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Squidoo fun has a new home, please come visit us at Thoughts of a Squidoo Lens Author, hope to see you there! I'll be sharing any info I hear about Squidoo, my own lensmastering thoughts, my Squidoo lens creations, and the best lenses I stumble across.

What Can You Make With Duct Tape?

Here's what some Squidoo lensmasters can do:
Make A Duct Tape Wallet (or at least points you in the right direction)
Or how about some Duct Tape Sandals (great set of instructions)
You can do just about anything with Duct tape, Bdkz has a lens with the many many uses of Duct tape.

Then there's Duct Tape Marketing, but we're not going there.

A New Squidoo Ebook by Seth Godin

Seth Godin has produced a free eBook for Squidooers, bloggers, or anyone looking to optimize their website for search engine success. The book is called Money For Nothing (and Your Clicks for Free). Check out Seth's Blog for more detailed information about the book. Maybe you could call it an early Christmas present from Squidoo?

I was intrigued to see a couple new platforms listed on the back page we haven't been able to check out yet, Squidlit, and Squidzippers, which sounds like a local info platform. Sounds like fun!

I was so excited to see my Best Cookies Ever listed in the book. So cool!

And...check out Squidknol! the Squid teams been busy creating all kinds of fun things!

Squidoo Halloween Fun= Squidboo

Have you tried Squidboo yet? Several lensmasters have, and they've created some really cool Halloween lenses. My first attempt at Squidboo is Halloween Tricks or Treats. Which do you prefer for Halloween Tricks or Treats?

Squidboo comes with some pre-fab, pre-populated modules, but it's really simple to make it your own. I just changed the article terms on the Wikipedia modules to "trick or treat" and "Halloween," to better fit my lens, then I added a couple text modules, changed some of the costume modules since the costumes didn't fit my lens theme, and TaaaDaaa! I have a really cool Squidboo lens with the fun Halloween spooky look.

Check out yesterdays lens of the day Pumpkin Carving 101, and today's lens of the day Hairspray Halloween Costumes, both are great examples of Squidboo lenses.

Some other fun Squidboo lenses check out some of these titles:
Disney Villains by BlondeHeroine
What Can You Do With Pumpkin Guts? by Kimberly Dawn Wells
Television Witches Over The Years by Gypsy Pirate
Black Cats Classic Icons of Halloween by Christene

and many, many more.

Once you create your Squidboo lens don't forget to join the Squidboo group.

Squidbids

Have you seen Squidoo’s latest? They've just launched Squidbids. Similar to Squidwho, there are several modules set up for you when you create the page. Keep them if you want, or get rid of them and add your own.

If you’re an eBay seller Squidoo has created this tool just for you. Check out Seth’s Blog post Thinking Outside the eBay Search Box for the full scoop. Promoting your online auctions just got a whole lot easier, and it’s free! What can be better than that?

Thinking Christmas Already? Squidoo Lensmasters Are

I was browsing through the new lenses today (part of my Squidtern fun), and a lens caught my eye. Many new lenses only have a couple modules when they're published, so I don't usually expect to see a complete lens.

The lens that caught my eye was called The Twelve Days of Christmas by hmsweaver. She's assembled a really fun lens based on the song by the same name. It's a cute idea. Check out some of her creative gift ideas. It may inspire you to give someone you love gifts based on the Twelve Days of Christmas.

Don't forget to check out Fresh Squid for daily lens topic ideas.

Squidmercial Update

Thanks to everyone for there great video submissions for the Squidmercial. We received some really interesting submissions. Now we’re sifting through them, sorting out the best of the best, splicing and dicing so we can bring you the final product. Stay tuned!