There is a new Squidoo module for you to test out! Go to edit your lens,  click ‘Add Modules’, click the last ‘A-Z’ tab, then click W. And from the list of modules you will be shown, you can choose ‘Wikipedia’. It allows you simply type in your topic (bagels, or christmas, or wordpress, etc), and the module will pull in the introduction of the article on Wikipedia...

Ok, so I have been asked about 6 million times by people if I can make them a lens. Most offered money (and some didn’t…)! I finally wised up and joined forces with ex-ghostwriter-to-the-gurus now internet-marketing-extraordinaire Tiffany Dow (author of the first ever Squidoo ebook) and together we have launched www.BuildMyLens.com. Tiffany, trained as a journalist and has had a career...

This one is super easy. Adding a poll to your lens. But why would you WANT to add a poll to your lens? For these reasons: To find answers to questions you have about your topic (What’s your favourite color?) To add INTERACTIVITY! To get your visitors to buy something (the ultimate interaction with your lens), you should first try and get them to interact with you and your lens in a smaller way....

If you have nearly 20 rubbish lenses, be worried. Well, I say ‘rubbish’. What I really mean is an ‘unimproved’ lens. An unimproved lens is one of those lenses you have with less than 4 modules. Or that lens you haven’t published yet. Or both. If you have 20 unimproved lenses, you can’t register any more lenses. Until you start improving them. So to avoid this, don’t...

A real-life lens, by it’s very nature, helps focus things. Like the lenses in a microscope, or your glasses, or telescope. A Squidoo lens is no different. Your lens is to focus in on things. Bearing that in mind, you might want to consider unmaxing your lens. What does unmaxing mean? It means unticking a little box hidden on the side of your lens to change the layout from a 3 column clutter...

When I first discovered Squidoo I spent the first few moments on every lens I looked at reading the bio of the lensmaster who made it. I was fascinated. It really was one of the things I read first on a lens. Right after the title. Even before the introduction! Writing a bio specific to each lens is not only good, but essential! Try this: 1. Introduce yourself. 2. Thank them for visiting your lens. 3....