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Summer Sunshine – We Have a Winner!
June 28th, 2010
It’s not too late for you to make and enter a lens in the contest. Maybe you and your charity will win a cash award this summer, too. Jump on down to this post for more information.
P.S. Remember reading Encylopedia Brown books when you were a kid? It’s one of our favorite series books for boys.
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Big Change at ISDY
June 16th, 2010
I think I like the new look.
Hope you do, too.
How to Refer a Lensmaster and Earn a Bonus on Squidoo
June 14th, 2010
My Squidoo dashboard was updated this week with a “You’ve earned a $5.00 bonus for referring a friend” message. That was nice!
Each of your Squidoo lenses comes equipped with a “Create Your Own Lens” link at the top of the page as well as a big, orange “Create a Lens” link in the right column. Both of those links are referral links that will associate a new lensmaster’s account with your account. When the new lensmaster’s total Squidoo payout reaches $15, you’ll receive a note on your dashboard that you’ve earned a $5 referral bonus. That money will be added to your next Squidoo payout. And all you did was make a lens!
Another way to refer new lensmasters is by using the “Refer a friend (and earn a bonus!)” link in the left margin of your dashboard. Squidoo will email referral links to your friends or you can add the code provided there to any or all of your lenses. I sometimes place that code near the bottom of a lens since Squidoo provides the links at the top.
To find out if anyone has joined Squidoo through your referral link or one of your lenses, look under the “My stats” tab on your lensmaster dashboard. Scroll down a bit to “Lensmaster Referrals” and click on the arrow to expand that section. Lensmasters that you or your lenses have referred are listed by date, most recent at the top, so you can see not only how many have signed up but who they are as well.
In fact, it isn’t a bad idea to check that list from time to time to see how the new lensmasters are doing. You’ll find that some haven’t made a lens yet, and many never will. But when you find someone who’s making an effort, it couldn’t hurt to visit their lenses and encourage them along the way. Note that only you are eligible for the $5 bonus. Formerly, the new lensmaster received a bonus as well, but that has been discontinued.
I likely won’t get rich from Squidoo referral bonuses, but you won’t hear me complaining about those periodic extra $5 payments, either!
Have you received referral bonuses from Squidoo? Tell us about it in a comment.
Squidoo MeetUp Day
June 10th, 2010
The first Worldwide Squidoo Meetup Day is Thursday, June 10, 2010. It’s not too late to sign up!
If there isn’t a meetup scheduled near you or you can’t make it to an in-person event, how about attending a virtual meetup! The Squidoo chat room will be open for an online meetup Thursday evening, U.S. time. Check the Squidoo’s Chat Schedule lens for details.
If you do make it to an official, or even unofficial meetup with other Squidoo lensmasters, take pictures! Make a lens! Post the link here in the comments so everyone can see!
But if not, let’s make the online meetup the biggest ever. See you there!
First Squidoo Summer Sunshine Charity Winner Announced
June 8th, 2010
Congratulations to Camp Quality of New Jersey and lensmaster hlkljgk for being the first charity and lensmaster to win in Squidoo’s Summer Sunshine contest!
If you’d like to enter and maybe even win $99 for your charity and $99 for yourself, make a new lens with all earnings set to your favorite Squidoo charity. Read the rules and see the list of winning lenses here.
Prizes will be awarded each weekday for the rest of June, July, and August, so there’s still plenty of time to enter. My advice? Go for it!
Then share your qualifying lenses here in a comment so we can take a look.
Hope you win!
Purple Star Quest
June 5th, 2010
It was easy to find good lenses. It was hard to narrow them down to 20 great lenses!
But I did it.
And I wrote about it on this new lens, a fairy tale in real life.
This queen is worn out from having so much fun. She’s happy to retire her crown. She’ll cherish the memories and all the amazingly wonderful comments she’s received.
If you find a lens that is purple star-worthy (here are the rules), be sure and nominate it. It’ll make the full-time queen’s job much easier.
Who’s the Latest Purple Star Queen?
June 2nd, 2010
A few days ago, I blogged about the Purple Star contest going on over Memorial Day weekend at Squidoo. I was excited because during the contest non-Giant Squids were eligible to receive purple stars for their lenses. We have so many talented almost-Giants and this would be a great opportunity for them.
I also mentioned that one purple star recipient’s name would be drawn from a hat and that person would become Purple Star Queen (or King) for the week. Royal duties would include choosing the week’s 20 purple star lenses.
Well, guess whose name was drawn.
It was mine! Can you believe it? I just found out and I can’t stop smiling!
For the next week I will wear an imaginary crown (unless there’s another perk I don’t know about – I’ll be watching for a package) and search for 20 of the best lenses in the Squidoo kingdom. Ooh, what fun! Oh, what work! In fact, how will I choose?
It won’t be easy narrowing the best down to 20, but I’ll manage. I can’t wait to get started.
Let the royal festivities begin!
A Purple Star-Studded Opportunity
May 27th, 2010
Full details and rules are on the Squidoo blog but, bottom line, if you make a really great new lens between now and midnight Monday, May 31st, 2010, you can also nominate it for a purple star. Then, if the lens is deemed worthy, not only will it receive a purple star, but your name will be entered into a drawing to become Purple Star Queen or King for the week of June 7th and you will get to choose all 20 purple-star lenses for that week. What fun!
Giant Squids can play too, of course, but it’s particularly exciting that this challenge is open to everyone.
Remember, read the rules first, then get started on your next, or maybe your very first, purple star-worthy lens!
To Do: Get Motivated!
May 6th, 2010
I find that a daily to-do list motivates me to get more done, both on Squidoo and elsewhere.
Be realistic about your time constraints, but make a short list every morning (or better, the night before). Mark things off as you accomplish them. The motivating part is seeing the line marked through the things you’ve accomplished, but the secret is to keep the list short to start with.
Seeing how much you actually got done at the end of the day will be a motivator for the next day, while helping to avoid the deadly procrastination trap.
Remember: Motivate. Don’t procrastinate.
Missing a Squidoo Friend
April 15th, 2010
