Squidoo Widgets, PayPal and Tools

My Other Squidoo Resource Guides 

HTML, CSS Backgrounds on Squidoo

I am constantly striving to beautify my lenses. Just like many Squidooers starting out, my first lenses are a little plain looking. However there have been vast improvements within Squidoo itself since I began Squidoo in July 2008. For instant, "Text...

HTML Text and Image Squidoo Tips

I am constantly working on improving my lenses to make them look the best that they can be. I was a Newbie when I joined Squidoo, July 2008. I wasn't familiar with how different type of text formats worked on Squidoo. For one thing Squidoo is a diffe...

Lens Rank and Traffic on Squidoo

Now that I have learned how to improve on the aesthetics of my lenses, it is time to find traffic. Without the traffic to your Squidoo lens (or even website) it really doesn't matter how beautiful you make your lens. Even with the best quality conten...

Beautify Your Table of Contents 

How to Make a Table of Contents for Your Squidoo GROUP

Squidoo groups do not allow you to add a table of contents module - and groups with lots of featured lenses really need that table of contents! But don't despair: you can have a table of contents for your Squidoo group page! It's not even difficult;...

Make a Fancy Table of Contents

A clickable Table of Contents helps visitors navigate webpages. A table of contents also shows what's on a single webpage, which helps visitors decide whether your page is worth reading! A great table of contents within the first screen is a powe...

Widgets for Your Lens 

This is about widgets to bring into Squidoo not offered in the Squidoo widget modules.

Love This Lens Widget

One of the (many) secrets of getting a good Lensrank is the star ratings that other Lensmasters can give to your lens. Getting them to actually visit your lens is hard enough, yet sometimes they leave without clicking on the stars at the top. This w...

Bookmark Widget for Lenses

If you're looking for a way to add a dynamic and interactive social bookmarking widget to your lens, you've come to the right place. Powered by AddThis.com, this widget appears a single button that supports almost all of the social networks. Stick t...

How to Add a Playlist to Lenses

Have you wanted to add music or a playlist to your lens, but can't figure out how? Have you tried copying and embeding your Playlist, but it didn't work? Well if you want to add some music to your lens to give it something unique that not many other...

Clearspring Tutorial

Oh, the possibilities! Clearspring offers a way to fancy up our Squidoo lens with almost any javascript or embeddable code. This includes custom Amazon widgets, Feedburner e-mail forms, or embedding any video that Squidoo doesn't currently support.

How To Add Amazon Widgets To Your Lens

Have you wished you could add one of those cool carousel widgets on your lens? Or a contextual product cloud? How about a big preview of your Amazon aStore? Well, now you can. With a little (actually BIG!) help of Clearspring, the widget network, an...

Lensmasters Tools and Tips 

bdkz's Best Squidoo Tips

Welcome! I'm Bonnie, lensmaster bdkz. I'm a Giant Squid & RocketMoms Organizer here on Squidoo. I have created over 400 lenses, been "Lens of the Day" twice and have had 15 of my lens in the Top 100. I have been with Squidoo fo...

Lensmaster Tools and Utilities

SQUIDUtils.com Utilities and Tools for the Expert Lensmaster SquidUtils is the place to find complementary utilities and tools for your Lenses on Squidoo. Here you can see all of your lenses and groups, with shortcuts to some of the most vital func...

Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Guides

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...

Email and Squidcast 

Squidcasting - how to squidcast on squidoo

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squidoo know your new lens exists. You can use it in all kinds of ways - but how do you do it without annoying people?

Offer Email Subscriptions to Your SquidCasts

This tutorial shows how to set up a subscription service so your Squidoo lens visitors can receive your SquidCasts in email. If you're not a member of Squidoo yet, please join. Subscribe to get notifications of my lens updates by email. Note: This...

Squid Email - Help Resources

Welcome, to Squid Email! Find anyone's email address in minutes. On Squid Email you can check email and discover some of the best email accounts. - Squidoo Tips that are beneficial to lensmasters. - Squid Tips about email on lenses. 'You can...

Lens with a Cup of Soup 

Variation to the Tip Jar

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup has long been known as one of the best healthy comfort foods. When we think of chicken noodle soup, we feel emotionally secure. It is what our mother had given us when we were sick with a cold. Or even with the flu. I remember my...

Add PayPal to Your Lens 

How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Squidoo Lens

If you're looking for how to add a PayPal button to your Squidoo lens, here's how. The step-by-step process described here will create a link that is compatible with you lens, while keeping your account details safe and secure. For advanced users, th...

Add A Tip Jar To Your Lens

Most of us probably came across a "Buy Me A Beer" button or similar somewhere on one of the forums. Even if you're not a beer drinker, it's a nice gesture to leave someone a tip for sharing a valuable piece of information. Here on Squidoo, many lens...