Squidoo Tech Stew - "Recipes" for Successful Lenses

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A Compendium of Squidoo Tips for Lensmasters of All Levels

Squidoo lens building and promotion resources compiled by a Tier 1 Lensmaster. Remember the fable about Stone Soup, where each member of the group added a single ingredient to a humble pot of soup and the result was a big and delicious meal for everyone? That's how this lens works - it's a recipe for success on Squidoo.

Lensmasters learn something new as they create each lens. No matter how many lenses I build, I learn a new technique or spiffy trick. It might be a unique way to organize my modules, or a new module. Sometimes its a layout tactic (for example the best place to put a Guestbook). I might figure out how to use some nifty CSS or advanced HTML to spiff up a lens that deserves some extra pizazz. Or I might just get better at creating a suite of niche lenses and connecting them to one another plus my web sites.

If you discover a topic lacking from this lens, feel free to contact me and suggest a new section. If you have a top-notch lens about lens design, lens marketing, lens development or lens etiquette - please add it to the appropriate plexo and share as much of this knowledge as you can.

Squidoo Lens Development Tips

The best resources with how-to tips for building best-in-category Squidoo lenses

The Squidoo Top 100 is the ultimate challenge for any lensmaster. Creating and keeping a quality lens that achieves the very top tier in Squidoo isn't rocket science, but it takes work and dedication to keep it there. If you're just starting with Squidoo - or still thinking about why you should Squidoo, read these lenses first:

Getting Started with Squidoo - the official Squidoo introduction lens, with links to all you need to know about how to/why to Squidoo. Bookmark this lens and fave it as your first Squidoo reference lens.

Why Should You Squidoo?

Why Join Squidoo? - all the reasons why: how it works, why it's fun and how easy it is to be a Squidoo lensmaster.

First Lens Mentor

Top Tips for Lens Success - The 9 Free Things Every Site or Lens Should Do - by Seth Godin

The Squidoo Answer Deck - the definitive source for all you need to know and learn. Hundreds of pages of useful answers, run by community experts.

Hitchhikers Guide to Squidoo - If there's a Squidoo Biblography, this is it. Nearly everything about Squidoo that's on Squidoo is on this lens, including profiles of the best and brightest lensmasters and SME (subject matter experts).

Traffic - the key to building a following and increasing your lens rank. This link will present a list of all Squidoo lenses tagged with the keyword "traffic"

Squidoo Resources - Tools, Resources, Guides for development and promotion

Squidoo Tips - All topic lenses in the Squidoo Tips category

Squid Blogs on Squidoo - The first and foremost Squidoo resources with the latest and greatest info for lensmasters

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Q&D: Squidoo Lens Development Tips

Quick Top Shelf Guidance for New Lensmasters

Actually, these tips are handy for all lensmasters, newbies or not. Learn about Squidoo, finding a niche, developing a community, building great content, using keywords and tags ... all the nifty basics of How to Squidoo - and Why to Squidoo.
What is Squidoo?
The original and still foremost guidance to building quality lenses is Squidoo and the staff who build and shape this community.
Squidoo : Tags : lens
All lenses tagged with the keyword "lens" - with tips about building and beautifying your Squidoo lenses.
Squidoo : Just the FAQ
This is the official Squidoo FAQ page where those in the know will answer the big questions about Squidoo - the questions most newbies have already asked.
Finding Your Niche Lensography
Niche marketing is a hot topic and can seem overwhelming when you are first starting on Squidoo. Whether you see it as searching for popular focused trends or concentrating on your particular niche interests, it's a fascinating area to study. And the Internet makes finding your niche market easier t
Squidoo Tips
Quick jump to the Squidoo category Squidoo tips: all the lenses in this category are in this listing.
SquidDon't!
It's simple: given our pedigree, our point of view and our dyed-in-the-wool, we-will-never-change-our-mind conviction on this issue, spam is not okay at Squidoo.This page outlines our thinking on the issue. It supplements our terms of service. It explains the difference between junk and spam ...
Guestbooks and You
Guestbooks are great tools for your lens. They let you get great feedback from readers, ask questions, run conversations, ask for help, collect links, and any other fun thing you'd like them to do.If you're looking for some help managing the settings on your guestbooks and approving comments, you're
Do I Need A Squidoo Mentor?
Squidlog article: Do I need a mentor? (Yes) How do I find a Squidoo Mentor? (Look here!)
50 Awesome Squidoo How-To Lenses From A-Z
Here's a handy little directory of the best Squidoo How-To Lenses from A-Z.Find out how to: Build a lens, improve your lens, add photos, use HTML, Twitter, Squidcast, sell a lens, make a lensograpy, make a profile, find out what it takes to be a Giant Squid, Squid Angel or get Lens of the Day...and

HTML How-To on Squidoo

Easy codes to spiff up your text modules

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Style Sheet Savvy - CSS for Squidoo

CSS can be tricky, but it's also a great way to add some spice to a lens.
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Widget Wonderland - Squidoo Add-ons

Little Code Snippets Make Big Impacts

Adding a small piece of programming code that someone else created can make a big difference to a lens. Most of the ready-to-use modules on Squidoo are widgets that are built into the dashboard. They're great, and very useful, but did you know you can also use free widgets from other places to spice up your lens?

  • Web Publishing Goodies - a lens devoted to all sorts of widgets, fonts and snippets to spice up your lens, blog or web site

  • How to Make a Widget - the fluffanutta shares tips on how to create and share your own Clearspring widgets

  • Widget Box - another source for widgets to snag or make

  • SquidUtils - The Ultimate Squidoo tools resource

  • AddThis! Make it simple for readers to bookmark your lens, or remind visitors to share your lens. Place this little chiclet near your guestbook or in your intro text.

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Squidoo Tech Stew - How to Tips for Lens Making Success

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Squidoo Groups, Awards, Teams

Squidoo : Squidbadges
Squidbadges are the genuine marks of excellence and celebrity on Squidoo. These stars and badges help new readers know when they've landed on a really standout page created by a top member of the community. And they're kind of fun to brag about, too. You might see some lenses with any combination of icons in the top right bio section,
THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)
No, it's not a rock group (but it might as well be). It's the core group of movers and shakers at Squidoo. It's a gathering of influentials, the most dedicated lensmakers on Squidoo.
The Purple Star Program!
Some things are worth the wait. That includes the new Purple Star program.Giant Squids, please meet your newest perk.Anyone who hopes to be a Giant one day soon, meet your latest reason to roll up your sleeves and keep trying.
THE GIANT SQUIDS 100 CLUB (and how you can become one)
The 100 Club is for Lensmasters who have created over 100 quality lenses here on Squidoo!They are the best of the best. These top notch lens masters are known for their superior lens making abilities, mentoring, charity work and all around helpfulness.You're likely to spot them on the 100 Lens Rank

Squidoo Link Tactics Lenses

Links are an important part of lens development. You can create links within your lenses and you should create links that bring traffic to your lenses. There are many ways to create links from your lens - to other lenses, to blogs and to web sites. There are also many tactics you can use to create links INTO your lens that can improve your lens rank and increase potential Squidoo earnings.

These featured lenses will show you how to create outbound links from your lenses and alsohow to find and create valuable inbound links from within Squidoo and on the Internet. This list includes resources that employ social bookmarking connections as well as more traditional linking strategies.
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Squid Merch - Shop for Squidoo Fan Gear

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Squid Angel Blessings

Thank you for your support, Squidoo Angels

Squidoo Angel Blessings on this Squidoo Tech Tips LensSquid Angel JJNW blessed this lens October 18, 2010

Zazzle Squidoo How-To

These lenses show you how to sell and showcase your Zazzle shop products (or someone else's that you like) on your lens to earn money and ensure you get your referral credits.
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Lens Promotion & Marketing

Build Traffic and Interest in Your Lenses

If you build it some will find it eventually. If you build it, blog about it, get it linked from outside, Tweet it, Tagfoot it and connect you lenses from within Squidoo and outside, then all sorts of other fun things will happen.

These lenses share tips and tactics for marketing your lenses and tooting your own horn to get noticed, build traffic and create a tribe that will follow you. There are also a few bits of advice related to web sites ... because many lensmasters go on to create web sites or already have them and use Squidoo to drive traffic.
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Photo and Image Tips

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Squidoo Photo Tips

How to Use Photo Modules, Best Photo Sizes

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Squidoo Graphics & Banners

There's a wealth of free graphics (lens candy) you can use to jazz up your Squidoo lenses, generously offered by lensmasters with graphic talents. Be sure to give credit and a big thank-you to artists whose graphics you use to spiff up your lenses.
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Squid DON'T - What NOT to Do

Advice about what to avoid when building a Squidoo lens

Sometimes advice is not about how to do something, it's about what to not do in order to be successful. The lenses featured here will tell you how to apply best practices to create and publish good lenses - they'll tell you what to avoid, and why.

Occasionally a lens gets "locked" - see the reasons why and if this happens to you, what steps you can take to remedy and republish your lens.

On rare occasions a Squidoo account gets DELETED. If your account is Squid GONE, there's probably a really bad reason why it got zapped. Here's what to avoid so you won't become extinct in the Squidoo sea.
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Just Say NO - Don't Spam ...

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Advanced Lens Building Topics

For more advanced lensmasters, great tips and tricks

If you've mastered the basics of Squidoo and HTML, you're ready to tackle more advanced topics like these.
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Achieving Lensmaster Zen

I truly believe that Squidoo makes it possible for anyone to build terrific lenses, perhaps even earn a LOTD or Purple Star award, if they apply the basic rules of good lens building and follow the tips shared generously throughout the Squidoo community.

Successful lensmasters are passionate about Squidoo; they freely share their success stories, insider tips and best practices. There are dozens of lenses on Squidoo that share proven methods for building and marketing quality lenses. This Squidoo how-to lens is only one of many resources you can use every day to create, improve and market your lenses.

The information to help you achieve lensmaster Zen is bountiful and free - the Squidoo community is a uniquely generous and sharing environment. There's competition to get lenses into the top tier, but most if not all lensmasters give freely of their knowledge and offer help to newbies and experienced Squids every day, in dozens of ways.

Share Your Squidoo Tips

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I've been working in marketing, design and advertising since 1978, and working the web since 1995.
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Squidoo Tech Stew is one of many how-to lenses.

The more lensmasters work with Squidoo tools, the more they learn about what works to create excellent lenses. It's like cooking - you work with a recipe to improve it each time you prepare the dish. This lens is a bit of a Stone Soup concoction: each person adds an ingredient and the result is a rich kettle of bounty and goodness. Starting from this basic stock I hope you will sample, savor and improve my Squidoo Tech Stew until it's brimming with the best tips, tricks and techniques for cooking up and serving fine lenses.

There are dozens of quality resources on Squidoo and outside the community where you can find tips for building, improving, marketing and managing Squidoo lenses. This Squidoo tips resource is a little different because it seeks collaborative input from the community to expand and grow into a compiled document. The more lenses added to this one the more you'll be connected to all the best Squidoo development and marketing lenses created by the lensmaster community.

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