You’ve heard about my Big March Subscriber Contest that is taking place this month. But regardless of what I do, it seems like nowadays there are always going to be people offering higher rewards to their readers. I want to bribe you guys as much as possible, so let’s see just what I can do here 
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I have been noticing an increasing amount of contests that offer not prizes provided by the bloggers themselves, but provided by sponsors that donate to have their name and image displayed. The advantage here? Prizes are enormous when given away collectively. Winning The Web now has a contest valued over $12,000 and increasing by the day. The University Kid has a contest over $2,000. What does this leave for the other blogging websites?
I think that contests have taken a lot of value out of reading. The blogging world is turning into not who posts the most, but who bribes the most. I am really interested to see just how easy/difficult it is to organize a pool of prizes from bigger sponsors, so I am hereby announcing an April sponsored contest where anyone can donate prizes (over $5 in value) of virtual goods, services and just plain ol’ cash 
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Subscriber numbers are important. Everyone seems to “get” that, but it seems like people are starting to increase these pulls only by offering 
some incentive to read. Contests are a great idea to increase your traffic… and hey, once you get people suckered in ( 
), them reading through your content on the regular is a lot more likely.
One of the primary ways I am planning on getting sponsors for this project is essentially by asking. Sure, this isn’t the most popular blog around as of yet, but I think the growth potential is clear and people will see this. I am working on a list of bloggers/companies that I think might be interested… I think the possibilities are definitely there. Asking around in general is a great idea, as the personal touch simply cannot be denied.
I am interested to see just how big this can get for an upstart blogs. You’ve seen the mid-range bloggers get it done, now lets experiment and see just how many people are willing to sponsor some publicity around here! If you are interested in donating to this contest, please shoot me an email (via contact page) or post in the comment area.
-Jimvesting
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March 19, 2008 at 7:25 pm #
I know. Being in the Nittany Lion Fund, I was eligible for a VIP pass… didn’t get it cause I’m a freshman, but I’m still going to the show. I don’t have a camera, but I’ll try to snag some pictures for yeh.
If worse comes to worse… I got one of those red squishy bull toys that he uses on the show for free
Man, I want some red squishy bull toys, and I’m serious! I should get one for being a sponsor
Ahaha, anyways, you’ve got HedgeAgainstSpeculation.com as a sponsor. I’ll be up to sponsor all your contests…all I ask is that you sponsor one of mine down the road. Best of luck to you!
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Nice, I agree however that most of the blog world is turning into a contest frenzy instead of a well worthy posted blog. It’s all good though, do what you gotta do I guess.
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sounds good man; i was thinking of launching a contest myself but that needs tme and a lot of it :p
good luck with yours, i’ll pull a few strings and i may throw a few prizes your way. i’ll let you know
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March 21, 2008 at 1:15 pm #
@ Don: Thanks for the help, I would love some donations… we’ve got quite a list going so far
If you are accepting sponsors at this time, please send me an email. I want to be a sponsor. If you would like, of course.
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Sounds great! If I can come up with a prize thats worthy I’ll let you know.
Good luck! I’m sure it will be great.
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I’m in! I have a .com domain name that is just sitting around. And say 500 Entrecredits.
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