A Gold Blogger will be selected from bloggers who have posted heart-warming messages on the blogs (of any of the 5 featured athletes, or who have supported these athletes through their blogging and/or other social media activities.
This lucky Gold Blogger will be sent to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to represent the online supporters by blogging about the athletes’ activities and competitive performances. The Gold Blogger will also deliver the online messages from the participators of the site to the athletes (subject to the conditions at the location). Your support will be vital to edging these athletes on to greater heights of excellence during the Games.
The Gold Blogger will enjoy full sponsorship of roundtrip airfare, accommodations during the stay in Vancouver and Olympic Game tickets from Feb. 10th to Feb. 28th 2010. A Laptop PC and digital camera will also be supplied.
So start entering your support messages to the athletes and the details of the PR activities you have conducted on your own blog and other social media for this project and write to them about your motivations to become the Gold Blogger. After reviewing all the entries, the Project Office will select and announce 10 finalists. Details of the Final Selection will be announced separately.
You must be 18 years or over, be eligible to enter Canada and have a valid passport and visa for the period from Feb. 10th to Feb. 28th 2010 to be able to win.
Check out all the full contest details and rules at the original contest post!
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Nowadays, contest holders like to get many sponsors to sponsor their contest. This may be a win-win solution for the contest holders and the sponsors but not necessarily for the participants. We’ve heard of “after-sales service” in business. Well, I’d like to coin the term “after-contest service”. When you have contests with many sponsors, it is a good practice to follow-up with all the sponsors after the contest ends so that everyone gets their prizes. It may not be good enough to ask the participants to “contact the sponsors themselves”. Hence, if you have 50 sponsors in your contest, you should check with each one of them that they have given out the prizes as promised. This requires a bit of work but that is something which comes with the move to get so many sponsors.
The moral of the story is always to have the participants in mind when you hold a contest!
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The Prizes:
First Prize: $10 sent via PayPal
Second Prize: One month of 125×125 advertizing on messaoud.info
Third Prize: One month of text link advertising on messaoud.info
Entering is as simple as subscribing to his feeds. You can also enter through other ways e.g. blogging about the contest.
Check out the full details here.
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There are 5 prizes worth over $300 up for grabs:
1st Prize – A one-year Web Hosting Swamp Plan with Hostgator worth around $180.
2nd Prize – 5,000 Entrecard Credits worth around $48.
3rd Prize – A 6 months SKY.fm Internet Radio Premium subscription worth around $30.
4th Prize – A 125×125 ad slot on Blog Paradise for one month worth around $25.
5th Prize – A 125×125 ad slot on Contest Whiz for one month worth around $25.
Entering this contest is very simple. Just:
(1) Subscribe to the RSS feed of Blog Paradise by email and confirm your subscription.
(2) Comment on their contest post to let them know you have entered.
That’s it! You get an entry to the contest just for taking the two simple steps above. If you’re already a subscriber to their email feeds, just comment on their contest post to be entered. Remember to check your email and click on the link to confirm your subscription – unverified subscriptions will be disqualified from the contest.
Of course, you can gain bonus entries to boost your chances of winning (Note: you must subscribe to the RSS feed of Blog Paradise by email and confirm your subscription first before these will count as bonus entries):
(1) Subscribe to the RSS feed of Blog Paradise in a reader (+5 entries).
(2) Subscribe to the RSS feed of Contest Whiz in a reader (+5 entries).
(3) Subscribe to the RSS feed of Contest Whiz by email (+10 entries).
(4) Write a blog post about this contest and link to the homepages of Blog Paradise (anchor text: blog contest or contest blog) and Contest Whiz (anchor text: contest or contests) as well as the original contest post (+20 entries).
(5) Comment on any post (other than the original contest post on Blog Paradise) on Blog Paradise or on Contest Whiz (+1 entry per valid comment – no spam).
(6) Fave either Blog Paradise or Contest Whiz in Technorati (+5 entries per fave).
(7) Stumble any post on Blog Paradise or Contest Whiz (+2 entries per post).
(8) Drop your Entrecard on both Blog Paradise and Contest Whiz (+1 entry per day; maximum 20 entries).
(9) Write a recommendation in Entrecard for Blog Paradise at this link or Contest Whiz at this link (+3 entries per recommendation).
(10) Make a donation at this link (+15 entries per US$2 donated).
(11) Join 000webhost.com as their affiliate here (+20 entries).
(12) Join Linkworth as their affiliate here (+20 entries).
(Bonus) Refer a friend/reader to participate in this contest – friend/reader must state referrer in the comment on the contest post (+10 entries per referral).
Remember to comment on the original contest post and state all the methods you have entered and how many entries you have accrued, as well as some means of reaching you if you win (either an email address or a website where you can be contacted). That will be where the entries are tracked and if you fail to comment there, your entries will not be included.
The contest will end on Friday, 4th July 2008, 08:00 P.M., PST. It is open internationally and winners will be randomly drawn. Each participant may win only one prize so there will be five different winners. Blog Paradise reserves the right to change the rules or add new ways of entering the contest along the way.
It’s easy to enter and win so get entered today and win something for yourselves!
Go over to the original contest post here to get entered. Remember, the more entries you have, the greater the chance you have of winning. Good luck!
However, even though a contest is a good way to boost the popularity of a site, it must be done well to get the desired results. Many contests offer rather unattractive prizes (possibly the most sought-after prize is simply cash) or have complex rules which put people off. Try to make your contest as simple to enter as possible and don’t keep changing the rules, especially not after the contest has already started. If you wish to make changes to the rules due to feedback, try to ensure that those who have already participated are not penalized. Publicize your contest by submitting it to contest blogs such as Contest Whiz (and tell all your friends and relatives). The worst scenario is to hold a contest which no one knows about or bothers to participate.
So if you’re holding a contest, be sure to make it count!
Contest Host: My Radical Blogs
Contest Promotion Post: A Stronger Community Starts With You!
Original Contest URL: Win your share of 10,000 Entrecard Credits!
Contest Deadline: 28 February 2008
Prize(s): Total of 10,000 Entrecard Credits
Judging Criteria: Random Draw
How To Enter: Blog about contest, include required links
Whiz Rating: 5.5 Stars
Expert Musings: Simple to enter and with lots of credits up for grabs, this is one of the more attractive Entrecard contests so far
Details:-
The rules are simple and like most competitions:
1. Write a post on your site promoting the competition.
2. The post has to link to the original contest URL.
3. The post has to link to either FeedFlare or to the contest host’s post on Feed Flare HERE.
4. The post has to link to either Bloghology or to the contest host’s post on Bloghology HERE.
5. Leave a comment on the original contest post with the URL to your post (comments are dofollow).
The prizes are as follows:
First Prize 5,000 Entrecard Credits
Second Prize 2,000 Entrecard Credits
Third Prize 1,000 Entrecard Credits
Plus one prize of 500 Entrecard Credits each week for four weeks
Your post must include all three links and start on the front page. As long as your post is promoting the competition and includes the above links, you can write what you like, including negatives.
Do pop down to the contest promotion post and the original contest post above to check out the full details.