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Happy December!

This holiday season is full of eights. There are eight candles on a Menorah to celebrate eight nights of light. Santa’s sleigh is pulled by eight tiny reindeer. Kwanzaa honors eight (minus one) days of heritage. And soon we’ll be welcoming the start of 2008.

To celebrate the crazy eights during these last few weeks of 2007, Squidoo is proud to present eight AWESOME new modules.

http://www.squidoo.com/hotnewmodules

The Talk Bubble Module
Don’t you ever wish you could spout off about something important on your lens? Now you can. Say it loud and large with a full-size, orange bordered speech bubble.

The Blackbox
Adding contrast to an otherwise black-on-white lens was the inspiration for this white-on-black box that makes a bold statement.

The Institutional Yellow Sticky Note
Give in to your internal office geek. Slap some of these on your lenses for a cool side-note or reminder.

The Polaroid Module
Flickr and photo fans, this one’s for you! Get BIG with your photos and frame them in delightful Polaroid style.

The Duel Module
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Debate to your heart’s content, and poll the audience while allowing for detailed feedback. This module looks especially sexy on our new SquidFlix.com lenses.

The Most Important Thing Module
What IS the most important thing? You tell us, in a crazy-huge orange framed box.

The Big Arrow Link Module
Make sure NO one misses your business website URL with this gianormous pair of pointing arrows that draw so much attention to your link, your neighbor at Starbucks will do a double-take.

The Countdown Module
How long until Kimberly’s coffee buzz wears off? Well folks, we could be here a while. Better wind up a countdown module. Awesome for all those fun events you look forward to: birthdays, babies, retirement, January 20th, 2009…

Have you been putting off revamping those lenses you created over spring break? Now is the perfect time to ring in the new year with fun new toys. Give the search engines a shiny new reason to share the love.

Tip: these modules look best when used sparingly. Too many bold points trample each other, and soon nothing stands out!

Here are those previews once more: http://www.squidoo.com/hotnewmodules

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Wild Widgets
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The Clippers are 9-15 for the season. Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” is STILL the number one song. And people get really mad when they don’t get their banana split sundaes.

How do I know all this? Why, Squidoo’s wonderful wild widgets of course!

Add fun and fresh news to your lenses with a few simple clicks of the mouse. Neat stuff like hot stats for NBA team fans, Blender’s top 100 songs, and The Apprentice’s Virtual Ice Cream Parlor Challenge.

There are too many to mention. Get them today, while they’re hot! Found under the “widgets” tab of your “add module” function.

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PSSST: while you’re at it, find out what Seth has to say about using your lenses to win the “find me online” wars.
Unique, Useful, & Updated: Three Secrets to Web Traffic

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That’s all folks! However you are celebrating this holiday season, be safe and have a joyful time!

~Kimberly
YOUR Community Organizer