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Please visit the updated version for answers to all your questions about making money from publishing great lenses on Squidoo.

Squidoo is a platform full of opportunity for people who want to get paid for good creative work online. If you're reading this (and you are) it probably means you want to make the most of your Squidoo lenses. You're interested in creating great, unique, useful pages and you probably hope a lot of people will read them. And you want to earn some money from them.

So you might also like this lens from our Editor in Chief Megan Casey: The Top 10 Ways To Make Money on Squidoo.

Testimonials from Happy Lensmasters:

I just used some of my Squidoo earnings to buy Tim McGraw concert tickets for my wife's birthday. -- Mac33

I'm putting my Squidoo earnings towards a trip to Belgium later this summer! -- CDT

Plain and simple, it pays my utilities. And it's been great to do so without punching a time clock or having to get our of my jammies if I don't want to. --relache

I've used Squidoo earnings to purchase and donate flip video cameras to my daughters' classes. --Comfortdoc

My Squidoo earnings usually go towards fun family things like our yearly Disney vacation. :) -- Christene

In the last year I've used my earnings to buy art supplies, new digital camera, new laptop, and recently, since I moved out on my own, to pay part of my rent. -- Sheryl

I use mine for special family treats and taking care of the 8 pet rescues I having living in my home. All of that just from writing about things I love!! -- The_Party_Animal

My Squidoo earnings are a nice part of my total online income so I can work full time from home. :-) -- Barkely

Thanks to Squidoo, I get pampered at a spa every month! That's after my 10% minimum donation to charity. Win Win Win! --hlkljgk

What do I use my Squidoo royalties for? A wedding, riding lawnmower gift, grandchildren presents, parts for my truck, roofing materials. -- Flowergardener

Last year I saved my Squidoo earnings to pay for the family vacation. It was great, plus it really motivated me to keep my lenses nice and fresh! -- Azareal

Squidoo helped me turn my dream of making a living as a writer into a reality. -- RMS

Right now I'm buying art supplies! This month I ordered an easel and some expensive professional watercolors. -- LindaJM

I'm living on my Squidoo income; it pays the bills, I loan to friends & family, give donations, and even save money each month... and I have extra money just to spend on me. --Tipi

My Squidoo royalties cover web hosting, domain names and tools that make my IM life a breeze! --Sojourn

100% used to go to Save The Children. These days, mostly college tuition. --SemperFidelis

My Squidoo earnings are my indulgences. I buy funky jewelry, an original animation cell of Brainey Smurf eating cereal - whatever strikes my fancy. --Kab

I try to save up my earnings to use them for big purchases or emergencies. I also keep an online shopping reserve at Paypal if I find something special on eBay or Etsy. -- BigGirlBlue

Without Squidoo, I wouldn't have been able to sustain my business for long enough to make a go of it. In short, I LOVE Squidoo! -- WorldVisionary

I use my Squidoo earnings to buy my freedom to stay at home with my kids, be my own boss and do what I love. -- enslavedbyfaeries

In 2009 my earnings paid for minor surgery. I'm planning to spend it on something more fun than that in 2010! -- Mulberry

Squidoo has been really good to me for the last two years! I use my Squidoo payout to pay for my car payment! -- ThomasC

Charity, SquidKiva loans, donations to individuals, my retirement nest egg, gifts for my grandkids, art supplies ... and a bit of entertainment. -- Pastiche

The earnings from Squidoo have allowed me to pay BILLS, shop for clothes, pay for extras around the house and still give 10% to charity! -- CosmeticMom

I like to do something nice for my wife and I that we otherwise would not have been able to do. -- jeffwend

Last Christmas, if it weren't for Squidoo, I don't know how my children would have gotten any gifts! -- eclecticeducation

I love how my monthly squidoo payout helps to chip away at my mortgage. -- smallfry

I spend my squidoo royalties on rent, electricity, water etc., wordpress plugins and hosting. -- Spirituality

Squidoo earnings cover ClassyGals high car payment, keep my cat Bozwell pampered quite well, and allow me some fun money! -- ClassyGals

Over the last few years Squidoo has been not only an inspiring community but a growing source of a steady income that I set aside to pay for my groceries every month. -- Monarch13