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Happy Friday lensmasters!

In Wisconsin the leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and colder, and Halloween will be here before we know it. It’s a great time to bundle up with a hot cup of cider and work on lenses. And to bring all those lenses together, we recommend groups.Groups have been around for nearly two years, and since Squidoo has grown in leaps and bounds, never have there been so many informative lenses on any given topic of interest. So if you’re interested in bringing all those together, start a group. Your Citizen Squid Groups Mentor Barkely tells you how:

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Why Create A Squidoo Group?
By by Barkely (Linette)

Why should you create a Squidoo group? Here are the top five ways creating a Squidoo group can benefit you.

1. Keep an eye on the competition.
If you start a group in your niche area, you can check out what others are saying about your subject. You will be able to interact with others in your niche, get to know them, and learn more about your subject matter and how to market it.

2. Make your lenses stronger in your topic and promote your lenses.
Putting together a great group page with several lenses on the same topic can help draw in traffic. The traffic to the group page will turn into additional traffic to your lenses.

3. Build a community around your topic.
Gather a group of people promoting the same topic. Get to know other lensmasters who are interested in the same thing you are.

4. Build credibility as the expert in your niche.
Being a group master helps make you the master of your group’s topic, and helps build your credibility as the “expert.”

5. Creates a quality link back to your lenses.
Google likes Squidoo groups and gives them a high page rank. I have 3 groups with a page rank of 4. There are many group pages with a page rank of 5 or 6. When it’s your group, you can feature the lenses of your choice for quality back links to your lenses.

For more information on Squidoo groups check out the Squidoo Groups Mentor Lens by your very own Groups Mentor, Barkely!
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If you have more questions about groups, ask at her lens above.  If you have some awesome information to share that you’ve learned, post it at our SquidU Forum.

Until next time, keep Squidooing!
~Kimberly
Your Community Organizer