Making Secondary Accounts at Squidoo
Have you ever wished that some of the lenses you’ve made could be sectioned off into their own topic-specific account? An account created only to hold lenses in a unique niche, something unlike most of the other lenses you’ve made?
That’s what I’ve started doing; I’ve made two new and separate accounts so far, and there will be more. I know there’s been some controversy on SquidU and in other venues about the wisdom of allowing multiple accounts, but I thank the Squidoo overlords for having the wisdom to let them be, and for allowing the simple transfer of lenses between accounts.
I’m having a lot of fun with this and feeling good about the project. My first new account is American Citizen – a place for all my political rants and rambles. I’m a bit on the Libertarian end of the political equation. If that appeals to you, go check it out. Otherwise, please don’t hold it against me, and move on. Just because I’m not Liberal doesn’t mean we can’t be friends.
My second new account is the niche site for all my heebie geebie type lenses — my energy healing, dowsing, predictions… and stuff you might be likely to hear about on Coast to Coast AM. Finally I’ve got a place where I can focus on these things without worrying that someone’s going to think I’m weird: Geniyyah.
My Bigfoot lenses are my most popular right now, and they’re still in my main account. I can foresee that eventually I’ll have a separate niche account with nothing but Bigfoot lenses. One of these days.
I know… seems like multiple personalities, but I feel the need to do this to help those who are truly into my niche topics not to be distracted by things that don’t pertain to their area of interest.
Is anyone else out there doing this? I’d like to know what you think of the lens strategy.
One thing I’ve done is wait — until after reaching 100 lenses. Now that I’m a member of the Giant 100’s Club I feel it is time to codify my diversified efforts on Squidoo. I will not allow my main account to drop below 100 lenses so I can maintain my Giant 100’s status.
More next time…….
August 7th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Once the 100 Club is in the bag then I’ll do the same and lenses will gradually migrate out to secondary accounts to increase the focus of the accounts. It won’t happen instantly. It might even be that initially I just move under-performing lenses out of the main account.
Kate
August 11th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I am one of those who would not protest if multiple accounts are no longer allowed. However, I do understand why you are doing this Linda and I am comfortable enough with you and your reasons for doing it, to not be concerned by it.
It is of huge concern to me though to see the “gaming” that goes on by those who are using multiple accounts for less than ethical reasons.
August 11th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I have thought about the problem of accidentally giving stars to lenses more than once. For now, I’m not doing any ratings with my new accounts. They’re really set up just for the people who come from outside Squidoo who are interested in my topics.
I’ve also thought about doing ratings for only one category for the new accounts. For example, the Geniyyah account could rate only Spiritual/Religion sites. The AmericanCitizen account could rate only News/Politics sites.
This is the only ethical issue I can see right now. Anyhow, I do hope this works for me, as I think it provides a cleaner and more organized look for people coming from elsewhere on the web.
My inspirations for doing this: OnePhoto and TheWhistler… I don’t know who owns these accounts but they are both very focused, and I believe that equates to being effective.