Became A Giant Collossal Squid 250

On November 16 I became a 'collosal squid' with 250 quality lenses under my belt. I had around 270, just to make sure that there were enough to choose from, but I seem to have made it with flying colors. I can't believe it, just about a year ago I had around 30 lenses and was struggling with less than $50 at Squidoo per month. Now one year later, and I've achieved so much...

In addition on the 18th of the November I've just celebrated 4 years of beeing at Squidoo. Woohoo! Congrats to me!

Became A Mammoth Squid - Giant Squid 100

Woohoo on July 31st I applied to the next Giant Squid level, 100, and only 3 days later, on August 2 I officially became a Mammoth squid. I'm really happy about it, actually overjoyed. Becoming a giant squid was one of my major goals at Squidoo, but I've never dreamed that I'd once have not 25, but 100 lenses that meet the approval of the Squidoo HQ. I guess I must be doing something right afterall.

This achievement just pushes me to do more lenses, more quality and informative lenses that I can be proud of. It's been already a few days and I'm still feeling the euphoria, although it does start to slowly settle down...

Became A Monster Giant Squid And Got A Purple Star

It's quite late in the evening, was about to go to sleep when I checked my email and noticed two mails from Squidoo. I applied to the next level of Giant Squid 50 called Monster Giant, and I've just been accepted AND I got a purple star, my 4th one so far for the lens Kindle Touch case with light. I'm doing my happy dance right now.

Just a year ago I treated Squidoo as some free web2 site to backlink my actual websites. Little did I know that things would turn around so far. Not only I've started earning on Squidoo, every month more than before (just passed $500 for the direct Squidoo payments this month for the April earnings), but I became a Giant squid, got 4 purple stars and learned to make great lenses and got to enjoy doing them too.

Here is the Squidoo dashboard notification about the monster giant squid entrance and the purple star on a lens:

Second Purple Star

Shortly after becoming a Giant Squid, I got my second purple star ever. Yesterday afternoon while working on adding a new lens I got some nice 'monsters' falling down on my Dashboard. Curious to see what that was, I headed over to my stats and saw the message that I got a Purple Star on my Things To Buy After Christmas lens.

Woohoo, it is my second Purple Star. Things start happening at Squidoo, got both my purple stars and my Giant Squid status in December, and sales have started increasing a bit too. Hoping the positive trend will follow in 2012 as well!

Became A Giant Squid!

Finally, after being rejected once in October, I woke up this morning to an email that I'm a Super Squid, which is the first level of Giant with 25 awesome lenses. Next I can go on and apply for 50, 100 and then 250. Further than that my mind doesn't even try to think, lol!

I'm doing my happy dance, I'm a Giant Squid! This was one of my goals for this year at Squidoo and I've made it (along with making at least 100 lenses, which I did as well, and with making more money than before). So I can safely say that I've accomplished my 3 goals at Squidoo for 2011. Now on to 2012 and what it will bring me (hopefully only goodies!)

Here are the two little trophies I got for becoming a Giant: