And The Winners Are……
Well the contest is over and the winners have been chosen. I assigned everyone numbers and went over to random.org and they mixed up the numbers for me. So here they are the winners;
1st Sweet Mummy
2nd Cool Adz
3rd Blog About Your Blog
4th Turnip Of Power
5th John (I will put in his site as soon as I get it)
6th Online Traffic
7th Contest Time
All of these people will be contacted over the next few days so that they can claim their prizes. Congratulations to all.
Now that my first contest is over I have learned a few valuable lessons;
- Contests need to be promoted heavily to be effective.
- There has to be fewer ways to enter and they need to be easy.
- People don’t like to do blog posts about contests.
- Don’t offer anything for a stumble or digg! (you may get banned)
So, if I ever decide to have another contest expect it to be bigger.
Benefits
Now how did this site benefit? Well I got a little extra traffic, a couple of backlinks (2) and about five people subscribed to my feed. I was hoping for a little more participation, better luck next time though huh? For those that participated, thanks. I really appreciate all of my loyal readers.
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Thanks for the credits and best of luck for your next contest!
Hmm, I forgot about this contest. Thank You for whatever I won, a trip to Disney World?
Some more suggestions now that I’m here.
1. Your RSS feed icon is not clickable. People are in the habit of clicking on the orange square, not the text.
2. I forgot about the contest, I used your search up top to read what it was, and nothing came up. Did you delete the original post? You didn’t link to it in this article either.
3. Now I seem to recall either stumbling or faving this site in technorati before. But when you announce the winners, you should also say what the people did to win.
No worries. Since everything is a learning experience. I keep this site in my bookmarks and pass by every day. Thanks again, I’m looking forward to see what I won.
Thanks for pointing out that stuff. As soon as I can figure out how to fix the rss thing I will, as for the contest it is at http://www.totalwebreview.info/win-free-pages-on-one-buck-wiki/
You won the free month of advertising here and a blog review. Thanks for your patronage. I am working out the kinks in this new theme. Too many people were using talian for me.
Wow - Now I just have to figure out what to put on those wiki pages. This is totally new to me! So this is really fun! Thanks SO much.
I did finally sign up for site hoppin’ though not right when I first saw this contest. I totally forgot about that requirement of this contest…LOL!
Thanks again!!!
Thanks for picking us
Check out: http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/12/6-great-tips-for-hosting-a-blogging-contest/
for a few more tips to having a successful contest. If those don’t work you can always hire me to promote your contest lol
Oh, I remember now. You had the same theme as me, Talian. Had I seen the old theme my memory would have returned instantly. Site looks good. I agree, once you see Talian Orange it’s burned into your brain forever, which is why I changed mine as much as I could.
Thanks for the ad spot! Looking forward to seeing my 125 here.
I just found out that I won! Kewl! I will have my ad to you quickly!
John
www.notjohnchow.com
I rec’d an email about the wiki pages. I sent a return email but never heard anything. That is okay. You may keep them.
CyberCelt,
If you could give him a few days I am sure he will come through. If not please, please email me and I will rectify the situation. I am sorry for the inconvenience and I will contact him also and see what is up but I am sure that it just may be he is busy but will get around to it. Heck I emailed him and courtesy copied to him when I sent out the email to the wiki page winners. Thank you for your patronage and I look forward to reading your further comments on this site.
Thanks,
James
Jan 27th, 2008 at 8:05 am
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