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Archive for August, 2010

I’m very happy that two of my local friends are now lensmasters on Squidoo.  It’s fun to know other “squids” in real life!

Today, both are coming to the house and we’re going to be talking about building a business online with an emphasis on how to Squidoo.  (Gotta love “Squidoo” as a verb.)  There are some things that I want to make sure they know as they start out, but I want to know what other lensmasters think is important for a new lensmaster to know.

I’d love if you’d leave a comment here giving your one best piece of advice for a new lensmaster on Squidoo.  I’ll make sure to pass your Squidoo tips along to my friends and I’ll report back later to let you know how they’re doing.

Thanks!

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Today our journey to LOTD takes us through the feline jungle in search of the elusive cat tree. These trees, which can be a short as shrubs or as tall as your living room ceiling, are seen sprouting from walls and corners of homes with cats. Imported from your local department stores, these items have been to known to cost hundreds of dollars. But crafty lensmaster AlishaV is showing us how to make them at home from scratch.

Make Your Own Cat Tree covers cat creations from the simplest of carpet covered boards to the most elegant kitty complexes. There are levels, rooms, shelves, posts, and catwalks galore, with dozens of photos and kits to browse. If you have a box or a pipe or a board and some leftover twine or rugs, you can make a condo that fits your space and saves your furniture.

Why do we love this lens? It’s comprehensive, gives the reader dozens of options, and is obviously written by an author who loves her topic.

http://www.squidoo.com/Make_Cat_Trees

Nominated by makingamark, approved by Tommie and Missy.

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This week LOTD is brought to you courtesy of a guest author. Whitemoss recently submitted some awesome LOTD nominations and won the privilege of bringing you five of her favorite, wholesome lenses as LOTD picks. Today is the fifth selection to wrap up the week. Enjoy!

When I first saw this I was puzzled. How to be annoying…was this a typo? Duh!

Lensmaster girlfriendfactory is channeling Homer Simpson to run us through Annoyingly Impaired 101, a three part study course.

I laughed out loud; it’s a good honest piece of fun. If you’re on the same wavelength you’ll love this. (If not it could REALLY annoy you!)

~whitemoss

http://www.squidoo.com/being_annoying

Stop by LOTD on Facebook to say hello and thanks to whitemoss for this week’s LOTD selections! You could win guest author for a week in September.

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Starting June 7th and running through August 27th we’ve awarded 60 lenses and charities with a $99 a day bonus. This means our lensmasters have given away $11,880! What an accomplishment.
As I promised yesterday, today we are revealing the final lens and charity in our Sunshine Award contest. This lens received more [...]

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This week LOTD is brought to you courtesy of a guest author. whitemoss recently submitted some awesome LOTD nominations and won the privilege of bringing you five of her favorite, wholesome lenses as LOTD picks. Take a look at Thursday’s selection.

Mother Teresa; her name itself is shorthand for a good, humble, saint-like person, devoted to helping others. But how much do you really know about Mother Teresa?

Lensmaster SemperFidelis shares in detail her life, her writings, her work, and the reaction she generated in others. She tells us about the doubts that Mother Teresa had herself, and doesn’t shrink from the controversy that some of her actions generated. We also learn about India, where Mother Teresa worked, which helps our understanding of her situation and impact.

This is a really fascinating, well written and illustrated look at one of the great personalities of the 20th century.

~whitemoss

http://www.squidoo.com/mother-teresa

Do you “like” this guest author pick? Say so at LOTD on Facebook.

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When the Sunshine Award contest started, one lensmaster went above and beyond for both the charity of her choice and all partner charities on Squidoo. OhMe, one of our most prolific lensmasters, graciously developed a lens where interested Sunshine Award lens creators could share their lenses with others and make their nominations public: Squidoo’s Summer [...]

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This week LOTD is brought to you courtesy of a guest author. whitemoss recently submitted some awesome LOTD nominations and won the privilege of bringing you five of her favorite, wholesome lenses as LOTD picks. Here is Wednesday’s pick.

When lensmaster tagsforkids started out writing lenses, his aim was to raise awareness of the Dog tags for kids program which support US troops and their families. Somewhere along the way he was hijacked by an army of squids, which grew into a whole town. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Squidville! This lens has amazing graphics, a wonderful sense of humor, and is just great fun!

~whitemoss

http://www.squidoo.com/squidville

Do you “like” this guest author pick? Say so at LOTD on Facebook.

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I rarely talk about my speaking events here on the SquidBlog, for many reasons, one being that I don’t like to blur lines, another is I don’t want to interrupt you guys with non-Squidoo stuff.  But I’m breaking my own rules this time, because the BizTechDay conference is a truly spirited, bootstrapped, changemaking event that [...]

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Sharing your ultimate summer experience can be good for you, good for Squidoo, AND good for charity. Today LotusPetalYoga benefits charity with her lens on The Ultimate Manta Ray Experience, a virtual documentary of Hanifaru Bay manta rays and the scuba diving experience.
This lens benefits Wild Animal Sanctuary, which provides a safe haven for [...]

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Today is the Squidoo payday for money earned in May and it's a good one! How did YOUR lenses stack up this pay period?
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