Kalos Eidos: A Kaleidoscope of Digital Art

What’s that you say? What’s Squidoo? I found out about Squidoo through the forums at Zazzle. At Squidoo you can build pages called lenses. These lenses can be about just about any subject you can think of. Many of us Zazzlers build lenses to help promote our galleries, among other things. They’re good for more than just promoting your gallery, though. I’ve done 3 so far, one for my Zazzle gallery, one as an “About Me” page and a third about diabetes.

Squidoo is actually pretty fun to use, and it’s easy to build the lenses. Squidoo is great if you’ve ever wanted do web pages on a particular subject, but don’t have the time, ability or inclination to do an entire website. The lenses are broken up into modules, and there all kinds of modules you can add. They include modules such as:

• Text where you write your own content on the subject your lens is about.
• Link modules where you enter the information on the links you want to include on your lens and it makes a list of links. One, called a Plexo, allows visitors to add links to the list.
• Widget modules on a variety of subjects, such as Random Facts, Homer Simpson quotes, NBA widgets, Talk Bubble, Twitter Follow, and much more.
• Duel is a module where you ask a question and give 2 sides to the answer. Visitors can then debate sides.
• Flicker Photos
• Polls

And the list goes on. The subjects that people have made lenses about are countless! People have done lenses about Zazzle, health related lenses, sports lenses, television, crafts, art, etc. There are even lenses on how to make great lenses! With a few exceptions, if you can think of a topic you can make a lens about it.

Another feature that’s nice is that there is actually the potential to make some money with your lenses. They use Google ads, Amazon modules and the like. You can also designate all or part of any money you make to go to charity, either the Squidoo Charity Fund or one of your choosing from a list. Keep in mind that you won’t make a fortune right off the bat, it will take time to build your lenses traffic enough to make it profitable. I look at it as a bonus, rather than a main focus.

They’ve also teamed up with Twitter for a neat feature called TwttrStrm. You can start a debate amongst your Twitter followers! Ask a question and your followers can respond with their take on your question through Twitter, which is then posted to the TwttrStrm page.

So, head on over and check it out. Whether you want to promote something, or just write about something you love, Squidoo is a great place to do it!

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Mary

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