Why say thank you to other Lensmasters?
One of the reasons for publishing this lens is to say thank you and another is to try and give something back to the people who have helped me.
So here's to everyone who has so generously shared their knowledge and experience!
Thank You Very Much, Bright Flower Graphics
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Thanks for the help!
Thanks seems such
a small word
to cover that
'I'll never forget it'
feeling
I am going to do a very dangerous thing here and try to list the lenses that really helped me, in my first few weeks sailing around the Sea of Squidoo. I know I won't manage to remember all of them and I will add to the list as time goes on and my memory is jogged.
Thank you Seth and Megan
Thank you for the great tips from HQ
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6 ways to improve your lens, right now!
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You've already done the hard part. You've had a big idea, something you want to talk about or share on your lens, and you got started. Way to go. So, this lens is about what comes next. It's a quick, 30 second overview of just a handful of easy thin...
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Why Build a Lens?
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Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town. Lenses are f...
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The 9 Free Things Every Site (or Lens!) Should Do
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Rule #1: If you have a site or Squidoo lens, you want more traffic. Rule #2: You don't have enough money to buy as much traffic as you need. Rule #3: You've already made your site/lens as compelling as you know how to. So, what now? Read on for the (...
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Working with Squidoo
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This lens describes three ways to work with Squidoo. As you can see from this graph, our traffic is trending up... and we're finding partners to share that traffic with.
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SquidDon't!
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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. Don'...
Thank You to these Lensmasters
Thank you for these lenses
Some of the first lenses I ever read
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Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?
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Okay, I am sure you are all thinking, "What's the catch?" Don't worry, there isn't one. I promise. I am a stay at home mom and I will show you how Squidoo is helping me earn a monthly income while still being home to take care of my children. What i...
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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...
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Squidoo CSS - my favorite code to spice up a lens
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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...
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Promoting Your Lens Outside Of Squidoo
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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 its own lens...
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Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Guides
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Squidoo Tools, Guides, Lens addons, Linkbuilding tips, and news This is a collection of free Squidoo tools, guides, and other resources to help you build and market your Squidoo Lenses. I will also continue to gather various addons that you can ad...
Thank you for these lenses - some of my favourites
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WHO? SquidAngels!
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Get to know the SquidAngels! We are a small group of dedicated lensmasters with special powers to bless remarkable lenses for a little LensRank (and ego) boost. We also help to keep Squidoo safe from spam and other bad apples. Did you know?: Eve...
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Squid Angel
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SquidAngel Blessing | If you have found your way here you have probably been 'Blessed By A Squid Angel!' What just happened? Read on to find out more about Squid Blessings and more about SemperFidelis. Perhaps some randomness, as well!
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Chef Keem :: My Lensography
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My world looks different through my squid eyes: clearer, more thought-out, better researched, better understood. Make no bones about it - I love Squidoo, and it was love at first sight. On January 29th, 2008 I discovered a completely new opportunity...
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Free Images and How to Use Them
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This is a listing free image resources to use on your lens or website. Also, it includes several detailed How-To sections on how to add the necessary HTML to control and enhance the images in your pages (or lenses). Examples included. If you do fi...
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The Best Squidoo Lens NOT To Do
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Oh, yippee yay! This is all about me and my Website and what I want you to buy. I am not going to add any of my personality or give you any information on the lens topic, because that would waste my time! In fact, I don't have a topic! After all, all...
Saying Thank You to more Lensmasters
More Lenses
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Is A Squid Angel Looking Over Your Shoulder?
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Have you been Blessed by a Squid Angel? Did you even know that there is a group of lensmasters on Squidoo who are Squid Angels? You may never even have heard of the Squid Angels. Or perhaps you know that they exist but know little about them. Well I...
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Top 10 Tips For Increasing Your Intuition
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As cool as we think it is to see psychics at work talking with dead people or seeing into the future, the truth is even a one-celled bacteria is wired to read the surrounding environment through energy. And that is all that higher sense perception or...
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My Claim To Fame
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Do you have a claim to fame, anything you have done to give you notoriety? Your claim to fame might be the result of having someone famous in the family, or as a friend, having met a famous person, or having taken part in a special event, appeared on...
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Fish & Chips
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My first home was above a Fish and Chip shop. My Grandparents owned a small chain of 'chippies' from the 50's - 70's and I have happy memories of those days. Through this lens, I'd like to share with you the alure of Fish and Chips and why they're s...
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Jaguar Julie
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Well, you have come to the right place for an 'organized' look at what makes Jaguar Julie tick! She's been around for more than a few years on the internet, but not long enough -- we guess -- to have a Wikipedia listing! Darn, we'll just have to fix...
Saying Thank You to Groups
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The G Rated Lense Factory Headquarters
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The G Rated Lense Factory I will accept all G-Rated lenses. Bring your G-Rated lense(s) in and join the group. The more the merrier. Add your G-Rated lens to our Plexo too! I will ask that you wait to be approved, but don't worry, as long as your len...
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Great Squidoo Groups Lensography
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This lens was started because I just got tired of all the groups out there that just aren't great. So this is dedicated to groups that ARE great. These groups are ALL great - but within the collection I would advise anybody to join especially the sm...
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Squidoo Directory Headquarters
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SquiDirectory Headquarters Welcome to the SquiDirectory Group with over 1200 members and growing! Featuring links to selected Squidoo lenses on just about every subject, it's a nice place to learn more about nearly everything imaginable. The Squidoo d...
Other reasons to say thanks for the help
And why the featured lenses mean so much to me
Poddys is famous for his Wall of Fame - are you on it yet? Poddys is one of the most supportive Lensmasters I have met on Squidoo.
Thank you Seth - Squidoo has been the most amazing therapy for me as I adjust my life to cope with a debillitating medical condition. Even when I am better I will still keep Squidooing.
tdove is the ultimate Group Master. She visits and comments on every lens that is submitted to the G Rated Lens Factory. What a confidence boost to any Newbie! Thank you tdove.
The Chef's lensography gave me the idea to put a YouTube music video of one of my favourite songs at the beginning of my lensography so that people could listen to it while they read about me.
Jaguar Julie supports so many Lensmasters and she makes great lenses too.
Thank you Megan and the HQ team for making my lens Auditory Processing Disorder Lens of the Day, not once but twice!
Thank you Katinka - also known as Spirituality - you said in a blog that it is good to say Thank you. It's what gave me the idea to make this lens.
Update: 21 February 2009
Lensmaster Ener-G contacted me a few weeks ago with some help. She's had "a feeling" about something. I am not going into more details at the moment but I will update on here once I have done something that she recommended........
Thank you Angels
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May the wind always be beneath your wings and may your halos never tarnish!
Thank You for these links
Merci, Gracia, Danke!
- SquidUtils
- No thank you list would be complete without the addition of this site. Thefluffanutter also helped me sort out some code for this lens
- Squidcool.com
- A "must visit regularly" website. Mr Lewis Smile is also the author of helpful lenses
- Cleanerlife on Squidtop
- The Day CleanerLife said thank you to some Lensmasters, including AJ2008
- Squidoo Lens Reviews
- Mimi featured my lenses Bullying at Primary School, Prince Charles is 60 and Soapnutson her blog Growwear. Thank you Mimi!
- Lens of the day
- Find out how you can nominate a lens for LOTD - it can be one of your own, or it can be someone else's
Who would YOU like to say Thank You to?
This is your chance to give back some of what you have received
Say thank you to the lensmasters who have given you the best tips by adding a link to either their profile or the lens where you found the best tips.
NO cheating - you cannot add a link to your own lenses. If you do, your comment will be harpooned!
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Basic HTML for Squidoo
6 points
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Great Squidoo Groups Lensography
2 points
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Squidoo modules 101
2 points
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Lensrank explained (really)
1 point
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Search engine tips
1 point
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Just ONE Squidtip
So many to choose from!
If you could give anyone just ONE tip when they publish their first lens, what would it be?Lots of things immediately come to my mind when I consider this question:
What a dilemma!
So what is my ONE Squidtip?
Sometimes the simplest things are the most helpful
Every good Lensmaster knows that every lens should have hyperlinks to other lenses and webpages that have information that is relevant to the topic being discussed. Apart from giving visitors more sources of information, Google and the other Search Engines like to see lots of links to other pages on the web.
To make a Hyperlink you simply type the code as follows:
<a href="http://www.Squidoo.com">Squidoo</a>
which will become
Squidoo
But PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do not stop there!
N376 also tells you about: target="_blank"
The code would then look like this:
<a href="http://www.Squidoo.com" target="_blank">Squidoo</a>
(Note: there is a space after the "m" of com and before the "t" of target)
which will also become
Squidoo
but there is a difference in what happens when you click on it to follow the link.........
Why add target="_ blank"?
The page you are linking to will open in a new window, leaving open the Squidoo lens that you are reading. Omitting target="_blank" means that as you open a new webpage, the lens you were visiting will close. Before you know it, you have clicked on lots of links and then you will lose track of where you originally started - it's happens to me a lot as I navigate around the sea of lenses that is Squidoo and I often lose track!It's a bit like reading a page in a book, you might flick ahead a few pages but unless you have kept your finger on the original page you were reading or used a bookmark then you will have to spend time finding where you originally started.
A more modern analogy is driving somewhere new and rummaging around in your car for the Road Atlas as your SatNav fails!
What's your favourite Squidtip?
Remember, you can list just one
What is the best Squidtip anyone ever gave you? Make sure you acknowledge the help you have been given by adding a link to either the Lensmasters Profile or the lens that helped you in the "Who would you like to thank?" Plexo.
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Using "target_blank" in Hyperlinks
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Spirituality - a Lensmaster who gives so much
I had already been interviewed by Katinka for her Squidtop blog - click on the pic below to read what I had to say - but then she contacted me about my "lens experiment".
I had just published Lose weight with a wheat free diet and I posted about it in my blog on Squidtop. Katinka and I also exchanged Tweets about it on Twitter and I then had an email asking if I would mind if she reviewed my lens and then blogged about it. Would I mind? What an offer! Of course I didn't mind, although we did a tiny bit of negotiation as to what she would say in the intro. The results are here on:
Weight loss lens pulled apart and Reviewing AJ2008 - Linkbuilding.
It does not matter whether or not Lose weight with a wheat free diet does well, I have learned a huge amount through Katinka's clear and at times patient explanantions.
Thank you Katinka!
A special thank you to Spirituality
Two lenses I re-visit from time to time
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SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization
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SEO - search engine optimization - has many different facets. This lens goes over the main ones - especially how they effect making successful lenses on squidoo.
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How to do Keyword Research for squidoo
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It is an under statement to say that keywords are important for getting your squidoo lenses (or any webpage really) found in google or another search engine. If you are going to be making a lens to make money, you had better find out two things: wh...
Thank you!
Thank You
doesn't say it all...
...but it's a nice alternative
to overwhelming you
with so much gratitude
and appreciation
that you begin to wish
you'd never been
so darned nice!
Another "How to Squidoo" lens
This lens suggests saying Thank You too
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Squid Etiquette
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Squid Etiquette is all about what to do and what NOT to do on Squidoo! In our enthusiasm to not only publish our first few lenses but also get traffic, we may forget some very important things or we may do things that actually, if you really stop and...
OK, NOW you can promote your own "help" lenses!
Stop by, say hello. If you want to, tell us what lenses you have published that are "must reads" for Newbies and give lots of helpful and free information. But be careful, add a link that is NOT relevant or a lens that is even just a tiny bit Spammy and I will delete your comment. AJ has spoken!
Shelly wrote
This is just so very sweet!!!!!!!
Posted June 07, 2009
Tipi wrote...
A great reason to make a lens! Saying thank you ... is so easy to do, and can mean so very much to others who have helped us along the way. Very nice!
Thank you aj! :)
Posted May 28, 2009
KimGiancaterino wrote...
I'm glad you've mentioned groupmaster tdove. I see her avatar in more guestbooks. She always takes time to leave a welcome comment. This morning I'm looking for lenses that give back to the Squidoo community... so you've just been blessed!
Posted April 26, 2009
Spook wrote...
I have been a bit slow in getting around to thank a lovely Angel. So thanks Aj and all the best always.
Posted April 13, 2009
About AJ
I am very proud to have been awarded lens of the day for Auditory Processing Disorder TWICE!
And then I got it for Twelve ways to have a green & ethical Christmas!
Lensmaster aj2008, aka AJ , has been a member since July 10 2008, has rated 1,991 lenses, favorited 403, and has created 52 lenses from scratch. AJ donates their royalties to Save the Children. This member's top-ranked page is "Bullying At Primary School". See all my lenses
And a few more of AJ's lenses
I started to Squidoo because I wanted to publish lenses about parenting and environmental issues. I have published lenses on those topics, but I got a bit sidetracked as well!-
I am aj2008
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The AJ stands for Always Juggling. Married....four children.... two still at school.... one very big dog....trying to balance family life with the need to earn an income....trying to do my bit to save the planet.... former website editor....get invo...
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Pantomime - a Great British Tradition
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In the UK a Pantomime, or "Panto" as it is usually affectionately called, is a musical show, performed around Christmas for the entertainment of millions of families. Many of the stories are based around popular Fairy Tales. Children love to see thei...
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Narnia
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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven novels for children, written by C. S. Lewis, which has been adapted for radio, television and more recently, cinema. The books are regarded as classics of children's literature and they are C S Lewis' be...
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Otosclerosis - a disease of the middle ear
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Otosclerosis is a disease of the middle ear that will inevitably lead to hearing loss. It affects about 1 or 2 in 100 people in the UK and approx 10% of people in the USA. It usually develops between the ages of 15 and 35. Sometimes it can develop in...
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What's your star sign?
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Are any particular star signs more dominant among people who are active on Squidoo and Twitter? It's just something I got thinking about. Writing is one of the careers that is suggested for my star sign, so I wondered how many other Lensmasters I kn...
I "Tweet" - do you?
Come and find me on Twitter
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- Jennifer_Akers
- Big thanks to my favorite tweeple @mrken777 @TNTonya @SteveBuchalter @squidoo_ @jblm @mbrownauthor @aj1996 @HoroscopeAdvice @NeilAshworth
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- jaguarjulie
- @aj1996 so how is Venus doing -- have they played today? Been in the yard working my butt off -- time for a much needed break!
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- Drifter0658
- @aj1996 aj Giant :)
Acknowledgements
- Image-e-nation
- The two thank you verses are from this website
