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Giant Squid
By Paula Atwell of Lake Erie Artists Gallery
I am so very excited to become a Giant Squid. It is truly an honor and a privilege to be part of such a great group of people. I have worked hard to get here, but I could not have gotten here without lots of mentoring, encouragement, and help from others in the Squidoo community. This lens is to thank everyone, and also to provide potential Giant Squids with the tools that I used to learn. My first inkling of something called Squidoo was in an interview Seth Godin did with Etsy's online blog The Storque. I have a store on Etsy featuring some items from my brick and mortar gallery, Lake Erie Artists Gallery, and was in the process of adding a shopping cart to my home website. I was looking for ways to promote Lake Erie Artists Gallery on the internet. I am really a total novice to the internet, and pretty much soak up whatever I can from sources all around me, (including my teenage daughter, Tamar, who introduced me to Facebook). The article, initially about how to market Etsy to men, sparked my attention. I had heard of Seth Godin's books before, although I had never read one; I knew that he advocated creative marketing, so I decided to look into Squidoo. I am the owner of a unique gallery in Cleveland, Ohio----Lake Erie Artists Gallery, and a jewelry designer. My primary goal is to promote my gallery, my artwork, and the artwork of the artists that I represent in my gallery. This year, I have been working to steadily to increase my presence online through social networking. From the interview, Squidoo, seemed like it would be another place to promote Lake Erie Artists Gallery. So I joined and I wrote a few lenses--about the gallery, about myself, and about my job as a gallery owner. Once I had written my lenses, I wasn't sure what to do next. Then I happened upon a lens that drew me right in--Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income? by Janet 21. I am not a stay at home mom, but I was looking to make extra income to help stabilize the bottom line of my gallery. The art business is tough, especially in Cleveland. Janet's lens really inspired me. First of all, I was really intrigued by the idea that over time, I could really make money on Squidoo. I had been working all year to build the gallery in many ways and this could be one more. I was willing to work for it, and wait several months to see results. I took Janet's advice. The first step was to submit my lenses to the Isle of Squid. Then I started submitting to other forums, and sites listed on her lens. I started really learning more about Squidoo, and how to promote my lenses and how to make them better.
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