Squidblog

We’ve noticed that lensmasters have started to build lenses to help other lensmaster build better lenses. There’s already a lot of impressive idea and experience sharing in SquidU, but we’re excited to see the group learning spill over into Squidoo proper!

One lensmaster, Susan McHugh, has offered to proofread other lensmasters’s lenses — and recommends a wide range of useful reference books that can help lensmasters learn how to write better. We don’t know whether anyone has taken Susan up on her proofreading offer yet, but we think this shows a lot of initiative — and potential.

Meanwhile, several other lensmasters have built lenses sharing some of what they’ve learned about building better lenses. Hashim Warren’s lens How To Build a Squidoo Lens That Moves People to Action makes several suggestions about making lenses that can help mobilize readers — and better involve readers in the lens itself. Ty West shares some of his ideas on How to Squidoo. Mary Kindred holds up some pointers on leveraging Up for Grabs lenses, tagging and incorporating images in 23 Squidoo!

And lensmaster Alex Krupp has even developed a Squidoo chat channel, as well as a lens on how to Join the Squidoo Chatroom! We held an informal inaugural chat yesterday afternoon — attracting a lensmaster who lives in Russia.

What have you learned about Squidoo? Join the discussion in SquidU — or build a lens sharing your best and brightest ideas!