Penny for Your Thoughts from Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes
Victoria_Neely Moderated by Victoria_Neely
What do you know of some other common lensmaster mistakes? Want to leave some feedback? Feel free to sign the guestbook!
Note: If you need help with the technical aspects of building lenses, your best bet is to ask questions at the SquidU discussion forum; it's an active community filled with many helpful lensmasters. If you're experiencing a bug, report it to Squidoo.
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- back2country back2country Dec 10, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
- just starting out and have made MANY mistakes; thanks for sharing this.
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- Abseaz Abseaz Dec 9, 2009 @ 1:21 pm
- Great tips on what not to do. I can definitely agree with the last point, I had someone spam one of my lenses with their links and I still have their name in my head -- and it's not associated with positivity! :D
And also, about Mistake #12: Expecting Overnight Success, I have been a squid for about 4 months but I got lucky and created 3 lenses on hot topics. I have now 500+ viewers for each per week and am getting anxious for the payout this month, I have no idea how much I am entitled to as I just deleted some of my lenses that were not performing as well.
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- TheSafetyPatrol TheSafetyPatrol Dec 7, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
- Ah, so that is what I am doing wrong. I am such a noob. Thanks for putting me on the correct path, or should I say module. Squidoo to you too!!
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- ReuseItAll ReuseItAll Dec 1, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
- A big thank you from this newbie!!! This lens was so helpful for me!
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- ideadesigns ideadesigns Dec 1, 2009 @ 10:08 am
- Thank you for such great information. These tips are always helpful even if your not a newbie!
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- sema sema Nov 26, 2009 @ 7:05 am
- Thank you for the helpful information on the common mistakes .They are simple but relevant pointers newcomers overlook.
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- familyebizmom familyebizmom Nov 25, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
- Absolutely helpful. I've been out of commission for a bit so I feel like a newbie again. Thanks for the recharge as well as the resources of where to go to get back into the swing of things.
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- ImportEyedeas ImportEyedeas Nov 23, 2009 @ 9:46 am
- when you edit a lens and Save it its different from Publishing. They're next to each other in the box @ the top right. Saving allows you to make changes that you can go back later and continue you with. Publishing your results makes them live to the world!
hope that helps!
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- sloanesart sloanesart Nov 21, 2009 @ 7:47 am
- I edit, then save, then it doesn't show up in the lens. What am i doing wrong?
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- margiebrowntrujillo margiebrowntrujillo Nov 17, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
- I can't even get started!! I am trying to make my first lens and it is saying my topic is bad...why? I don't know b/c I can't find anywhere to even ask...how do I find tech support?
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- ImportEyedeas ImportEyedeas Nov 23, 2009 @ 9:49 am
- check out the Squidon'ts! section! there are a coupla things Squidoo doesn't allow and if they smell even a hint, they may "lock" your lens! i know i've had some trouble with that myself, particularly with the word "poker" believe it or not!
you can also have someone review your lens if you feel that it doesn't violate the rules! i've never done this and i've heard it may take a while.
another good place for advice is the SquidU forum (link at the top of the page). Everyone there is super helpful! Good luck!
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- kakohats kakohats Nov 13, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
- Thank you. I just signed up today and I find this very helpful.
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- rafnsusn rafnsusn Nov 10, 2009 @ 7:59 am
- Thanks for the info, I'll put it to good use
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- directsaurabh directsaurabh Nov 6, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
- Thanks for warning me. I am new here. God bless
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- rosegeranium rosegeranium Nov 6, 2009 @ 11:06 am
- Thanks for the great information!
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- Nov 3, 2009 @ 7:55 am
- I will keep in my mind all the techniques you mention, excellent!
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- MsLaura MsLaura Oct 29, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
- I sent the link to several people (friends of mine) and they checked out the article and some even tried to leave messages but the information does not populate. How do I fix it?
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- tdtnyc tdtnyc Oct 28, 2009 @ 11:22 am
- How fun is this! Am brand new and can't wait to seeing what everyone's up to.
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- jusblubutterfly jusblubutterfly Oct 25, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
- wow, thank you, I have a lot to learn, I am a complete newbie too. I have just managed to get my first squidoo up but very confused about alot of the terms. ie: Can I add content to all modules, or do I have to add the text modules for that.
Rss feed my blog, do I add content into there??
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- keisteph keisteph Oct 22, 2009 @ 2:59 am
- This was excellent!
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- HotShany HotShany Oct 20, 2009 @ 10:46 am
- who be you!
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- fineantique fineantique Oct 15, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
- Wow! So much to think about.....most of it adds up to just plain good manners. More of that will do this old world a lot of good. Thanks.
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- Cooking_Queen Cooking_Queen Oct 11, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
- Looking around Squidoo I will admit that I was a little unsure of how to do this up right. Your tips are very helpful. They will definitely be taken into advisory. Thanks for helping all us noobs out.
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- Christopher_McPherson Christopher_McPherson Oct 7, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
- Hey to all the squids out there I'm a complete newbie and I've been trying to add a photo to the main body of my squidoo lens and for the life of me it will not accept it i've followed all the tips concerning renaming the photo or resaving it so it matches your tags on your lens but it still doesnt work can anyone help me?
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- asapfarm asapfarm Oct 6, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
- Thanks for all the good info. I've only published one lens so far, and after reading this I think I'll add some things to it. I appreciate all the help I can get at this point!
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- mrs_affiliate mrs_affiliate Oct 6, 2009 @ 10:44 am
- Hi...
Before i publish something in my lens....i want to learn guide about squidoo.As a newbie to squidoo i don't want make a mistake.....And i find your lens, It's very important for me. Now i will following your instruction for my firts lens.....
Thank you very much...I will come back again to learn your tips...
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- TonyGill TonyGill Oct 2, 2009 @ 8:40 am
- Quite a lot for a newbie to take in but this is important. Thank you
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- strayspay strayspay Sep 28, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
- Thanks for the helpful information. I'm saving this for future reference. Five star lens
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- Coach_Izzy Coach_Izzy Sep 27, 2009 @ 4:17 pm
- Always an excellent refresher! I have been adding my lenses little by little and I love how I always learn more every time and find a lens like yours. Thanks and all the best!
Izzy
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- paul1972 paul1972 Sep 27, 2009 @ 9:09 am
- hi am new cart to this but cart get my len on need help !!
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- AnnieT AnnieT Sep 25, 2009 @ 5:01 am
- As a newbie to Squidoo I followed some instructions from one who said it was easy. It's definitely not been that but a huge learning curve. Every little bit of information helps. Now to take it all in. phew!
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- cmaskell cmaskell Sep 24, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
- I joined squidoo today, and have already made mostof the mistakes you talked about.
I'm very thankful for people like you who are willing to teach us newbies.
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- kismet25 kismet25 Sep 22, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
- Hi,
I need your help - what do u mean by Tags? what are those exactly?
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- bipolar_bare bipolar_bare Sep 20, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
- How do you ask a Question? I want to know a couple of things like: How do I clear a "cache" so I can publish a 2nd lens, and how can i add more pictures to an article when it appears you can add only two to any one lens.
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- Sitbetterchairs Sitbetterchairs Sep 17, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
- I am brand new to Squidoo and looks like I already made some of those mistakes :-/...So thanks for you help!
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- toboyle9 toboyle9 Sep 13, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
- Some great information. Since I'm a newbie, I want to build good lenses and this helps me do that.Thanks a lot!
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- Kinkat Kinkat Sep 12, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
- I am very excited about having found Squidoo, and of course have a zillion questions. It may take a little time for me to get up and running, as I'm a pretty thorough person and want to read all tutorials etc, first as I dislike re-doing stuff. I will get there and hope my lens benefits all. Thanks. Kinkat
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- EJOHNLLC EJOHNLLC Sep 11, 2009 @ 9:23 am
- My lens has been "under construction" since I first edited it.
I never,never saw an orange publish button to get my lens published.
I have done all the required health updates.
Please help me get off this "high center" and get my lense published.
E_JOHNALLEN@YAHOO.COM EJOHNLLC
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- AngelaWilson AngelaWilson Aug 31, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
- Terrific info. Thanks for sharing! I just did my first lens. It wasn't as easy as I'd hoped it would be - even using the easy form. However, I think once I get the hang of it, it could become routine. Your tips will definitely help with future posts.
Thanks!
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- ImaNoyd ImaNoyd Aug 28, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
- I'm happy I read this lens! I have created 2 and a half (the half isn't published yet) and I will be taking many of these suggestions with me. I deleted my first one after taking the tutorial and now I know how to make the 1.5 I have left better because of your tips. Thanks so much for sharing.
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- terryptb terryptb Aug 25, 2009 @ 2:23 am
- I'm in the process of creating my first lens and I'm sure glad I had a chance to read your tips. I found the information very valuable and plan to implement dome of your timely wisdom.
Thank you,
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- azpoppy azpoppy Aug 25, 2009 @ 12:39 am
- This information is very useful. I am looking at my lenses with your tips in mind. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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- ohsogroovy ohsogroovy Aug 23, 2009 @ 11:50 pm
- Thanks for the info. I plan on making a lens about low fat chicken recipes. We'll see how it goes!
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- VictoriaNTC VictoriaNTC Aug 23, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
- Thank you for the brilliant tips and inspiration!
I plan to make a bio Lens too!
Victoria
Inside Wealthy Affiliate
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- sandycarl sandycarl Aug 20, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
- I'm new here. While checking out some other lenses, I notice some of these mistakes you mentioned. Funny that I thought the same thing: mistake! Thank you for putting this together for us.
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- joanhopkins joanhopkins Aug 14, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
- help....trying to set up my first lens...what is an URL? what do I put in there?
thanks...not a teckie, did u guess
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- KittyReporter KittyReporter Aug 13, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
- I just started my first lens and need to improve it so I appreciate all your helpful tips. Thanks for the series of links to relevant topics!
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- KittyReporter KittyReporter Aug 13, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
- I just started my first lens and need to improve it so I appreciate all your helpful tips. Thanks for the series of links to relevant topics!
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- derrick091 derrick091 Aug 13, 2009 @ 9:58 am
- Thanks for the useful info, i'm off to undo some of the mistakes you have just revealed. Glad i found you.
Thanks
Derrick
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- gsystem gsystem Aug 12, 2009 @ 5:13 am
- It was very useful information, especially on copying others' articles. I will be extra careful on this. Thanks.
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- canyoumarket canyoumarket Aug 10, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
- Hi Guys
I just joined and tried to set up a lens, first thing I could not get a photo of myself loaded. The system does not tell me what I am doing wrong. I presume it is the size, but it does not tell me how big or small it wants it, I then gave up on that, tried getting a page up, got to step 3 and it just would not allow me to go to step 4, again no help or indication what I did wrong, just refused to go to step 4.
Completely confused
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- Acearea Acearea Aug 10, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
- Wow ! Thank you so much for this great lens. I have lots of work to do now. Favorited:)
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- pinkpig pinkpig Aug 4, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
- really great lens- very helpful-thanks
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- jmom jmom Aug 2, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
- Superb Lens! I just favorite it because I will use this as reference before doing my lens. I'm technically new to squidoo, even thou, I have made a few lens before I just made one about Hydroponics I think this is the best one I have made so far and will really appreciate you visiting and telling me your opinion. 5* Thanks for the great Information
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- Commish53 Commish53 Jul 28, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
- As you can tell I'm new here. Sorry about the blank comment B4. Your lens is well written with lots of valuable content. I'll keep these things in mind when I finally get to creating my first lens. I must admit, navigating this site and trying to figure everything out is a little more than I had anticipated.
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- momto4 momto4 Jul 26, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
- Great lens! Very helpful! Thanks!
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- boutiqueshops boutiqueshops Jul 26, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
- Totally AWESOME! Wish I'd seen these tips when I started ~ would have saved me some re-do's (LOL)! Favorited and lensrolled to my Buddy Up Challenge lens! Thank you for your amazing work!
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- ebarkum ebarkum Jul 24, 2009 @ 12:12 am
- This was very helpful. Thanks!
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- Donna_Larsen Donna_Larsen Jul 23, 2009 @ 9:36 am
- Thanks for all your advice. I just posted my first lens today. I wanted to share my story about how my mental health was almost destroyed until I found a panic attack remedy. Great lens.
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- CinderMaMa CinderMaMa Jul 22, 2009 @ 11:12 pm
- Thanks for this lens! I started my first lens awhile ago, but I haven't kept up with it like I want to. I am getting back into squidooing more now, and this has been helpful.
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- market-Integrity market-Integrity Jul 20, 2009 @ 9:16 pm | in reply to barry2116
- Put your text into a word doc then go to www.fckeditor.net/demo a free HTML editor, put the text into the editor as you see it then press "source" button then copy and paste into your text module. Bingo you have it done. Now careful sometimes the editor puts a lot of extra code in, scroll down in the source code where your text is and look at the code and where its at before and after your text. You can paste your word text into the squidoo text module directly and then add the necessary code so this way you will not go over the 10,000 character limit. You have to experiment a bit but this is something a newbie can do.
Still confused go to youtube and look up HTML and watch a video.
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- barry2116 barry2116 Jul 16, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
- how do I add just a simple html statement to direct to a website?
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- telltilly telltilly Jul 16, 2009 @ 12:53 am
- Thank you for your help...I need to follow up on a couple of things
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- DMMoulton DMMoulton Jul 13, 2009 @ 10:46 am
- Thank you! Appreciated this clear, helpful lens!
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- blogger21 blogger21 Jul 9, 2009 @ 10:50 pm
- I', also a newnie here. Thanks for the great information. I'll keep that in mind.
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- rojarose rojarose Jul 4, 2009 @ 1:55 am
- Thanks. I'm new to squidoo and I found your lens very helpful.
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- Ladydove62 Ladydove62 Jul 3, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
- You have a very engaging writing style and I enjoyed the advice.
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- Jul 2, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
- Thanks a lot for the info. I am just starting my lenses. Hope you won't stop sharing tips to all newcomers. More success to you!
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- Jul 2, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
- Thanks a lot for the info. I am just starting my lenses. Hope you won't stop sharing tips to all newcomers. More success to you!
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- vince61 vince61 Jul 1, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
- Thanks a lot ! I am a NEWBIE and recognize myself in several of your counsels.I will try to improve...
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- JanTUB JanTUB Jun 27, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
- Really good information for new users and not-so-new ones also. Thank you. 5* and faved
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- Susan52 Susan52 Jun 26, 2009 @ 7:21 am
- This is such great advice. I know newbie squids really appreciate it. Thanks so much for including my Squidoo Somebody lens here; I appreciate it!
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- Uniquesolutions Uniquesolutions Jun 24, 2009 @ 9:09 am
- As a Newbie I am looking forward to a long and happy relationship! Great content in all the hits and I am having great fun to make lens that have people coming back again and again!
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- Angelus Angelus Jun 21, 2009 @ 5:12 pm
- Many thanks for the advice on using the same tags on related lens. Very helpful!
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- DAnnieB DAnnieB Jun 21, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
- why can't i upload pictures? I don't see what size the picture should be - it's jpg, only 100 dpi and i changed its size from 2 inches x 2 inches to 1 inch x 1 inch. I'm obviously missing something, but I don't see any instructions anywhere!!!!!
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- Gailnikki Gailnikki Jun 20, 2009 @ 5:43 am
- VERY good lens- thanks a lot. I've printed it off and put into my 'to do properly' file!
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- firstbizopps firstbizopps Jun 19, 2009 @ 1:23 am
- Fab lens, all points explained simply and easy for all us newbies to understand. Bookmarked this one!
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- whitemoss whitemoss Jun 17, 2009 @ 8:38 am
- Really excellent and helpful- thanks !
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Jun 16, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
- I liked the idea about breaking up the text into smaller modules. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to "highlight" or give a background to the rss feed posts from my offsite blogs - it looks a little confusing now. Thanks for sharing what you know. I'm a 2-day-old squid.
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- cruzwriter cruzwriter Jun 15, 2009 @ 11:29 am
- Thanks for all this great information. You've given me a solid foundation to organize my thoughts around!
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- telltilly telltilly Jun 14, 2009 @ 3:19 am
- Excellent info ...I now need to DO it. Thank you!
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- smokinghelper smokinghelper Jun 11, 2009 @ 7:23 am
- Deffinately the most informative "how to squidoo" lens i've been luckily enough to discover.
Thanks for putting it together and a big thumbs up from me!
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- pimbels pimbels Jun 10, 2009 @ 9:33 am
- Excellent lens. Will work even more on my lenses. Thanks.
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- trapsolutions trapsolutions Jun 9, 2009 @ 4:59 am
- This was excellent now I have a lot of work to do, many thanks.
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- eblaylock eblaylock Jun 6, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
- Great advice here now i have the tool to really help my lense
Thanks
Ervin
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- Virtue_Creations Virtue_Creations Jun 5, 2009 @ 11:04 pm | in reply to Vipingo-News
- If you don't have more than 3 modules, not including guestbook and intro it wont show up. Also if you dont hit the big orange PUBLISH button in the top right corner of the edit page it will show under construction.
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- Vipingo-News Vipingo-News Jun 2, 2009 @ 8:37 am
- I just cannot get to my lens - its shows it is under construction! When I tip the FAQ about this, nothing shows up! Its driving me mad!
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- nsoergel nsoergel Jun 1, 2009 @ 10:02 am
- Thanks. I read your lens just after I (thought) I completed my first lenses. As a result I just went back and started working on them again.
Now I realize why a lens remains work in progress. Each time to improved something you learn something new again and start reviewing your existing lenses.
That's part of the fun. Thanks and let's have fun together.
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- GabrielGadfly GabrielGadfly May 30, 2009 @ 12:57 am
- I think #2 and #4 are my big weak points right now, but I'm working on them.
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- ChiefLee ChiefLee May 28, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
- Wow. I've got a lot to learn. But I'm ready!
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- rebeccawoodhead rebeccawoodhead May 27, 2009 @ 2:03 pm
- this is really handy. I'm freaking out a bit trying to work out how it works but then I remind myself I felt the same way a few days ago on twitter and now I've got over 100 followers and I felt the same way on blogger and now I've got some great friends and have learnt loads. Hope this goes the same way. Fingers crossed eh?
Thanks for the great content.
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- grace_antoinette grace_antoinette May 25, 2009 @ 7:06 am
- This is really the information I need! Thank you for the informative lens!
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- LarryZ LarryZ May 19, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
- Hi. I am new to this I think the information is excellent and will help me avoid a lot of mistakes. Thanks so much.
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- DaddyAshie DaddyAshie May 17, 2009 @ 2:41 am
- I'm still editing my first lens and your info will be used like a bible. Iv added you to my favorites. I would like to lensroll you but it keeps asking me to select one lense, but it wont let me? Is this because i havent published it yet?
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- Cinetech Cinetech May 8, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
- Brilliant content! favorited, lensrolled and featured in my Sticky Lens. 5 stars!
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- cld111 cld111 May 7, 2009 @ 12:24 pm
- Great information. Now I know of some things I need to fix. Thank you!
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- CrazyCatsCreate CrazyCatsCreate May 7, 2009 @ 7:57 am
- Why did I get this when I was "invited" to write up my first Blog for free? What did this mean when was written that "You entered an incorrect security word" - what did I write to be so wrong? .
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- rlncrn rlncrn May 5, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
- Hi. I am a newbie to Squidoo. I am having a blast creating lenses. This lens is very informative and I truly appreciate the information you share in it. I never realized how easy it is to write good content until I got going. Now my mind is constantly thinking of new and better content to add (the "oh, I can add that" thought in the middle of the night kind of thing). Thank you for your consideration in creating this lens for us. Knowledge is power!
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- ChineseKitesforKids ChineseKitesforKids May 4, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
- I really took this lens to heart and read it thoroughly because I really want to use Squidoo to the best of my abilities. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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- JenniferAkers JenniferAkers May 3, 2009 @ 12:17 am
- Solid advice. I found your lens from Chef Keem's featuring your tips on SquidLog. Oh, I like the Squid business card too (I checked out the fun Squid gear also). Thanks for your work on this lens - it's a great Squidoo resource.
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- chefkeem chefkeem May 2, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
- A hearty SquidAngel Blessing for these excellent guidelines, Victoria. You're featured on SquidLog.com today. :-)
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- jpiper1 jpiper1 May 1, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
- I am a newbie this week. I think I have the basics down, but certainly have a lot to learn. Thanks for all the advice I've seen so far. Still reading. Still learning.
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- vangierkho vangierkho May 1, 2009 @ 1:47 am
- Hi! I'm a newbie squid also and have created several lenses all "Under Construction." Hope to publish all or at least one of them this coming week. I'm reading all I can about Squidoo-ing and your lens is VERY HELPFUL! Thanks a lot and more power!
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- InternetBiz InternetBiz Apr 30, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
- Great information for getting started at Squidoo.
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- anikin27 anikin27 Apr 28, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
- I am very new to this and I am still reading.
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- anikin27 anikin27 Apr 28, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
- I am very new to this and I am still reading.
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- Phoenix2361 Phoenix2361 Apr 26, 2009 @ 5:01 am
- Good lens. I have made some of these mistakes and have corrected them. Hopefulyy, with this heads up, I won't be making anymore. Thanx for the info.
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- mmmanning mmmanning Apr 23, 2009 @ 1:56 pm
- Thank you-I rated this 5 stars! My first lens definitely needs some work-I'll implement some of your suggestions.
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- Tracker3 Tracker3 Apr 22, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
- that helps - I will go and add some more info..............still learning.......baby steps!!
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- chickadii chickadii Apr 20, 2009 @ 11:31 am
- I am a newbie to the internet not to mention squidoo. So need all the help I can get. Thanks for the tips,
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- MikeWins MikeWins Apr 19, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
- Great info. I really like the way it's presented, it's very succinct. I really appreciate it. Thanks!
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- marionryan marionryan Apr 19, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
- I'm just creating my first lens... it's taking a long time but I'm really enjoying this. Thanks for the tips, they're really useful.
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- firstmissbeecee firstmissbeecee Apr 16, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
- I am a newby, and I dont know where i should foward my lens to.
I really need help.
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- MikeSimmons MikeSimmons Apr 16, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
- Thanks a lot. I am what you would call a Newbies Newbie. I will now go back and fix my lenses so they will more acceptable by all
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- Kymmy_Link Kymmy_Link Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:19 am
- Very cool! especially for a newbie squidooby like me!
I will keep all your suggestions in mind when making my first lens - thanks heaps - great job!
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- sorana sorana Apr 14, 2009 @ 12:07 am
- Hi victoria,
What a great and useful lens. Thank you for the info.
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- TShirtFrank TShirtFrank Apr 12, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
- Thanks for the information!
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- Brain_Washer Brain_Washer Apr 12, 2009 @ 11:16 am
- Well, I've made at least 3 of the mistakes listed above. So, it was worthwhile reviewing the list. Very informative, especially for newbies like me.
Is using too many pictures a sin too? I tend to use too many pictures ... a picture is worth thousand word, you know :)
Being a new squid around here, I also wonder why Squidoo doesn't allow lensmaker control the side bar (on the left). There's also empty space on the sides (as on this lens). It's precious real estate wasted.
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- ideaexchangeboomerang ideaexchangeboomerang Apr 12, 2009 @ 3:52 am
- Thank you. I'm trying to become more involved with social networking but I'm still pulling out of riptides or treading water. I'm a willing but still struggling newcomer and I appreciate something straightforward and informative. Very helpful for me. Thanks...Kori
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- clamtowne clamtowne Apr 11, 2009 @ 12:51 am
- great place.gonna take some time, but think i found what i have been looking for. Happy Easter!
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- MsSnow4a MsSnow4a Apr 9, 2009 @ 5:24 pm
- Well of course all my pages are perfect. sheesh I made them lol. Thanks for the help I had best go back and get rid of my bright pink background now hahaha
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- Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Apr 8, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
- Very helpful, thank you!
My first lens inexplicably shot to a lensrank better than 5,000 within a few days but is now down to about 30,000 despite improvements. I suspect that the number of viewers is highly weighted in the rating formula.
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- AndrewShim AndrewShim Apr 8, 2009 @ 5:51 pm
- Hi Victoria... I think this would qualify as an awesome lens. I'm a fan! Thanks for sharing and helping this baby squid.
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- deldel deldel Apr 8, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
- Uhm,mm, i heard that over 6 tags is over doing? yea. thats what i have been told
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- juliezowaski juliezowaski Apr 6, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
- Thanks for the lens. Trying to learn as much as I can.
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- Blessed_Mommy Blessed_Mommy Apr 6, 2009 @ 10:42 am
- Thank you so much...this is a great article!!! I am sure I will refer to it over and over again.
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- elizobihfrank elizobihfrank Apr 5, 2009 @ 7:45 pm
- I usually have no problem with adding books to a page but this is baffling. I would like to add more books to my first lens on my best books but do not see that option... what am I missing? I suspect that it is not a requirement that I have a new lens for every book on my list. HELP!
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- NewtHeilman NewtHeilman Apr 5, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
- Thanks for the tips! Got a few questions ... how do I put a link inside one of my modules? For example, if I want to put a link in the introduction module or a text module. Also, I have seen a few lenses that have a section with contact information, like a calling card with address, email, website,etc., but can't seem to find that in the modules. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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- CastleBuilder CastleBuilder Apr 4, 2009 @ 10:59 pm
- Great tips... very helpful. Has anyone ever answered Harryshade above? I've had the same problem. I've tried uploading a number of photos, thinking that maybe the size of the photo was being rejected? I can't find an answer anywhere to the same question... How does one insert a photo into their profile?
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- harryshade harryshade Apr 3, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
- OK, I am all for downloading a picture onto my profile, in fact I have been trying to do so for awhile and nothing is happening. I click on the borwse button, go out, find the picture click download and nothing. It starts like it is downloading and edns like it is but still no picture.
Any suggestions?
Harry
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- BellaDaze BellaDaze Apr 1, 2009 @ 9:58 pm | in reply to cjsysreform
- Very helpful yet I still have an issue. I have created my first lens and want to move it from a draft, but I simply can not find the PUBLISH button anywhere? I have spent a good deal of time searching for the answer to finding my missing publish button and now am wondering if this is a bug problem?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
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- cjsysreform cjsysreform Apr 1, 2009 @ 8:59 pm
- Great tips. This page stands out even among all of the "how to do Squidoo" lenses out there. I'm hoping lensmasters who submit to my Skin Care for Women group will check this out first to make sure their lenses are up to my standards.
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- TeaLady TeaLady Mar 30, 2009 @ 6:20 pm
- Thanks fro posting these helpful tips.
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- MarekSurman MarekSurman Mar 30, 2009 @ 3:53 pm
- Thanks, I started here not long ago and your tips are valueble for me.
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- Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:30 am
- Thanks for the "heads-up". I just joined! I've been fishing around to find useful advice before writing my first lens. I'm glad I read this one before starting.
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- sunworld sunworld Mar 29, 2009 @ 1:00 am
- Thank you for the good information. I am just starting out and appreciate your advice.
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- mollycff mollycff Mar 28, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
- Thanks, any extra info I can learn is very helpful, especially when you're a newbee!
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- thisistheword thisistheword Mar 28, 2009 @ 5:59 am
- Thanks for this! Its great to see that somebody is genuinely interested in helping out new members :) Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and improve my lens...
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- marcobrown marcobrown Mar 26, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
- I enjoyed reading your lens. Thanks
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- KarynMcNamara KarynMcNamara Mar 25, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
- Thanks for your suggestions - very clear and easy-to-read list. I've just written my first lens and I need as many helpful insights and instructions as I can get!
Mistake #11 "Not Allowing Contact" is of great interest to me - for some reason, the "Contact Me" option is not showing in my Profile even though I have "Allowed Contact" - have reported a bug as I can't work what's wrong.
Thanks again, Karyn
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- eclecticeducation eclecticeducation Mar 23, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
- Great Lens!!! This lens has lots of great information for a newbie. Thanks! 5*
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- nanny1949 nanny1949 Mar 22, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
- I keep getting asked to fill in my URL and I am having so many problems,it doesn't matter what I type in after Squidoo.com it won't accept what I put in. HELP PLEASE
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- barbdear barbdear Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:06 am
- Thanks so much. Not wanting to be a noob, I think I have some editing to do!
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- MsSnow4a MsSnow4a Mar 17, 2009 @ 5:50 am
- Thanks for the help, there are a couple of things i need to work on :)
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- Merlyn63 Merlyn63 Mar 14, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
- Thanks for a great Lens Victoria, already been and made a few changes and will be making some more to my other lenses. Great Stuff !!!!!!!
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- carolita62 carolita62 Mar 14, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
- Iput the same lense in twice, how do I delete one on the same subject? thank you
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- missblack2330 missblack2330 Mar 13, 2009 @ 4:07 am
- Thank you very very much! This lens should be read by all newbies!
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- stevie10772 stevie10772 Mar 12, 2009 @ 11:47 am
- I'm certainly open to all this advice, and I'm a published author. But there's one thing I have not figured out. I want to improve my lenses, but increasing the photos, tags, etc, may be useful... ande HOW does one do that? I'm dying to know HOW one goes about doing so. Granted, it may be necessary, but HOW does one get pics, and tags from a nonexistent library?
Thank you,
Stephanie
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- fanofgoodhealth fanofgoodhealth Mar 12, 2009 @ 10:18 am
- I noticed on the right of this lens there is ule that gives readers the opportunity to add t different favourites. May I ask how you did that because I like to write about recipes and that way if someone likes the recipe they can save it for fthe uture
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- CatharinaE CatharinaE Mar 11, 2009 @ 1:00 am
- Thank you, very good advice for a newbie!
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- JayEstrad JayEstrad Mar 10, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
- Thanks for info. I will keep coming back to refresh ideas and tactics for a good squidoo lens. This helps a bunch
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- Stella_Harding Stella_Harding Mar 10, 2009 @ 7:39 am
- Very useful information, I am about to build my lens. See you all on the inside. Thanks
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- Cocoa-Al Cocoa-Al Mar 7, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
- How can I get the few squidoo pages I've created, to go to 'draft status'? thanks
(I had published them, and wished to draft)
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- MamaLadonna MamaLadonna Mar 7, 2009 @ 10:49 am
- Thanks for your lens, it gave me alot to think about, being new to this and really trying to learn the ropes. Hopefully with a little more practice I will get better at this and be able to publish alot more lenses that will help or humor others.
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- QualityLondonApartments QualityLondonApartments Mar 3, 2009 @ 11:41 am
- very good information. I was trying to join a group but it doesn't recognise my newly made lens. but I can see on my dashboard that the lens is published and live! Not sure what to do with this.
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- Mountainside-Crochet Mountainside-Crochet Mar 1, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
- This has a lot of helpful, common sense advice for this newbie. Thank you.
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- balanceguru balanceguru Feb 28, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
- thanks a lot for the thoughtful hints to avoid pitfalls...great content
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- melag melag Feb 27, 2009 @ 2:42 am
- Thanks, very helpful.
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- jewelkid87 jewelkid87 Feb 26, 2009 @ 2:48 am
- Thank you for the great tips! I have already found things I need to edit!
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- FunGifts4All FunGifts4All Feb 24, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
- Thank you for the tips. Also a newbie to squidoo and can use all the help I can get. Your info was very helpful.
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- Feb 24, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
- Thank you for the great tips.
Just by going through them I've already edited 3 of my lenses. :D
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- BusyQueen BusyQueen Feb 22, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
- Nice lens. 5* from me! Thanks. Really informative. Nicely detailed.
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- baseballmom65 baseballmom65 Feb 21, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
- Thank you, this is my first lens and I have alot of catching up to do.
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- jpbrady1 jpbrady1 Feb 21, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
- Thank God for people you that put this stuff up so noobies don't look so amateurish. Picture later.
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- AveragePat AveragePat Feb 19, 2009 @ 8:33 pm
- Excellent stuff here Victoria, great lens. Thanks for putting all of this together, it is a great help. :) Cheers!
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- sulynsi sulynsi Feb 19, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
- Thank you for this lens. It is very informative. I would love to add lots of pictures and stuff, but I'm having a terrible time getting my stuff to upload. I'm hoping to find help on the subject. My own picture did upload (the LEAST important thing, too!)Hope it doesn't scare people away!
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- NormanA NormanA Feb 19, 2009 @ 7:27 am
- Thanks I appreciate all the very valuable information, I am sure that I will come back to this page often as there is so much to learn.
Bless you
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- Viryabo Viryabo Feb 18, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
- Hello Victoria,
I really enjoyed your article. I am a newbie and just finished my 2nd lens. I;m glad Squidoo has people as you giving very detailed tips that will help us noobs improve on our lenses.. Im off now to upgrade my lens. Thanks and GodBless.
Iyabo
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- IAJDiamonds IAJDiamonds Feb 18, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
- Thank you for this lens. I created my lenses some time ago and haven't seen much action. I think the time I am spending now researching and gaining insights from people like yourself is well worth the effort. I now see the error of my ways.
Cheers,
Kelly
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- nucis_space nucis_space Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:03 am
- All great advice... especially the comments on providing original content - that's HUGE.
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- JesseEvans JesseEvans Feb 17, 2009 @ 12:46 am
- Ok,-thanks-back to edit my first post !
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- _Valencia_ _Valencia_ Feb 16, 2009 @ 2:34 am
- Thank you, that is very informative. I just join Squidoo today and your advice comes in really handy
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- hanjee hanjee Feb 14, 2009 @ 10:54 pm
- great lens! i've learned alot.. thank you
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- Firefoot Firefoot Feb 14, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
- I am brand new to Squidoo and am very excited to start on a lens. I must admit, a little overwhelmed also. Your lens has so much information that actually is helping me focus...on what I need to focus. :)
Thank you!!
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- geminiwoman50 geminiwoman50 Feb 8, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
- Thank you so much .After reading all this I feel I need to go back and start over fresh.
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- geminiwoman50 geminiwoman50 Feb 8, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
- Thank you so much .After reading all this I feel I need to go back and start over fresh.
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- Dscardino Dscardino Feb 6, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
- This is great, Victoria. I just signed up and reading through everything before I get started. This will definitely be helpful. thanks!
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- Marcela_S Marcela_S Feb 6, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
- Great info! Thank you.
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- cbuk cbuk Feb 5, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- Thanks, good lens. Great tips and information on what makes a good lens. 5 stars!
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- cbuk cbuk Feb 5, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- Thanks, good lens. Great tips and information on what makes a good lens. 5 stars!
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- queenofthedreamers queenofthedreamers Feb 2, 2009 @ 9:32 am
- This has been very helpful to me. Thank you for taking the time to teach me the basics!
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- Miguel_Oliveira Miguel_Oliveira Feb 1, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
- Thanks for this lens. I'm changing my lenses - I can't believe I made so many newbie mistakes! You saved me a lot of trouble.
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- Squiddypooba Squiddypooba Feb 1, 2009 @ 6:28 am
- thank you - i have learn alot from reading this valued insight.
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- DebGray0333 DebGray0333 Jan 31, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
- excellent help -thanks!!!!
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- cbordeaux cbordeaux Jan 31, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
- Thanks a ton. I am a "noob" and there are definately some points here that I need to go address on the lenses I have created thus far. It is interesting because I now have 7 lenses. I went back and looked at my first one this morning and it is amazing how crappy it truly is now that I have a little more experience. I am going to have to go back and update!
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- AlexandraHubbard AlexandraHubbard Jan 29, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
- Very nice! And you make a example too. Your lens had wonderufl pictures and I read straight through it. 5***** from me
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- LisaDeeleySmith LisaDeeleySmith Jan 28, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
- My intro photo won't upload, on any browser. My personal photo uploaded fine. Any advice?
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- Cubanitatb Cubanitatb Jan 28, 2009 @ 5:49 am
- yes, great ideas but....how...i need to learn how to...link how to do all those things...when someone is not computer savy, it is a bit overwhelming..writing.no problem...all these RSS link....html etc...ummm
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- kidsandbibs kidsandbibs Jan 27, 2009 @ 10:19 am
- I am a noob on Squidoo and this lens will surely help me in making my lenses better. Thanks :)
~Asha
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- Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
- How do you delete the table of contents module?
I've found a way to do this in edit mode -- [by adding a second contents module, then deleting both the first and second modules. When I then publish, the original table of contents appears as if I never edited it...
Can anyone help?
Regards, Jack
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- kristenuhess kristenuhess Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
- Good stuff. I especially appreciate the tips on breaking up the text into separate modules. I have one text module on my first lens that should probably be about 5. Your is a lot easier to read than mine. Thanks so much for your help!!
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- Gaybinator Gaybinator Jan 26, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
- I saw that the URL would be etched in stone and could not be changed. However, I misspelled it and now would really, really feel better if I could just start from scratch. The lens is saved as a draft, but not published. Help me delete and start over, please!
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- multimastery multimastery Jan 26, 2009 @ 10:39 am
- Great tips!
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- freddi freddi Jan 24, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
- This is a great lens full of useful info for a newbie like myself. 5 stars and favoriting this! Thanks.
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- Strenght-Weight-Training Strenght-Weight-Training Jan 22, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
- This is good information, especially for Squidoo newbies. The "Mistake#1" is so often overlooked while developing a lens... To me, nothing is perfect unless the lens produces the required results consistently. 'Til then, it's analysis, tuning and more fine-tuning in the right direction!
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- BudGallant BudGallant Jan 21, 2009 @ 8:01 am
- Very well done. A pleasure to read, and good format.
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- Suko Suko Jan 16, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
- Wow! I see why you got 52 pages of comments. This is a terrific lens.
I'd like to put more pictures on my lens, but it didn't work properly for me. : (
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- cathy2shoes2 cathy2shoes2 Jan 16, 2009 @ 11:17 am
- Thanks - that's really helpful.
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- deedii deedii Jan 14, 2009 @ 2:01 am
- Thanks for all the good information. I am new and loving doing this but do not want to do things wrong. It is fun and exciting to read everything and to share some things. thanks for being there
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- StevenDownward StevenDownward Jan 12, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
- Thanks for the Lens. I'm fairly new to Squidoo and it gave me some great pointers. Had to go back to the few I have and change some stuff. Thank you.
Steve
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- wizbiz777 wizbiz777 Jan 11, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
- Thank you for your advice. It was greatly appreciated.
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- samsmiles samsmiles Jan 9, 2009 @ 10:22 am
- Hi Victoria
Thank you very much for making this lens. I am just about to start my on my first. Something I read recently...
"learn by others mistakes, you haven't the time to make them all yourself"
Prosperity
samsmiles
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- MiamiWillie MiamiWillie Jan 6, 2009 @ 8:54 am
- Very helpful lens. I am off to edit mine. :) Thanks.
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- MCCALLTODD MCCALLTODD Jan 4, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
- Thank you, you probably just saved me hours of trial and error. I read somewhere that you should try to find people who know more than yourself and hire them. This lens has good stuff plus it's free.
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- Millertime Millertime Jan 3, 2009 @ 7:10 am
- Great info! I'm a Squidoo newbie with only 3 lenses so far but I'll definitely use these ideas to improve them. Thanks.
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- time4livingwell time4livingwell Jan 2, 2009 @ 6:11 pm
- Thanks! Just the way you structured this lens, not to mention the very helpful content, has been a big heads up for this newbie starting out on his lens creating journey.
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- 2Eklectik 2Eklectik Jan 2, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
- Thank you for the great info! We will use it to improve our lenses!
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- henzy henzy Jan 1, 2009 @ 10:34 am
- thanks for all the tips..while reading i actually stopped to check if i had changed the default headings to all my modules, i added more tags and another picture. Now going on to read more helpful tips. thanks again and do stop by my lens http://www.squidoo.com/my-photoblog would love to know what you think.
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- karinmarie karinmarie Dec 30, 2008 @ 11:53 pm
- This is great advice. Thank you!
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- Wendy_J Wendy_J Dec 30, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
- I appreciate you sharing your knowledge here:-) I think I may have labled my lens under the wrong topic. Mine is under health and medicine, but I think it should be under something else. How do I change it??
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- Diete Diete Dec 29, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
- I found this information very valuable. Concise and clear. Many thanks.
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- MCCALLTODD MCCALLTODD Dec 23, 2008 @ 10:49 pm
- Thank you. I have been playing around with my first lens for three days now. I wish I had read this first. I need to go back and work on it some more.
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
- This is going to have to go to Margo's Squidoo Library lens "how to Squidoo Branch Office" There is a section for newbies but this one will go to the 'How not to Squidoo shelf" Thanks. It should be permanently posted on the critic forum! *****
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- kahfai90 kahfai90 Dec 20, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
- Thanks. Great advice!
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- shonna27 shonna27 Dec 18, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
- this is good! thank you i already realize one of my mistakes here. modules. Thanks!
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- Tipi Tipi Dec 17, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
- Good tips for newbies and all to remember! 5*'s
Thanks!
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Dec 16, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
- Great practical advice... Congratulations on your Giant Squid Awards nomination!
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- clouda9 clouda9 Dec 13, 2008 @ 2:02 am
- Really wish I had this information when I started creating my lenses. Super! Congrats on your 2008 Giant Squid nomination...woot! (http://www.squidoo.com/2008-giant-squid-awards)
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- nontracau nontracau Dec 8, 2008 @ 1:48 am
- Excellent general info on building a good lens.
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- marsha32 marsha32 Dec 7, 2008 @ 8:24 pm
- I'm not a writer, but I do hope my lenses are improving. I am in the process of going through and dressing them up as I've learned about more modules, design html etc.
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- SamFulcher SamFulcher Dec 3, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
- Wow, what great tips! I like the layout and after seeing your lens and matching it up against mine, I noticed something else you didn't bring up -- keep your modules short! That doesn't mean making them terrible; it just means make every word count (mine, for example, are long and a lot less appealing than this).
Thanks for your advice and helping out us newbies!
Sam
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- tcvols1 tcvols1 Dec 2, 2008 @ 9:34 am
- Just created my first lens and i think a did broke about every rule you listed. I should have looked around more and learned what to do first. thanks for the advice I will go back and update my lens asap. Thanks again
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- ronpass ronpass Dec 1, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
- Great lens - I have seen them all, especially the spamming. This is very good advice for people starting out with Squidoo. I'll add your lens to my Squidoo marketing lens as a featured lens. Loved the images.
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- Cuff22 Cuff22 Dec 1, 2008 @ 12:07 am
- Extremely helpful for someone who dosen't yet know what he is doing. will try to implement many more of your suggestions. Thanks for the help!
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- kilester kilester Nov 30, 2008 @ 10:05 pm
- Thank you for the awesome advice! I really needed it!
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- Susan52 Susan52 Nov 30, 2008 @ 6:56 am
- Congratulations on your Giant Squid Awards nomination! These are excellent tips!
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- Cuff22 Cuff22 Nov 28, 2008 @ 4:26 am
- Great Insight Enjoyed reading most of it but its time now to go have a beer will drop by later Thank you very much.
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- SaraMu SaraMu Nov 26, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
- Thank you for your lens. It helped me put my lenses in check!
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- TheSavvyChef TheSavvyChef Nov 26, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
- These are really good suggestions that are especially helpful when one is a newbie. Thanks!
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- Ambrosia_Venus Ambrosia_Venus Nov 24, 2008 @ 11:51 pm
- It's great that all you master squids are so willing to help us newbs...I know I'm guilty of some of these, especially the pictures part...I'll get it figured out...in the mean time...'just keep swimming, swimming...'
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- awelldressedbullet awelldressedbullet Nov 21, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
- Congratulations on your 2008 Giant Squid Awards nomination and good luck! - Kathy aka "Pretty Bullet"
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- MikeRhodes MikeRhodes Nov 18, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
- HI,
I published two lenses and when I enter www.squidoo.comm/ucount I don't see my lense! So far, I don't see anything wrong. Please help!
Best Regards,
Mike Rhodes
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- AnthonyWessel AnthonyWessel Nov 15, 2008 @ 11:38 pm
- Thanks for the great advice - now I have a roadmap of what roads not to follow. I really liked the list. Thanks again.
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- iPodLover iPodLover Nov 14, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
- Wow great advice for a noob like myself
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- Chris70 Chris70 Nov 14, 2008 @ 11:14 am
- Excellent advice, love your lens.
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- pkspaula pkspaula Nov 14, 2008 @ 9:14 am
- Great lens, very educational.
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- Happiegrrrl Happiegrrrl Nov 13, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
- When I read the "tags" point, I was surprised! I thought I had tags, but when you worte "START" with 15, I immediately went to each of my lenses and click, click, clicked to add a dozen or more new tags. I was surprised at how easily new tags came to me, once I had the blank windows to fill! From now on, I will make a long blank list and THEN fill it in(instead of thinking of a tag, adding it, and then thinking some more).
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- susyrip susyrip Nov 10, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
- Wow,
Great info. I will try to keep within your guidelines:)
Thanks!
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- Mortira Mortira Nov 5, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
- This is a great help lens for newcomers! I love the simple way you've laid out all of the information, and each of your points is not only essential for being a good Squid, but really clear and easy to understand. (So no excuses, right?)
I've lensrolled this to my lensography, and added it to the help list on my group HQ pages. Thank you for this excellent list of Squid-do's and don'ts!
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- CherryShrimp CherryShrimp Nov 3, 2008 @ 2:28 am
- Good advice and tips. It help give better idea on creating better quality lens. It worth reading it again n again.
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- RobbiePringle RobbiePringle Nov 2, 2008 @ 6:41 am
- I've seen a lot of great lenses that wisely follow the advice you have here; there are plenty of works in progress though, like mine, the key things to remember is Rome wasn't built in a day - and enjoy!
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- EfficientMuscle_Man EfficientMuscle_Man Nov 2, 2008 @ 12:24 am
- Sooo true!! Great lens!
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- Oct 31, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
- Thanks ! I really learned a lot, and improved my first lens
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- nancydodds1 nancydodds1 Oct 29, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
- Its very nice and good sharing. I got more information from your lens. My 5***** for you.
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- mdvaldosta mdvaldosta Oct 29, 2008 @ 8:27 pm
- Awsome lens/advice for a newbie like myself. Very helpful and worth bookmarking.
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- GoldSystems GoldSystems Oct 28, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
- Great advise but I cant even find my lens url to show others just cant, seem to find it ?
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- Augur Augur Oct 27, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
- I have finally found my way here after reading lots of other good advice. This has been a very helpful lens for me and I will be putting it to good use. Now on to What I Look For In A Lens! by a Squid Angel.
PS,I'm giving this a well deserved 5*
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- Girldroppedout Girldroppedout Oct 27, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
- Thanks Victoria - really useful lens - I'm off to take some of your advice!
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- Pastiche Pastiche Oct 23, 2008 @ 7:59 am
- I keep coming back here, such as a solid resource. Already rated, so kudos *again* plus a linkback from Squidoo Geek Girl
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- AndrewGreen AndrewGreen Oct 23, 2008 @ 7:09 am
- Great lens. I;m just about to start work on my third lens so thought I would read through some of the Squidoo related lenses to pick up some extra tips. Regarding #6, I probably have way more content than ads on my two existing lenses, so might need to adjust that!
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- carol3079 carol3079 Oct 22, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
- I am a newbie and would like to know where my first lens may gone. I can't find it any where.
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- ArtDiva ArtDiva Oct 22, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
- This is truly an informative lens with good advice. Just deleted a new lens of mine lacking good visuals to compliment copy, and also going off with otherwise unrelated content. Never too old to learn.
Thank you for sharing.
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- wbell3 wbell3 Oct 20, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
- I have tried without success in getting my picture into my lens. I have wasted more time than necessary. I was able to get my picture in Flikr in one try. I followed the HTML suggestions also. Is there anyone who can help? If not I will leave the image as a square!
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- Oct 19, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
- Very useful information for this newbie. Thanks a bunch!
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- FriesianFarms FriesianFarms Oct 17, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
- Newbie Alert....Question
I have yet to find a contact button, I have my Contact ON, but where the heck is it ?
This is an Awesome lens !
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- Victor_in_a_Box Victor_in_a_Box Oct 17, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
- Awesome tips! I just looked back at my lens after reading this to wash my hands clean of any noob mistakes. I may be green still, but not as much thanks to your lens!
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- raphaelo raphaelo Oct 16, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
- Very Cool Information! Wonderful Lense! Give you 5 stars from me.
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- RawBill RawBill Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:17 am
- This is a great lens...I wish that I had come across it when I first started!
Thank You Victoria
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- Tammyrf Tammyrf Oct 14, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
- Thanks for the great info!
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- RentMyGarden RentMyGarden Oct 13, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
- Great tips and advice on Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes and pitfalls to avoid. *****5 stars! It's taken me about 6 months and 10 published Squidoo lenses to see my Squidoo lenscrafting skill really improve. I am really happy with my recent published lens The Squidoo Queen Review.
I think it is one of the best Squidoo lenses I have published to date. Reading this lens I know I have managed to avoid the Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes of the past.
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- norbridgeantiques norbridgeantiques Oct 12, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
- I still don't know how to leave a link to my lens! I'm so frustrated, I am about to burst into tears.
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- OldGrampa OldGrampa Oct 11, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
- You have lots of really good points and advice here, should be required reading for all new Squidooers
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- BevsPaper BevsPaper Oct 10, 2008 @ 9:01 am
- Another newbie here, thank you so much for taking the time to do this lens! I found it very helpful.
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- lravidlearner lravidlearner Oct 9, 2008 @ 11:33 am
- This has really helped me as I'm starting out. Thanks so much!
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- rapid-healthy-weight-loss rapid-healthy-weight-loss Oct 9, 2008 @ 8:36 am
- I really enjoyed this advice. one question. i have one account right now that was originally dedicated to one niche with one lense and then i started a lense on a totally different topic and was very specific to it. should i create a separate account for that or keep all my lenses under one acocunt?
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- Portable_eBay Portable_eBay Oct 8, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
- I stand guilty. (*bows head)
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- joycejacobsen joycejacobsen Oct 7, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
- Thank you for the advice, I am also a newbie and appreciate the help. Hope I can make a good first lens. Blessings. Joyce
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- TacTac TacTac Oct 5, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
- Thanx for the tips, I am sure they will help me.
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- Number1Athlete Number1Athlete Oct 4, 2008 @ 9:32 am
- Awesome lens! thank you, i just joined squidoo, what like 2 weeks now? and im still having a tough time. This really helped me though, so thanks again, and 5 stars :D
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- chefkeem chefkeem Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
- A hearty SquidAngel Blessing for this fantastic guide!
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- Just_Mel Just_Mel Oct 2, 2008 @ 10:41 am
- I threw together my first lens in Dec. 2007 and then kinda, well, forgot completely about Squidoo! Til now...and looking at that lense I completely understand why it has sat stagnant!LOL
Thanks for all the great tips!
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- tinksmagic tinksmagic Oct 2, 2008 @ 8:20 am
- Fantastic ideas! I have used this as a guideline when creating my first lens and have found it to be extremely useful. Everyone should read this before starting out, a lot of helpful newbie info.
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- Jeff_Korhan Jeff_Korhan Sep 27, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
- Well written - clear, to the point, and conversational! Thanks
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- OEFvet OEFvet Sep 23, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
- Thanks for the tips
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- triathlontraining triathlontraining Sep 23, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
- By the way, I added this lens under the Guides section of my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/great-squidoo-resources
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- triathlontraining triathlontraining Sep 23, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
- Great job on your lens. This lists all of the most common "mistakes" and clarifies a number of things. I'd love for you to add my lens to the list of helpful lenses - Squidoo Tools and Resources. :)
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- CCGAL CCGAL Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:40 am
- OK - I will now stop trying to change the font to comic sans ms in blue. LOL I enjoyed this lens very much, and found it valuable to me as a newbie. Thank you!
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- samsmiles samsmiles Sep 21, 2008 @ 8:53 am
- Fantastico! Teriffic help for a newperson. I am now off to put your advice into action.
Prosperity to us all!
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- stoetzels stoetzels Sep 20, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
- A newbie here....I admit I have committed some of the mistakes...Well thanks for posting this lens and letting me identify what's holding my lens back..
Thanks
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- Sep 20, 2008 @ 4:57 am
- Thank you. Great advice and awesome visuals!
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- JeanSFleming JeanSFleming Sep 13, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
- Great tips. The tone is very manageable, which makes the whole process more accessible. Thanks!
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- thrivingmom thrivingmom Sep 12, 2008 @ 10:59 am
- Great advice! I wish all new lensmasters would read this lens before creating a whole bunch of newbie gibberish. 5*
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- packetlog packetlog Sep 12, 2008 @ 5:18 am
- hi victoria,
i found this posting very helpful. thanks. everybody is a newbie once and we have to learn the ways. i read the forum, squidu a bit but i was in fact looking for this kind of post. thanks a lot !!
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- Catalysthere Catalysthere Sep 10, 2008 @ 11:14 am
- Great Tips, you are so right, Squidoo is all about creating original, interesting content-not spam.
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- gaylej gaylej Sep 10, 2008 @ 8:11 am
- Thank you for your excellent advice and lens tips; it is especially great for newbies like me. I have also bookmarked this lens for constant reference!
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- PetMemorialWorld PetMemorialWorld Sep 10, 2008 @ 6:09 am
- Hi,
I think this is a fabulous lens and if its not breaking Mistake #14 I have featured it in my lens tips directory.
All the best, Dean.
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- onqsavings onqsavings Sep 10, 2008 @ 3:01 am
- Thank you... in short and something that I'd seriously questioned the seemingly ltd. allowance of...
...until I began to notice the more I added the more additions were allowed...
Yes, what I see and confirm as pertinent is the usage and number of tags applications.
In total, agreement; it been said before: "I'll be back"!
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- Victoria_Neely Victoria_Neely Sep 8, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
- Aaviel: Different strokes for different folks, I guess. :) If it's a topic I'm interested in, and the lens is well-written (not boring), I'm happy. I think a lens should be as long as it needs to be, though it's worth noting that many successful lenses tend to be the "novel-sized" ones.
Another thing about lenses is that it's easy to break up an article into clearly labeled, bite-sized segments. This practice can make a lens' article seem longer than it is, but when it's done right, it makes the lens much easier to scan.
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- aaviel aaviel Sep 8, 2008 @ 8:12 am
- Thanks for the tips! I'm also a newbie, and I've been looking at the more popular lenses to see what makes a hit.
I'm a little concerned about the length of most lenses, though. I usually look for articles that are straight to the point, and more often than not what I see are what I'd call novel-ish in length. (And in case you're wondering, I think yours is on the long side, but with valid content that's relevant all throughout, so it's okay. ^_^)
Is this really the norm? I don't really want to write lengthy lenses (unless the content requires it), because normally those are the ones that I find boring.
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- hhc08 hhc08 Sep 4, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
- thanks! i am new and feel better after i read this lens.
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- lilshann lilshann Sep 3, 2008 @ 12:55 am
- Thank you so much for all the great tips! I have been working on my lens and am now going to go back and fix some mistakes that were listed here!
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- leemlz leemlz Sep 2, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
- Excellent advice, and well structured for an easy read. I've bookmarked this lens for the occasional refresher.
Thanks so much.
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- aj2008 aj2008 Sep 2, 2008 @ 7:51 am
- Hi, have been publishing lenses for a couple of months now and have just revisited this lens and done a lot of "soul searching" to make sure I am not falling in to bad habits. Thank you - this information is so helpful. 5*s.
Please check out all my totally irrelevants lenses on.....nah! Just joking! Tee hee.
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- mshevchik mshevchik Aug 31, 2008 @ 10:21 am
- Hi, I'm very excited to be a member of this group, input like yours is very helpful
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- TeaLady TeaLady Aug 31, 2008 @ 4:54 am
- This is very helpful!! Thanks!
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- BikoBill BikoBill Aug 30, 2008 @ 7:12 pm
- Great information, thanks!
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- PetMemorialWorld PetMemorialWorld Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:16 am
- Great stuff. I will add it to my tips directory when I get a chance.
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- TheBloggingQueen TheBloggingQueen Aug 28, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
- Thanks Victoria,
I'm new to using Squidoo and certainly value this article. In fact, it's helpe me understand more about why create a lens in the first place which, always help to focus your content.
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- photomom73 photomom73 Aug 26, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
- Thank you so much for your information, as a newbie, I'm still learning alot.
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- Snowfarie Snowfarie Aug 26, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
- Thank You. It was a good read and should be one of the first things any squidoo newbie reads before composing a lens. This coems from a newbie :)
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- tabby30 tabby30 Aug 22, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
- As i newbie I see I need to read more squid giant and angel lenses. Thanks
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- marchays marchays Aug 22, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
- What do I do if I have nothing other than Squidoo lense? No RSS feeds or other blogs on the net and no website -- YET!
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- Tiffanie Tiffanie Aug 22, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
- Thanks so much for the tips! Now I know what NOT to do as I delve further into my Squidoo empire!
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- sweetpeaches77 sweetpeaches77 Aug 21, 2008 @ 8:41 pm
- Sound advice. Very useful for newbies!
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- sweetpeaches77 sweetpeaches77 Aug 21, 2008 @ 8:41 pm
- Sound advice. Very useful for newbies!
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- ReneeMichele ReneeMichele Aug 21, 2008 @ 10:13 am
- Thank you for the valuable information you give on this lens
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- Ronda1 Ronda1 Aug 20, 2008 @ 9:36 am
- Great lens. Thanks for all the great tips. Now I have to go back and make some changes to my lenses! Boy, do I have a lot to learn!
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- Bradshaw Bradshaw Aug 19, 2008 @ 10:17 am
- Thanks for the info Victoria. Lots of tips to ponder and apply to my own Squidoo endeavors. I'm still a newbie, so your advice will help me make my lenses a cut above.
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- Elona Elona Aug 18, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
- Thank you for the advice! I am new to Squidoo (and blogging) and I am proud of it! I love learning new things and I will soon be a Proffesional Squidoo'er too! :o)
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- FabulousAbstinence FabulousAbstinence Aug 18, 2008 @ 4:09 am
- I'm a newbie and thanks to this article I was able to correct some of the mistakes I made on my first lens. Thanks!
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- 2inlaws 2inlaws Aug 17, 2008 @ 11:26 am
- This page was really helpful for those of us that haven't mastered the how to of Squidoo! Great lens!
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- Ad-ee Ad-ee Aug 16, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
- Victoria, thank you so much for these pointers. As a newbie I'm making almost all the mistakes you named here! I've benefited greatly from this lens! Thank you!
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- Ad-ee Ad-ee Aug 16, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
- Victoria, thank you so much for these pointers. As a newbie I'm making almost all the mistakes you named here! I've benefited greatly from this lens! Thank you!
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- ShareTer ShareTer Aug 14, 2008 @ 7:07 am
- Victoria: Way to Go! Thanks for all of these terrific tips. I am so glad this newbie saved my first lens as a draft so I could do some squid-digging to learn more about writing lenses. You are a GIANT inspiration! Thanks so much~
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- LaddieCres LaddieCres Aug 12, 2008 @ 11:05 pm
- Finally....I get it! Thanks for the insight!
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- WritingforYourWealth WritingforYourWealth Aug 11, 2008 @ 1:49 am
- Thanks for the tip on adding more tags. I was just using the three or four slots they give you by default.
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- NaturalMommys NaturalMommys Aug 11, 2008 @ 1:20 am
- Wow, Very helpful!! Two thumbs up:)
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- Axel_0319 Axel_0319 Aug 10, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
- Nice Lense! I'm a newb, so this actually helps me a lot.. thanks again!
~AxeL
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- Megal Megal Aug 8, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
- Funny, I can't think of any more. Great job with this. Also I am happy to say that I have not made any of these mistakes. :)
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- sweetpeaches77 sweetpeaches77 Aug 7, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
- Nice tips, I'm sure there are new lensmasters out there who would benefit greatly from your advice.
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- JoeTedesco JoeTedesco Aug 7, 2008 @ 10:26 am
- I have been trying to figure out how to make larger fonts for my headlines, and change the colors of them (not too bright mind you).
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- seedplanter seedplanter Aug 6, 2008 @ 11:14 pm
- Victoria, you offered a lot to consider there. Thank you. You're an encourager.
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- betsuzie betsuzie Aug 6, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
- This is definetly information I will be using! Great lens.
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- kristinmedved kristinmedved Aug 6, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
- Thanks so much for your valuable advice. I am writing my first lens and need a the help I can get.
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- blue22d blue22d Aug 5, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
- Another wonderful tool to help me create the best lenses I can. Thanks. Five stars to ya.
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- Graceonline Graceonline Aug 3, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
- You've nailed it, Victoria. Everything a beginning Squid needs to know to build a solid lens is right here. Excellent work. Although I've been around Squidoo awhile, I read your lens to the end, which means you are an expert at keeping the reader's interest. Good work and congratulations on well-earned kudos and awards.
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- holler4health holler4health Aug 3, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
- Thanks for the tips. I will give this a shot now; wish me luck as a "noob" on my first squidoo lens making adventure!
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- kcgagne kcgagne Aug 3, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
- How many modules is too many?
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- Cumberland Cumberland Aug 2, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
- I have only been a Squidooer for a short time. I am now really starting to get interested and your lens is a great help.
Thanks.
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- johnhuck johnhuck Aug 1, 2008 @ 9:48 am
- Thanks for sharing these great tips
john
secret google tactics
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- Sistalove Sistalove Jul 31, 2008 @ 7:54 am
- Hi, I loved this lens. I have only just started at this and its really exciting! It really made me think about what I am doing and helped me focus! Ta very much.
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- MrMarmalade MrMarmalade Jul 30, 2008 @ 11:28 pm
- I like your lens comments and very happy to add more photos than just me and of the Lens.
My point is where do i add them. I have put me on but have not found where to place other photos.
More importantly how or what are the tags called, I want to place the whole 45 but where do I do that Please.
Thank you Frank
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- awkwardcoaster awkwardcoaster Jul 30, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
- Thank you for the very informative lens! I will refer back often as I build my lenses!
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- flamer180 flamer180 Jul 30, 2008 @ 9:26 am
- Thanks this lens was very heplful to me
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Jul 28, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
- Wow, what a great list - VERY helpful! Thanks for all the tips! 5 stars
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- clefty clefty Jul 26, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
- Thanks! I'll go review my lenses to make sure I haven't made any of these newbie mistakes (even though I don't consider myself a 'newbie')
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- Angeladtao Angeladtao Jul 25, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
- Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us newbies. I keep looking for a way to paste my sticker in a module, but I still haven't found it. I know I'll find the answer in one of you masters of the
Squidoo universe!
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- nameless85 nameless85 Jul 25, 2008 @ 9:55 am
- Very helpful informations :) thanks!
I'll continue to work hard for success!
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- Listman Listman Jul 25, 2008 @ 3:31 am
- A great lens. It's in my bookmarks now under Must Do's / These First. I am just looking around and gathering study material to make my lens better and this lens is going to take a lot more consideration.
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- carterboylston carterboylston Jul 24, 2008 @ 11:31 am
- I think people are afraid of using too many modules- feeling like they're indulging or something. For instance, having LOTS of text modules is great if you want to break up the text that you have- I didn't realize that and that's something I'm going to do to improve my existing lenses.
Don't worry about using too many- that's why they are there!
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Jul 23, 2008 @ 11:25 am
- Great, I went back and checked....there were some of those pesky default titles there, have to keep a close eye on that! The details do matter.
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- sarahjjac sarahjjac Jul 21, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
- thanks! I am still new at this and I was wondering how to get people to check out my lens and let me know what I need to do to them?
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- Jofelyn Jofelyn Jul 21, 2008 @ 6:47 am
- Great advise, short and precise. It's true that the main attraction of squidoo is to earn money but along the way I stumbled upon interesting people with interesting things to say. It keeps me up at night checking the numerous interesting articles here.I am loving being a part of this community!
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- MsMorrison MsMorrison Jul 21, 2008 @ 4:53 am
- helpful! i added more tags after reading this. great lens!
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- 59rjv 59rjv Jul 18, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
- Another great find. I'm working on my second lens and your tips will come in handy. This should be required reading for all newbies and would make a nice refresher course for experienced lens masters.
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- Mickie_G Mickie_G Jul 17, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
- I love the look of your this lens. Especially the pictures in the modules all being on the same side and being the same size. I need to rework my lenses.
Thanks for your hard work!
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- Ravyn Ravyn Jul 15, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
- Thank you for the advice. I still consider myself a newbie (and I really am), so this information can help alot. Now I need to go back and do some tweeking to try and look less noobish. :D
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- banjo banjo Jul 15, 2008 @ 6:04 am
- Thanks mate
All good common sense stuff.
With duplicate content, will google still punish you if you repost your articles from your own blog onto a squidoo page?
Cheers Banjo
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- chefkeem chefkeem Jul 14, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
- A very good listing of important tips for making great Squidoo lenses. I hope every newbie gets a chance to visit here at the beginning of their explorations of this wonderful site. 5*s
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- grumpyjacksa grumpyjacksa Jul 14, 2008 @ 11:59 am
- Thanx 4 the advice . This is going to keep me busy 4 a while.......
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- ebay-grandma ebay-grandma Jul 14, 2008 @ 10:30 am
- I think my biggist thing is text boxes without pictures - actually haven't figured out how to add more than one picture to each module.
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- Joan4 Joan4 Jul 14, 2008 @ 7:18 am
- This is a great checklist for newbies. One of my biggest mistakes has been adding too much advertising. I am gradually removing it, making the ads that I decide to use much more focused. Thank you for the simplicity and important information in this lens. It is very helpful!
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- richgerman richgerman Jul 14, 2008 @ 7:08 am
- i have learn a lot here. yeah squidoo is not easy to be on top or to drive traffic from your site. it takes time and actually your dedication towards this!
5 stars for this!
anyway do you also believe in the law of attraction?
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- SusyCooperBSN SusyCooperBSN Jul 10, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
- thank you for your lens it help me a lot. I have just published my first, by the way I worked for more than 5 hours getting color background in a couple of modules but whn I publish they do not show any ideas what I did wrong?
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- stevearun stevearun Jul 9, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
- Exclusive advice!! rated 5 stars and adding the same to my best of squidoo lens.
Thanks for sharing such a great information.
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- kcgagne kcgagne Jul 9, 2008 @ 10:48 am
- Thank you for this lens. Unfortunately, it has reminded me how much work I have to do on my own lenses. I have added it as a favorite.
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- 8Redrose 8Redrose Jul 8, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
- Hi Victoria,
Great lens. I learned many things to work on for my first lens. I especially liked the part about not being an overnight success. When people are promoting article marketing, it's easy to get the impression that everyone will be making a ton of money right away - not always the case. 5 stars
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- lifelongfitness lifelongfitness Jul 4, 2008 @ 10:39 am
- I think the biggest problem is the minimal contect lens. Lots of modules - little information. Kind of pointless if you ask me 5*
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- kingkurt2001 kingkurt2001 Jul 3, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
- Thanks for the useful information. I really have been taking my time with squidoo. It's time that I put some real work into my lenses so they can get noticed.
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- finnfirm finnfirm Jul 3, 2008 @ 12:55 am
- This is such an informative lens. There are a couple tips that never even entered my mind. Thank you for this guideline to follow.
Snekker Stavanger
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- paperfacets paperfacets Jun 30, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
- I am going to refer to this lens often. It has good basic reminders. Thanks
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- Victoria_Neely Victoria_Neely Jun 30, 2008 @ 12:30 am
- Hi Brenda - No, that shouldn't be a problem; borrowing small quotes like this rarely is. Legally speaking, you're in doubly safe territory since you're quoting Wikipedia and giving credit to the source. Wikipedia allows you to republish its content, provided that you don't take credit for it. Squidoo even does that with the Wikipedia module.
My personal opinion is that it would be better for you to introduce your topic with your own voice, using your own words. Wikipedia might be a well-written resource, but if I visit your lens, I'm looking for answers from you, not Wikipedia. :)
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Jun 29, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
- Hi, and thank you for your lens and for some more things to think about!
Do you think it is helpful or harmful to use a quote? I often like to give a definition of a phrase. I used Wikipedia's definition of Roots Canada Ltd. as an opening paragraph in my lens http://www.squidoo.com/RootsCanada because I thought it was interesting and well written. I quote Wikipedia and use quotation marks. Do you think that my lens would be penalized for this?
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- sisterra sisterra Jun 29, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
- Great lens - wish I found it sooner. I got some work to do!
Thank you for the info!
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- journalist journalist Jun 28, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
- This is such an informative lens. There are a couple tips that never even entered my mind. Thank you for this guideline to follow.
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- TrueX TrueX Jun 27, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
- Impressive Lens. You sure explain how it's done haha! I agree completely with #7, I often see people with terrible grammatical mistakes which can be easily fixed, as well as common typos. I also hate the stupid 1337-speak... I7 i5 ||07 (00L 70 7AL|< LYK DIS!!!
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- jprice jprice Jun 24, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
- Very good lens...
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- sbaokay sbaokay Jun 22, 2008 @ 1:55 am
- I have been looking for ways to optimize my pages and came across your lens. I haven't really paid much attention to the tags but will do so now. Thanks for the tip.
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- Zapico Zapico Jun 21, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
- Great lens! Im only just posting a blurb now, but you did help me about 3 weeks ago when I first read your lens. SO I just thought I'd drop by and give you my thumbs up! 5* and favoriting!
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- Reviews4u Reviews4u Jun 21, 2008 @ 5:48 am
- Nice lens with common-sense advice. Good choice of photos too. Maybe you could do a lens on how to find free images for lens. :-) I know I could use some!
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- CarlaClayton CarlaClayton Jun 19, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
- This lens if very helpful. It's easy to read, understand, and apply. I've been squidooing for about 3 months and see some tips I can use.
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- Brinkley Brinkley Jun 19, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
- Great tips!! Thank you so much
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- ricarde ricarde Jun 19, 2008 @ 10:11 am
- Remarkable lens! This is one of the most helpful lenses i've ever encountered. Great job!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 19, 2008 @ 6:02 am
- I pull factual information from websites and books, but as with a research paper for school, I don't "copy". All my work is my own and I always put a "resources used to construct this page" module at the end of my lens. I'm surprised more don't.
Great lens.
5*
Lizzy
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- WhitePineLane WhitePineLane Jun 19, 2008 @ 5:57 am
- Excellent lens! (I recognize many of the mistakes I made as a newbie squid!)
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- bconnor11 bconnor11 Jun 17, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
- This lens is really helpful. As a newbie, I am really appreciative of these great tips. I'll be sure to keep them in mind next time I make a lens.
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- Affiliate_Biz_News Affiliate_Biz_News Jun 16, 2008 @ 10:08 am
- Great content, many thanks.
Simon
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- andrewmc001 andrewmc001 Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:49 am
- It's good to know that you are helping others, even newbies at squidoo to fix their lens up. It's quite to the point too. I don't like long-winded writing, lol.
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- triathlontraining triathlontraining Jun 15, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
- Great tips here! :)
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- Victoria_Neely Victoria_Neely Jun 15, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
- eShopper: I do what you're describing all the time. I research multiple sources, then write what I learned in my own words. Sometimes I'll just write a paragraph or two, then encourage people to visit a more comprehensive or "authoritative" source by including a couple of links to sites where I did most of my research.
As long as you're writing in your own words and not blatantly copying another source, you should be fine.
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- eShoppers eShoppers Jun 14, 2008 @ 8:09 am
- Thanks you for your helpful page, it's not even good for lensmaster but webmaster and blogmaster also. I wonder about stealing content, sometimes I researched from many sources to rewrite it in my blog, is it still copying contents?
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- MayaLuna MayaLuna Jun 14, 2008 @ 6:26 am
- Great lens - I've just completed my first 2 lenses but I'm going back to do a bit of editing on both. Thanks for the tips.
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- College-Girl College-Girl Jun 14, 2008 @ 5:07 am
- I like your lens. It's very helpful to newbies like me.Thank you very much for sharing this with us.
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- ecampus ecampus Jun 13, 2008 @ 10:31 am
- Outstanding! So glad I stumbled into this lens. I became a baby embryo just a few days ago. I have made two lenses and have edited both several times already. After reading this.....more editing!
Thank you! Five Stars!!!
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- ecampus ecampus Jun 13, 2008 @ 10:31 am
- Outstanding! So glad I stumbled into this lens. I became a baby embryo just a few days ago. I have made two lenses and have edited both several times already. After reading this.....more editing!
Thank you! Five Stars!!!
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- Desiree_Richardson Desiree_Richardson Jun 10, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
- I favorited your page, so I can refer to it since I am a new to squidoo.
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- lildarlinsllc lildarlinsllc Jun 6, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
- Just like Location, Location, Location in real estate, it's Exposure, Exposure, Exposure in the ecommerce world. If it doesn't have curb appeal, they just drive on by. Thanks for the lens tips.
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- Michaelb Michaelb Jun 1, 2008 @ 8:09 am
- Super lens, especially the part about it not happening over night, 5 stars all the way.
Thanks again for sharing,
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- scss scss May 31, 2008 @ 10:37 am
- This is such a great lens - really well done and tons of great info. I'm brand new at Squid Lenses, and it's been quite a learning curve. I wish I had found this lens at the very start!
I just had to give it a 5star rating!
Hope you can drop by some of my lenses sometime and say hello!
- Helene Malmsio
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- GrillGirl GrillGirl May 28, 2008 @ 7:29 am
- Very nice lens. Not only were the tips great, the set up is really nice and fluid. I see that you practice what you preach as we say in the South.
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- MiaBellezza MiaBellezza May 27, 2008 @ 9:51 am
- Great Lens - I picked up some good pointers! 5 stars and lensrolled you.
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- TopStyleTravel TopStyleTravel May 26, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
- I am new at this and thankful for all the helpful info and links. I want to grow up to be like you.
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- AMater AMater May 22, 2008 @ 9:33 am
- The information you provide is invaluable. I'm working on a new lens right now and will definitely take your advice. A job well done. I gave you 5 Stars.
Thanks!
Alan
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- mekap04 mekap04 May 21, 2008 @ 10:30 am
- Your lens is filled with great information for newbies. I will definetly be favoriting this lens. Thanks for all the information.
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- EricOlsen EricOlsen May 20, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
- Thanks for the great tips. I'm new here and hope to avoid making these mistakes. I'm sure we've all done some of them at one time or another, but our lenses should get better with practice.
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- transformed transformed May 19, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
- Oh it's me again! I want to add one more things...WOW! I am impressed because you haven't even been here a year and you are already a Giant Squid!!
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- transformed transformed May 19, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
- Hi, I joined in August and did a few lens. But came back in the last few weeks and am slowly becoming squiddicted!! Your information here is truly helpful for all of us newbies!!Thanks for sharing!
Blessings
Keoi
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- HappyBrideToBe HappyBrideToBe May 19, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
- My eyes are blurring from trying to take it all in - so I really appreciated your clean, well presented newbie points that I could actually digest easily.
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- jacquelinestone jacquelinestone May 17, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
- This is a very helpful lens for all of us to review and make sure our lenses are the best they can be. Sometimes, we get so attached to them that we can't see when we're making mistakes. :)
Thanks!
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- DAD1104 DAD1104 May 17, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
- Thanks for your help for this new guy.
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- Beaddoodler Beaddoodler May 15, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
- Thanks for sharing all your experience with other squidooers, newbie or not so. ;)
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- Rhonda_Holland Rhonda_Holland May 14, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
- I'm not a new squid. These are good tips for all squids to review. 5 stars.
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- JHFSEO JHFSEO May 13, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
- Extremely useful, especially for someone guilty of 1,3 and 15. Thanks!
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- Luvi Luvi May 13, 2008 @ 12:48 am
- Thanks for the great tips. I see that I do have quite a bit to work on but have learned a lot more now. Hopefully my next few lenses will be improvements from the previous ones.
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- mjrinella mjrinella May 9, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
- Great advice! This lens really helped me when I was starting out.
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- TheBohemianHeart TheBohemianHeart May 6, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
- Thanks for the tips. I have learned a lot from this and others on squidoo. This place is the best!
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- richramalho richramalho May 4, 2008 @ 2:39 am
- Thanks for the information.
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- PaulaFarris PaulaFarris May 3, 2008 @ 2:25 am
- Bravo! I learned some things here. Thanks for the great tips.
Paula Farris
"The Recovering Nonacheiver"
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- jembie jembie Apr 30, 2008 @ 2:24 am
- Great advice thanks. I haven't started yet but just reading up first.
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- purple83 purple83 Apr 27, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
- Thanks I am new to squidoo and trying to work out the kinks and learn what is a great lens and your lens really helped thanks alot.
Please check out my lens about GLOBAL WARMING and GOING GREEN great info and the scary truth all in one just click my name it is in the list
Thanks again for great info 5 stars
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- CherylK CherylK Apr 26, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
- This is a really good step-by-step checklist. And you don't have to be a newbie to benefit from it. Thanks. I think Mistake #7 is probably the most important. That and not having a bio.
I read through all the comments, too, and like rms's suggestion to be sure to update Amazon modules. Something I need to do.
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- LDWorld LDWorld Apr 26, 2008 @ 1:52 pm
- Read from top to bottom! Excellent content and easy to read style. Thank you...
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- ArtisticHorse ArtisticHorse Apr 26, 2008 @ 9:08 am
- Wow great lens, full of awesome advise. I will save you as a favorite so I can come back and re-read. Oh and 5 stars for sure, thanks
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- dnjpoorfarmherefords dnjpoorfarmherefords Apr 26, 2008 @ 8:54 am
- Oh Thank you, this has been a great help to me, and I will be looking at my own lens with new eyes.
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- Necessary Necessary Apr 24, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
- Newbie Here. Thanks for letting me know what I need to change [or keep]. Thanks!!
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- Rita012 Rita012 Apr 24, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
- Those are great tips. I'm going to make a few updates to my lens right now ( specifically adding more modules) :-)
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- petbrags petbrags Apr 24, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
- Very nice lens and great information! Thank you.
Best Regards,
Jen
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- rwoman rwoman Apr 23, 2008 @ 10:44 am
- Great tips! Very helpful advice.
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- LordMatt LordMatt Apr 22, 2008 @ 10:43 am
- This applies to blogs and websites in general. It's a good list.
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- Frankster Frankster Apr 21, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
- Great lens. About the spamming: I just had a lensmaster spam a plexo! The lensmaster used a different heading for 8 different additions to the same plexo but the links ALL went to the same url. He used tags or keywords for the heading. I deleted them all but 1 and I was NOT a happy lensmaster! 5 stars and made a favorite. I'll also add this lens to my How To Squidoo And Change The World lens. Bear hugs, Frankie
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- Victoria_Neely Victoria_Neely Apr 21, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
- Mocking-Byrd: I was thinking about adding something like that, especially after I've been getting a few more of those lately. I may add the tip here, or create another lens for Squidoo etiquette, or something. :)
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- Mocking-Byrd Mocking-Byrd Apr 21, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
- Great advice. I haven't started a lens yet, but when I do I'll work hard and won't assume it's instant perfection. You should have mentioned that it looks incredibly tacky to go around promoting your lens by making useless comments on other people's lenses! Maybe it works (I don't know) but I never click on any of that hooey.
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- TheCureForYouthMinistry TheCureForYouthMinistry Apr 20, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
- Very helpful Thanks. If you'd like to weigh in on my site, your opinion is welcome.
Paul Turner
squidoo.com/thecureforyouthministry
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- beeobrien beeobrien Apr 13, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
- Every time I visit this lens, I pick up something new. Thanks.
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- OxfordPalace OxfordPalace Apr 13, 2008 @ 9:27 am
- Thanks for this very thorough and helpful lens. I will try to pass forward the practicality in my lenses about how to earn relatively easy money with domains and small websites.
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- annieblawrence annieblawrence Apr 9, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
- Thanks for the good advice. I am learning and a newbie. Will follow your steps.
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- serenity008 serenity008 Apr 7, 2008 @ 9:37 pm
- great tips! thanks for taking the time
to share them.
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- Dynamite8 Dynamite8 Apr 4, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
- Thank you for taking the time to help others.
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- LeorG LeorG Mar 31, 2008 @ 11:06 am
- You give some good tips - I like #6.
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- Deeringboy Deeringboy Mar 29, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
- Thank you Victoria. This is very helpful info. I hope to improve because I love Squidoo.
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- Enlli Enlli Mar 29, 2008 @ 9:30 am
- Thanks Victoria, this is excellent advice. I will have to do a check on my baby squid:)
Anglesey Today
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- Susan52 Susan52 Mar 25, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
- Excellent! 'Nuff said.
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- NancyOram NancyOram Mar 24, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
- Very helpful and a nice model for us illustrating your very topic! Thanks for sharing.
~Nancy, How to Become a Notary Loan Signing Agent.
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- Mama_Myatt Mama_Myatt Mar 22, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
- Thanks for the info, I'll put it to good use!
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- SemperFidelis SemperFidelis Mar 20, 2008 @ 6:43 am
- Great lens Victoria! Where were ya when I first started this Squidoo journey? lol
Blessed by a Squid Angel today! :)
Colleen ~ http://www.squidoo.com/squid-angel
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- Clarissa789 Clarissa789 Mar 18, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
- Great lens! :-) I think that I've made quite a few of those mistakes! :-/ Better go amend...! :-)
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- Momster Momster Mar 18, 2008 @ 10:01 am
- Oh this is great! I'm going to print this out and use it! Many ideas running through my head right now for our 3 websites and one ebay store!
Momster
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- riff999 riff999 Mar 16, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
- Informative lens with some great tips.
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- LisaGail LisaGail Mar 14, 2008 @ 9:04 am
- Thanks for the tips, being a new newbie this helps me feel a little less lost.
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- macwells macwells Mar 13, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
- GREAT lens! Thank you for helping us newbies out! =)
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- Music-Resource Music-Resource Mar 8, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
- Hi Victoria, This is a great Newbie Squidoo Mistakes lens. The pitfalls are common. I see them every day. The pics are attractive and well-chosen. Nice job. ~Music Resource~
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- MyKidsInheritance MyKidsInheritance Mar 6, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
- Great stuff, very useful info. Squidoo lenses are always a work in progress!!
5 stars....
Melissa
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- natdg natdg Mar 2, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
- true, it's always good and quality content with enough modules. I'm not a pro and still learning the good ways to get a number of readers here. Thanks!
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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Feb 27, 2008 @ 11:09 am
- Squid U is one of the best resources in helping learn what is good and bad about your lenses. And you're right, "This is my bio, I can edit it later" = instant click of the back button. Bye!
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- Your_Profit_Coach Your_Profit_Coach Feb 26, 2008 @ 6:24 am
- You have certainly helped me to think about how I can improve my lenses.
The next problem is finding the photos.
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- Loyalis Loyalis Feb 24, 2008 @ 7:50 am
- Great Lens Victoria!! Those are probably the most commonly asked questions at SquidU in some form or another. You addressed them very well.
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- WeaselPuppy WeaselPuppy Feb 24, 2008 @ 3:21 am
- I love finding these type of helpful lenses. I read it when I first started, and I just reread it again and picked up new stuff to work on.
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- chloecavanaugh chloecavanaugh Feb 24, 2008 @ 12:00 am
- Very very good for us elders as well, lol!
Love it!
*****
Chloe
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- sara08852 sara08852 Feb 23, 2008 @ 7:23 am
- This lens is so valuable to newbies... and oldies, too. Good job. Will go straight into my Squidoo help and tutorial lens.
Sara
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- cstr cstr Feb 23, 2008 @ 3:21 am
- You're just stating the obvious! Added to my favourites, I need to be reminded of the obvious sometimes :-)
Brilliant lens!
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- legbamel legbamel Feb 15, 2008 @ 9:31 am
- I couldn't agree more with numbers 7 and 8. Writing well and staying focused make a huge difference! Thanks for the pointers and reminders.
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- KadabaCo KadabaCo Feb 14, 2008 @ 11:58 am
- Victoria, thank you for sharing your experience with us. It helped me to make my eco-converts lense. Will you be coming up with a more 'advanced' help section? I look forward to it!
Jo~
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- lisadh lisadh Jan 25, 2008 @ 11:59 am
- Great advice. 5* I think I made all these mistakes when starting, but am getting better. :-)
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- TrudyVan TrudyVan Jan 22, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
- Hi there Victoria
Thanks for the information
TrudyVan
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- daoine daoine Jan 18, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
- This is great advice - I've lensrolled this to Managing your Squidoo Lens. And this: "...try to write the way you *wish* you talked." is pure gold!
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- rms rms Jan 17, 2008 @ 6:59 am
- Great lens. One mistake I made in the beginning was not updating my Amazon modules. You need to check your links to be sure the products you've selected are still available.
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- bdkz bdkz Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
- Really helpful lens. I think that #5 & #11 are really imporant!
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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 a...
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Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Squidoo? Lenses? What Gibberish is This?
- My Experience as a Lensmaster
- Mistake #1: Not Enough Modules
- Mistake #2: Not Enough Content
- Mistake #3: Few or No Pictures
- Mistake #4: Not Using Tags to the Best Advantage
- Mistake #5: Not Having a Bio or Personal Picture
- Mistake #6: More Ads than Content
- Mistake #7: Poor Writing
- Mistake #8: Unrelated Content
- Mistake #9: Not Changing Default Text
- Mistake #10: Never Updating the Lens
- Mistake #11: Not Allowing Contact
- Mistake #12: Expecting Overnight Success
- Mistake #13: Thinking Your Lens is Perfect
- Mistake #14: Stealing Content
- Mistake #15: Going Crazy With HTML
- Mistake #16: Spamming Guestbooks
- More Helpful Lenses
- Penny for Your Thoughts
