Woot-Lens 37!

I've published my 37th lens! Looking for The Office videos? Watch full episodes online! Find the links at this Squidoo lens, updated weekly with every new episode! Hulu.com puts up the latest 5 episodes every week, so find the links here! Also, you can find some hilarious The Office videos from YouTube, buy the seasons on DVD, and more!

In other news, I really like the SquidUtils toolbar. I've been using it a lot since I installed it. And tomorrow I'll be posting my review of the two new modules Squidoo has added.

Leave a comment, tell me what you think of my new lens! And don't forget to bookmark this blog for future updates!

Taking some time off...

So, I was feeling a little overwhelmed with Squidoo and I decided to take a few days off. A few days turned into a week and a half, but I'm back and I think that I'm ready to start my lensmaking again! I only have 14 more lenses to go and 34 days left until the deadline, so hopefully I can meet it.

My 36th lens-The Tales of Sushi and Yoshi. I still have quite a lot to add to it, but I don't really know what. But I published it for now. It works. The lens is about my two dogs, Sushi and Yoshi. I'm going to start a bit of a diary, but not right now. Maybe later.

On another note, there are now two new modules as well as a new module showcase! Whoo Squidoo! Be sure to check out the new "About Me" module, as well as a "Pandora" module to add music. So far I'm liking the "About Me" module, but I haven't tried out the Pandora module. I'll post a review of both of them in a few days, most likely, so be sure to check back for it.

That's all for today! Be sure to subscribe to our feed or bookmark the blog so you can read the reviews on the new modules!

Two New Modules!

Squidoo has now added two new modules...the Giant Squid Community Showcase and the Want to Be a Giant Squid, both featuring the blogs! They've also now added a Twttrstrm module, so you can add just the module to your other lenses! Yay!

I really like the Twttrstrm module, and am already working on adding it to my lenses. :D

So what's the other news? I now have my 35th lens published. :) Only 15 more lenses to go! And I still have 46 (I think?) days left! Woot!

In the meantime, I have 25 WIP lenses and I really want to get rid of them all. That is my goal! So be sure to check out this awesome forum post to help get rid of them!

Get to working on those WIP lenses, then! Here's to hoping I make Giant Squid this April!

December 2008 Payout

So Squidoo has sent out the payments for the month of December last year...I didn't do as well as my best month, September (what a random month, eh?), but I still did pretty good for my standards. Of course, I'm hoping to make more in the coming months, haha!



Highest Tier: $8.73
Middle Tier: $3.56
Lowest Tier: $0.85

And I gave some money to ASPCA! Though I wish it was more. When I get some extra money, I'm going to totally donate a good amount. In fact, I'm working on one lens about my dogs and all my money from that lens is going to go to the ASPCA. :D Now I'm just considering what I can buy with my $35...Suggestions?

I'm on fire!

Three lenses in the last two days! I might actually make the March 31st deadline if I keep this up! So far, 33 lenses published...though that kind of big number of WIP lenses has actually increased, not decreased. But, I actually did publish one of my old WIPs, and then published two new ones! Yay!

A Review of The Gemma Doyle Trilogy
Gilmore Girls Apparel, Hoodies, and More
Edward Cullen in Your Bedroom- Creepy or Cute?

How are any of you potential Giants doing with your goals out there? Drop me a comment! Come on, we can root each other on!

SquidUtils Toolbar!

Remember that post about pinging and Squid Utils from just a few days ago? Well just recently, SquidUtils.com released their Toolbar!

Here's a screencap of it from my own window, in case you want to see...

From what I see so far, this toolbar is very useful! I've already been using it some, and I love it! Here's a list of the main features of the toolbar...

Main Features

• Keep up to date with the latest blog posts from Squidoo HQ
• Switch easily between multiple Lensmaster accounts
• Quick access to your dashboard, with notification of Lensrank updates
• Rate, favorite and comment on lenses without scrolling up and down
• Submit a lens to social bookmarking sites and lens directories
• Build a new lens with any of the co-brands
• Direct access to all the tools you love at SquidUtils.com

Check out the Squidoo lens for more information on the new toolbar!

Stay on target....

Reading other Squidoo helpful blogs and just by my general experience so far, I have one thing to say for you guys working to be Giant Squids for the March 31st deadline (like me): Stay on target. Don't go making a bunch of WIP (work in progress) lenses and leave them there. Currently, I have 20 WIP lenses, and that is NOT good! I really have to get to working on my WIPs!

The important point here is that you should make one lens at a time. Start one lens, and finish it before you start another. If you desperately want that link for your lens, than go ahead and claim it by making a unpublished lens, but if it just sits there, you might be nice and let someone else give it a go. One or two lenses at a time is my suggestion, no more.

Currently, I have 29 lenses published and 20 WIPs. Once I get all those 20 WIPs completed...it's Giant Squid time!

Ping! It works!

If you're a Squidoo Squidmaster and you haven't visited (or used) SquidUtils.com yet, you should go...run!

SquidUtils has tons of widgets that are great for lensmasters...you can edit your lenses, see all your groups, and have access to utilities and tools that are very helpful.

Check out the lens to learn more about SquidUtils, or better yet, just check out the site!

But this post is about more than just using SquidUtils: specifically, it's about the Pinging. What is Pinging? Ok, it's a verb I just made up, but on SquidUtils, it actually means submitting your lens to multiple search engines! How much easier can life get with this!? And from what I see from my lenses so far, all my lenses that have been "pinged" get more traffic from Google and MSN, some of them even getting traffic within hours of being published! Now, it's not all concrete that it is actually the "pinging" that is helping out my lenses, but I highly suggest everyone out there who Squidoos' (more verb inventing) to go and "Ping" your lenses! It's free and it won't hurt!

Well, there's my tip for the day. I'm done procrastinating from those 2 essays I have to write as well as a plethora of math.