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Squidoo Stats - 24 October 2011

2011-10-24T18:12:00.001-04:00

Number of Lenses in Top 2000: 47 Halloween Magazine Lenses: 12 Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank Coloring Pages for Adults - 20 Clip Art Borders & Frames - 45 Halloween Coloring Pages - 73 Halloween Printables - 100 Peace Coloring - 104 Christmas Clip Art - 186 Masquerade Costumes and Masks - 193 Make Your Own Costumes, Masks and Face Paint - 202 Printable Alphabet Letters - 209 Star Charts:

I missed a stats post ...sigh

2011-10-07T20:12:00.001-04:00

I usually post a Squidoo stats update on or around the 20th of the month on this blog. I did gather my stats, but neglected to get the post out due to a couple pressing family issues. Okay, so that's my excuse ... but I will post my October stats soon and, hopfully, if I can find my saved data I'll also share September for anyone who's interested.

Squidoo Stats - 20 August 2011

2011-08-25T13:04:00.000-04:00

Number of Lenses in Top 2000: 46 Notable Events Purple Star - Fresh Apple Cake Recipe Lens of the Day - Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 26 Coloring Fun for Adults (Adult Coloring Pages) - 53 Peace Coloring - 70 Crafts for Kids: Fiesta Crafts - 95 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 128 (LOTD August 2, 2011) Printable Alphabet Letters - 134 Star

Squidoo Stats - 20 July 2011

2011-07-21T17:32:00.002-04:00

Number of Lenses in Top 2000 - 37 Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank Clip Art Borders - 15 Adult Coloring Fun - 34 Peace Coloring Pages - 61 Pirates Coloring Pages - 106 Printable Alphabet Letters - 131 Wedding Clip Art - 151 Party Games for Adults and Older Kids - 161 Pirate Clip Art - 191 Best Free Coloring Pages Ever - 198 Baby Clip Art - 240 Lowest Ranking Published Lens Rocket Mom

Squidoo Stats - 13 June 2011

2011-06-13T09:42:00.000-04:00

Squidoo Snapshot - 13 June 2011 A big Squid week for me - my Squidoo lensmaster interview was published at SquidooHQ.com on June 10. I share my secrets for Squidoo success in the article, so if you want to know how I build and manage lenses that record stats like those listed below, read the interview! Also this week I took a deep breath and reverse-engineered one of my best lenses to remove

Squidoo Stats - 19 May 2011

2011-05-19T16:40:00.001-04:00

Squidoo Snapshot - 19 May 2011 Number of Lenses in Top 2000 - 45 Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 19 Coloring Fun for Adults - 44 (this one uses the soon-to-deactivate Page Break Module) Peace Coloring - 82 Printable Awards, Certificates, Diplomas - 97 Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 137 Crafts for Kids - Fiesta Crafts - 157 Pirate Clip Art - 225 Fun with Paper Toys - 232

Happy Easter - Another Purple Star!

2011-04-24T11:47:00.000-04:00

I opened my email this morning and discovered the best Easter surprise ever ... Easter Clip Art won a Purple Star award today! Happy Easter!!

Squidoo Stats - 18 April 2011

2011-04-21T09:59:00.040-04:00

My Top Lenses - Lens Rank Number of Lenses in Top 500 - 23 Number of Lenses in Top 1000 -36 Number of Lenses in Top 2000 - 51 Top 10 Lenses Easter Coloring Pages - 34 Clip Art Borders and Frames - 47 Coloring Fun for Adults - 50 Easter Clip Art - 56 Peace Coloring Pages - 89 Best Coloring Ever - 148 BUGS Coloring Pages - 164 Crafts for Kids - Fiesta Crafts - 168 Wedding Clip Art - 186

3 Lens Experiment - Earth Day Crafts, Clip Art, Coloring

2011-04-18T18:48:00.000-04:00

I'm running another lens rank and marketing test, this time with a set of 3 Earth Day creative / craft lenses. I published all 3 lenses almost simultaneously - yes, I worked on all 3 at the same time. Earth Day Coloring has reached Tier 1; Earth Day Crafts is in Tier 2; Earth Day Clip Art and Graphics has a long way to go before climbing from Tier 3. No surprises here. It will be interesting

Squidoo Snapshot

2011-03-29T10:18:00.003-04:00

Lots of discussion this week around the new Lens Progress Bar in the Squidoo workshop panel. Many lensmasters are grumbling about the requirement for a lens to have 20 SquidLikes (thumbs up clicks by Squidoo members) in order to be considered "100%" complete. The change has triggered plenty of forum action as well as Twitter comments and some very creative lenses. I'm not concerned about the 92%

Jazz Up Your Lens, Blog or Web Site with Google Fonts

2011-03-29T09:57:00.000-04:00

Here'a peek under the hood (it's an easy lesson, I assure you) on how to manipulate your styles a bit to use Google's online fonts for free.

Squidoo Stats - 19 March 2011

2011-03-19T20:26:00.001-04:00

My Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank - Lensmaster: Pastiche Number of Lenses in Top 500 - 20 Number of Lenses in Top 1000 - 35 Number of Lenses in Top 2000 - 49 Clip Art Borders - 35 St. Patrick's Day Fun for Everyone - 50 (LOTD March 17) St. Patrick's Day Coloring Printables - 61 St. Patrick's Day Clip Art - 63 Adult Coloring Pages - 79 Peace Coloring Pages and Activities - 85 Easter Coloring Pages

March Madness - 3.1459 ........

2011-03-07T14:54:00.000-05:00

March has 3 very cool holidays that I really enjoy celebrating. Until this week, however, I hadn't made a lens for the one that's closest to my geeky heart: Pi Day. The oversight is now officially corrected. I just published Celebrate Pi Day 3.14 - Mad March Holiday 4 Geeks at Squidoo. It's a bit of nerdy history and math, and a whole lot of fun for adults or kids. Add your favorite pie recipes,

More Angel Wings

2011-02-21T10:21:00.000-05:00

I'm sporting Squidoo angel wings again. My first angel assignment was in October, 2001 and I flew around the entire community blessing great lenses for about 3 weeks. Now I'm a neighborhood angel for Arts & Design in the sub-category Clip Art. I'm also the angel for the Coloring topic under Hobbies & Games. I've been visiting lenses in both official neighborhoods and I've also discovered some

Squidoo Stats - 21 Feb 2011

2011-02-21T10:00:00.003-05:00

My Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank (Lensmaster: Pastiche) Clip Art Borders - 50 Coloring Fun for Adults - 51 Crafts for Kids - Valentine Crafts - 67 Peace Coloring - 73 Valentine Coloring Pages - 101 Valentine Clip Art - 153 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 219 Pirates Coloring - 235 Best Coloring Ever - 244 Gift Coupons to Print - 274 Number of Lenses in top 500 - 19 Number of Lenses in top 1000 - 35

Squidoo Stats - 21 January 2011

2011-01-21T18:28:00.002-05:00

It's been months since I posted samples of my Squidoo stats. Since there've been so many changes to the system over the past year I thought it would be interesting to pull a snapshot of my lens rank stats and compare them to my Squidoo stats from a year ago. My Top 10 Lenses - Lens Rank (Lensmaster: Pastiche) Coloring Fun for Adults - 57 Clip Art Borders & Frames - 69 Peace Coloring - 82 Star

Lens Rank Normalized Once Again

2011-01-21T17:19:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling a bit of relief about my lens's ranking this week. It seems my hypothesis about the new topics and subtopics causing a shakeup in the overall rankings was partly correct, but there were other odd factors (Angel clusters ..) that resulted in a few days of chaos and lensmaster tentacle-wringing. Thanks to Squidoo HQ, the tangles have been resolved, the Angels are not so clustered and

Knocked off the Hill Top

2011-01-16T14:25:00.000-05:00

I just have to post a few more words about the new Squidoo categories. For my lenses, they don't seem to be so helpful in the short term. I've got several lenses that were consistently in the top 100 that are now falling, falling, falling. They're still Tier 1, but I think they're getting reshuffled and pushed down partly because the categories they're now in are displayed lower on the Squidoo

New Year, New Squid Stuff

2011-01-04T13:44:00.001-05:00

Squidoo launched a few changes for the new year and so far I like what I'm finding. Categories are all renewed, and sub-topics are now available within each group. There's still a bit of refinement going on based on feedback and suggestions/gripes from lensmasters who are faced with the task of putting each and every lens into a new, improved Squidoo topical category. I have 180 lenses, but

Sorry for the Hiatus

2010-12-12T09:21:00.000-05:00

I meant to post. I really did. But life comes first and it's been demanding my full attention for the past 2 months. I spent a hectic month as a first time Squid Angel. I blessed hundreds of great lenses and met almost as many great new lensmasters. I've got plans to document all my blessings as part of my New Year celebration on Squidoo. Watch for my Squidoo Angel experience lens on Squidoo

I'm Flying at Squidoo

2010-10-07T10:29:00.000-04:00

I'm a Squid Angel I finally got most of my email caught up and discovered a lovely message: I'm an official Squid Angel for the next month or so. I'm visiting as many lenses as possible each day. If you've got a lens you feel is worthy and needs a little uplift, let me know ...

Running to Catch Up

2010-10-04T17:16:00.001-04:00

I'm buried in comments that need to be reviewd at Squidoo, and my email inboxes are bursting ... all because I took a vacation and left the laptop at home. Yeah, a real vacation! I considered buying a Netbook or making my phone a little smarter, but at the last minute I decided to let it all rest and now I'm working double-time to catch up. So, having just returned from a one week vacation below

Squidoo Stats - 15 September 2010

2010-09-20T11:14:00.001-04:00

Lenses in Squidoo Top 500 - 23 Lenses in Squidoo Top 2000 - 47 My Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Coloring Fun for Adults - 45 Peace Coloring - 67 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 70 Best Coloring Ever - 158 Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 168 Wedding Clip Art - 172 Make Your Own Costumes, Masks and Fce Paint - 230 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 259 Baby Clip Art - 263 Pirate Clip Art and

Squidoo Payout Hits a New High Level

2010-09-16T09:03:00.007-04:00

Yes, I do - make money with Squidoo I'm happy to report my earnings for July are the highest I've ever achieved on Squidoo. Although I'm certain I'm not the top Squid-earner, hitting 4 figures in the payout column certainly makes me smile and say thanks again for the fun and opportunities. Squidoo is not only good for the creative spirit, it's helping to fund our retirement home in the green

I See Monsters on Squidoo

2010-09-13T11:51:00.001-04:00

I'm still getting used to the changes at Squidoo - the new look, the new point system, and the monsters ... I kinda like the cute little critters even though I haven't figured them all out yet. I'm up to level 29 without trying, just by doing what I do every day - visiting lenses, making comments, Like-ing on Squidoo and Facebook and building new content of my own. I guess all this point

Sunshine Award Winner: Extreme Makeover in My Community

2010-08-26T07:22:00.000-04:00

I was thrilled to learn about a recent Extreme Makeover: Home Edition event happening near my home this summer. I'm even more excited that my lens about the event just won a Squidoo Sunshine Charity Award. I found out about the project and program coming to town too late to be a volunteer, but I had plenty of time to create a special charity lens about it for the Squidoo Sunshine Awards

Fabulous Easy Paper Crafts

2010-08-23T11:46:00.001-04:00

I'm starting to plan for my holiday craft sessions, starting next week for Halloween. Found lots of ideas and free printables for my lenses and created a compilation at Fabulous Easy Paper Crafts.

Squidoo Stats - 22 August 2010

2010-08-23T11:43:00.000-04:00

20 Lenses in Squidoo Top 500 43 Lenses in Squidoo Top 2000 My Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 18 Coloring Fun for Adults - 43 Peace Coloring - 58 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 98 Best Coloring Ever - 107 Wedding Clip Art - 166 Baby Clip Art - 169 Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 172 Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 177 Fairy Coloring Pages - 240 Pastiche's

Taking Stock and Giving Back

2010-08-17T16:55:00.000-04:00

I just ran a quick check on my charity donations at Squidoo to see how my sharing breaks down. I automatically donate 10 percent of my earnings from every payout to charity on almost every lens I create. I've also built 14 lenses that are 100% charity; they range in ranking from 207 to 130,348 (today's stats). That's quite a spread ... let's see how they stack up. Pastiche's Charity Lenses -

It's My SquidVersary! 3 Years Today ...

2010-08-12T13:05:00.000-04:00

It's been 3 years today since I first joined Squidoo. I thought it would take somewhere close to forever to create my first 50 lenses - and qualify for Giant Squid status. It took me just under a year. Now I have 156 active lenses, and I'm a Giant Squid 100 Club member, too. 156 divided by 3 = 52 lenses per year (averaged). That's a lens a week - and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Some weeks

Extreme Home Makeover In My Neighborhood

2010-08-04T13:20:00.001-04:00

I created a second 100% charity lens this week for Squidoo Sunshine Awards. I built a local lens about a big event taking place in the community where I live. It just seemed like a natural fit for Squidoo - a community with a wonderful culture of helping charities. I created Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Berks County to showcase the local effort behind this episode of the television program

Build a Lens for Squidoo Sunshine Charity Award

2010-07-28T14:38:00.000-04:00

I finally finished the lens I've been building to benefit the Squidoo Sunshine Award Charity program - Race Cars Coloring Pages. If you follow my work at Squidoo, you know I write mainly about arts and crafts, particularly coloring book printables and clip art. This lens was a work of the heart for many reasons: I love cars and I draw pictures all the time. So does my grandson who's just 3 years

Squidoo Stats - 22 July 2010

2010-07-22T17:07:00.000-04:00

Lenses in Top 500 today: 17 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 39 Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 11 Coloring Fun for Adults - 38 Peace Coloring - 54 Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 95 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 133 Wedding Clip Art - 147 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 160 Best Coloring Ever - 162 Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 169 Baby Clip Art - 241 New Lenses -

Thanks for the Lens!

2010-07-21T13:09:00.000-04:00

I recently adopted a Squidoo lens from a fellow lensmaster. She reserved the URL awhile ago but then decided she didn't want to develop the lens. My niches are clip art, crafts, green living and coloring books, so a Jack O Lantern coloring pages lens was a perfect match for me. Yesterday I pulled together the initial content and it was ready for its first publish. Still not greenlighted, and I'm

Nifty Tech - Can You Find me Now?

2010-07-13T12:34:00.000-04:00

I don't have a smart phone with cool new browser tech. But if I did, I'd be able to check this cool QR Code and verify where it lands. First person to comment with the correct link they land on from this product bar code gets a free tee shirt ...

Another Purple Star - Kids Crafts Lensography

2010-07-07T14:05:00.000-04:00

It's so cool to get the email telling you a lens you created and love earned a Purple Star award. It's a great way to start off the month ... and I'm thrilled that my Crafts for Kids Lensography has a new purple star and Squid Angel blessings. Not to mention ... I needed some incentive to get back to work on my WIP lenses.

Squidoo Stats - 25 June 2010

2010-06-25T15:32:00.000-04:00

Lenses in Top 500 today: 17 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 39 Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 18 Coloring Fun for Adults - 33 Peace Coloring Pages - 73 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Kids - 107 Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 127 Printable Awards, Certificates and Diplomas - 132 Wedding Clip Art - 162 Best Coloring Ever - 180 Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 196 Baby Clip Art

New Lenses - Craft Fairs and Festivals

2010-06-17T16:11:00.000-04:00

My latest set of lenses is about the best craft fairs in New England. I'm working on focused lenses for each of the states; so far I've published the New Hampshire Crafts Festivals lens. Next week the other states should get from WIP to published, just in time for your vacation day trips and plans.

I've been lax on this blog - spring does that to me

2010-06-17T16:07:00.000-04:00

I made a decision in March to not focus on my Squidoo stats, intending to post monthly. Well, it's been almost 3 months, so I guess I'm posting quarterly snapshots. After Father's Day I'll post the latest stats from my lenses. It's good ... I'm just really busy with gardens and grandkids and, well, life.

A New Advertising Frontier for Affiliate Marketers: TV Ads?

2010-06-14T15:02:00.000-04:00

A New Advertising Frontier for Affiliate Marketers: TV Ads?

Squidoo Stats - 21 March 2010

2010-03-26T12:22:00.001-04:00

I've decided to change my stats posting frequency to a monthly snapshot instead of posting weekly. Lenses in Top 500 today: 22 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 39 Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 15 Coloring Fun for Adults - 31 Peace Coloring - 34 Easter Clip Art - 46 Star Charts: Reward Charts, Chore Charts for Kids - 77 St. Patrick's Day Coloring - 84 Easter Coloring

Purple Star Passions

2010-03-26T09:16:00.001-04:00

It seems I'm seeing stars again. No, not from a hit on the head or recovery from anesthesia ... my seasonal lens, Easter Coloring Pages, won a Giant Squid Purple Star Award this week. This is my sixth Purple Star Award, and the second award for Easter Coloring Pages. Two years ago this same lens was named Lens of the Day.

Error - My Bad Code ( Kudos for Squidoo Staff!)

2010-03-25T14:49:00.002-04:00

I have to say right up front that I should have known better. I broke my lens by breaking my own rules ... but all is well now. I've been writing code in SDML, SGML, HTML, and XML for more than two decades. I know quite a bit about syntax and I should be able to write simple HTML and CSS without errors. But I got snagged by my own mess this week and it wasn't pretty. I ended up creating havoc in

Sidebar Widgets - Way Cool!

2010-03-22T13:22:00.004-04:00

Squidoo added some new lens layout toys for me to play with this week - Sidebar Widgets. We can use them to feature related content and products iin the right hand column, snugged up under our profile block. I added some to Star Charts, Chore Charts for Children over the weekend and I really like the way they enhance the lens. The new sidebar widgets provide lensmasters with yet another way to

Dean Kamen, Science Rock Star

2010-02-23T10:18:00.000-05:00

If you've seen the CNN Dr. Gupta stories this week about the amazing new prosthetic device, a highly functional robotic arm, you may have learned about the man behind the technology, Dean Kamen. I'm kind of a geek and a fan of practical technology, so a few months ago I created a Squidoo SquidWHO profile lens about Dr. Kamen. You should check out Dean Kamen - he's smart, he's generous, he's hip

Another Purple Star Award

2010-02-23T10:04:00.000-05:00

I'm doing a little happy dance today. My favorite lens, Coloring Fun for Adults, earned a Purple Star Award this week. These awards for excellence are given only to Giant Squids at Squidoo (I'm a Giant Squid 100 member - I've built more than 100 quality lenses since I joined in August, 2007.) All Giant Squids are eligible to win Purple Star Awards, selected by the Giant Squid Organizers who get

Squidoo Stats - 13 February 2010

2010-02-21T17:18:00.000-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today:5 Lenses in Top 500 today:24 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 47 Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 13 Coloring Fun for Adults - 35 Peace Coloring - 54 Crafts for Kids - Valentine's Day - 74 Best Coloring Ever - 79 Valentine Clip Art - 105 Valentine Coloring Pages - 107 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 113 Valentine Crafts and Gifts - 114

Best Ever Squidoo Earnings

2010-02-12T08:33:00.000-05:00

The royalties report for December 2009 are posted on Squidoo lensmaster pages, and mine shows my highest ever earnings since I started building lenses in August 2007. I've got better than 130 active lenses now, and have several under development. My best performers are in my niche categories related to family, crafts and DIY. Here's hoping I can break four figures in the first quarter of 2010!

Squidoo Stats - 7 February 2010

2010-02-08T08:36:00.001-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today: 4 Lenses in Top 500 today: 20 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 44 Pastiche's Top 10 Lenses Today Clip Art Borders and Frames - 8 Coloring Fun for Adults - 38 Peace Coloring - The Color of Peace - 49 Crafts for Kids - Valentine's Day Crafts - 82 Valentine Clip Art - 107 Valentine Coloring Pages - 119 Valentine Crafts and Gifts You Can Make - 132 Star Charts: Chore Charts,

Seen and Noted

2010-02-02T12:53:00.002-05:00

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. -- A.A. Milne

Squidoo Stats - 26 January 2010

2010-01-26T12:14:00.003-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today: 3 Lenses in Top 500 today: 19 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 39 Pastiche's Top 10 Lenses Today - lensrank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 4 (highest rank ever reached by this lens) Peace Coloring - The Color of Peace - 29 Coloring Fun for Adults - 78 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 111 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 153 Best Coloring Ever - 171 Crafts for Kids - Valentine's

Squidoo Stats - 18 January 2010

2010-01-24T17:32:00.001-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today: 2 Lenses in Top 500 today: 16 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 39 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 8 Peace Coloring - The Color of Peace - 32 Coloring Fun for Adults - 104 Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 136 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 201 Best Coloring Ever - 241 Fairy Coloring Pages - 250 Baby Clip Art - 258 Wedding Clip Art - 353

Squidoo Stats - 4 January 2010

2010-01-19T16:26:00.000-05:00

It's a brand new Squidoo year ... Lenses in Top 100 today: 4 Lenses in Top 500 today: 14 Lenses in Top 2000 today: 37 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 11 Christmas Crafts - 59 Peace Coloring - The Color of Peace - 75 Coloring Fun for Adults - 90 Christmas Clip Art - 127 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 134 Best Coloring Ever - 166 Fairy Coloring Pages - 248 Christmas

New Year Squidoo Lens Checkup

2010-01-04T09:56:00.000-05:00

Bonnie (bdkz) recently published a 5-point list of 2010 tips for Giant Squids focused on New Year lens gallery cleanup. I'm reposting a condensed version here to share the basics of her 5 tips because, well, whether you have 100 or 10 lenses, the advice is excellent. Let's all strive to keep content king on Squidoo, and make sure no lenses become stale or off-putting to readers. 5 Squidoo Lens

Squidoo Stats- December 27, 2009

2010-01-02T12:40:00.002-05:00

Pastiche currently has 127 published lenses (plus 5 WIP lenses) on Squidoo. Lenses in Top 100 today - 6 Lenses in Top 500 today - 18 Lenses in Top 2000 today - 30 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 13 Christmas Crafts - 16 Peace Coloring - 60 Christmas Clip Art - 62 Coloring Fun for Adults - 85 Christmas Coloring Fun - 87 Christmas Printables - 117 Best Coloring

Pop Goes the SERP - Bing Yahoo Google

2009-12-30T22:40:00.002-05:00

If you're watching traffic inbound rates on your blog, web site or other online content site, you may have noticed that Bing is starting to outrun Yahoo for search engine results leading to your pages. It's not about to reach or overtake Google, but it's gaining market share and on some of my sites it's knocking Yahoo down to 3rd place. That's interesting to note if you serve up ads that monetize

The List of Top Rated Squidoo Lensmasters

2009-12-23T11:51:00.003-05:00

If you're interested in a who's who in the Squidoo community, visit this lens to see a dynamic (continually updated) list of the top 100 Top Rated Squidoo Lensmasters. It's compiled by thefluffanutta's tool site at SquidUtils; data comes from star ratings on all lenses of participating lensmasters. So next time you're visiting any lens, take 1 minute or less to rate it - it's a community thing

2009 Giant Squid Award Winners

2009-12-22T09:04:00.000-05:00

The votes are in and the winning lenses in the 2009 Giant Squid Awards have been announced. Congratulations to the winning lensmasters in each voting category and to all the nominees!

Squidoo Stats - December 21, 2009

2009-12-21T14:06:00.003-05:00

Pastiche currently has 126 published lenses (1 WIP lens) on Squidoo. Lenses in Top 100 today - 6 Lenses in Top 500 today - 22 Lenses in Top 2000 today - 36 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 11 Christmas Crafts - 20 Christmas Clip Art - 41 Christmas Coloring Fun - 63 Peace Coloring - 64 Coloring Fun for Adults - 81 Christmas Printables - 107 Christmas Paper Crafts -

Shameless Self Congratulations

2009-12-18T17:02:00.001-05:00

I love Squidoo. I like creating and marketing my lenses. I like the community. I like the concept. And yeah, I like the royalties. Most of all I like the feeling of success when I get a lens into the top 100. This week Squidoo has been making me smile despite last minute holiday stress and having a far too long to-do list. Why? It's been a good week. I got the biggest royalty payment I've ever

Squidoo Step by Step

2009-12-18T16:48:00.002-05:00

If you're a successful lensmaster or want to become one, you owe it to yourself to download a free copy of the new Squidoo Step by Step Guide Book created by TenFinity Group. It's just out, and it's an easy read, chock full of tips and lessons for building, promoting and making money from Squidoo lenses. The authors are all respected, successful Squidoo lensmasters who've put their learnings

Squidoo 2009 Giant Squid Awards

2009-12-15T14:02:00.001-05:00

What a holiday treat! One of my lenses is a Giant Squid Awards 2009 nominee for the Best Crafty Lens of 2009 - please visit the 2009 Giant Squid Awards lens and vote for your favorite nominated lens in all the nifty categories. I'd be honored and thrilled if you vote for my lens, Christmas Crafts - in the Crafty Lens category. Anyone can vote, so spread the word and cast your votes!

Squidoo Stats, 14 December 2009

2009-12-15T13:39:00.004-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today - 5 Lenses in Top 500 today - 21 Lenses in Top 2000 today - 38 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 9 Christmas Crafts - 13 Christmas Clip Art - 39 Peace Coloring - 58 Christmas Coloring Fun - 69 Coloring Fun for Adults - 109 Christmas Printables - 125 Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses - 196 Christmas Paper Crafts - 199 Printable Greeting Cards - 229

Christmas Lens Lessons

2009-12-10T15:47:00.002-05:00

The road to Squidoo success has a lot to do with timing and connectedness. To get to the top tier your lens must generate traffic and must attract links, tweets and shares to create community and a tribe of fans or followers. Creating and marketing a niche lens that's highly seasonal takes some planning and creative posting. My 2009 Christmas lens experiment offers a chance to illustrate fast

"Google Money" Scammers - Google Fights Fraud

2009-12-08T10:56:00.005-05:00

If you're trying to make a living online, you've probably encountered ads or received email offering instant success secrets for making high income with various programs, most notably Google. I've been an Adsense publisher for years - and it's not an instant-overnight process. It takes time and effort to get good results using any marketing strategy. Google and Squidoo can teach you the basics

Squidoo Stats, 7 December 2009

2009-12-07T15:02:00.006-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today - 5 Lenses in Top 500 today - 23 Lenses in Top 2000 today - 38 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 8 Christmas Crafts - 21 (purple star lens, nominated for Giant Squid 2009 Award, Crafty Lenses) Peace Coloring - 47 Christmas Clip Art - 53 Christmas Coloring Fun - 95 Christmas Printables - 147 Coloring Fun for Adults - 173 (this lens is now

Squidoo Stats, 30 November 2009

2009-11-30T16:43:00.000-05:00

Lenses in Top 100 today - 5 Lenses in Top 500 today - 15 Lenses in Top 2000 today - 37 Today's Top 10 Lenses - lens rank Clip Art Borders & Frames - 26 Christmas Crafts - 43 (purple star lens, nominated for Giant Squid 2009 Award, Crafty Lenses) Peace Coloring - 73 Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids - 77 Christmas Clip Art - 82 Coloring Fun for Adults - 119 Christmas Coloring Fun - 172 Best Coloring

Gift Suggestions from My Zazzle Store

2009-11-25T08:19:00.001-05:00

Squidoo Stats, 23 November 2009

2009-11-24T14:29:00.006-05:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - Lenses in top 500 today - 14 Lenses in top 100 today - 4 My Top 10 Lenses Clip Art Borders & Frames - 27 Christmas Crafts for the Whole Family - 63 Christmas Clip Art - 91 Coloring Fun for Adults - 97 Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids - 126 Christmas Coloring Fun - 136 Peace Coloring - 138 Make Your Own Costumes, Masks, Face Paint - 284 Best Coloring Ever - 291 Star

Squidoo Stats, 16 November 2009

2009-11-23T11:11:00.004-05:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 39Lenses in top 500 today - 19Lenses in top 100 today - 4Top 10 Lenses - lens rankClip Art Borders & Frames - 44Christmas Crafts - 68Coloring Fun for Adults - 81Christmas Clip Art - 93Christmas Coloring Fun - 113Peace Coloring - 129Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids - 146Make Your Own Costumes, Masks - 165Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 219Star Charts: Reward Charts - 252Newly

Squidoo Stats, 2 November 2009

2009-11-23T10:53:00.004-05:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 42Lenses in top 500 today - 22Lenses in top 100 today - 4Top 10 Lenses - lens rankMake Your Own Costumes, Masks, Face Paint - 11Halloween Coloring Printables - 31Clip Art Borders & Frames - 44Coloring Fun for Adults - 82Peace Coloring - 129Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 183Halloween Clip Art - 186Christmas Clip Art - 187Star Charts: Reward Charts - 224Halloween Printables

Accidental Celebrity

2009-11-22T10:50:00.008-05:00

Each week (approximately, life sometimes takes precedence) I post my top lens stats on this lens. I have no guarded secrets to success, and I don't write regularly about my strategy. I just do what works - and it happens to be the same tips for success that Seth and Megan and countless others share on Squidoo. Write about what you know and have passion for, then promote it responsibly.Well,

Squidoo Stats, 25 October 2009

2009-10-26T16:53:00.001-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 40Lenses in top 500 today - 20Lenses in top 100 today - 3Top 10 Lenses - lens rankColoring Books and Clip Art are my Squidoo niches, and they' re among my most popular lenses out the the 120 publishes lenses I've built since August 2007.Halloween Coloring Printables - 54Coloring Fun for Adults - 56 (special test: multipage lens ...)Clip Art Borders & Frames - 61Peace

Squidoo Stats, 18 October 2009

2009-10-20T09:49:00.004-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 39Lenses in top 500 today - 17Lenses in top 100 today - 4Top 10 Lenses - lens rankHalloween Coloring Printables - 47Clip Art Borders & Frames - 59 (purple star award winner)Adult Coloring - 60Peace Coloring - 78Make Your Own Costumes, Masks - 106Star Charts: Reward Charts for Children - 165Best Coloring Ever - 194Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 201Baby Shower Clip Art -

Updated Stats

2009-10-18T18:07:00.005-04:00

I've been a bit lax about posting my Squidoo stats. For those of you who visit this lens just for that reason, I apologize. Rest assured my lenses are doing well, in fact I've been swamped with Squidoo work and web site duties for the past 2 months, hence the neglect to posting the data on this blog.I've also been busy with designing baby shower graphics, invitations and making favors plus

Squidoo Stats

2009-09-24T09:45:00.004-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 38Lenses in top 500 today - 14Lenses in top 100 today - 3My Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 20Peace Coloring - 40Coloring Fun for Adults - 76Star Charts: Reward Charts, Chore Charts for Home or Classroom - 105Best Coloring Ever - 167Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 170Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 180Wedding Clip Art - 212Masquerade Costumes and Masks - 225Baby

Another Purple Star!

2009-09-11T09:02:00.004-04:00

The nicest things happen when you go on vacation. You have fun, you rest and renew, and you get surprises. Although I fret about my Squidoo work, my web sites and keeping up with my email and creative work, I do make myself take some R&R a couple times a year.This summer Doug and I had a dandy vacation "back home" (for me, anyway) in New England to celebrate our 7th anniversary. It was a perfect

AdSense Fakery

2009-08-21T09:59:00.003-04:00

One of the program rules for Adsense publishers is that you keep your earnings private. Yes, you aren't allowed to reveal how much you make with Adsense as a direct publisher.Nevertheless, some overly-agressive marketing types will try to sell a book or course about how to make money with Google by showing you impressively tempting earnings stats. Well, Chef Keem has a written post that shows you

Seeing Stars - Purple Stars, That Is

2009-08-21T09:47:00.002-04:00

This summer I've been thinking about my next home - my retirement home - and it inspired me to create a new Squidoo lens about building an Eco-Friendly Tiny Home. It was a fun and fast lens for me because I've researched and lived the tiny home/sustainable building lifestyle for decades. Some lenses are real work, and others just flow - that's the hum you get inside your head when you create a

Extreme Social Media Tips

2009-08-11T11:07:00.000-04:00

Tags and Keywords

2009-08-11T08:39:00.004-04:00

There's plenty of buzz about tags and tag pages right now in the Squidoo community.Tags are an integral part of any Squidoo lens. The primary tag is the most important, and choosing it takes some thought. Tag pages collect keywords assigned to a lens through the tags list and organize them by rank on a tag page. Each entry on a tag page is also linked back to its respective lens. This makes

I Like Pictures - More Photo Ops in Squidoo

2009-08-07T17:19:00.005-04:00

I just added a new links plexo to my Squidoo Summer School lensography and noticed that the links plexo module now has an option to add a photo to spiff it up. Nice feature - I added one of my clip art graphics: a graduation cap, of course.If you're a Squidoo Giant or Rocket Mom graduating from 2009 Summer School, add your lensography of Summer School lenses to the plexo.

Squidoo Stats, 26 July 2009

2009-07-30T11:42:00.005-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 25Lenses in top 500 today - 11Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 65Coloring Fun for Adults - 67Peace Coloring - 140Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 172Best Coloring Ever - 198Baby Clip Art - 210Star Charts: Reward Charts - 212Wedding Clip Art - 224Wedding Coloring Books - 287Fairy Coloring Pages - 305

Squidoo Stats, 19 July 2009

2009-07-21T13:03:00.006-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 28Lenses in top 500 today - 13Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 43Coloring Fun for Adults - 52Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 141Baby Clip Art - 147Wedding Clip Art - 155Peace Coloring - 156Best Coloring Ever - 175Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 195Reward Charts & Chore Charts - 231Fairy Coloring Pages - 319Giant Squid Summer Session

Squidoo Stats, 13 July 2009

2009-07-15T14:32:00.003-04:00

Lenses in top 2000 today - 26Lenses in top 500 today - 16Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 34Coloring Fun for Adults - 44Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 124Baby Clip Art - 128 Peace Coloring - 130Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 133Wedding Clip Art - 151Star Charts: Reward Charts for Kids - 168Best Coloring Ever - 172Fairy Coloring Pages - 23Learn to Squidoo - Squidoo

Homework Finished

2009-07-15T14:27:00.003-04:00

I'm caught up with my homework for Squidoo Giants Summer Session. I'm working on my how to lens this week. Got a couple more days to polish it up and turn it in before our next assignment comes out.This week I finished up two lenses:Acknowledgment Lens: Meet My Web Mentor, Nancy HoftPrecious Possession Lens: My Steamer Trunk

Squidoo Stats, 5 July 2009

2009-07-07T13:44:00.003-04:00

Total WIP Lenses: 3Total Featured Lenses: 103Lenses in top 2000 today - 26Lenses in top 500 today - 16Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 40Coloring Fun for Adults - 51Peace Coloring - 129Pirate Clip Art - 140Baby Clip Art - 152Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 167Fairy Coloring Pages - 190Wedding Clip Art - 198Best Coloring Books and Printables Ever - 201Printable

Giant Squids 100 Club

2009-07-03T14:10:00.005-04:00

Earlier this year, I set a goal to build 100 quality lenses before my 2nd Squidoo anniversary (I've been a member of Squidoo since August 12 2007) and then apply for Giant Squid 100 membership.Thanks to the push I got from Squidoo Rocket Moms and a few bursts of new topic inspiration, I finished more than 100 lenses before the June 30 Squidoo Giants 100 deadline so I sent in my application

Squidoo Stats, 29 June 2009

2009-07-02T13:26:00.004-04:00

Total WIP Lenses: 0Total Featured Lenses: 103Lenses in top 2000 today - 30Lenses in top 500 today - 17Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesClip Art Borders & Frames - 49Coloring Fun for Adults - 79Baby Shower Clip Art - 121Peace Coloring - 129Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 163Printable Awards, Certificates - 174Printable Greeting Cards - 185Wedding Clip Art - 197Best Coloring Ever - 210Pirate

June Chaos

2009-06-29T10:07:00.002-04:00

I've been a busy Squid this month, working on updating each of my lenses (more than 100 now) to use new templates-plus adding new content. I'm enrolled in Squidoo Giants Summer Camp so I'm building at least one new lens every week.I tried out for the Giants 100 Club this quarter. New members will be announced after June 30.

On the Road

2009-06-23T12:47:00.002-04:00

I'm taking a hiatus from reporting this week to enjoy the summer weather in New England (rain, rain, more rain).

100 Squid Angel Blessings

2009-06-18T16:30:00.006-04:00

Squidoo Squid Angel Kim Giancaterino celebrated her 250th lens (I'm not even halfway there yet ...) with a Day of 100 Squid Angel Blessings.Thanks, Kim for the Angel kiss and lens feature to Baby Clip Art & Pregnancy Graphics.

Big Deal Friday!

2009-06-12T08:39:00.004-04:00

Today there's a lot going on in Squidoo land.The new SquidThemes lens styles go live, the Giant Squid Summer Camp kicks off, the Rocket Moms are winding up week 1 of session 2, the latest Purple Star lenses have been announced and the new Pay Day screen is up!Got a Squidoo tech or marketing lens? Add it to the plexo at Squidoo Tech Stew.

Squidoo Stats, 8 June 2008

2009-06-08T10:36:00.005-04:00

Total WIP Lenses: 0Total Featured Lenses: 101Lenses in top 2000 today - 30Lenses in top 500 today - 16Lenses in top 100 today - 3Top 10 LensesPeace Coloring - 63Coloring Fun for Adults - 67Clip Art Borders & Frames - 75Wedding Clip Art - 137Pirates Coloring & Crafts - 151Printable Awards, Certificates - 174Baby Clip Art - 179Pirate Clip art and Graphics - 185Printable Greeting Cards - 230Best

Rocket Moms Graduation

2009-06-01T12:06:00.003-04:00

I made it!I finally made it to a graduation on time - and even finished more than the required courses.My Rocket Mom ProjectsMeet the Rocket Mom Graduating Class

Squidoo Stats, 1 June 2009

2009-06-01T10:22:00.007-04:00

Total WIP Lenses: 0Total Featured Lenses: 101Lenses in top 2000 today - 27Lenses in top 500 today - 13Lenses in top 100 today - 3Top 10 LensesColoring Fun for Adults - 54 Peace Coloring - 73Clip Art Borders & Frames - 94Baby Clip Art - 165Wedding Clip Art - 192Star Charts for Kids - 216Pirates Coloring - 222Best Coloring Ever - 256Pirate Clip Art and Graphics - 261Printable Awards, Certificates,

100 Lenses for Pastiche

2009-05-27T13:39:00.005-04:00

I published lens #100 today: Sixties Memories - Woodstock Nation.The lens has a bit of history in the form of videos about the turbulent decade, but it's not a true historical feature lens. It's historic for me, however, because I'm a boomer, my high school class graduated in 1969 and this is my 100th Squidoo lens.Sixties Memories - Woodstock Nation isn't greenlighted yet- don't ask me why. I

Squidoo Stats, 24 May 2009

2009-05-27T09:54:00.004-04:00

Total WIP Lenses: 2Total Featured Lenses: 98Lenses in top 2000 today - 31Lenses in top 500 today - 16Lenses in top 100 today - 2Top 10 LensesPeace Coloring - 77Coloring Fun for Adults - 79Clip Art Borders & Frames - 140Star Charts for Kids - 151Wedding Clip Art - 182Best Coloring Ever - 223Baby Clip Art - 225Printable Awards, Certificates & Diplomas - 286Make Your Own Costumes, Masks - 300Pirates

Looking for a few good Moms (or Grandmothers)

2009-05-24T14:37:00.005-04:00

The first session of Squidoo Rocket Moms is nearly complete. Sixty women - moms of all ages from around the globe - who like to write and build great lenses on Squidoo have been building lenses and community for the past 6 weeks. I was thrilled to be invited to join the inaugural Rocket Moms team, and it's been wonderfully fun. Being a Squidoo Rocket Mom gave me plenty of incentive to create 6

SEO - Let's Get Small

2009-05-18T13:24:00.005-04:00

I've been online a long time ... and I've got some SEO miles on my surfometer. I've been doing SEO since 1997 and it's been an interesting evolutionary ride. Longevity online has its advantages, but nobody who wants success in e-media marketing can sit still for long or they'll be left behind.It almost boggles the mind how many places one can drop notes, links and articles these days. I've just