Lensmaster ComfortDoc Interview

Squidoo Lens Reviews: What makes you passionate about Squidoo.com?


ComfortDoc: Squidoo is a great way for me to create health promotion lenses, discuss overlooked topics and promote helpful resources. It has also been a way of creating lenses on other topics, charities, organization, people and products and current events that I want to promote.


Squidoo also gives me an easy way to donate funds to charity by just making a lens page. About 1/3 of my profits are donated to a variety of charities. The greatest percentage is to the Squidoo Charity Fund, because I have 10% of each lens going towards this charity. Because of this and my work with the Squidoo Activists, I was recently recognized as the Generous Giant, Giant Squid.


Squidoo Lens Reviews: Is Squidoo perfect already or what could make it better?


ComfortDoc: I think there is always room for improvement with anything that you are doing. I continue to be amazed at what the Squidoo developers come up with as new modules for us to use. My favorite recent one is the Donations Module that makes it easier for readers to donate directly to their favorite charity.


Squidoo Lens Reviews: What inspires you to make a new lens?


ComfortDoc: I get my inspiration from a variety of different areas in which I have an interest either professionally or personally.

1. Grief & Loss Expert
   


2. Physician/Health Educator
   


3. Nutrition Professor
   


4. Being a Mother to two almost 'tween girls
   


5. Charities that I am interested in promoting
   


6. Peace Promotion
   


7. Health Education and Wellness Promotion
   


8. Current Events
   


9. Other interests – nature, going green and products that I use.
   

Squidoo Lens Reviews: How many lenses do you have?


ComfortDoc: At this point, I am nearing 200 lenses which with the holidays coming up and getting several WIP's published; I anticipate I will reach long before Christmas.


Squidoo Lens Reviews: What is your most popular lens?


ComfortDoc: It alternates between How to Write a Condolence Note or a Sympathy Note and Loss, Grief and Bereavement. My Dr. Randy Pausch - A Superhero lens also was very popular before and then after his untimely death.


Squidoo Lens Reviews: What one sentence or one word describes your success?

ComfortDoc: Content


Squidoo Lens Reviews: What should a newbie do first?


ComfortDoc:

1. Take a look at a variety of different Giant Squid Lenses to see the many different ways that these lensmasters have used the different modules and developed different styles. 


2. Experiment with the different available modules. Remember to check for new ones.


3. Get involved with the Squidoo Community. Join the Groups, Post good information (or comments) on SquidU. Create a group as a way to meet other lensmasters (you can even invite them personally to join your group).