SquidBlog
All the squidscoop that's fit to print. (Well, some of it anyway). This is the joint blog run by everyone on the team here at Squidoo. From time to time we'll post news about features, planned upgrades, community announcements and other rantings, ravings and radishes. If you're a lensmaster, it's worth following.
Spectacular Summer School Lenses
The Giant Squids are showing us that Summer School isn’t just for remedial math and taking organic chemistry a second time. No, summer school Giant Squid style is about going above and beyond and innovating and building. It’s about going faster and pushing yourselves and helping each other refine the craft of making lenses. While [...]
Where do Giant Quality Lenses Rank?
The most recent application deadline for Giant Squids has passed, but the good news is you have plenty of time to whip your lenses into shape for the next round! Many a Squid-in-waiting is wondering, “does my lens have to rank well to be considered great?” Here’s what Giant Squid Mentor and Organizer RMS has to say: *** How [...]
Charities Joining Us in June
In June, Squidoo welcomed seven new charities that successfully completed the application process and have made a promise to work hard to promote themselves on Squidoo! BuckHawk Center Animal RescueThe BuckHawk Center is a nonprofit organization providing rescue, rehabilitation and adoption where possible for animals in need, located in Southern Missouri. Paws Animal KingdomGiving a voice to [...]
Have you visited Charity Central lately?
Charity Central is your one-stop-shop for all of Squidoo’s best resources for charities. Stop by to find: - links to helpful lenses - tips on building a better lens - short stories and photos from our charities - a complete list of the charities we sponsor - notes and news about upcoming events on Squidoo If you have a short story or [...]
Calling all Giant Squid hopefuls
There’s never been a more exciting time to become a Giant Squid. Giant Squid Summer School is in full swing. Purple stars, those elusive magical marks of greatness–they are for Giants only. Giants get perks and chats and sneak peeks and seminars aplenty. Not to mention that much-coveted Giant Squid badges for their lenses. Yeah. It’s good [...]
Squidoo Lens of the Day
Every week, Squidoo's Editor in Chief Megan Casey highlights lenses that stand out from the crowd, that are unique in topic, approach, personality, tools or timing. Or, you know, just a made her guffaw a little. How will you know if you get picked? Get the email delivered straight to your inbox every day.
Baseball and Steroids
I'm delighted that Community Organizer and fellow Squidstaffer Kimberly Dawn Wells is going to join me in selecting and posting a few Lenses of the Day a week. She spends her days and nights (and wee a.m. hours in between) playing on Squidoo and uncovering great new lenses and trends. So she's an excellent fit [...]
TwttrList: A few examples worth following!
It keeps popping up in your Twitter timeline, doesn't it. There it is again! What is this TwttrList thing? It's a new Squidoo-powered Twitter utility for lensmasters and tweeters. It's a fun and quick way to organize a "best of" or top 10 list of your favorite tweets on a certain topic. Think of it as editing, archiving [...]
Meet Kris Allen: American Idol 2009
It's good to be the king. Or to be an American Idol. Kris Allen, newly crowned popsinger superstar, should know! For those of you who just can't get enough, here are a few lenses packed with photos and videos guaranteed to keep the party going. Susan52, who is absolutely positively a joy to have around here making lenses [...]
Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo
Widely respected lensmaster and paragon of community giveback, The Fluffanutta has way too many great lenses to pick just one for Lens of the Day. But today I want to call your attention to his lens My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo. It's a grab bag of fun (and tasteful) visual goodies for advanced lensmasters to [...]
Bo: The White House Dog
It's entirely possible there was a little too much media hype about this dog. But admit it: learning about the White House dog is kind of irresistible. Especially when he's this cute. He's innocent and nonpartisan and busy chewing someone else's shoes. Prolific lensmaster ThePartyAnimal has put together another multimedia extravaganza of photos, videos, polls, books, [...]
SquidU Review
This one's for you overachievers out there. (Hi, fancy meeting you here). Sometimes there's just so much good stuff going on in the Squidoo community... wouldn't you like an occasional digest full of the highlights? Tips for making better lenses, interviews with top lensmasters, answers to your burning questions? We thought so. Here you go.
There’s Always Time to Promote!
There’s Always Time to Promote! Hello Lensmasters, Today we have a special story from Lens Promotion Mentor and Master jeffwend. He’s been dutifully collecting your questions, and has some great tips to share regarding making time to promote your lenses. Time to Promote! The question that I get asked most about getting traffic from outside Squidoo is, “How [...]
Growing a Green Niche
If you’ve seen the Green Living Top 100 lately, you’ll notice it’s been dominated by a few radical recyclers. This didn’t happen by accident. In fact, some of our greenest lensmasters have built their reputation not only on their ability to share the best renewable ideas, but also their ability to develop colorful, exciting, engaging [...]
What are you Squid-ooing this Summer?
Hi Lensmasters, Kimberly here, with another great tip from one of your Citizen Squid Mentors. Jeffwend, your Lens Promotion Mentor, wants to send a special shoutout and reminder to all of the fun-lovin’, sun-lovin’ lensmasters out there. If you’re planning on hitting up a special park, museum, or concert, a Squidoo lens is the perfect way to [...]
Have you Met your Mentor Match?
Hello lensmasters! There have never been more resources on Squidoo for getting help where you need it. Whether you’re a new lensmaster working on your very first lens or a veteran lensmaster just trying to master some advanced CSS, there’s someone to help. Our Mentor Matches The Mentor Matches lens is a free-for-all help offered and wanted [...]
Nine Twitter Tips for Squidoo
PC World recently posted an article on Nine Twitter Tips for Businesses. For many of you, Squidoo is your business, so it makes sense that you can apply these tips to using Twitter to promote your lenses. In fact, we loved these tips so much that we adapted them for Squidoo. Based [...]