I also absolutely love Squidoo! Squidoo has given me the greatest pleasure I have ever known when it comes to the free opportunity to write about my interests, hobbies, passions, and expertise. I've been a member of Squidoo for what seems like an eternity in internet time ... over 4 years. Prior to Squidoo, I maintained the top personal home page on ThirdAge for several years. I created my first web page way way back on the CompuServe OurWorld platform. I've not embraced any other writing site like I have embraced that of Squidoo.
When I received an email invitation from BzzAgent to join Squidoo on March 21, 2006, I really had no idea what was in store for me at Squidoo. Squidoo has come a long way in the past 4+ years; I'm glad I was along for the ride! You know, I wasn't motivated to write because of the opportunity to earn royalties and an income; I wrote because that's what I do ... I write; I express ideas; I like to stimulate conversation and thinking. It is then, I sincerely think, an added blessing, that there have been royalties too! It is like icing on my cake.
Today's Topicability blog post is a follow-up to a previous blog post of June 2, 2010 entitled, "The rock and roll of lensrank." Be sure to check out that post for a data chart of the top 12 Squidoo earners which we spotlighted as captured on May 31st ... namely Dagsmith, Pastiche, craftyville, MiaBellezza, rms, GonnaFly, Mulberry, Jimmie, spirituality, kab, noadi, and kiwisoutback.
On June 17, 2010, I did a bit of research that looked at more than 300 lensmasters to compile information for this article. I looked at the stats which are public information. This list does not include the added royalties from sales each of the lensmasters have made from their lenses. That is information private to Squidoo and each of the lensmasters. Those sales royalties are like gravy on your meatloaf or my award-winning meatloaf!
It was mentioned on the SquidU Forum that three lensmasters earned over $1,000 in the recent monthly payout and that a good number exceeded $500 in monthly royalties. That's fabulous to think you can earn more than a little change for doing something that you absolutely love to do! I'm personally looking for a $5,000 monthly payout. That would make hubby happy, I think!
So ... say hello to the top eight Squidoo earners in the spotlight today ... the top row would be our top earners! Across the top, left to right in descending order of earned royalties: Dagsmith, craftyville, and Pastiche. Second row, left to right in descending order: MiaBellezza, Mulberry, and rms. Last row, left to right in descending order: GonnaFly and spirituality.
So take two ... did you wonder who was number 9 on that list. Hmmmm?? Yes, that's right ... you guessed it!
Here is some of the captured data that put these lensmasters in the spotlight:
The chart details the number of lenses in the Top 100 overall on Squidoo, along with a breakout of how many lenses each lensmaster has in the top tier and tier #2. The top tier is the cream of the crop of Squidoo; the top 2,000 quality lenses by lensrank. The second tier encompasses lenses with lensranks from 2,001 to 10,000. When you think about the over one million lenses on the Squidoo platform, tiers one and two positioning equates to a "holy purple cow" and a "wow" respectively! Oh yeah!
An interesting stat on the chart is the percentage of the total number of lenses which are in the two top tiers. To have one-half to three-fourths of all the lenses a lensmaster has authored occupying one of those two tiers is pretty amazing! I think it is also interesting to see just how many lenses an author has authored; the more lenses authored = the more lenses in the top tiers! And, it is also interesting to see just how many other people's lenses these lensmasters have rated. It is good to see community spirit and participation too!
Well, thanks for dropping by today. We hope you enjoyed the show! And, I hope I didn't put anyone to sleep. Oh ... by the way ... Here is my Squidoo lensmaster referral if you care to join and see if you can get your lenses into those top two tiers! Tell 'em JaguarJulie sent ya.
UPDATE: Alas! Squidoo is no more and the allure of being a top-earning Squidoo lensmaster has shifted. Now everybody is over at HubPages. Some of the fun and games have transferred over as well. But, it will be a short time before shenanigans are routed out and dealt with appropriately by HQ. Oh, I was there at HubPages for a minute and then POOF! I was gone. Retired from the rat race.
