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Hello lens visitor... are you looking for a Squid Angel? I was appointed to be one of over thirty as of April 2009.
Squid Angels review lenses to see what's hot and what's not. When they find a lens that deserves more recognition, they bless it, which gives it a good lensrank boost. Blessings wear off after a few weeks but you can always ask again, or just wait for an Angel to discover you!
Though I'm no longer one of the official-list Squid Angels, I still have Angel wings as I'm the Image and Video Mentor here on Squidoo.
I prefer to bless GREAT lenses, not just good ones. This lens tells you what I consider a bless-worthy lens. I included examples so you'll know what I like.
Lenses I Have Loved
...and other sagas of heavenly bliss.
I love lenses that teach me something in detail.
I love them organized, well-planned, and extensive.
I love original content; nothing copied.
I love accurate, helpful information.
I love friendliness.
I love photographs and artwork.
I love lenses that clearly represent the best in the topic they're in.
I love lenses that are used to tell a personal story that might help others.
I love lenses that focus on the odd and unusual, off-beat, weird, and unique things of life.
Here are a few sample lenses I've blessed because I believe they are GREAT... and in fact, some are PHENOMENAL. I don't expect everyone to have a phenomenal lens, though it is something worth working toward with every lens we own.
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Classifieds
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I have collected a big list of classified websites on several bookmarks and I am going to organize all of them here so that you will not have to use the search engines to look for the classifieds you wanted. You can just use this lens to find classif...
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Thirteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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In the summer of 1962, the Soviet Union dispatched a fleet of commercial cargo ships filled with nuclear missiles, launchers and anti-aircraft guns--all under false manifests--across the Atlantic Ocean to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Forty thousand Sovi...
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Long Term Care For People You Love
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More than 9 million people over the age of 65 will need long-term-care this year. Here you'll learn all you need to know to plan for your family's LTC needs -- everything from needs assessment, options, implementation and everything in-between. This...
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Making Money From Writing
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I always wanted to write. I love to put my thoughts on paper, to share my words of wisdom with others. In January I became a full-time writer and I couldn't possibly be any more happy than I am right now. I'm a freelance writer mainly writing about a...
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Morning Has Broken
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Today, March 20, 2009, is the first day of Spring and as I was sitting on my porch listening to the birds sing, I thought about the hymn "Morning Has Broken". This hymn has been an important part of my family as it is sung at joyous occasions like we...
Why I want your lens to be GREAT
...I really care.
I care about Squidoo and I care about you. I want your lens to contribute to the Squidoo community in a positive way. I want you to have lenses that are well-developed and excellent so they will fulfill your goals for them.
I'm willing to give you suggestions for lens improvement - just ask.
I particularly want to see Squidoo freed from spam. I like to see lenses that focus on teaching us something, and am disappointed when I find lenses that just want me to click away from Squidoo so I might buy something such as an vastly overpriced e-book.
To be a viable part of a community such as Squidoo, it helps to be willing to give even if it is just information you're giving. If you come here only to take (our time and dollars) we will know it when we look at your lens.
Problematic lenses...
...or maybe they just need more work.
If your lens has fewer than approximately ten modules, it might not impress me enough for blessing purposes.
I check lens articles for duplication on Google and on Copyscape.
If a lens is made for shopping purposes, so be it. But if it purports to give some kind of fantastic information, then doesn't, and is filled with sales pitches and promises that can't be fulfilled unless you buy something, I may take a dim view of it.
I really, really like good spelling and grammar, and if there are typos I notice. If you have spelling/grammar problems, even if you're not a native English speaker, could you ask a friend with a better command of the language to proofread it for you? If you have nobody else to help - ask me.
SquidAngels can ding lenses as easily as they can bless them. I prefer not to do that to any but the spammiest of lenses.
If you receive an email from me about your lens suggesting an improvement, you're welcome to make changes and request another visit.
What NOT To Do!
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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...
PLEASE - Let Me Contact You!
,,,this is very important!
If I find a lens with only one thing wrong with it - something that can be easily fixed prior to blessing - I like to be able to send a message your way suggesting some minor item of lens repair. However... if you don't have your 'contact me' link enabled on your profile page, I can't. Please let us contact you... there's few things as valuable as communication!
Categories
There are five categories I focused on when I was an official Squid Angel.
A few notes first...
The Squid Angels program changed in 2009. There are more SquidAngels now and each Angel is assigned categories to monitor. They can bless lenses in any category, but focus mostly on their own.
Also keep in mind that if your lens isn't listed on this page, it doesn't mean I've never blessed it. I can't list all the lenses I've blessed because there's not enough room on this lens!
1. News and Politics
...the way the world works.
This is my favorite category. I like knowing what's happening in the world. Here are some lenses I've blessed in the News and Politics category:
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Katyn Massacre - One Of Poland's Greatest National Tragedies
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The Katyn massacre, also the Katyn Forest massacre (Polish: zbrodnia katynska, 'Katyn crime'), was a mass execution of Polish citizens ordered by Soviet authorities (NKVD - People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) in 1940. Estimates of the number...
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Images of the City of Dubai and Its Huge Growth Rate
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I was there a couple times around 1990. This is about the rapid growth of Dubai, UAE between 1990 and today. Take a look at their amazing construction projects, including a shape-shifting building, and an indoor skiing resort. What do you think of...
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Real Life Horror Story: Centralia, PA
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A coal fire below Centralia, PA has been burning for 45 years and has enough fuel to burn for another 250 years. It's a real life horror story with no immediate end in sight. The roads are closed, signs are posted about toxic gas emissions, the ceme...
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Should we ABOLISH the DEATH PENALTY?
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The death penalty should be abolished... The death penalty is barbaric and belongs in the past. There is no evidence of the death penalty having any deterrent effect, life imprisonment without parole is just as effective a means of preventing re-offe...
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The AnomalyMan Listing
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Hello, welcome to The AnomalyMan Listing on Squidoo. Daily I surf great sites of anomaly links and political links and just pick a few of interest to feature below. You will also find the feature posts of my own blogs about UFO's - The ParaN...
More News and Politics lenses I've blessed...
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Martin Luther King Biography
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Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize 1964. He did most probably more for the end of racial discriminaton than any other man. Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later changed his n...
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Ten Quick Steps to Destroy America
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Is it possible that fascism has actually been responsible for the economic problems America is now grappling with? Is it possible to hide fascistic actions in our very powerful, very intrusive government? How would you describe Fascism? Should be be...
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Secular Progressive Test
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Secular Progressive is a term coined by Fox News Commentator and best selling author Bill O'Reilly. His new book "Culture Warrior" defines the current struggle between traditionalists and SP's. It is a very clear battle line. I have come up...
2. Music
...I could sing about this!
No matter what else is happening in the world, there will be music because it feeds our souls. Here are a few music lenses I've blessed:
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Guitar Lessons
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My website is dedicated to providing guitarists with guitar lessons of exceptional quality. Through my own journey as a guitarist, I have thought long and hard about what it takes to achieve excellence in guitar playing and developed a series of free...
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The Best of the 80's New Wave Music - A to Z
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This lens is dedicated to the best of the best of . . . albums by 80's New Wave Artists. I've listed my favorite Best of the 80's New Wave albums, alphabetically by group name, from A to Z (including track listings) and...
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Grading Your Vinyl Record Albums
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The following is the grading system first developed by Goldmine Records. Virtually all methods currently in use for the grading of records, is based in some way, shape, or form, on this system. Rather than offer some variation of the original system...
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Eminem Releases New 'Relapse' Album
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A look at Eminem's sixth studio album 'Relapse', an album all set to hit the shelves at some point in 2009. No official release date has yet been confirmed, but all eyes are set firmly upon Eminem as the album's release date inevitably draws ever clo...
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Free Piano Sheet Music Online Treasury
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There is piano sheet music found all over the internet; it's just a matter of finding what you are looking for and what you need when you need it. Here's some places I go to find sheet music for piano. The first place I go...
More Music lenses I've blessed...
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Beatles Trivia
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Named by Rolling Stone's magazine as number one on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time, the Beatles are one of the most commercially successful and celebrated bands in the history of music. During their career the Beatles released more t...
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Best Jumpstyle
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Virtual Museum of Soundtoys : Web-Native Audio & Music Applications
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A repository of links to online sound-toys and fun music applications. Highlighting interactive works that allow you to create music, explore music history and the science of sound. The collection offers categories for music games, music remixing, v...
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Celtic Music: What Is It?
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The original Celts were a diverse group of early Iron Age tribes in Central Europe. By the late Iron Age, they had spread both east and west, ranging from central modern-day Turkey to Scotland, Ireland, Britanny and Spain. By the early part of the f...
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U2 Tour 2009 Setlist and Reviews
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photo: Kenneth Mooney 2009 U2 has completed the first Europe/UK leg of the 2009 360 Degree stadium tour of Europe, United Kingdom and North America: The band now takes a break and perhaps because of the economy fans still can find low price...
More Music lenses I've blessed...
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CrueFest 2009
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Guys, lock up your daughters, wives, girlfriends, and even your mom! Because Motley Crue is back and set to blaze a path across America. These hard core rock n rollers will leave no panties untouched and no girl will go home unhappy! CrueFest 2 2009...
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Crosby Stills Nash And Young
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Here's a testimonial to one of the great folk-rock bands of the 60's. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young captured the spirit of the era. Their music stirred the soul and carried hearts and minds on more than one road trip! Songs such as "Teach Your Chi...
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Lady GaGa
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I was introduced to Lady GaGa by my 7 year old daughter. Lady GaGa's music brings with it a beat that I love. Stefani Germanotta the name behind Lady GaGa cites a lot of 80s icons as her influences and I think it really shows in the music. My daught...
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Block Buster! British Glam Rock of the 70s
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At the beginning of the 1970s, I was in my early teens, an excellent age to appreciate a new phenomenon about to hit the British airwaves: Glam Rock. At the time Glam was a joke. Those of us with Sweet records were laughed at by our friends who were...
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Beginners' Guide To Playing The Harmonica
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What image comes to mind when you think of the harmonica? Maybe you picture a scene from an old movie with a hobo or convict slumped against a wall playing a sad, lonely tune or you see a blues musician on stage giving it all he's got to produc...
3. Work At Home
...where homemakers become business owners!
I've been working at home for about ten years now, and I love it! I take seriously my intention to bless and promote helpful Work at Home lenses. Here are some of the lenses I've blessed in this category:
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Steps To Finding a Legitimate Home Based Business
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There are so many websites offering home based business opportunities and work from home programs, it's hard to know where to begin. How do you choose the right program for you? How do you protect yourself from getting scammed? After much thought on...
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Cafepress Success 101
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Cafepress, what a wonderful thing. Well, it was. These recent Marketplace changes have alot of shopkeepers in an uproar including me. I don't understand Cafepress's intent here. I guess to pad their own pockets. But that's okay, you have to roll with...
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How this Stay at Home Mom Works from Home
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Since quitting my job as a high school English teacher to become a stay at home mom, I've discovered numerous legitimate ways to earn money online without spending a dime. There are plenty of free online money making opportunities out there, you jus...
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Design & Sell Your Own Greeting Cards
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Do you have a flair for design? Are you an artist, graphic designer, or photographer? Well then you can make money selling greeting cards that you design. Here's how!
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How To Start A Tutoring Business
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There isn't a better time than now to think about Starting A Home Tutoring Business. Home Tutoring has been around for many years, but it has recently become more prevalent. Just look at all of the tutoring centers opening up everywhere. Tutors can...
4. Health and Medicine
...what could be more important than good health?
Without good health, we can't enjoy the rest of life, so Health is one of my favorite topics. Here are a few health lenses I've blessed:
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Sudden Onset Juvenile Diabetes
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This is the story of a family's whirlwind of an experience with their 6 year old daughter's Sudden Onset Juvenile Diabetes. The mother, Deb, is the strongest, most amazing woman, and after everything she has been through wants to help prevent her exp...
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Printable Food Diary - Get in Shape for 2009 With Your FREE Printable Food Log!
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If you're looking to keep a printable food log of everything you eat during the day, then this is the place for you. There are many reasons to keep track of what you are eating: 1) to lose weight 2) to learn to eat healthier 3) to discover exactly...
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10 Diseases Linked To Soda
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Few people drink soda because they believe it's a healthy drink. We drink it because it is very tasty, convenient and inexpensive. Statistics shows that Americans drink more soda pop than ever before. These popular beverages account for more tha...
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Healing Hemp Oil - All about hemp oil
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Hemp is a plant that is a major source of confusion for many. While it's true that some species of hemp are illegal due to the substance THC, which is a psychoactive molecule, not all of the species of Hemp contain THC. Hemp oil gained prominence...
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The Silent Killer
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What happens when you get up one morning and your legs are so wobbly that you cannot walk without feeling like you are going to fall because your sense of balance is off? Have you ever wondered why you seem to have a headache every single day? Have y...
5. SEO and Affiliate Marketing
...how to use the web to generate funds.
I'm a professional blogger and content writer, have worked as a web designer, and have earned money helping other webmasters with SEO projects. Therefore the SEO & Affiliate Marketing topic holds my interest. I'm looking for quality lenses like these:
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Social Bookmarking, Networking, News and Content Sites
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The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the online marketing landscape dramatically. Small and medium sized businesses can now compete on a level playing field with big branded businesses and websites. With Web 2.0 you can market your products on so...
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The Best Keywords Tools | Keyword Research and Trends
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Using trend reports and keyword suggestion tools to find what people are looking for, you can then focus your website content, advertising, and affiliate links to improve your conversion. These are the best free ways to find the most popular keywords...
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Websites to Submit Your Blogs
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The main purpose of this lens is to provide a list of websites you can submit your personal or commercial blogs to. We have also include some useful links on where you can create your blogs, where you can get your blogs ping and what Rss options you...
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How to make a MILLION dollars (and what to do if you don't!)
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So.. you want to earn $1,000,000! You will be pleased to learn it is simpler than you thought. But simple is not necessarily easy! Just like walking is simple. But walking 1,000,000 miles is not easy! But it is simple. One step after a...
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How To Get Deep Links with RSS Feeds
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There are a number of online syndication services that will display an RSS feed as a web page. These will typically contain deep-links to pages on to the originating website, which is a valuable source of backlinks. I originally wrote about thi...
More SEO and Affiliate Marketing lenses I've blessed...
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Ebook Downloads and How to Use Them
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If your mailbox is like mine, it is filled with offers for free or not-so-free ebooks. Are you taking advantage of those? When you joined Squidoo, you were given a free ebook. Have you downloaded that? Printed it? Just in case you missed it, here it...
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How To Find Niche Markets - Top 8 Free Sources To Uncover Red Hot, Profitable Niche Markets
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The fastest way to generate massive amounts of cash online is to sell products in the area where people are currently looking for. However, the question always remains "How do I know what people are looking for right now?" In this lens, I'm going to...
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Free eBay Wordpress Plugins
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By adding eBay auctions to your blog posts you can much more money than with Adsense or other affiliate programs. Conversions are much easier and the commissions can pile up much faster. Today I'm going to explore some of the free wordpress plugins t...
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How To Make Money With Amazon's Associate Program
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There are few if any affiliate programs as successful as Amazon's. Amazon is the one of the first to pioneer with the concept of affiliate marketing way back in 1997... when most of us haven't even heard of the internet. Heck, I don't even have a com...
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Article Directory List
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Article Directory List is dedicated to bringing you a definitive article directory list of over 300 active article submission directories that are available for you to submit your articles to. The article directory list here is by no means exhaustive...
More SEO and Affiliate Marketing lenses I've blessed...
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* How to use Craigslist SEO secrets to promote your website
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Join my SEO, health, shopping and finance groups! This lens describes how to increase your website traffic by using Craigslist in search engine optimization and website promotion to boost your website's search engine performance. Posting well-writte...
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97 Social Bookmarking Sites with Google PageRank
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Social bookmarking is a great way to save pages you like and help others find articles, blog posts, lenses and sites you create. But what sites should you use? This list of bookmarking services can help you decide.
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DoFollow: Increase Your Backlinks with DoFollow Sites
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The DoFollow revolution embraces the sharing of link juice going out to other sites. Learn more about DoFollow, where you can get listed on DoFollow sites, and what it means to you as a webmaster and link builder!
Inspirational quotes for busy lensmasters
...something to think about.
Here are a few quotations that will hopefully inspire us to achieve more and worry less.
"The journey of one thousand miles begins with one step."
- Lao Tse"How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself. Rather than being frustrated on the plateau, you learn to appreciate and enjoy it just as much as you do the upward swings."
- George Leonard, from his book, Mastery (see the link below)"A job half-done is a job un-done." - Me
"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer." - Edward R. Murrow
"Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly." - Edward Albee
"When the student is ready the Master appears." - Buddhist Proverb
"Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water." - Zen Buddhist Proverb
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
Keys to Mastery
Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
Amazon Price: $9.89 (as of 11/15/2009)
George Leonard is an Akido master who gives usable advice for achieving mastery in any skill you want to participate in.
The Five Keys to Mastery
...an inspiring documentary.
This is an absolutely wonderful movie. I rented it from Netflix a while back and was so motivated and impressed by it I had to watch it no less than three times before I sent it back, and now I want my own copy.
The movie features George Leonard, author of Mastery (above) and other masters including Carlos Santana, BB King, and Nobel Prize Laureate Eric Kandel. They explain how to move past mediocrity into mastery.
Practice, and the love of practice, makes perfect. This is so very inspiring! If you truly want to be among the best, this movie explains the five keys to making it happen.
The 5 Keys to Mastery
This is the link to the inspiring movie with George Leonard and others who are masters at their arts, sports, and careers.
Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 11/15/2009)
And Now, A Few Words of Advice
Here are some ideas I have about work, life, and love.
Do your best and don't sweat the rest.
Learn from the masters.
Always be willing to lend a helping hand to the next person on the path.
Strive for excellence.
Enjoy the journey.
Appreciate your fellow-travelers.
Your comments are welcome!
Let me know what you think.
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- Gothic-Contact-Lenses Gothic-Contact-Lenses Sep 19, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Jun 20, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
- Thank you so much for becoming my fan! I feel a squidoo addiction creeping over me and it's mainly due to the friendly people who spend so much of their time reaching out to us, rank beginners and all. I'm going to look into some of the lenses you've blessed, I'm a little overwhelmed, there is so much here. It just unfolds and unfolds.
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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.
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- Being a Squid Angel is a responsibility I take very seriously. I recently began my second term as a Squid Angel, and am thrilled to have my blessing powers back. It's exciting and rewarding to discover wonderful lenses and new lensmasters at Squidoo. So how can your lens receive a blessing?
- Squidoo Angels
- When I first joined Squidoo in July 2008, the Squidoo Angels were a small group of dedicated Lensmasters who volunteered for the post when a message was posted in the SquidU Forum. Things have changed recently and although the Angels is still a group of dedicated volunteers, it is somewhat larger.
- Janusz a Squid Angel
- Welcome to my Angel Lens :)I thought after being awarded LOTD & making Giant, it just couldn´tget any better... BUT it just did :)) Yes, I´ve been awarded my wings & willbe flying around the Squidoo Community bestowing Blessings where deserved :) Who knows, maybe I´ll be visiting you.
- ... and a sprinkling of Angel Dust
- You may have arrived at this lens because you found a link in your guestbook or you may simply have stumbled across it in your exploration of Squidoo, either way, I hope you find it informative and helpful.I don't speak for all the Angels, there are quite a few of us and we are all different.
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- At least not in the sense I imagine angels to be.I would like to clear up a few points. Firstly, angels are sexless creatures. This just isn't true in my case, I'm definitely a woman.I did once read that angels are composed of ethereal matter, and thus able to take on whichever physical form , , ,
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