things we need (and sometimes want). These are the commodities that so many businesses are built on.

The sundae toppings (hot fudge and the like...

Michelangelo's David

The stature and prominence, the importance and influence of Michelangelo's David statue may surprise you!

The David statue tells a story, yes, and that story is here.  But the statue has his OWN story to tell, one that not many people know.

Here i...

People Who Matter Headquarters
People Who Matter

Sort of like Wikipedia, but about bloggers and others that have something to say. Use this Squidoo community to profile your favorite in...

Phil Gerbyshak Challenges You to Make It Great!
Make it Great! is not just a statement, it's a way of life. Focusing on those little things you can do on your personal journey to greatness, I challenge you to stop having a nice day and focus on finding the greatness inside of you. Learn how to unl...
Rajesh Setty

Everyone of us have a story inside us. No, It is not the same as what you write or read in the resume.

I have observed time and again that you get connected at a deeper level with another person once you both exchange your "real" stories wi...

Royalty-free photos

I've been sorting through digital photos that I've been taking since 2001. The only problem being is while I had a good camera for a number of years, it was a film camera. The digital camera I was using was a dinky little one. Just for fun. Had I wan...

Simple Things You Can Do

I have been writing a series called "Ways to Distinguish Yourself" since Feb 2005. The articles in that series focus on what one could do to become remarkable.

The focus of this lens, however, is simple things we can do on a daily basis to improve ou...

Squidoo It Yourself - Lens Building Resource
Squidoo is quickly turning into one of the most talked about communities on the web. Marketing guru Seth Godin's latest project is building momentum as the next big internet success story. The ease with which users can create their own specializ...
Squidoo Web Companion Sites

Many  of us have awesome websites, blogs, personal pages related to our Squidoo pages, but these can be very  hard to  find. 

An easy listing for people to add their sites so that everyone can find them seems to me to be a useful...

Squidoo Web Companion Sites Headquarters

RED HOT STUFF!!!


Squidoo Web Companion Sites

Lensmasters who have websites, blogs or personal pages and have created companion Squidoo lenses for them.

Let's show the world your good work!

Family and all eyeballs friendly ONLY!

By the way, PARTICIPATION...

T-Shirts and Suits. Smart business ideas for creative people
Links to lots of information about smart business ideas that can be used and/or adapted intelligently for use by creative people to make their businesses and organisations even more successful.

A Lens by David Parrish, creative industries consultant...
The 9 Free Things Every Site (or Lens!) Should Do

Rule #1: If you have a site or Squidoo lens, you want more traffic.

Rule #2: You don't have enough money to buy as much traffic as you need.

Rule #3: You've already made your site/lens as compelling as you know how to.

So, what now? Read on for the (...

The Evolutionary Brand called M.E. - My Emergence

Everything is about choices. Every choice we make sets us in a direction. Is that where we really want to head?

The better we know ourselves, the better decisions we make.

With these choices we shape our future.

What is The Brand Called M.E.?
BCME is all...

The Free Squidoo Guide

What I know about Squidoo... I learned at Squidoo! 

I put this lens together to start to make better sense of all the free information I've found for how to use Squidoo and how to build better lenses.  My recommendations are based on what I...

The Power of Questions

Questions have great power. One right question asked at the right time can change the direction of our lives. Hence, the quality of the questions that we ask ourselves is VERY important. It is for the same reason that we need to choose our compa...

The Secret and The Law of Attraction in Six Steps, and Wealth Beyond Reason
Explore Wealth Beyond Reason

The Secret, which continues to get a lot of attention, is all about The Law of Attraction.

This is an idea that has been around in many forms, under many names, throughout human history.

What is The Law of Attraction?  The Law of Attractio...

The SquidooSecrets.com Monthly Lensmaster Contest

Hungry for higher lens ranking?  Want to be at the top of your category?  Then you've come to the right place. 

This lens is for all fans of SquidooSecrets.com to compete in monthly contests.  Each contest is designed to entertai...

The Top 10 Ways

At least to the creators. Go ahead and rank your favorites

 

The World of Sales and Selling

This Lens focuses on the best in sales and sales management books, sales blogs, sales assessments, sales movies, sales analyses, sales compensation, sales training, sales coaching, sales strategy, sales tactics, selling systems, processes and al...

The Z List

Worth a look! There is no A list, so there can't be a Z list. Just good blogs. This page is now run by Ray Edwards.

Add your own blog.

Grab the list and put it on your site to grow your traffic (see the bottom and click on "Grab This List").&...

Video Vision Statements and The Law of Attraction
Explore the Law of Attraction and Personal Development at Fearless Dreams Blog

This world is a world of possibility.  How do we go after that possibility?  How do we turn dreams into action?

First, uncover the things that you're really passionate about.  These are not simply goals, but passions and...

What makes us creative at work?

Creativity is a way of thinking and doing. You do not have to be an artist, performer, musician or film-maker to be creative - though thinking creatively could help you.

Innovation processes and tools inter-connect people, content, activities, channe...

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...
Why Build a Lens?

Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town.

Lenses are f...

Why Your Company Needs New Marketing and PR 2.0

New Marketing and PR 2.0 offer a completely new collection of powerful tactics and strategies to find new business, nurture existing relationships, and empower viral growth. Your business needs to become insanely good at these new tools if it's going...

Working with Squidoo

This lens describes three ways to work with Squidoo. As you can see from this graph, our traffic is trending up... and we're finding partners to share that traffic with.