Shopping on Squidoo http://squidooshop.com All Squidoo All of the Time Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Have You Updated Your New Lensmaster Profile? http://squidooshop.com/have-you-updated-your-new-lensmaster-profile/ http://squidooshop.com/have-you-updated-your-new-lensmaster-profile/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:29 +0000 Bcarter http://squidooshop.com/?p=26 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Have You Updated Your New Lensmaster Profile?", url: "http://squidooshop.com/have-you-updated-your-new-lensmaster-profile/" });]]> Two Days ago, Squidoo introduced the new lensmaster profile. I have made some changes and added some links, but I am definitely far from done.

When you go to edit your profile, you will find all kinds of options for you to add your blog, and another blog, and another blog. Then you may want to add another website. They also have an option where you can add your Twitter profile, (I’m bcarter, look me up), eBay store, and facebook profile. New Left Column of Lensmaster ProfileAll of these special links show up on the left side of your Squidoo profile so you will no longer need to add these links to your profile manually with HTML. In the same section where you add your websites, you will also notice a section to highlight your favorite lenses. These range from the lens you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want to be lens of the day to your favorite movie lens. You can feature your own lenses here or lenses from your favorite lensmasters; that is totally up to you. Captain Squid was going to rent these spaces out for $25 a month, but has since decided against it. He is now having a lens of the week contest to have your lens featured on his sidebar. Visit his blog to find out more information.

Squidoo Profile Right ColumnOn the right side of your profile you will notice that all lensmaster profile pictures have been re-sized. If you are using an over-sized picture to get noticed on other lensmaster profiles, you may want to take a look at how your picture looks here because we may only be seeing a portion of your profile picture. I think this gives everyone an equal change at getting noticed and applaud Squidoo for making this change. Add a lensmaster pic that is minimalistic with a white or loud colored background if you want to stand out. Most lensmaster pics seem to be dark, so a light background will make your pic pop in a sea of darkness.

PJN July PromoThe only gripe that I have about the new lensmaster profile page is the “my bio” portion of the profile is now below the fold. Any links you have here will only be seen by people that scroll down on your profile, so the the “My Bio” section is no longer as valuable as it once was. On my main profile, this won’t be a problem because most of my links were for the blogs that I run which are now featured on my left sidebar. On other profiles, this isn’t as good.

Have you checked out how your profile looks? What do you think about the new layout?

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]]> http://squidooshop.com/have-you-updated-your-new-lensmaster-profile/feed/ Give a Fellow Lensmaster a Little Boost http://squidooshop.com/give-a-fellow-lensmaster-a-little-boost/ http://squidooshop.com/give-a-fellow-lensmaster-a-little-boost/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:07:16 +0000 Bcarter http://squidooshop.com/?p=23 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Give a Fellow Lensmaster a Little Boost", url: "http://squidooshop.com/give-a-fellow-lensmaster-a-little-boost/" });]]> EvolutionI’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but cash earned from a sale on Squidoo seems to give a lens a little boost in lensrank for about a week. Squidoo isn’t just about making money, but it’s also about community and helping others. So, if you’d like to help a fellow lensmaster out next time you’re going to make a purchase at Amazon, or somewhere that Squidoo offers a module, follow these steps.

  1. Find a lensmaster that you like and hopefully they have a lens supporting a charity you like.
  2. Click through one of their Amazon or other Squidoo module links. It doesn’t matter if they have featured the item you are looking for, just click through one of the links.
  3. Find what you are looking for and complete your purchase.
  4. The earnings will show up on the lensmasters dashboard within a couple of days from shipment and they will experience a boost in lensrank for a short period of time and a little extra cash when Squidoo pays out.

That’s all you have to do, it’s simple, easy to do and a way to give back to your favorite lensmaster, charity and the whole community.

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]]> http://squidooshop.com/give-a-fellow-lensmaster-a-little-boost/feed/ When to split a lens http://squidooshop.com/when-to-split-a-lens/ http://squidooshop.com/when-to-split-a-lens/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:38:04 +0000 Bcarter http://squidooshop.com/?p=21 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When to split a lens", url: "http://squidooshop.com/when-to-split-a-lens/" });]]> I’ve been toying with the idea of splitting my Nintendo DS Skins lens into multiple parts for a couple of weeks now. The whole goal of this lens is to make the eBay shopping experience more manageable and as of this morning I have 27 categories of DS Skins on this lens which has made it become quite unmanageable when loading. My biggest fear with splitting this lens is that I’ll be competing with the main lens which is ranked pretty well in Google right now. I think I can overcome this by placing a link for the Pokemon Nintendo DS Skins lens in the table of contents for visitors to click on. If this goes well, I may split the DS Skins lens further, but for now I’m going to experiment with just one new lens and see what pans out. I’ll keep you posted with the results.

Let me know what you think, when do you decide to split a lens?

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