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When it comes to lenses, you usually find some amazingly cool things that you can’t find elsewhere. My favorite example of this is the zombie garden gnome. That is right! You can decorate your yard or garden with a gnome that is rotted away and looks like a zombie. This isn’t just cool for times like halloween, you can use one of this scary critters all year long!

Most garden gnomes are neat; they are funny and you can find all different kinds of gnomes for sale. There are sleeping gnomes, laughing gnomes, military ones, female garden gnomes and the list goes on. You can find lots of Squidoo lenses on these gnomes, but like I said, the zombie garden gnomes lens is definitely a fresh, exciting lens.

If you check out the lens, you will see you can buy garden gnomes really cheap, so make sure if you want to make your garden or yard look a little more unique, then you visit the lens and check out the selection of garden gnomes available. You won’t be disappointed and maybe you can pick up a mini gnome zombie!

There are a few great lenses on Squidoo that feature over the toilet storage as their motif. There is one on cabinets, one on shelving and one new lens all about the over the toilet space saver. The great thing about these options is that you can turn a small space like the bathroom into something more simply by adding a shelf. Check this link if you want to see more over the toilet storage  Over the toilet storage shelves and cabinets are great.

That was a little test in citation. Now, lets get back to our options. The lenses show you there are racks and shelves made of all kinds of materials for your bathroom. You place it above or behind the toilet and then you can store towels, toilettries, candles, extra toilet paper, magazines and whatever you like while saving the space these items would otherwise take up in another part of your bathroom. By putting in some kind of over the toilet storage you are assured that the space behind and above your toilet will not be wasted like it probably is now.

The lenses in question all use a popular ‘template’ that offers many clickable photos of the products in question. The idea is that these over the toilet cabinets and shelves are visually appealing and can be bought from an online retailer based mostly on how they look. A consumer does not need to physically see a bathroom space saver in order to make an informed decision, nor do they have to read lots of reviews like they would if they were investing a few hundred dollars into an electric motorcycle or something of that nature.

Now, you can see that the template does work. By offering a selection of items (sometimes up to 18 different bathroom storage options!) there is a high chance of getting a click through to the retailer. Then with luck you will see some conversions. Hopefully the over the toilet storage lenses are converting for the author.

Decorating. Interior design. It’s all a great passtime. There are hundreds and hundreds of ways you can spruce up your home, and lots of lenses to look at! When you consider the amount of rooms you have, like bathrooms, kitchens and living rooms, you can see how quickly the items you can mess around with add up. From slipcovers on furniture, to picture frames and even candles the possibilities are endless.

Take slipcovers for wingback chairs for instance. You have an old wing chair, it looks kind of ratty. It is dusty, frayed and looking rough. A simple slipcover for that wing chair would cost $50 and you could put it on and the chair would look brand new again. Want plaid? Want leather? It’s all good. There is nothing wrong with fixing up the chair! This lens on slipcovers for wingback chairs can help you decide what you want.

Of course you could paint the chair if there is any wood on it. You could try to reupholster it even though that can be very costly and perhaps not worth it when you consider you could probably buy a new wing chair for the price of doing that. Furthermore, the time it would take is valuable as well. So when you consider everything, it is probably best to just buy a slipcover for the wing chair and be done with it. Which again brings about the suggestion you should check out that link to the lens.

What do an electric guitar, an mp3 player and headphones have in common? Well, music for one. Another thing they have in common is the topic makes for a great SPQ lens!

SPQ stands for “Squid Pro Quo” and it is a fantastic product made by Erica Stone. It helps you to design and create a product lens for a very specific niche, like electric guitars for kids or perhaps another favorite best mp3 player for kids. The second lens discusses the best headphones for kids as well.

As you can see, the electric guitar for kids lens has a small amount of text compared to other lenses. Where it shines is the selection of guitars for kids and other musical products. This kind of thing encourages click through to the outlet, and hopefully a conversion. Electric guitars for kids gets numerous searches a month, and so it is a great target for shoppers looking to buy their child an electric guitar or other instrument.

The second lens is also musically based. This one however targets the best mp3 player for kids. It also matches nicely by providing numerous of the best headphones for kids as well. This way, you could hope to convert the shopper into purchasing both items at the same time and increasing your commission.

Hopefully you can see the power behind using SPQ as a basis for your lenses.

The ideal “Review” lens would focus on one product. This particular lens does just that, and goes so far as to compare it (the Fitbit) to other products. The author opens up with a quick but concise overview of the Fitbit Personal Fitness Tracker. This is followed by the benefits and main features of the fitness device, and explains how the Fitbit can help you. Next comes the drawbacks, which must be included if you want your lens to be considered impartial.

Next comes a decent overview of all of the Fitbit competitors like the Nike Fuelband and others. There is a comparison against all of them and gives a good idea of what the other devices can do.The Jawbone UP is present, and of course the ever popular Fitbit vs Bodybugg is touched upon as well. All of this section is very unbiased, so the reader is free to make their own decision.

Finally, the lens goes into great detail on the Fitbit vs Bodybugg argument. This is two parts, and is very extensive. The author makes sure to award a “win” for the device only if it deserves it, and even gives props to both devices. In fact, some readers may even want to research the Bodybugg further after reading the Fitbit vs Bodybugg section since you can see exactly what strengths that fitness device has.

You will definitely want to check out this lens for ideas on how to make a great “Review” lens. Especially pay attention to the section on Fitbit vs Bodybugg due to the great design and spreading it over two parts to increase the SEO value.