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New RSS Feed of Squidoo Lenses for Sale

This weekend’s update to Sell My Lens includes RSS feeds for all the lenses currently for sale. Right now, only the title of the lens for sale is included in the feed, but I hope to add descriptions to it in the very near future.
Just add the RSS feed to your favorite lenses, or your [...]

Looking for a way to Buy and Sell Squidoo Lenses?

I’m happy to announce the official top-down remodeling of Sell My Lens. I originally designed this site over 8 months ago, but it was wayyyy to early, Squidoo wasn’t ready. But now, there’s been a lot of renewed interest in buying and selling lenses, and I’ve spent all weekend and a good chunk of last [...]

First Squidoo Newsletter Coming!

The First Captain Squid Newsletter, packed with some good little nuggets of squidoo knowledge, should be arriving in your inboxes in the next day or so.
I’ve moved the newsletter list over to a new service (I wasn’t satisfied with the old one’s interface) so expect a confirmation e-mail to drop into your mailbox today [...]

Free Squidoo SWAG from Captain Squid

The Captain has totally revamped his Footlocker full of Squidoo gear in the past week. Now there are more designs and more great stuff so you can show your Squidoo pride wherever you go. Or maybe just in the morning with a coffee cup…
In Fact, I’m such a Nice Guy that I’m giving away some [...]

Squidoo Training Videos Now on YouTube

Just an FYI,
I’ve finally found a way to convert my training videos to a format that would upload on YouTube. If anyone is interested in seeing them again, or putting them on your lenses (hint, hint )� They can be found under Captain Squidoo.
The Next series of videos will be on using CJ [...]

1000 Squidoo Lenses – Too Much Rum for Cap

The New Year is a time for goal setting. Anything is possible. Looking back on 2007 and my Squidoo experience, I get really excited.
Excited about the people I’ve met.
Excited about the potential of Squidoo.
Excited about helping others learn about it.
I’ve set a new Squidoo goal for myself in the 2008 year.
I want to have 1,000 [...]

The Lens Publishing Checklist – Free Squidoo E-book

Arrrggghh…. Because I’m the Captain and I like keeping my matey’s up to date, I’ve created a special treat for ye this week.
I’m proud to present the first Captain Squid E-Book : The Lens Publishing Checklist !
What is it?
The Lens Publishing Checklist is a 12 Step ( with a bonus 13th step for some lenses) [...]

Now Live: Free Squidoo Training Videos

I’ve been perfecting a few simple training videos over the past few weeks to help people get started with Squidoo. I’m proud to announce the first installment of Squidoo Lensbuilding 101.
Lensbuilding 101 is a 7-part series that walks you through setting up a lens from start to finish. Most of the information is pretty basic, [...]

The Floor is open for Squidoo Questions…

Sparked by a conversation with Meloramus (Congrats on breaking the top 100 with Golden Compass!) in the Forums, I’m beginning to think about how to best present how to use Squidoo and Commission Junction together to make money.
Along that line, I realize that I’m often looking at things from different angles than a lot of [...]

Squidoo Chat Now Available

Now Introducing Squidoo Chat by Captain Squid! A chat room has been installed on the Captain for those of you that can’t get enough from the forums or from other sources.
The Captain (Loyalis) is usually hanging around as well as a few of the other lensmasters. Stop by and chat, ask questions, or share tips [...]