Feb 11
The 1st Anniversary Blog Contest! (1 of 3)
“Woah ho hO HO! STOP THE CAR! We got an emergency can’t you see!?”
If you hadn’t heard – That emergency is the one year anniversary of this site and me having to find a way to celebrate it! WAHOO! (Can you tell I’m very excited for a Monday!?)
But hey, you should be excited too because I’m giving away some tremendous prizes for all of you kids out there in blogland! Because I wouldn’t still be at it if it wasn’t for all of you!
“You gotta be IN IT to WIN IT.”
So here’s how the contests are going to shake out. First off, they’re going to take place between this week and next week and are aimed at not only giving YOU guys some cool stuff, but also upping my subscriber count. So to play two out of the three contests…
- Subscribe to my feed!
- Once you’re reading it, check out the footer on the post to get the “Word of the Day“.
- At the end of the week take the five words, put them together and shoot me an e-mail to enter the contest!
You HAVE to e-mail me all five words to enter the contest. So after you e-mail me, you’ll automatically be in the runnings with one entry. If you want more entries do the following and make sure you let me know with URLs on your entry e-mail…
- Comment on this post +1
- Post about the contest on your site. +5
And that goes for each of the RSS contests – One this week (starting tomorrow) and one next week (starting Tuesday of that week too).
The Mystery Third Contest
I’m not gonna tell you what the third contest is, how to enter it and when it’ll be… Only that it’ll be during these next two weeks. So stay tuned to the site and to the feed, and when you see it, pounce like a cat!
Prizes
At this point, I’m going to say what the prizes are for any of the contests but I’ll say they’re certainly things I’m going to spend money on (i.e. not services) and should be stuff that you guys will like if you like this site. You kids gave me a lot of good ideas on my previous post on the subject, and I’ll probably take a few ideas from there. (#):)
February 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Did this post have a footer? I have you in my reader but didn’t see a footer so just checking. Also, all your contests sound like fun! Happy Blogoversary, Bush! **shakes her noisemaker and blows a horn**
February 11th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
@Teeni – Thank you for the warm wishes! And thanks for asking the question about the footer… There is one in there right now, but it’s currently only a link back to the original post. So for this one, it says… “The 1st Anniversary Blog Contest! (1 of 3)”
I’ve found that to see the footer (and full posts) you have to be using a “real” reader such as Google Reader or Outlook. Tomorrow, you’ll see something else in the footer that says, “Secret Word : blah blah blah”
Let me know if you still don’t see what I’m talking ’bout!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Interesting idea to get RSS subscriptions up. *mental note to add to feedreader*
February 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
@Kali – Well I wish I could say that I was the first to think of it, but the idea has been around for a long long time. So hey new buddy – I hope you enter the contests! You have as good a chance as anyone to win something!
February 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Congrats on the anniversary buddy.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I had no idea you were a master of suspense.
Happy blog anniversary, buddy!
February 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
@Madhur & Mark – Thanks a lot guys, and thanks for being long time supporters of the site. (#):)
February 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
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February 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
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February 12th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Hey Bush,
Just wanted to let you know that I’m already a subscriber, so will be watching daily. This is my official “comment”, and I’ll get a post done about the contest asap.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I’m using Google Reader and I was able to see the footer in your next post! YAY!
February 12th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Happy Blog Birthday!
I’m a subscriber, but with Firefox live Bookmarks. I guess I’ll have to actually use a real reader like Google Reader for a week or so.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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February 13th, 2008 at 7:32 am
@Christine – Thanks for the support buddy and GL!
@Teeni – WaHOO! I’m REALLY glad you told me about that little issue with the footer thing so I could make sure everyone knew how they needed to look at the feed. (#):)
@Apexad – Yeah, I know it’s a pain to have to use a “real” reader but aside from the footer thing, I know my feed doesn’t show up the same way, so I’ve made the switch to more of a “real” one as well. *nod*
February 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
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February 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
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February 14th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Wow, sounds cool, Bush! I like the whole mystery to the prizes, etc. I’ve subscribed, and wish you the best of luck with this contest.
By the way, if you’re interested in guest posting on my blog, you can win some free ad space.
http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/02/guest-blog-on-superbloggingtipscom
February 14th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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February 14th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Have subscribed and here is my comment and blog post:
http://contestime.com/index.php/2008/02/1st-anniversary-blog-contest/
Thanks.
February 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
@Tay – Thanks Tay and of course, best of luck in the contests! And btw, YOUR contest looks very attractive, esp giving away one of your 125×125 ad spots! I might have to steal that idea!
@Contest Master – No CM, thank YOU! (#):D
February 15th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Happy Blog Anniversary! Sorry so late…
February 15th, 2008 at 10:14 am
@Beth – ha ha, Thanks Beth! And I’m still in awe of your snowflake pictures. (#):) Thanks for sticking around this site for so long!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
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