So you want to be a Giant Squid?

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I am a Giant Greeter at Squidoo

I have been selected to work with a team of great lensmasters here at Squidoo. This team, now officially known as Giant Greeters, will have the responsibilities of greeting new lensmasters and encouraging them to reach the goal of becoming a Giant Squid.
The Giant Squids club is an elite group of lensmaster who have created 50 or more high quality squidoo lenses. If you see the Giants badge on a squidoo page, rest assured that that person has a great reputation for making high quality lenses.
Are you the next Giant Squid?

What is the Giants Program? 

What is all the fuss about becoming a Giant Squid?

The Giant Squids Club is for Squidoo lensmasters who have at least 50 Quality Lenses in their Squidoo account.

So why would you want to be a Giant? Becoming a Giant Squid comes with perks!

Here's what you get!
Not only do you have the natural, clear advantage of running more than 50 amazing
lenses, each helping you share a passion and make money...
But you ALSO get all this stuff, and more as we build it.
1. Access to our (secret) Giant Squids blog and RSS feed, full of first-looks at new
features and insider tips.
2. A private email address to reach Megan about Lens of the Day submissions: Better yet, draft the post yourself, and nominate lenses other
than your own (yours are cool too) and you'll have a better chance of getting them
picked.
3. A Giant Squid badge automatically added to all your lenses. (And your bio/profile
page too--coming soon).
4. Gold stars on all your published, featured lenses. Gold stars not only look nifty to
your readers, they also give your lenses a little added LensRank boost. (The equivalent
of 2 extra SquidAngels blessing it).
5. Your shot at making The Giant Squids Top 100 list, a list of the top Giant lenses,
sorted by LensRank. http://www.squidoo.com/browse/top_lenses/giants
6. A Custom Lens Template tool. http://www.squidoo.com/pages/lenstemplatefaq
7. Did I mention first crack at our coolest new tools and features? For example, the
Giants got to hear about HeyMonkeyBrain, the new lens layouts, and Squidaholic.com
days before the rest of Squidoo.
8. Coming soon: A special lensmaster dashboard for Giants.

What makes a Quality Lens? 

It takes 50 Quality Lenses to be consider for this program!

It has been said time and time again here at Squidoo that "Content is King!"
To be a Giant Squid, you need to have 50 Quality Lenses.
So what are we looking for?

We are looking for original content!

We will look at your module titles, to see if they have default titles.

Are you making good use of the wide variety of modules available?

Are you making all Squidvid lens? Or squidwho lenses? We like to see that you have a good variety of the co-branded lenses. If you just make the regular lenses that is fine! You don't have to use the other co-brands, but it is encouraged! But we don't want to see 50 monkey brain lenses either!

I am here to help you! 

Call me CoachThomas!

Squidoo asked me to become a Giant Greeter and I happily said YES!!
So I am committed to helping you become a Giant Squid! I will help you, by looking over your lenses, and suggesting improvements, I will help you with topics that you can create new lenses on. I will help you with SEO advice! If you need help with any modules or just anything at all, I am available to help you!
Together, you and I will reach your goal of becoming a Giant Squid!
The deadline for the next class of Giants is September 30 2008!

So we better get started right now!

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Alehano wrote...

Great lens, mate! Hope you can give me some feedback on mine =) thanks

ReplyPosted May 10, 2009

drifter0658 wrote...

Glad to meet ya! I know I won't be the next Giant, and maybe not even the one after that, but I will be a Giant someday.

Thanks for all that you do here, most especially as an Angel. The real blessings that Angels give come in the form of mentoring and guidance.
Thanks Again!

ReplyPosted February 24, 2009

AndyPo wrote...

Very useful lens. I have added one of my lenses to your list, to see if I am ready yet. Thanks. Andy

ReplyPosted November 11, 2008

susannaduffy wrote...

Hello there Thomas, greetings to you. I would like to try a hand at swimming as well.

ReplyPosted September 09, 2008

JJNW wrote...

Hi! Congrats on your new position as Giant Greeter! Very cool! I can't wait to swim with the Giants!

ReplyPosted September 08, 2008

beeobrien wrote...

coach thomas rocks!

ReplyPosted September 05, 2008

KimGiancaterino wrote...

Very nice, Thomas! My congratulations and blessings to you!

ReplyPosted September 05, 2008

flighty02 wrote...

Thanks Thomas for a very informative lens, I hadn't really thought of becoming a Giant Squid before but I think I would like to give it a go for the next round after the September submissions.

ReplyPosted September 05, 2008

Jewelsofawe wrote...

Hey Thomas,

Check out my lens Out on the Farm

ReplyPosted September 03, 2008

Jewelsofawe wrote...

I implemented the changes you advised me to do. Hope that helps. Thanks for your help.

ReplyPosted September 03, 2008

tdove wrote...

Thomas, thanks so much for getting me motivated to becoming a Giant Squid. I have created 4 more lenses since I got your email and need to make 6 more by the deadline. Wish me luck!

ReplyPosted August 31, 2008

Jewelsofawe wrote...

Hi Thomas,
You are a big help and I definately want more of it!
Thanks a million!

ReplyPosted August 30, 2008

LaraineRose wrote...

Thank you for offering to help. Squidoo is such a departure from what I have been doing all of my life that I had/have a great deal to learn. I have been blessed with help along the way - Jennifer Akers took me under her wing and has helped me very much. Others were Jaguar Julie and lately Chef Keem. Now hopefully, you can help me get to be a Squid Giant. WOW, can I even hope for that!? I do love writing though - almost as much as I love eating.lol See what you can do for an old thing like me. Thank you in advance.

ReplyPosted August 28, 2008

0ctavias0fferings wrote...

Hi Thomas, help is always appreciated and I pass it on as much as I can too :-)

ReplyPosted August 24, 2008

johndilbeck wrote...

Hi Thomas, congrats on being selected as one of the new Giant Squid Greeters! It's always great to see ways that our fellow lensmasters can get help and support from more-experienced lensmasters and Giant Squids. Thanks for all you're doing. Act on your dream! JD

ReplyPosted August 20, 2008

 
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