WiWon School of Wonders

Founder and Tutors >> WiWon Team Members

All of tutors involved in this project are current and / or formal members of WiWon team from June 2009 Giant Squid during which this team created 647 lenses and assisted in creating 14 new Giants and 7 new 100 Clubbers!

0ctavias0fferings coaches from OctaviasHothouse

0ctavias0fferings, aka Katherine CaringtonSmith is probably one of olders Squidoo members here - she is a member since April 2007. During this time, she became SquidAngel and created 106 lenses. She's one very patient lady and an expert in few niches, one of them being Action man figures! :)

Luvmyludwig's Squidlets by Joyful Crystal!

Luvmyludwig, aka Crystal Touchton is one very happy and cheerful lady! She became a Giant last deadline and during last Challenge she created 17 lenses for our team! She has big heart, positive attitude and her eagerness to help out beats everything else! If you ever feel down, this little lady will surely lift your spirit! Crystal also works on several niches, latest being about camping...

Giant Squid aka Colossal Squid by VeeBee

vbright105, aka Veronica Bright (we call her VeeBee 'cause we love her!) is another SquidAngel on a team. She has been Squidoo member for a year now and during this time she created 109 lenses. She is a writer so I would urge her students to take advantage of her knowledge in this aspect of lensbuilding. She's also like big mommy - strict, straightforward but with golden heart and good intentions! One of her biggest niche is about native Americans.

Maniacal Squids Guided by Mike Moore

Mike is pretty new to Squidoo but in only few months he proved he got what it takes to become one of greatest on Squidoo! During last Challenge he created almost 2/3rd of 53 lenses he currently has! That makes him quick study! Now, he's ready to pass on what he learned but also what he brought with him to Squidoo as professional writer!

Stazjia Following Her Stars!

Stazjia, aka Carol Fisher is here from 2006. Although she didn't see it as something really interesting first time she came on Squidoo, she ended with 109 lenses! More than 30 of them were created during last Challenge, and that was just after she said she had no inspiration for building lenses!? Now, what happens when she has an inspiration?! Carol is another professional writer on the team and she created several niches, one of them being England.

Leather Clad Squids Rocking Squidoo With Alex!

Drifter0658, aka Alex Crabtree is... well, unique what you can see if you open any of his lenses. ;) His mind takes him to places where he creates associations which become so natural once he finish his lens. He even wrote about someone's missing gallbladder! He manages to put humor into almost any theme and has very inspirational writing style. He loves to help out new members and he jump in for me couple times. If you got to know him, you'll love him! For sure!

All Natural Nymphs by Naturegirl7

Naturegirl7 better known among friends as Yvonne is a lady with pretty amazin collection of lenses - 127 of them to be exact! One of the things that make her excellent teacher is how and what she picked as topic of her lenses! This is probably the narrowest niche I saw on Squidoo... So, if you have any interest in learning facts about snakes or frogs residing in Louisiana, you came to right spot!

Start With Basics!

Even before August 1st!

Here is a peek at what this school will offer for it's future attendants! Of course, we start with basic... You know what they say: If you get basics right, you'll be able to build on it without things slamming on your head!

And Apply for An Entrance Examination!

This test has been created as a way for members to get to know each other better but also to show what they learned so far! It's fun!

The best 5 exam entries

Most personal, unique and extremely well written stories!

Let's Get Our Creativity Juices Going!

A question: do you consider yourself creative?

It's August 1st! Today we start with Giant Squid Challenge but also with our creation of new quality lenses and expanding our knowledge base! For grand opening we'll start really hard! Here is the lens that will start you thinking:

Where your creativity comes from?
and
What's keeping you in a box?

These 5 lenses show the amount of creativity in their creators!

They also show how different people really are! These lenses are so much different yet they share one similarity: They are written in unique way and show creativity can be found in most particular places!

1st Class: HTML for Squidoo Themes

Starting August 3rd 2009

Most of people I came across, specially those new to Squidoo, find html and css challenging! Not surprising taking into consideration that, not all of us are computer geeks and although school did teach us to write, we never learned stuff like this! So, this school will give you an opportunity and tools to learn html and beautify your lenses! Make them more eye friendly and more attractive! This is first step-by-step tutorial created for you:

Applying what they learned about html!

There has been many really great lenses created as result of this lesson lens, but here are 5 of the best:

2nd Class: HTML for Squidoo Cobrands

August 7th 2009

Second of our weekly lessons will stay on same topic, html. Only this time we'll take a look what exactly we can do with Squidoo Cobrands like SquidWho, SquidVid, etc... And can we take a step further from what these templates already offer and make lenses created through these quick builders to new level. Here is what we prepared:

There is more to creating great lens using templates besids basics provided by Squidoo!

And these lens prove truth of this statement to it's full meaning:

3rd Class: Make a Reader Friendly Lens

August 10th 2009

Due to fact that we have quite a lot really fresh Squids on our team, I've decided to take step back and go through some basics of writing lens, structure and balance of your creation - all of this in effort to create a reader friendly lens. Lens which looks appealing but is also informative and helpful to visitors. Many of you know most of this stuff, but it's good to remind ourselves of this:

These 5 lenses are few of the best!

They are created due to inspiration found in our lesson lens:

4th Class: Lenscrafting Quickly and Efficiently

August 14th 2009

Most of us, specially when we started, struggle with writing a lens. And it looks like it takes us ages to make lens - both well written and appealing! But, there are many things that can make your lenscrafting period shorter and more efficient! Here are some of them:

Next 5 lenses are great examples

for quickly build lenses. Quick but never the less, great.

5th Class: The Importance of Visitor Interaction

August 17th 2009

Everyone talks about importance of interaction with visitors! But what that really means?! Is every lens good for interaction? How to interact? Answer to these and many other questions you can find in next lesson lens:

Interactivity is best shown in these lenses:

6th Class: A Guide to the Interactive Modules

August 21st 2009

There are number of modules provided by Squidoo which we can use to boost a little (or a lot) of the interaction with visitors. Using of these modules can be efficient way for keeping visitors on our lenses for longer periods of time. Here is overview of all interactive modules along with couple of ideas how to use them inside a lens:

5 great examples for interactive lenses:

7th Class: Using Pictures Effectively

August 24th 2009

In some occasions and with some visitors good, inviting pictures spread throughout your lens, can make a difference in staying and reading lens through or leaving at the same moment! When, where and how to use pictures, is a theme of our 1st lesson lens about pictures:

best 5 lenses using pictures effectively

8th Class: Picture Modules

August 26th 2009

There are so many modules Squidoo provides where you can put either your own or other people's images! This lens is giving you a peek in them along with many really very helpful tips how to add those pictures and make them look good!

5 of the best lenses using different picture options

9th Class: Searching for Images

August 28th 2009

This is the last of 3 lessons we throw together about all the ways to find and use images inside a lens. We could probably make at least a dozen more but no time... We're moving to next topic next week. In meant time, take a look at all the places you can find images to use inside a lens, along with few tips on using different affiliate programs for inserting images inside a lens. Have fun!

These 5 lenses really use images to appeal to visitors:

10th Class: How to Find and Expand a Niche

August 31st 2009

We all hear talk about need to create niche lenses. What exactly that means? And how to find a niche? Where to look? Maybe the answer is closer then you think! Take a look and you'll see what I mean:

5 lenses created as result of expanding a niche from Squidoo stats:

11th Class: Google Vs.Yahoo

September 4th 2009

We all look forward to Google and Yahoo and the moment they finally notice our new lenses! What are differences and similarities between two search engines? How they look at your lens? This questions and many more are answered in:

Google loves them :) Check them out:

12th Class: Keywords for Squidoo

September 7th 2009

If you want your lens to perform well, even before you click 'build a lens' button, there are couple things you should look into. One of them is title you'll put to your lens and accordingly, url you'll give to that lens. This lesson is about basic research on keywords to get you going in right direction and closer to your goal: making a lens which will be loved by Google and Yahoo!

These 5 share Google love!

13th Class: Pre Publish SEO Tips for Squidoo

September 9th 2009

This lesson lens talks about all the steps you can do to optimize your lens for search engines, in other words, we have here Ten Best SEO Tips Before You Publish a Squidoo Lens! Some things with your lens are better to be done before you press that publish button, and you'll here find out exactly which - in 10 steps!

More Googl love for these 5 lenses:

14th Class: Post Publish SEO Tips for Squidoo

September 13th 2009

You just hit a publish button on your new lens! WooHoo! It's out there now! Whole world can see it!........... I wish it was as easy as that!
In many cases it will take a while for Google and Yahoo to find your lens! But, there are couple things you can do for search engines to find your lens quicker and rank them better! Here are best 10 suggestions:

They found a spot on 1st page on Google:

15th Class: Amazon Modules - Part 1.

September 14th 2009

Selling is easy! Or is it? Many people think selling is easy and than, after a while, they wonder why they haven't sold anything?! Well, this week lessons are here to help you. All of the lenses we'll present here this week will give you an ideas how to use different Amazon modules to actually sell stuff! Not just have them displayed on your lens! 7 lenses for 6 different Amazon modules and an introduction to selling stuff... So here we go:

Featured lenses created by potential Giants:

16th Class: Amazon Modules - Part 2.

September 16th 2009

We are moving to next two lesson lenses in our 7 lens Class week. These two share tips and ways to improve a default setting of Amazon Spotllght and Amazon Search modules.

5 great examples of using spotlight and search module:

17th Class: Amazon Modules - Part 3.

September, 18th 2009

Last two Amazon modules we'll check ut and see what exactly can we do with them are Amazon Voting Plexo module and Amazon Recommendations module. For the last one, there seam to be some problems lately but out tutor found a way around! So, take a look at:

Good use of recommendations and voting modules in:

18th Class: Polishing and Updating Lenses

September 21st 2009

As we are approaching deadline for you to apply for Giant Squid or 100 Club member, it's seams like a good time to go through all (or most) of your lenses again and give them a little inspection. After all, we want them to shine! And we want to present ourselves in our best edition to the world!

Simply beautiful:

19th Class: Role of the Giant Squids in Squidoo Community

September, 25th 2009

For the end and our last lesson, we'll take a look and remind ourselves about importance and value of Giants Squids as well as their role in Squidoo community.

Giving back to community:

Wonder Squid Award

For the best and most dedicated of Wonders Squids