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Skiesgreen On Squidoo

This lens deals with my feelings for Squidoo and the lenses praising it and the special feelings that many have for some of the folks who make it such a great place.

It's a lensography llisting lenses that explain how you can succeed here. Please check out all the links


Many come and go here and that's probably because they fail to understand how it works, the help and love that squids share with each other, and the ins and ourts of building successful lenses and marketing them offline as well as online.

This lens may help some 'floaters' stick around and become important squids and high achievers.

What to Do When First You Arrive

When you start on Squidoo it can be a bit of a minefield. You want to make great lenses so what do you do. This is a formulae worth following. Over my time here I have helped many lensmaster achieve high status by encouraging and guiding them to build good lenses. To help further I constructed several lenses on building them and how to make them as good as possible. This lensography lists them along with details and a bit more help.

  • 1. Take your time and look around

  • 2. Read the rules and make sure you follow them

  • 3. Fix up your Bio with an avatar or pic of yourself. Some details on you - remove any default text - activate a contact email

  • 4. Go into the forums. Introduce yourself in the Introduction forum but don't put any links there to your sites or lenses.

  • 5. Go visit lots of other squids lenses and leave some comments and ratings. This is a learning curve and you will get an idea of how a lens should look.

  • 6. Build a lens and put the link in the Critique Forum where you will get lots of suggestions and help if you need it.

  • Make sure you read through the following lenses.

    Learning Curve Lenses

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    Tips on Writing

    Writing is a great asset and doing it well is even better, These lenses will help you achieve in this area

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    Do You Concentrate on Appearance?

    Is the style of a lens important?

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    Yes, badly constructed lenses turn me off

    grannysage says:

    Appearance has a great affect on me. A well designed lens make me want to keep reading. If it has long paragraphs of nothing but content, not always well written, I will quickly bow out. The intro on this lens is very attractive btw.

    sorana says:

    Although I am on the Yes side, if the subject is interesting, I still give the lens the time of the day to browse through. If it catches my interest with the content I'll spend the time to read it

    No, I am only interested in the contents

    Stonecutter says:

    I am really more interested in what the lens is about. That being said I have to admit I have seen some lenses that just make me green with envy. Not only to they offer fantastic information they are beautifully built. I am starting to learn what some of the more sophisticated modules do and will begin slowly incorporating them into future lenses to catch peoples attention which will help me reach my ultimate goal of sharing valuable information.

    ChrisDay says:

    As usual, it's a bit of both but I veer towards content.

     

    Dress Up or Leave Plain

    When you start a lens you have several options. First of all the number of text modules, polls, duels, videos, bookmark, table of contents, and so on. How you choose and arrange them will have a big bearing on your presentation.

    The following lenses help with this.

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    DON'T STRUGGLE ON!

    If you are having trouble -
    ASK SOMEONE

    The giants and angels are here ready to help
    new squids succeed

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    You are Invited

    typing.jpgI'm a Squidoo lensmaster, and I'm inviting you to join me. Find and share recommendations online by building a lens. Join this group with lots of love, knowledge and friendship to share around. You'll love us. Click the link below to start.

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    Lenses Worth a Look

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    Do You set Goals

    When writing a lens do you have a goal

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    yes, definitely

    grannysage says:

    Yes, but often the goal changes because the lens has its own message it wants to say.

    Stonecutter says:

    Absolutely, I write about things that I think people with interests similar to mine would find helpful and I want to make sure it is as complete as I can possibly make it.

    jvsper63 says:

    Yes

    no, I just write about things I am interested in

    miaponzo says:

    I mainly write about the things I'm interested in.. for sure.. I don't think I would write about something I'm not interested in.. even when doing a quest.. I always write about things I'm passionate about or interested in :) But.. I do have goals too :)

    sorana says:

    No, I just write about things I am interested in and whatever my mind comes up with.

    katiecolette says:

    Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I guess I would probably benefit from setting goals for all of my lenses.

    ChrisDay says:

    I enjoy spreading information and ideas. Describing it a 'having a goal' would be heaping too much praise on my rather haphazard approach to a new lens.

     

    Setting Goals

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    What is the best thing about Squidoo

    I can use my imagination and creativity

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    These wonderful sweet angels passed by and left a much appreciated blessing. Thank you, hugs

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    • miaponzo Feb 9, 2012 @ 8:10 am | delete
      Great lens!!!! Nice to know you here on Squidoo.. :) Blessed!
    • hayleylou Mar 19, 2011 @ 5:41 am | delete
      I love your work here on Squidoo :)
    • grannysage Mar 13, 2011 @ 10:58 pm | delete
      I like the soft touch to this lens. It is very soothing and calming.
    • sorana Mar 11, 2011 @ 5:06 am | delete
      You've got both my love and a rating for your lens. I like how you used the green in your modules to match the lens and I like the content also.
    • ChrisDay Mar 10, 2011 @ 11:33 pm | delete
      You are an inspiration.
    • jvsper63 Mar 10, 2011 @ 9:21 pm | delete
      You always deserve 10* not 5 your one of the good one's. There are about 15 That are good. Other then that there is a lot of negativity. Here on Sqidoo. I don't think some of the people in the forum's realize we aren't in grad school. This is not meant toward anybody that doesn't make people hesitant to go into the forums.. Great Topic

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    skiesgreen

    My love is spirit. My desire: to bring awareness to the things that hurt and to help others find their inner voice. Follow me at Amplify @skiesgreen.amplify.com more »

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