Posts tagged JohanntheDog
How Far Can a Single Lens Take You?
Jun 6th
Giant Squid lensmaster JohannTheDog sent me a note this morning and the news it contained is so exciting that I requested permission to share it with all of you!
“Hi Robin – I wanted to let you know about something we are super excited about.
Back in September 07 I created a lens called Raise a Green Dog because I was
receiving a lot of questions about our green life.
Because of the response I received from the lens, in November 2007 I decided to
create a blog, which became very popular, and was featured in Dog Fancy, Dog
World and Pet Style News magazines in the past year or so.
Just last week we expanded the blog into a full website, with tips, tricks,
information and a complete online green dog product portal to share even more
information and green products for aspiring green dog lovers (and dogs too 
.
I wanted to let you know an example of how far a lens can take you. I know you
know this, but thought others may have an interest in the story as well. You can
see the full site here: Raise a Green Dog , and here’s a link to the
press release announcing the new site: http://pitch.pe/13974“
Can you imagine? One single solitary lens brought JohannTheDog so much success!
Where can your lenses lead you?
Our Favorite Lenses
May 12th
JohannTheDog’s Favorite Squidoo Lenses
Reprinted from the old Our Favorite Lenses Group
JohannTheDog chose these 3.
Dog Agility – It’s my favorite thing in the world to do and I want to share it with every pup.
Raise a Green Dog – Caring for the environment is very important to me! And us pups can help.
It’s a Dog’s Life – A dog has a wonderful outlook on life and we want to share that positive, wonderful attitude to everyone.
JohannTheDog Wants You to See These Lenses
Information on Dog Agility! - Do you love dog agility, want to get involved in the sport, need information on dog agility? Check out this lens, it’s packed full of some of the best dog agility information and resources on the Internet. From training, competition venues, videos f…
It’s a dog’s life!
Raise a Green Dog! Spotlight On JohannTheDog
Dec 22nd
This week the Giant Squid Community Showcase puts the spotlight on Top 100 Club member JohannTheDog. JohannTheDog discusses how she goes about growing her fantastic “dog lover’s” niche topic and takes us on a tour of one of her newest and one of her most favorite lenses.
Question: When starting a new lens, how much research do you do? Do you follow a plan of action? Or do you just wing it? In other words, what steps do you normally take when starting a new lens?
When starting a new lens, I always take into account the need of the lens within my niche – dog lovers, of course .
I Squidoo to provide information and resources for dogs and dog lovers. So I may discover a need through interacting with readers of my blog, or through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and others.
And if I have an idea for a lens I will sometimes poll my potential readers through social networks for their thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. So a lot of my research comes out of those interactions, and then I begin to formulate my ideas for the lens in my mind before I begin writing.
Please tell us about one of your newest lenses.
With all the concerns about the safety of pet food, toys and other dog products over the past few years – ‘green’ products for dogs holds a great interest for me, and for many dog lovers.
We’ve been a ‘green’ family all of our lives, but many dog lovers are just beginning to know about the importance of safe, environmentally friendly and sustainable products for dogs, and are seeking information on how, why and where to purchase products, and how to live in an environmentally and safe way.
So this holiday season, I added a “Green Dog Christmas” lens to my ‘lensography,’ to help others learn how to be more green for the holidays.
Which of your lenses is your favorite and why?
I think one of my absolute favorite lenses is my Scoop on Doo lens, even though my first lens – Dog Agility – holds a very special place in my heart.
I like the ‘Doo’ lens because, not only does it hold an important message – how a dog’s doo is an important gauge in the health of your dog – but it was so much fun to put together and there is a lot of humor in the lens!
I got the idea for the lens when Johann got a bout of gastroenteritis. We watched his poo for weeks for indications – I found a lot of humor in that, so decided to put together a lens to ‘salute a dog’s poo.’ Everyone who sees it gets a big kick out of it.
Johannography – This Week’s Winner
Sep 26th
This week’s winner of the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens Contest is . . .
Lensography: Johann created by Giant lensmaster JohanntheDog
The lensography lists Johann’s many accomplishments and lenses in a straightforward yet extremely entertaining way. In addition to just lenses, you’ll find fun photos and even video clips of this powerful pup in action. If you are looking for ways to spiff up your own lensography I suggest you take a look at Johann’s for some really great ideas.
The votes have been counted!
The new guidelines for the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens contest will be as follows:
Each week (every Friday) after the winning Giant lens has been announced, the lens plexo will be reduced to the top ten Giant lenses. All remaining lens url’s will be removed and we’ll start over adding more of your favorite lenses.
ONE MORE CHANGE
I’m asking that everyone vote for at least one additional lens. In other words, add your favorite lens url, vote for it and then choose another lens (or two) on the list that you like and vote for that one too.
Visit now to get your favorite Giant lens (and votes) in for next week’s contest.
What’s Your Squidoo Brand?
Sep 2nd
Having a powerful niche in the writer’s world is known as branding. A writer’s brand is basically the genre they are known for or what they are most knowledgable about. Think of your favorite writer, fiction or nonfiction. What books have they written in the past? Now think about what you expect them to write in the future.
If you chose Stephen King, you know that his collection of novels are all horror related. Knowing that, you wouldn’t expect his next book to be about rose gardening, would you? Of course not! Horror is Stephen King’s brand. It’s what he’s known for and what you, as a reader, expect from him. It’s also what gives him his reputation and more importantly, it’s what earns him his money.
A good example of a Giant Squid Lensmaster with a powerful brand is JohanntheDog. Forgive me if I’m wrong but I believe all of Johann’s lenses are in some way dog related and with 100 lenses already built, that’s a lot of puppy power!
As you might expect, JohanntheDog writes expert lenses about dog sports, dog care, dog training, dog herding and uses his lenses to raise money for dog shelters and animal rescue but Johann also writes lenses on some unexpected dog topics such as Painting dogs , the famous Dogs of War, and Dogs in Politics!
In addition to all of those lenses, JohanntheDog strengthens his canine brand by keeping a dog blog at his own doggy product website.
Having a brand gives you the upper hand in the search engines and encourages return readers who trust you. Start building (or improving) your Squidoo.com brand today and watch your reputation, ranking, and royalties grow!
