Contest Live
Bloggers are always running contests. I guess it is the nature of the game, run a contest to attract people to your blog or site and hopefully a few of them will stick around to enjoy the rest of the site. Promotion for these contests can sometimes be tricky, some resort to posting about them in every forum known to man, spamming other sites in the comments section, and going on an extensive email campaign. Of course there are other ways, some use their spinn account, digg, stumble or whatever but needless to say once they are done they have spent an extensive amount of time promoting a contest. Well for those of you searching for yet another way to promote your contest or for those looking for a contest to enter, Matt from Blog About Your Blog (that is his ad on the right there) brings you a site similar to Blogging Zoom where you submit a contest and it gets voted on. It will spend a little time on the front page with just 2 votes and for $5 bucks you can even have it as a featured contest on the blog and another $5 will get you a featured spot on the main page of Contest Live.
Site Design
The site has a straight forward feel to it. It isn’t cluttered like many sites today with tons of advertising, widgets, and other distractions. Site navigation is a breeze although I did have a hard time finding out how to get a contest featured. I emailed Matt and after I had sent it off I found a link to it on the blog. I am sure you could just use the contact form though and arrange it.
Important Links
Here are a few important links to the site;
Top Ranked Contest These are voted on by the members of the site. It may or may not be the judge of a good contest but I am sure they are worth looking at.
Contest Live Blog Here you will find some of the latest news on the contests being held, maybe a little about some featured contests as well.
Contest Sponsor Looking for sponsors for your contest? Do you want to sposor a contest? Well check out this page and see what is being offered.
Final Thoughts
I really like the site. I wish it would have been around when I had my contest last year. I may have got a few more hits from it. This site was probably one of the better ideas in the contest promotion area and I can see where it could become a very succesful site. So if you have a contest and need a little traffic for it make sure to check it out.
Now, I know some of you have been waiting on a article comparing a few different advertising mediums. I just want to let you know I am working on it but I want it to be right. I don’t want to rush through it and just post some junkie peice of content for the site. I have decided though that I am going to break it down into a few different articles so that I can give a good synopsis on each site that I am using. I should have the first one poisted soon so stay tuned.
Thanks,
James Terrell
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Participating in online contests is generally fun especially if the host accepts entries in and out the United States. But if I were to ask about what prize I prefer to win, my answer will be a cash transferred to my PayPal account
That site is good. Good for those who want to search for blogs that are holding contests. Hope more and more people use it!
A cool post. Thanks for sharing.