I'm A Giant Squid!

I just received the news that I am one of the 40 new Giant Squids.

According to Megan, the Editor in Chief at Squidoo, the Giant Squids is a core group of movers and shakers on Squidoo. "It's a badge of honor for lensmasters who display rare talent for quality AND quantity in their lensmaking."

I am thrilled and honored and awed...and ready to get down to work.

I've updated my RWO Squidoo Stats lens to reflect my new status as well as my finishing April numbers.

While thrilled at my Giant Squid status I must admit I am disappointed with my finish for April and as May promises to be an extremely hectic month for me I don't imagine I'll be able to improve all that much.

Lessons learned from this month:

* I need to balance my lens creation with lens maintenance and promotion
* I need to slow down my lens creation
* I need to consider whether or not I want to abandon some of those low-ranking lenses or if I might be able to find the time to bring them up right (is it worth the time?)
* I need to balance my promotional efforts and spread them out over more lenses
* Creating groups is worth the effort -- witness the birth of the Cream of Squidoo group which has already gone as high as 17911 in its first month!
* I need to see a lens through when I create it and give it a solid chance at rising on its merit with at least a minimal effort at promotion