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Entries Tagged ‘Squidoo Education’

The Single Biggest Tip I Can Give Squidoo Lensmasters

Learn. Work. Scale. Repeat.
Small words, big meaning. People get caught up a lot in ‘Squidoo is going to make me rich’ or ‘my blogs are going to make me rich’ or ‘my favorite GPT site / survey / ebook is going to make me rich’.
So far I’ve only found one thing that really set me [...]

New Squidoo Module : Table of Contents

Yesterday, Gil announced the release of a new Table of Contents Module.
Gil’s Example:

Fluffanutta’s example after applying some of his CSS Tricks:

How it Works
The module automatically creates links to all of your modules with Titles. If your module doesn’t have a title, it doesn’t show up on the list, that simple.
Lot’s of exciting stuff going on [...]

My Squidoo Dashboard Wishlist

I’ve been trying to pound out some lenses today and have been struggling (as usual) with the unwieldy size of my dashboard. Having 300 lenses listed in one place is great for my ego, but not for getting anything productive done. Opening multiple accounts doesn’t really solve much but forcing me to remember more logins [...]

New Squidoo Training Center Now Open

The Captain has been slaving over a hot computer monitor all weekend getting a new treat ready for you all. There is now a separate part of the Captain Squid site where I’ve compiled resources, tools, and other nifty stuff to help you guys make more money as quickly as possible. The ‘Tools’ section and [...]

Squidoo in 2006

Two years ago this month, Squidoo looked like this:

Courtesy of WayBackMachine
If you click through, you can browse around the squidoo of early ‘06 a bit. Sometimes it’s good to look back on where things were in order to see how far you have come. More lenses have been built in the last 2 weeks than [...]

5 Common Misconceptions about Squidoo

I’m constantly amazed at the people I find on forums that are still stuck in last summer and convinced that Squidoo is worthless as a tool for promotion or for making money. Their loss, my gain I suppose..
However, there are some common lensbuilding and squidoo techniques that many people use that are just plain wrong. [...]

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, [...]