Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Adding YouTube videos to your lens can help jazz it up. Although many people might associate YouTube with mindless entertainment, not all videos can be lumped into that category. There are many instructive videos, too. For instance, if you have a lens about biscuits, you can almost certainly find a ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Almost all Squidoo lenses have a guestbook. It's pretty much expected. It's an easy way for other lensmasters to leave a quick comment and tell you how much they enjoyed your lens. It's a great way to get feedback from your visitors, because not everyone is going to want to ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Making a lens that's so good that it launches itself into the Top 100 list is a quest for many lensmasters. Unfortunately there's a lot of competition, which means it's not easy to get a lens ranked up there. It takes a fair amount of time, work, and sometimes a ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
A few days ago I posted a tip on my SquidTop blog about the importance of protecting your online reputation. I wanted to touch on that again and go into a little more depth here.
Getting traffic and creating backlinks to lenses is a big priority for many lensmasters. So, we're ...
Posted in Lens promotion | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
There are a few eBooks and programs out there that claim they'll teach you everything you need to know about Squidoo. For the most part, these eBooks cost money--sometimes nearly $50.
Sounds like a rip, right? After all, Squidoo itself is a free service, and it's not like it's hard to ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Lensrank is the number that determines your lens' overall rank within the Squidoo network. The lower that number is, the better. Having a lens in the Top 100 list is the Holy Grail of many lensmasters. Others are fighting to stay on that list! (Me included.)
But does lensrank really matter?
It ...
Posted in Squidoo earnings | 1 Comment »
