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RocketMoms is a gathering of the smartest women on the web, working together to make Squidoo lenses (and a whole lot more).

It’s a 6 week, invite-only program for a small number of leading women on Squidoo. They get daily tips and lessons, their own private forum, and are challenged to help each other make just 1 new lens each week. The inspiration, support and feedback they give each other is just incredible.

The first session of Rocketmoms is coming to a close in a few weeks, with Session Two starting on June 8 2009. Everyone who successfully participated in the first session will be getting 5 invites to give out to their friends. We’re also opening just 30 spots for new Rocketmoms who want to apply. So drop us a note if you’d like to take the challenge or make nice to an existing Rocketmom!

Doesn’t matter if you have 1 lens or 900, if you’re a Giant Squid or not, if you’re a soon-to-be-mom or grandmother of 12. If you’re a mom and you want to work in a small group to learn and make and market new Squidoo lenses, then maybe this is for you.

How Rocketmoms got started

I realized quite a while back that more often than not the people making the very best lenses–the most creative, thoughtful, well written pages–were women. More specifically they were workathome moms and mombloggers. Supersmart, generous, down to earth (and very busy!) people.

Now, this is no slight to the tens of thousands of guys and non-moms out there rocking Squidoo. I’m one of those myself. (A non-mom, not a guy!) But when I see a trend, and a group of likeminded people with massive creative energy, I like to see what I can to do help. And then get out of their way and watch them go go go.

So I talked with one of our Giant Squid Organizer community leaders, BDKZ, to see what she thought of leading a “mom squad school” for a small and exclusive group of moms on Squidoo.

She jumped in with her usual zeal and smarts, and a few weeks later our Rocketmoms project was underway and exceeding every expectation.

It started out as an experiment, and we’re glad to say it has worked tenfold, that the lensmasters participating love the challenge and camaraderie, and that we’re going to do a few more invite-only sessions over the summer and see how it goes.

Just a handful of great lenses from Rocketmoms

Birth Order - How Did It Affect Me? by OhMe
Momography: Parenting a Deaf Child by Wysiwigs
How I came to Love Teaching Math by Evelyn_Saenz
House on the Rock by MysticMama
Top Ten Cures for the Homeschool Blahs by Jimmie
The Retro Robot Revisited by enslavedbyfaries
Top Ten New Moon Moments I WANT to See! by Tiffany
Complete Make-Ahead Summer Dinner Menu & Recipes by Treasures-by-Brenda
Top 10 Things I’ve Learned From My Kids athomemomblog
Help Baby Sleep Good by NaturalMommys
Deviled Eggs by LakeMom
The 10 Best Things About Raising Twins by TwinsMama
And so many more…