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Hello March!

Daffodils by tecrekka on Flickr via creative commonsThis month we want to encourage you to do something you’ve never done before on Squidoo – and to do it with excellence in mind. Here are four suggestions.

1. Join RocketSquids. Have fewer than 25 lenses? If you’re new around here, or even if you’ve been around Squidoo for a while but your lensmaking has been, well, uninspired, then join RocketSquids. It’s our official boot camp where you’ll receive lessons and tips as well as a lensmaking challenge each week, along with feedback on your lenses, all of which will inspire you to greatness as you learn how to make excellent lenses here on Squidoo.

2. Apply for Giant Squid. Already have 25 excellent lenses? Then it’s time to join our Giant Squid Club. It’s easy to apply, the perks are cool, and once you’re approved you’ll be eligible to participate in IMMINENT! Read all about IMMINENT here. If you need incentive to work towards that Giant Squid milestone, we bet you’ll find it! (Tip: Bet some of you can do both 1 and 2 this month!)

3. Make a truly excellent lens specifically for one of our Squidoo Magazines. Then write a custom bio for your magazine contributor profile page. It’s a great way for people to get to know the crafty/veggie/gifty/cozy side of you.

4. Get involved in the community by exploring our social inlets and outlets. Take time regularly to leave thoughtful comments on lenses that you love. Then pin them, tweet them, or share them on Facebook. Help someone by answering a question on our official forum. Or offer a constructive critique to someone who asks. Build an excellent reputation as an active Squidizen!

We can’t leave without mentioning a few special days to look forward to this month.
March 4th is a great day to begin something new. (March forth, get it?) Set some goals for the month.
March 14th (aka 3.14) is Pi Day. Can you come up with an original way to celebrate this fun day?
March 15th, beware the ides of March! What does that mean? Look it up and make a lens about it.
March 17th, keep your eyes open for rainbows, pots of gold, and leprechauns!
March 30th is “Take a Walk in the Park” day. It’s Saturday so take the day off, enjoy your walk, and prepare for Easter on Sunday.

We hope you have an excellent month.

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Susan52 didn't know she wanted to be a Giant Squid when she grew up, but here she is and she couldn't be happier about it! When she isn't doing one thing or another here at Squidoo, you'll probably find her spending time with her family or otherwise appreciating life one moment at a time.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/bossypants bossypants

    “Squidizen.” I like it! Good inspiration, here, to recharge us!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/the_zhiff the_zhiff

    I already have a great idea for a lens about 3.14 day. =) I will try to make it happen. You have an excellent month, too!

  • BLemley

    Thanks for the cool outline of all the things we can participate in and reach for ~ it’s exciting to be part of all this activity! There’s something new to learn from all these great lenses that keep popping up ~ the fun just shows through! Thanks! B : )

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/StephenJParkin StephenJParkin

    A lot of good ideas here to feed the imagination!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/lana22 lana22

    great!!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LubosLabik LubosLabik

    Finally spring :)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Ener-G Ener-G

    As someone who has family members with mental disorders, the flippant and insensitive remark about Multiple Personality Day soured this whole post.

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Susan52 Susan52

      I apologize. No offense intended.

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/KonaGirl KonaGirl

      Please take it light. I always joke about having at least 3 personalities with my Gemini birth date. If we can’t learn to laugh at ourselves all we will do is cry.

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/bdkz bdkz

      Please don’t take offense, and we ended up removing the holiday : )

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/DaveStone13 DaveStone13

      It didn’t bother me, and I worked decades in the mental health field. Lighten up. The PC world will turn us all gray.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LisaAuch LisaAuch

    I can not believe its March already :) anyway this month we are attending with our gorgeous Isabelle the bulldog our first ever meet-up for the British Bulldog association, So I think that it deserves a page all to itself and lots of pictures of all the bulldogs!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/partybuzz partybuzz

    Happy March 1st!! Your ideas are inspiring and I love that intro photo!! So pretty!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/myspace9 myspace9

    Good ideas for Happy March

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/madfuskills madfuskills

    do we get a response either way on the Giant Squid app? I applied a while back and heard nothing. And if there’s an issue I’d like to know what it is so that I can make the necessary fixes.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/EGranfors EGranfors

    We usually finally get some winter weather in SoCal. I will use a rainy March day to squidoo a topic!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/tembrooke tembrooke

    Web channel Geek & Sundry has also declared March 30 as International Tabletop day, a day for getting together to play board games. :-) Here’s a link if you want to read more about it: http://wilwheaton.net/2013/02/march-30-is-international-tabletop-day/

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/pkmcr pkmcr

    March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a lamb so I am sure it’s going to be an interesting month!

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Susan52 Susan52

      The wind is roaring here, pkmcr, and I had totally forgotten about the lion-lamb. You’re right – should be an interesting month!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/NightMagic NightMagic

    I’m glad March is here after the awful winter we’ve had. Once a year I always try something new that I’ve never done before. I haven’t decided yet what it will be for this year.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/squidoopets squidoopets

    Love the emphasis on excellence – I have a lens idea in mind that is relevant to many areas of concern – environment, recycling, exercise, budgeting .. with the new push to get rid of spammy lenses I’m feeling better motivated to do the work that this lens will entail. Re Multiple Personality Day, new research shows the condition is far more common than we’ve thought. Many folks have multiple personalities, however when they are of integrity and not a problem for the person or society they don’t make it to the psychiatrist/mental health system and thus the spotlight. In other words, many normal functioning folks have multiple personalities. It’s nothing to be ashamed of .. perhaps shame itself is the problem. Susan, Bonnie – stay strong! Excellence takes strength, it doesn’t rely on emotion.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Connyjasper Connyjasper

    I will march through March, while the band plays a march!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/First-Time-Daddy First-Time-Daddy

    My Son’s third birthday is this month, so it is indeed a special month for me.

    • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Susan52 Susan52

      How cool! Enjoy that little guy!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LindaJM LindaJM

    I can’t wait to march forth on the 4th. I’ve already got enough goals for now – improving old lenses.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/kdmarshall kdmarshall

    I probably shouldn’t comment as I’ve been on Squidoo for all of 10 minutes now, but I will. Why lurk when you can join, eh?
    This looks like a great community!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/rocio-hoch rocio-hoch

    Wow this year will be end tomorroy the months are running to fast! And I don’t want to have other birthday

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/mina009 mina009

    It seems to smell like Spring in squidoo.. Would be cool making a lense lying down and next to those flowers shown in the picture above.. just dreaming :)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Dusty2 Dusty2

    March here is coming in like a Lamb, so at the end of March remember the “Boy Scout” motto! March sounds like it is going to be an interesting and fun month to be a part of. Thanks Susan 52 for highlighting the special days to look forward to. I really appreciate it. Have a Great Day! (^_-)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/flycatcher flycatcher

    Ready, set… go! :)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/texan203 texan203

    March is a great month to start an exercise routine, such as marching!

  • elynmac

    Happy March to you too! The photo of the daffodils is stunning – just right to begin March. Thanks for the inspiration!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/smisma-sousou-sam smisma-sousou-sam

    really

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/favored1 favored1

    Looking forward to a wonderful spring.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/CosmeticMom CosmeticMom

    I am anxious for some sunshine and finding leprechauns!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/nikaziva nikaziva

    March nice with us and still a lot of snow.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/servantoftheLord servantoftheLord

    Thanks for the suggestions! I went over to the forum for the first time and discovered the message thread about the blogpost blogger who is stealing lenses. Ack! Unpleasant, but very important information!!!!!! Glad I went to the forum. I’m now weeding through the posts to see if any of my lenses are there. Everyone should look at the forum. Happy March!!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/earnu2 earnu2

    Okay thanks for the suggestions I may consider it

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/powermoneyfromhome powermoneyfromhome

    Holy, March! My eldest will be 15! I’m feeling a bit old and sad that she is not my little girl who wore pig tails. :)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/AbandonGames AbandonGames

    March is a very nice month .. spring is comming here ! ,)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/BabySadako BabySadako

    Is 8th of March International Women’s Day?

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/SynchronicityHouse SynchronicityHouse

    Fabulous ideas Susan52 – thanks for March 2013 inspirations!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/missBorokwa missBorokwa

    Thanks for the reminders, I have just been traveling so I have lots and lots of new things to write about but I am super busy,nevertheless I shall try write at least one new lens in March! :)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/katlupe katlupe

    I would work on Squidoo a lot more IF I could change my email address from my old email address so I could use my account. I can sign in with my Facebook account but I cannot make any real changes. If you do not have access to an old email account it is impossible to receive those emails. Please help me! I loved working on lens and now have not been able to for more than 2 years due to this problem. Someone, I know can fix this.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Just-a-Day-Dream Just-a-Day-Dream

    Man this year has gone by in a flash its like we were frozen in time and we all melted into march 99% percent would not be able to answer this Question- What did you do 2 weeks from now and 3 hours earlier? spooky huh?

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Debs Debs

    In Italy March is traditionally known as Mad March – Marzo Pazzo! With the situation here right now this couldn’t be more true!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/naijabambam naijabambam

    waoh… march?…. am dedicationg this month to my blog http://www.naijabambam.com

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/naijabambam naijabambam

    Success this month and beyond y’all

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/anando anando

    March is a Historical month in our country

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Savio1230 Savio1230

    March its Begin hot Summer in our country. And one festival holi celebrated all over country.

    Regards,
    My Property Stores
    http://www.mypropertystores.com

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/AlleyCatLane AlleyCatLane

    Don’t forget to prepare for extraterrestrial day on March 20th!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/hirenmodi hirenmodi

    Happy March…..

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/husky199714 husky199714

    ..

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/gonzalezdenise gonzalezdenise

    Thanks .

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/michaelborell michaelborell

    Wow amazing, I started a couple of days ago and my first lens was a doozey..lol good to see there is plenty of support and help in Squidoo, Thanks Susan for the post much appreciated.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/FabricFun FabricFun

    March! Spring begins! Yay! Happy March everyone!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/juncarillo juncarillo

    Hi susan! thanks for the suggestions…

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/DAEdmonston DAEdmonston

    I enjoy having suggestions on fun ways to create new lenses. It has jump started my brain. I am confident creativity will follow!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Tata2u Tata2u

    I like the Tips. Time to March to different beat

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/CarolHoule CarolHoule

    I love lenses that are short and sweet like this one. Susan, you were the first person who read my very first lens, and I thank you. It encouraged and inspired me a lot :~)

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/mensjewlery mensjewlery
  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/laksmy laksmy

    March is good month and really enjoy it. I just knew about Squidoo. Good Month

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/loversexygirl loversexygirl

    march is lovely

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/coachamandalee coachamandalee

    I’m pinning this so I can refer to it later. I think a lot of this advice applies not just to the month of march only. I’m new to “squidding,” so I need to read as much as I can. Thanks!

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Felzap Felzap

    March is a wonderful month for me, because it is the beginning of Spiring. The first signs of Spring are food for my spirit. My energy tank starts building up and it starts pouring out inspiration, and a big desire to create more.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/sheacherie sheacherie
  • http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/linhevermind linhevermind

    traveling in nice weather of March is great. in vietnam, it is cool month for taking photography trips in the north where the wild nature is reserved…

    http://www.customvietnamtravel.com/travel-news/sapa-in-cloud-attracts-tourists.html

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