October 28th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 1 Comment »
Well, my last post here urged me to get my butt behind keyboard and make lens! So, I published my first lens since becoming Giant Squid: Christmas Music Box! And thanks to all of you who already came by and visited!
I was busy with Fresh Squids and making lens so I haven’t updated this blog… But it’s never to late to say THANKS, is it? So, THANK YOU KATINKA aka SPIRITUALITY for asking for interview and for publishing on your blog: thank you lensmaster - squidoo reviews!
I decided to make myself kind of schedule of my activities on Squidoo, so I’ll update Fresh Squid News blog 3 times per week, approve members to Fresh Squid group 3 times per week also, ‘fish’ Fresh Squids daily around SquidU, fan clubs, comment entries when reading other people lenses… This blog will be updated as I see fit, better said when I have something to write about… 
BTW, I’ll stop putting here daily stats and only put one at the end of the month so I know where I stand…. And I’ll try my best to make at least one lens per week!
Talking about what I should do…. I have to pronounce winners of first Fresh Squid Contest in 2 days and make another list… Have you voted for your favorite yet??? No??? What are you waiting for???
October 22nd, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 5 Comments »
Wow, how time flows by! I said I’ll take a break from lenscrafting for a while after that crazy run to make 50 lenses before last Giant Squid deadline but…. Today I realized I haven’t publish nothing in over 20 days! Man! Think it’s time to stop being lazy and get on with it!
Although, I can’t say I didn’t do nothing on Squidoo these days…. I was fishing for Fresh Squids over at SquidU and other people’s fan clubs! And I started Fresh Squid News blog! But, at this point I’m working more on other people’s promotion than on my own! LOL
Still, good things happen!
spirituality featured Fresh Squid group in her lens and awarded it with Excellent Groups Award. Thank you Katinka! 
Giant Squid Community Organizer RMS mentioned Fresh Squid FAQ, Fresh Squid group and Places in Croatia UNESCO Marked as World Heritage in her post about positivity week on Giant Squid Community Showcase! Thank you Robin!
Lens rank (see what I mean when I say that I haven’t done well with promotion?):
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 4
Top 10,000: 12
Top 85,000: 31
Over 85,000: 2
WIP: 8
Total: 58
October 19th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 3 Comments »
How to Reuse Toilet-Paper Rolls has been pointed as example in post Ideas for Getting Traffic To Your Lens by Bonnie aka BDKZ on her blog So You Want To Be A Giant Squid?! Great news and I’m really proud that she picked my lens from all of great lenses out there!
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 2
Top 10,000: 14
Top 85,000: 33
WIP: 8
Total: 58
Noticed a little decline in ranks… Hmmm… Gotta work more!
October 16th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 2 Comments »
Today, world is great place! Why? Because good things happened!
I made my first sale on Zazzle.com! I sold my Sunshine Sticker and made my first $0,75! Even better news is that by referral links I earned $7,64! Yeah!
Second good news is that my How to Reuse Egg Cartons? was blessed by chefkeem! Thank you!
Third good news is that I finally launched Fresh Squid News blog! Check it out! Need your feedback on my grammar!
Fourth good news is that I had a really, really good laugh! Take a look at Who Is Becky Barry.
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 5
Top 10,000: 10
Top 85,000: 34
WIP: 8
Total: 58
October 14th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 1 Comment »
First of all, I would like to thank MiMi aka GrowWear for featuring my How to Reuse Egg Cartons? on her blog Squidoo Lens Reviews! There are some really great lenses mentioned over time and it’s privilege to be among these lensmasters! Thanks a lot!
Second… Fresh Squid group has over 100 featured lenses by Fresh lensmasters! This is great! I never thought that so many people will be willing to join in! And many of them are here to stay, if I judged them right!
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 6
Top 10,000: 10
Top 85,000: 33
Wip: 8
Total: 58
October 13th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I joined new forum: Bloggers Boards guided by David The Guileless Guru and Rock_The_Ice that are also Squidoo members! Forum is intended for all that have blog or more of them to talk about blogging, sharing tips, etc…
My stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 4
Top 10,000: 10
Top 85,000: 35
WIP: 8
Total: 58
Yesterday I did some polishing on
Cravat - Necktie Made in Croatia! and Fresh Squid FAQ…
October 11th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 2 Comments »
This is really funny story! A guy decided to move… and he had a lots of used TP rolls laying around since he thought of doing some craft project with them… he doesn’t want to throw them away and can’t take them so he did this:Make Halloween Treat Tubes or…? Tons of TP rolls! (North Park) This brought me 85 visits in one day! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 5
Top 10,000: 10
Top 85,000: 34
WIP: 8
Total: 58
October 10th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 2 Comments »
Last few days I’m spending lots of time online but feel like not doing much! I wanted to work a bit on promotion these days and I’m stuck… Lensroll.com has disabled applications from Croatia (hopefully it will be fixed soon) and I can’t seem to find which lenses I already put to Isle of Squid. Squoogle isn’t excepting any applications either until Glen comes back online after moving… Hmmmm…. No luck!
I also planned to make some improvement on my lenses, learn some html and apply it to my lenses! But I’m feeling too lazy at this point for this!
I have around 30 products in my Zazzle gallery that are WIP and need to finish them… I’m not up for it today!
I even stopped posting here every day… Have you noticed?
Truthfully, I feel tired these days… Think that combination of getting cold, hanging out in hospital for almost a week and race for Giant Squid status leaves me empty… I need a vacation! 
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 5
Top 10,000: 9
top 85,000: 35
WIP: 8
Total: 58
Affiliate earnings: $1,13
October 7th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 12 Comments »
This morning I noticed purple badge on my profile page! So, I made it after all! I felt relief! I was afraid all the time that I won’t make it since I published my last two lenses last day and because I had to go in hospital with my baby girl and hadn’t really time to polish lenses! But I made it! Yeah!
This would be a good opportunity to say thanks! So thanks you guys - all of you that helped me get here with your continuing support and encouragement - first of all Christie aka The_Homeopath, also ThomasC, Tony aka poddys, Katinka aka Spirituality, Achim aka chefkeem, Colleen aka SemperFidelis, Christine aka mulberry, MiMi aka GrowWear, AJ, KimGiancaterino and all lensmasters that joined my fan club or gave me valuable advices on SquidU!
More good news: I received two angel blessings today: Halloween by Zodiac get blessed by KimGiancaterino and How to Reuse Old Mouse Pad? by EverythingMouse! Thanks ladies!
Stats for today:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 5
Top 10,000: 7
Top 100,000: 37
WIP 8
Total: 58
Affiliate earnings: 1,98
Reserve Hopper now says 22,25$ is pending! Yeah!
First month (I joined on July, 17th) was 0,16$ so this is great news for me!
October 5th, 2008 by willow | squidoo | 4 Comments »
Baby girl is out of hospital. Her ear isn’t licking anymore but we still have to go today and tomorrow since she has to receive antibiotic shots two times a day. But at least she is home!
Last three lenses I published were:Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Fresh Squid Contest lens for Squids that joined Fresh Squid group.
In mean time, lens with Croatian traditional cooking recipes Taste of Croatia won Squidinner Desserts Contest and was announced for overall winner (Squidinner Contest Central). Also got featured on What’s for Squiddinner blog.
Rank stats:
Top 100: 1
Top 2,000: 4
Top 10,000: 6
Top 100,000: 39
WIP: 8
Total: 58
So, I managed to publish 50 lenses before deadline and apply for Giant Squid…. I’m not completely satisfied with all of them and think there is still lots of work on them… But hopefully, I’ll make it!
