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Entries for May, 2009

A Guide to Squidoo Lens Labels

I see remarkably little written across the various blogs, forums and other sites that populate the Squidoo community about lens labels. I can only assume that not very many people use them in their accounts or they are not used very effectively.
This is truly a shame as I find that lens labels are perhaps one [...]

A Well Deserved LOTD

Fluffanutta was awarded with a lens of the day award for his totally outstanding lens on how to use CSS in Squidoo.
For those of you that haven’t seen much of fluffanutta’s work, he has several tools that are absolutely essential for managing lenses and getting the most out of squidoo.
I use all of these tools, [...]

Interview with Glen at Lensroll.com

I totally missed that Glen published an Interview with The Captain from last year on the Lensroll.com blog. I just re-read through it (we initially did the interview last year sometime) and it’s surprisingly still quite relevant to the way I continue to build lenses today.
Definitely worth a read. I had forgotten I’d written so [...]

New Blip.fm Module for Squidoo Lenses

Lensmaster and Giant Squid Kab stopped by the chat room the other day and asked if it was possible to create a module for lenses that showed the most recent update from your blip.fm account.
After a few tweaks and bumps, I’m proud to present the Blip.fm Squidoo module.
Bip.fm on Widgetsquid
Lens about Blip.fm Module with FAQ
Now, [...]

Make $1000 with CJ and Squidoo Yet?

Okay, so you probably haven’t made $1,000 from Commission Junction and Squidoo quite yet but hopefully the video series of the past few days has proven useful to a few young squids out there.
As a special follow up treat, if you can’t seem to watch the videos in your browser for whatever reason you can [...]

Using Commission Junction Reporting Effectively

The last two videos in the series (Yes a bonus! 2 videos in one day! ) are all about how to use Commission Junction’s powerful reporting features to drill down to each Squidoo lens (and each link if you want) to determine what is working the best and which products are converting the [...]

Adding CJ products to Squidoo Lenses

This is the 3rd video in my Commission Junction training course. If you already have a good understanding of how commission junction works but are unsure how to use it to your best advantage with Squidoo than this video is definitely a must watch.
The video covers how to insert products, descriptions, and images into your [...]

CJ and Squidoo – Applying for Programs

The Next video in the Commission Junction Training Series is on applying for a program on CJ. For large networks like Commission Junction, each company has their own affiliate program and they are ‘applied’ to separately.
you must be accepted as an affiliate by a company before you can begin earning money from them. The second [...]