Guide To The World of Squidoo, Newcomers Welcome
There are many excellent tutorials to show you everything you need to do and there's even a forum so you can ask questions of more experienced lensmasters and get some tips and pointers. You can set up a new lens in less than 10 minutes just by following the steps below.
Here's A Short Guide To Help You Find What Your Looking For
- Need Some Ideas For Your Lenses?
- What Should I Do With My Lens?
- Okay How Do I Make a Lens?
- Step 1 - What Do You Want Your Lens to Be About?
- Step 2 - What Do You Want to Do With Your Lens?
- Step 3 - Pick a Title For Your Lens and Your Squidoo Address
- Step 4 - Tag Your Page So People Can Find It
- Lenses That Will Help You Succeed On Squidoo
- Here's a Video Showing How to Set Up a Lens
- What is the Forum I've Been Hearing About?
- Take a Look at the SquidBlog and Squidu
- How Can I Make Money On Squidoo?
- You're A Newbie At Squidoo And You Don't Know What To Do Now?
- Some More Squidoo Stuff From Around The Web
- Squidoo and Lens Making
- Bookmark This Lens
- Hey New Squids, Say Hi and Ask Some Questions!
- Here's Some Books About Squidoo You Might Like
Need Some Ideas For Your Lenses?
Here's some lenses that should help you figure out what you want your lens to be about.-
Squidoo Lens Topics For You
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I'm sure you've all had the horrible happenings of looking at your computer wishing you could come up with a lens topic. and you just couldn't! I know you'd probably start searching guides on how to come up with topics, but they probably won't give...
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There's An Idea!..
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Generating Squidoo lense ideas doesn't get any quicker or easier than this. Every time you press this button out comes a new Squidoo lense idea, press it a few more times and you'll have more ideas than you'll know what to do with! Every single idea...
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49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses
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...or 10 or 100! It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right. Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more. Congrats. That's the best pl...
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Lens It!
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Got a hobby? Lens It! Got an interest? Lens It! Got an idea? Lens It! Got a story? Lens It! Got a special skill? Lens It! Got a musical talent? Lens It! Got an unusual job? Lens It! Got a favorite family recipe? Lens It! Okay, I think you've...
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What Can You Do With Squidoo?
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Congratulations! You are the newest member of Squidoo. You have edited your profile, uploaded your picture and now you are faced with the task of creating your first lens. Or maybe you've already made a couple of lenses and now you can't think of any...
What Should I Do With My Lens?
You will want to make a lens that get a high ranking and hopefully generate a little money for the yourself or for charity. You need to come up with some ideas of what to do with that next great lens. Here are some Squidoo lenses to help.SquidU Lensmaster Lounge: Help for Newbies The Lounge where you can ask questions, and become thoroughly Squidified!
Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Guides A steller resource. Chock full of tools that you'll want to test.
Learn How to Find Hot Markets Using keywords to help with your search results.
I'm a lensmaster! Now What? Tips and tricks.
How to Squidoo This lens outlines a bunch of the tools you can use on Squidoo.
Okay How Do I Make a Lens?
It's easier than you think
Step 1 - What Do You Want Your Lens to Be About?
Hmmm... The Big Question.
Step 1: You just type in what you want to have your lens about, then click Go to Step 2.
What do you want to tell the world about? Do you want to say why you loved or hated the latest Batman movie? Do you want to rant about the candidates in the latest election? Maybe you just want to boast about how good your softball team is. The limits you set for yourself are yours to break. And remember you can have more than one lens. You can have two, ten or hundred. Just make them good with quality content. I know one guy on here has over 400 lenses and is still adding more!
Step 2 - What Do You Want to Do With Your Lens?
Did You Make This Lens For Charity? Or For Money? Or Just For Fun? You Can Change Your Mind Later
Step 2: You need to decide what you want to do with the lens.
If you just want to get the word out about your topic, click the first option; click the second option if you want the lens to make money for yourself or for charity (always a good idea to give back); click three if you just make a list of your favorite things about your topic; click four if you just want to do your own thing. When you have decided what you want to do with the lens, click Go to Step 3.
Step 3 - Pick a Title For Your Lens and Your Squidoo Address
A Clever Title Will Draw Interest
Step 3: Try to pick a title that will entice people to take a look at your lens. Enter it where it says lens title.
Next, you will also need to choose what your Squidoo internet address is going to be so your lens will eventually get into Google and the other search engines. Most people use the same address as their lens title, but it can be almost anything.
If your lens is going to be called Family Tree Finder, you could enter familytreefinder and it's Squidoo address would be found at: http://www.squidoo.com/familytreeclimber.
Now you need to pick which category your lens would fit into best. There are currently 24 different topics your lens can be listed under. You could have your lens categorixed under computers or animals and nature, shopping. Hey why not make it your goal to make one lens for each category? You are only limited by your own imagination and knowledge.
Finally you will need to decide how to rate your lens. G Rated is the default, but you might choose something else if your lens is a little bit more for adults. Click on Go to Step 4.
-----If it says at the top of the page after you've completed Step 3 that someone has already taken your lens name, you just have to change what you put in the Squidoo address, not the title. If you put in http://www.squidoo.com/familytreeclimber, you would need to change to http://squidoo.com/familytreesandyou or http://squidoo.com/genealogymadeeasy until you've got something that no one else already has. Click Go to Step 4.
Step 4 - Tag Your Page So People Can Find It
Try To Think Of A Keyword Or Phrase That Describes Your Lens
Step 4: You want people to see your work, so make it easier for them to find it.
They'll be able to find it on Squidoo when they search for your lens name, but what about Google and the other search engines?
Try to come up with 3 different keywords that people would type into a search engine to find your page. As an example, if your lens was about making money online, your keywords might be something like marketing, or online marketing, money from home businesses. You can add to or change your choices later.
You'll need to type the squiggly word below your keywords in the box to show that you are a real person and not an automatic computer program.
Now just click "Done!" and you will be taken right to your brand new lens!
Lenses That Will Help You Succeed On Squidoo
This lens is a list of my favorite Squidoo lenses. You'll find just about every aspect of how to succeed from content, to html and css, to examples of outstanding lenses. Take a look.-
My Favorite Lenses
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Pulling together all the elements that make up a great Squidoo lens is something all lensmasters work to achieve. A lot just don't make the cut (take a look at my lenses), but some just command your attention. This lens is just a simple list of thos...
Here's a Video Showing How to Set Up a Lens
What is the Forum I've Been Hearing About?
Lots of Help and Info About All Things Squidoo
If you are having technical difficulty you can access Lensmasters Lounge Help Forum to ask for help.
Most importantly, it will give you a chance to read, read, and read some more about how Squidoo works and gives you ideas about how to succeed with Squidoo. And there's lots of friendly helpful people ready provide their support.
Here's a great lens showing how to get set up at the forum Squidoo Lensmaster Lounge: Help For Newbies.
Take a Look at the SquidBlog and Squidu
Don't Forget About Squidoo Land!
One of the best sources for ideas and tips is the SquidBlog. Read the archives. A ton of info the can help you. I also have a blog where I prattle on about the joys of Squidoo and everything squid-related. It's called Squidoo Land. Stop by and check it out. It gets updated daily.
The other area of Squidoo I would highly recommend new lensmasters visit is Squidu, which offers "Helpful how to's for publishing lenses, moderating groups, supporting charities, and promoting it all" and this is also where the Lensmaster Lounge forum is located. Below you'll find the latest headlines from Squidoo Land.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byHow Can I Make Money On Squidoo?
One Method Is To Highlight Stuff Available On eBay
One thing that a lot of people do to make a little bit of coinage is to highlight stuff that is for sale on eBay. What you want to do is try to include products that tie in with the theme of your lens. Squidoo pays you a small portion of any sale made which you will receive a little over a month after the end of the current month.
So, if someone buys something from eBay through one of your lenses on December 12th, you won't see the money until you get your December payment (likely around February 10th).
Here's an example of how the eBay module looks. I used "Christmas" as a theme, even though it has nothing to do with Squidoo.
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You're A Newbie At Squidoo And You Don't Know What To Do Now?
My advice? Read and then read some more. There are a ton of excellent lensmasters at Squidoo who are more than willing to give you the benefit of their expertise. You can start with some of these lenses.-
Lens Promotion and Traffic Generating Strategies
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One of the most often asked questions in the Squidu Forums is, "How do I get traffic to my lens?" The most obvious way to generate traffic to your lens is to make sure that it is search engine friendly. But that is a topic that deserves it...
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Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes
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Making a Squidoo lens is easy. Making a good Squidoo lens, well, that's another story. A lot of Squidoo newbies ask veterans to critique their lenses, and most of these lenses are not nearly as good as they could be. (There are exceptions!) Hopefull...
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Fresh Squid Headquarters Headquarters
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This group is right now changing it's course... You can read more about what is going on in a while if you scroll down... Right now, I would like to say: We'll be happy if you decide to join us! We have great plans for you! You better check in!
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The Hitchhikers Guide to The Squidoo Lens Creation Universe!
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Hi Folks as a volunteer forum moderator of the Squidoo Forum, and Squidoo Angel, over time I have collected a vast knowledge base of lenses and articles pertaining to building great Squidoo lenses. I use this extensive collection of resources to hel...
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Squidoo Traffic Tricks: (how to get more visitors and a better search engine ranking for your Squidoo lens)
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Do you have some lenses that don't get as many visitors as they deserve? Would you like to learn how to get more people reading your lenses? Wanna know how to make people come back to your lenses again and again? Would you like to rank higher in G...
Some More Squidoo Stuff From Around The Web
Where Can I Get More Info About Squidoo?
Squidoo and Lens Making
This lens shows how I'm doing personally with Squidoo. If you new to Squidoo, you might want to take a look at what I'm doing to get better results.-
Squidoo and Lens Making
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This shows my journey from newbie to Giant Squid. I have been on Squidoo for only a short time now but I've been able to put together almost 150 lenses and this lens will show my progress up the ranks. Becoming a Giant Squid didn't happen overnight...
Bookmark This Lens
Hey New Squids, Say Hi and Ask Some Questions!
If you have any questions about how Squidoo works, I'll try to point you in the right direction. More tutorials are on the way, so don't forget to bookmark this lens.
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Dec 18, 2008 @ 4:20 am
- I love your lens. Amazing! I wish I had discovered it earlier. 5* & Fav. Cheers:)
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- Dec 9, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
- I have been at squidoo for about 6 months. This lens has really helped me a lot. Thank you for putting it all together.
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Oct 18, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
- A terrific and handy guide for newbies. You've done an excellent job of structuring your lens.
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- annetteghallowell annetteghallowell Oct 4, 2008 @ 9:56 am
- Great lens! I am lensrolling into my 30 minutes lens experiment. 5* from a new fan.
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- jacquelinestone jacquelinestone Sep 1, 2008 @ 1:02 am
- Bradley, I am so,o,o,o impressed with what you've accomplished in 2 weeks on Squidoo!
Great Job!
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