If you want to become popular on squidoo...

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 136 people | Log in to rate

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Squidoo as a popularity contest

In some ways squidoo is like a popularity contest. I've done pretty well here with as I write more than 586 fans. So I feel qualified to write this lens about the subject.

What you need to do to become popular on squidoo 

Please add your own tips on becoming popular. Of course you don't need ALL of these to become popular. But each helps.

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Check out the lenses of people who show up on your lenses

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Leave a friendly message on THEIR guestbook

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Be helpful on the forums - be real, be fun

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Make great lenses

This really helps. People love seeing, voting on a more...24 points

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Have guestbook modules on each lens.

Let others show their stuff23 points

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Be nice

This is important in any contest: the person who i more...19 points

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Vote on other peoples lenses

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Have a personalised profile

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Be fun

Everyone wants to be around people who are fun.13 points

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Become a GIANT squid

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Join people's fan clubs

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Have a unique avatar

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Become a squidangel

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Use interactive modules in your lenses

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Have a links plexo on your most popular lenses

People LOVE to leave their links.3 points

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Create an award / contest

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Use Lensroll and Discovery Tool

Lensmasters who Google themselves just might stumb more...2 points

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Del.icio.us

Lenses you fans want to be LotD, Del.icio.us them more...1 point

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Always look to give before you take!

Remember Squidoo is a Community!1 point

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Become a giant squid community organizer

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Get an email signature setup within squidoo

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Give away money!

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Lighten up!

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Be helpful on the forums = be helpful on squidu 

SquidU is the place where lensmasters get together to chat, to give and receive feedback and to get the latest news.

One way to become more popular on squidoo is definitely to be helpful and REAL on squidu.

Make great lenses 

Only if you provide another service to lensmasters can you do without making great lenses. Like you needed the right clothes and being seen at the right parties to be popular in high school - you need to make great lenses to become popular on squidoo. There is no getting around it.

Here are some lenses that will help you do just that, though the quality content is what you have to provide yourself.
featured lens The Introduction Module in Squidoo

The introduction module in squidoo has an inbuilt table of content. Do use it! And do upload a picture as an intro image - not having one will stop people from featuring your lens on theirs. And no - just using HTML to put a picture in there does NO...

featured lens Cute modules to spice up your lens

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. Go beyond the text-module and the link-list module and use some color. These modules are built into squidoo and really make your lens look good. Some are hard to find, so I added descriptions on where...

featured lens Google Blog Search Module

I love to make a lens better by using google blogsearch. The content changes - which makes your lens more interesting. As an added bonus you get an easy way to check out what other people are saying about a topic you are interested in. Which means y...

featured lens Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens

I've gathered my favorite Squidoo-code for later reference. I'm tired of trying to find that specific lens I used a css effect on and then having to go to edit-mode, copy paste, and then go back to the lens I was working on. This lens will help me be...

featured lens Editing suggestions for your lenses - to give your lens a lensrank boost

Lenses get payed out based on average lensrank of each lens over the whole month. Since lensrank is based, at least partly, on how often lenses get edited - this lens is here to give you some ideas about what to do when you go over your least edited...

Write well - whether it's lenses, squidcasts or blogposts 

Always write in such a way that your main message comes across. I've seen too many squidcasts and blogposts where people just write how great they've done, without letting me know WHY it's great what they've done.

  1. Use proper titles

  2. Explain why it's interesting

  3. DO use emotion, but have a clear message as well

Why you want to be popular on squidoo 

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Popular lensmasters get their lenses featured on other lenses more

You've got to love that extra backlink15 points

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It's great to be loved

Don't we all want to be popular?15 points

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Popular lensmasters get more votes on their lenses

More votes = higher lensrank12 points

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To get a positive message out

To the people on squidoo and to the world.11 points

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Popularity brings readers...

...and readers equals conversation. I love creatin more...7 points

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I don't care to be popular...

but I do want to be read.5 points

Have a guestbook on each lens 

This one is important.

We all want to see our face on your lenses when we vote. We want to know that you know who voted 5 stars. Yes - other lensmasters want to be popular too - so give us the illusion we can be and put up that guestbook.

The NEGATIVE consequences of becoming popular 

If popularity on squidoo is like a rose - that rose does have its thorns:

  1. Popular squids are more likely to get their lenses voted with only one star

  2. You have to try and keep that popularity up.

  3. You will be judged by higher standards

  4. You may get hatemail, because when you say something controversial, it WILL be noticed

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Create a lens (or more than one) which features other lenses 

This one is something I think every lensmaster should do. On any topic where you are interested, but not likely to make lenses yourself: why not make a lensography with the best lenses on that topic? Or just a lensography with your favorite lensographies? Or your favorite lenses?

Certainly anyone aspiring to be a giant squid should have one or several of these under their belt. It's easy, it's fun - and you are giving something back to the community.

And you know how it is: those who give will receive. Do unto others as you would have them to unto you - etc.

Oh - and in order to become popular (the subject of this lens after all) : do let people know you are featuring their lens!. Don't forget now :)

Now for... my least popular lenses 

The above was all about how to become popular. Now I'd like you to meet my 20 least appreciated lenses.
featured lens My least popular lenses

Some of my lenses do great. I have lenses that get over 100 votes and several hundred visitors a week. The below are from the opposite end of the spectrum. Hardly any visitors and usually few votes as well. Just giving them some TLC.

featured lens Hidden secrets - spiritual inspiration you weren't looking for

I have made a lot of pages on squidoo about religion and spirituality. Some of them have done quite well. The most popular gets more than 600 visitors a week. Some however are ignored by search engines. These all got less than 5 visitors recently -...

So leave your feedback, opinions and stuff... 


I may just look at your profile and vote for lenses that appeal to me... Or I may not.

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Sadheeskumar wrote...

You are hundred percent eligible to write a lens in this topic. From your plexo listing, I have got few idea to become famous in Squidoo. You are helping many people with this lens. Your good work earns you five stars to this lens.

ReplyPosted June 22, 2009

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Brain_Washer wrote...

Interesting lens. Good to see that you considered both sides of the coin.

ReplyPosted June 14, 2009

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Fatih wrote...

Reading through your lens. Thank you for all the great ideas I will return to get more. The Purple Star.....WoW......Congratulations.....gave your lens 5star*****s

ReplyPosted June 08, 2009

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Spook wrote...

Classy as always

ReplyPosted June 08, 2009

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Tipi wrote...

Thank you once again for this lens, I needed to return to read more about the downside! :D
Susie

ReplyPosted June 08, 2009

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JeffRiveraAuthor

nice lens

ReplyPosted June 08, 2009

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spirituality wrote...

in reply to AndrewShim :) thanks. I think all the tips pretty much add up to 'be nice' anyhow, don't they?

ReplyPosted June 08, 2009

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AndrewShim wrote...

Okay... okay Katinka... I agree with everything you said.
But I still think you're popular because you're.... NICE.

ReplyPosted June 07, 2009

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FunGifts4All wrote...

Great information and nicely done lens.

ReplyPosted June 07, 2009

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Janiece wrote...

Very nice lens, Katinka! 5's

ReplyPosted June 06, 2009

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sisterra wrote...

Fantastic lens - thank you for all the info - from SCOF

ReplyPosted June 05, 2009

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TomBowyer wrote...

Thanks for the great advice. Very useful and interesting reading!

ReplyPosted June 04, 2009

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spirituality wrote...

in reply to cynhong You first become a giant squid (which takes 50 quality lenses) - and then someone (like you) has to apply your lens for a purple star. Someone other than me suggested this lens for a purple star :)

ReplyPosted June 03, 2009

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cynhong wrote...

Congratulations :) BTW, how do one can qualify for a purple star? I'm a newbie :p

ReplyPosted June 02, 2009

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KimGiancaterino wrote...

Congratulations on your purple star.

ReplyPosted June 02, 2009

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nickupton wrote...

I like the idea of a lensography of your least popular lenses - I think I will make one.

ReplyPosted June 01, 2009

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CoolFoto wrote...

Happy Birthday. Hope you are enjoying your special day.

ReplyPosted May 30, 2009

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aj2008 wrote...

Congratulations on the Purple Star Katinka and Happy Birthday!!

ReplyPosted May 30, 2009

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mulberry wrote...

Congrats on the purple star. Being popular on Squidoo certainly can be a boost and it can introduce you to some very talented and knowledgeable people!

ReplyPosted May 30, 2009

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spirituality wrote...

in reply to ClassyGals Broke a record? Far from it. There are lensmasters with thousands of fans. Usually squidangels of longer standing. Seth probably has more fans as well :) I started this lens when I had only a 300 or something. Just a matter of consistently doing many of the things which are advised here. I don't claim to do all.

ReplyPosted May 30, 2009

 
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