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Using Twitter for a Handmade Business

Noadi — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:42:36 +0000

I’m thoroughly addicted to Twitter, it happens to be a whole lot of fun and is also a pretty good way to promote your business if you do it right. I put together a lens all about it.

Using Twitter to Promote your Handmade Products

Payday!!!

Noadi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:49:52 +0000

This was my best month ever for payouts, with the grand total being $170.04 (last month I made $89.43).Â One of my Squidoo goals was to make enough to cover my student loan payments which are $100 a month, I’ve done that with some leftover this month.Â If you want more details you can check out my stats lens.

On the downside it looks like payouts per lens went down a little this month again, I’m starting to wonder if the switch over to Glam ads has been as successful as hoped.

Want Me to Design a Squidoo Lens For You?

Noadi — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:59:10 +0000

Well I’m officially now taking orders for custom designed lenses. You can find out more on this lens: Buy a Custom Lens Designed by Noadi.

I’m a long-time Squidoo lensmaster with over 100 lenses, many top ranked.Â You can check out my lensmaster page to see a sampling of my lenses.

Payday and New Lenses

Noadi — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:45:23 +0000

So Payday has come and gone.Â I did quite well this month, $89.43 which is more than double last month’s total.

I also have some brand new sculpting lenses:

Squid Tips for Artists and Crafters

Noadi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:45:03 +0000

I just finished a new lens that I plan to expand over time about using Squidoo to promote all things handmade.Â So check it out.

Using Squidoo to Promote your Handmade Business

End of the Month Wrap Up

Noadi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:56:16 +0000

So final lensrank update for June has happened. The major point is that if the payout tiers don’t change I have 17 top tier lenses. If the top tier payout is still around $8.50 that means I’ll make about $150 just for those 17 lenses.

To check out my stats go to Squidoodling with Noadi.

Squid Tip #3 - Squidoo Enhanced Script

Noadi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:08:40 +0000

First get Greasemonkey an add-on for Firefox (if you aren’t using Firefox, shame on you).Â Then head over to SquidUtils and get the Squidoo Enhanced script.Â It does all sorts of useful things (mostly in the lens workshop) such as:

Checks each tag in edit mode, and color codes them by number of lenses. Hovering over the tag will tell you the exact number of lenses using the tag.
Adds link to Ping, Backlinks and Health-Check tools.
If lens just published, adds Ping link to green box.
Makes the workshop the full width of a published lens - NEW!
Increases the height of text edit boxes - NEW!

Make sure to thank thefluffanutta for creating such a cool tool for us!

Did you know . . .

Noadi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:33:55 +0000

I don’t just write on Squidoo?Â Of course I have a this blog, a couple others, a website, and a web shop but I also publish articles on Associated Content.Â They do pay me a little bit for the articles (not as much as Squidoo does for my lenses) but it’s a nice little trickle of money.Â The big benefit though is that since I often write articles related to my lenses I can link to the lens in the article or link to the article from a lens.Â This benefits both lenses and articles by creating some backlinks and hopefuly some clickthroughs.

Newest article is 10 Tips for Sculpting in Polymer Clay which I’ve linked to my Polymer Clay Sculpting Tips and Techniques lens.

Handmade Business and Branding

Noadi — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:21:06 +0000

I started doing some research on branding for my own tiny business (I’m smaller than a small business) so I built a lens around it both to share what I learned and as a reminder to myself of what I need to be doing. So check it out.

Branding your Handmade Products

This goes along with my other two handmade business lenses.

Improving your handmade business

Noadi — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:47:47 +0000

Got a couple brand news lenses on the business side of art rather than the creating side.

Preparing for an Art or Craft Fair

Make Your Handmade Products Stand Out!