Are You Ready for the Future?

This is a powerful video.  Any of us who are on Squidoo today, marketing, blogging - need to pay attention!

Squidoo Step by Step

Squidoo Step-by-Step is the guidebook to answer all your Squidoo questions -- have you seen it yet? Published by a group of successful lensmasters, this guidebook includes all the details -- how to create, market, and get traffic to your lens!

Take a look at Squidoo Step By Step right now! Download your copy! Enjoy!

PS Think you know everything already? There is always something new to learn at Squidoo! :)

Getting Traffic to Your Lens

We had a nice discussion on the JJJ-2 ning yesterday about the importance of visiting. Visting other lensmasters may be the one single most important thing to do for your own traffic.

Warning - do not leave a link in someone's guestbook. If people want to visit you, they can click on your picture and discover your links. I personally remove comments with links.

But I do strongly suggest you visit at least 10 lenses a day. Visit the top 100 in every category to start. and leave a positive comment. If a lens is in the top 100, it is most likely a lens to study! How does a lens get to the top 100 in any Squidoo category? Many many visits, comments, rankings and favorites. Study these lenses to discover the secret of their success!

And have fun Squidoo-ing! Get involved in the community!

Have you joined SquidU yet?

Visiting Lensmasters to Learn

Happy Birthday to Lensmasters with July birthdays!

John Dilbeck on July 1
Jaguar Julie on July 9
Seth Godin on July 10
Janelle Kleppin on July 23

Now here's the idea -- Visit at least one of these lensmasters lenses on their birthday and say Happy Birthday in the comments section! Birthdays are a fun celebration on Squidoo!

Note -- and these particular July birthday folks are great lensmasters to learn from. Visit and pay attention, my friends!

Note to newbies --remember -- do not leave your link in your comment. That is considered rude behavior at Squidoo. Make a comment relevant to the lens, and say Happy Birthday! It's fun!

and to keep up with all the birthdays in the future, simply go to Happy Birthday Tribute. Don't forget to add your own birthday! :)

Great lenses to Visit

As most of you know, we have a team competition happening at Squidoo. The Jolly Judicious Jetsetters is one of those teams.

One of the best ways to learn Squidoo is by visiting great lenses. I can assure you that each lens listed in the Jolly Judicious Jetsetters is an excellent lens. Go to the JJJ lens now (just click on the link above) and start visiting!

There are two plexos full of lenses - at last count there were 156 in all. The first plexo includes lenses created by lensmasters who are trying to qualify for Giant Squid at the end of June with 50 excellent lenses - looks like they are well on their way to doing just that!

The second plexo is for Giant Squids who are creating lenses to qualify for Giant Squid 100 - 100 excellent lenses!

This site is a treasure trove of super examples! Come visit us! We'd love to see you!

Complete that bio

This is good advice for all of us -- old and new!

Keep that bio fresh and appealing! Of course, you must have a photograph and a bio. Or if you have a friendly and quickly recognizable logo like Ohme or Growwear, then that works too!

Introduce yourself as if you were at a business social hour or a Chamber of Commerce meet and greet breakfast. Be friendly and cordial. Tell us about yourself and why you love Squidoo. Tell us about your children, your dogs, your cats. and somehow mention your expertise or interest in each lens.

Yes, I use a default bio sometimes, but I am trying to train myself to change the bio for each lens.

Your bio is very important. And I can assure you, if that orange guy is in your bio, many of us will rush right on without reading your lens.

PS - a little special angel advice -- I don't ever bless a lens with an incomplete bio or a default module title - the worst offender and the one most often forgotten? Guest Book!

Believe me, I have had to correct many of my own many times over, so I am an expert in those default module titles. Check them, and then check again. It's so easy to take a quick look, consider your lens "done" and overlook that default Guestbook title.

Have a fun day Squidoo-ing!

Lens ideas

I have two lenses to recommend to you this morning!

The first is Carnival of Squid for May 2009 Created by Susan Villas Lewis, this is a directory-in-the-making of lens ideas for May. You simply choose one of the subjects, make a lens, and submit it to the plexo for that particular day! There are some unusual lens ideas here and you don't want to miss this opportunity to create something original and wonderful!

Greekgeek has created a new lens of Top Ten Squidoo Tips. This lens is sure to teach you something new! She even explains how to add the "back to the top" button at the bottom of your lenses! Exciting tips and ideas here!

Have fun creating this weekend with these two tools. Don't forget to use some of Greekgeek's ideas to update some of your tired lenses!

Free Squidoo Guide !!

Download right now! Don't miss this! Potpiegirl is offering a free guide just for you!

Click right here on this link and go download the book and then print it on 3 hole punched paper, and study!! You will learn so much!

I always learn from Potpiegirl and I am certain that you will too!! She writes so that normal folks like us can understand. She is clear and concise. You cannot miss out on this! It's free!