Objective: to create an account and a page or, as Squidoo calls pages, a lens
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STEP 1: Create an Account at http://www.squidoo.com/
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Click Sign Up
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Fill in the Form
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Click inside the text box at the bottom
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Type the words you see that are written above the text box
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Click on Terms of Service and read the terms
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Click inside the box if you accept the Terms of Service
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Click inside the boxes if you want to receive a daily newsletter and/or weekly tip sheet
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Click Continue
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Check Your Email
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Squidoo sends you an email with instructions to activate your account
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Follow the instructions in the email message
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STEP 2: Create a Squidoo Page
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Click inside the text box
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Squidoo refers to a page as a lens
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When you see “Make a Lens” or “Why Have a Lens,” Squidoo is saying “Make a Page” or “Why Have a Page”
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Type the topic of your page (lens)
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A topic something that matter to you
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Examples: “Why You Should Hire Me,” “Online Marketing,” “Starting an Online Business,” etc.
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Click Go to Step 2
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Select the option that best describes what you want to do with your page
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Click Go to Step 3
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Click in the text box and type a title for your page
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What you entered as a topic will be in the text box
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Squidoo suggests that clever page titles make great first impressions
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Enter the URL for your page.
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The URL cannot be changed
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“If you lens is about dashchunds, try adding the word dashchund to the box. If your lens is about making paper airplanes, add paperairplanes to the box.”
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Squidoo will inform you if the name is already in use by someone else
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Click the arrow to the right Choose a Topic box
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Select the category that best describes your topic
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Click the arrow to the right of the box that rates the content of your page
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Select the rating that is most appropriate for your page
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Click Go to Step 4
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Type some key words that will help people to find your page
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If someone were using Google, what words might someone use to find your topic?
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Another name for keywords are tags
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The keywords are your lens tags (or page tags)
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Click inside the text box
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Type the word you see that is to the left of the text box
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Click Done
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STEP 3: Add a Bio and Upload a Photo to Your Bio
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Click Add Your Bio and Picture or
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Click Edit to the right of My Bio
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Click in text box for Your Bio
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Delete the text Squidoo provides
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Write a short bio of yourself
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Squidoo allows you to format text
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B = Bold
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I = Italics
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U = Underline
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Click the box next to Make this your default bio
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Click Save
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Click Browse to find a photo to upload
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Select the folder on your computer that contains the photo you want
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Select the photo
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Click Open
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Click Upload Photo
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STEP 4: Invite Friends
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Click My Account
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Click Invite a Friend
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Fill in the form
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Click Add Another if you want to invite more friends
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Type the message you want to send to your friends or
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Use the message that Squidoo provides
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Click Preview Invite Text to see Squidoo’s invitation message
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Click Send
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STEP 5: Edit/Add a Page (Lens)
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Click My Lenses
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Click Edit
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Click Create a Lens if you want to add a new page
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Click Delete is you want to delete a page
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Click
on a section if you want to make any additions or changes-
Each section is referred to as a module
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Click
to the right of Edit to delete a module
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Click the up or down arrow to change the order of the module
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STEP 6: Add a Photo to a Page
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Click Edit
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Click Browse
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Find the folder and photo on your computer that you want to upload
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Click Open
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Click Upload Photo
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STEP 7: Adding Text
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Click Edit on the Introduction module
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Click inside the text box for Lens Intro Title
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Create a title for the introduction
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Hit Tab
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Type a description
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Squidoo allows you to format text
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B = Bold
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I = Italics
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U = Underline
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Click Save
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STEP 8: Public Your Page (lens)
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Click Publish!
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STEP 9: Exit Squidoo
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Click Log Out
