The day we all knew would come has arrived. Squidoo groups are dead and buried, never to be seen again. Weep weep, kinda. WHEN: Just a few days ago, Squidoo converted all groups into regular lenses. You can no longer add your lens to a group, and your existing lenses are no longer members of any group. WHY: Because groups were turning a bit spammy and useless, and nobody really got any great benefits...

According to Seth Godin’s blog, Squidoo is hiring a sales pro. Here is what the official lens says: “Squidoo is one of the largest websites in the world, with millions of pages, half a million members, more traffic than cbs.com and more than 20,000,000 page views a month. We’re hiring someone to run our ad and promotion sales efforts.” Those are some impressive numbers! Half...

Want to be a successful lensmaster? Be unique. Want to earn money on Squidoo? Be honest. Want to rank well in Google? Genuinely help your readers. Want to be a Giant Squid? Don’t give up. Want to be in the Top 100 Lists? Learn from the best. Want a lens that earns $hundreds per month? Make a LOT of lenses. Want your lenses to look beautiful? Use lots of pictures. Want more visitors to your...

A Giant Squid is a Lensmaster who Squidoo is in love with. The minimum requirement to become a Giant Squid is 50 really great lenses. 50 REALLY GREAT lenses. Original ideas, beautifully executed, that you are proud to put your name to. Once you get to 50+ great lenses you can submit your name to Squidoo HQ by emailing them at giants@squidoo.com. The Single Biggest Reason You Need To Be A Giant Squid: The...

Hey! How’s it going? We’ve all had a few days now living with the new lensmaster profiles. How do you like them? Personally, I LOVe them! We have more control than ever before over what people see when they click on our username, and we even get the whole left sidebar to ourselves. To list links to wherever we like. If you are a weird person and you haven’t seen the changes yet, you...

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