Win $10,000 In Our Cash Giveaway

Every year the church my wife grew up in holds a picnic during which, they give away a lump sum cash prize to one lucky winner, and this year is no different. But the entries to win the $10,000 in cold hard cash are always local.  Why only give locals the chance to win?  This is the age of the internet and connecting with others from all over the world, so I want to offer all of you the chance to win $10,000 as well. Enter To Win $10,000 T...

Twitter has quickly become one of the greatest social media sites the world has ever seen thus far, and for the early adopters, it will mean great things. Twitter has become so popular in fact, that many books are being written by it's more prominant and understanding users. One such book by Murray Newlands (a Twitter Ebook), called "How To Twitter Successfully & Gain Followers", helps to guide those new in the Twitter scene to a better...

It seems like I've been running giveaways for blog conferences for a long time, but they've all finally come to an end, and I'm proud to announce the 2 winners of the Affiliate Summit East passes as well as the 1 winner of the Blogher Free Izeafest ticket giveaway. So without further ado, here are the winners: Winner of the Free IzeaFest Ticket Congratulations to Corine of Complicated Mama!  She is the winner of a free ticket to IzeaFest 20...

I've been racking my brain in the last couple of weeks about how I can find a way to get to Affiliate Summit East in New York this year. And after all the time I've spent thinking, I've come up with an idea I call the One Dollar Experiment. What Is The One Dollar Experiment? Simply put, the One Dollar Experiment is nothing more than asking all my readers to donate $1 to help pay for my travel and hotel stay. But it doesn't stop at simply...

Yes, I'm going to Blogher 2009 in Chicago.  Why?  Because I can, because as an Izea Insider, my cost is covered, because my wife wants to go and I am very supportive of her blogging, because women have a very powerful voice in blogging, because only 10% of those attending Blogher are going to be guys, and because I have something special to give away to a very special Blogher attendee! Free Ticket To Izea Fest Early last month, I started a gi...

At the beginning of last month, I started a giveaway for 2 free tickets to IzeaFest 2009.  Due to some things pulling me in a different direction, I was delayed on announcing the winners of the giveaway, but I hold in my hand the two names of the lucky readers that will attend IzeaFest this year in Sea World Orlando! Winner Number 1 The first winner of a Free IzeaFest ticket is Anne-Marie Nichols of www.the-write-spot.com.  You can also find ...

It seems as I finish one giveaway, I'm starting another. You can just call this the place to get free stuff! I have 3 Gold passes to Affiliate Summit East in New York City.  These passes normally cost $399, so a free one could be the difference in whether you can go or not. What's Affiliate Summit East? For those of you who don't know, here is an exerpt straight from the Affiliate Summit website: "Affiliate Summit East, the premier affilia...

IzeaFest is going to be at Sea World Orlando this year and is promised to be the greatest blog conference the world has ever known, at least until IzeaFest 2010.  And I want to give you a Free pass to the fun! If you read my blog on a somewhat consistant basis, you know that I'm one of the 10 coveted Izea Insider Crew Leaders, and as such I've been given some free tickets to give away for IzeaFest 2009. So two of you lucky readers will get to...

The Give The Gift of Hope fundraising event for Hope Unlimited went okay, but I didn't get the results I had hoped for. Hope Unlimited is an amazing organization that lends itself to helping expecting mothers in desparate need.  Whether that mother is thinking of abortion, adoption, or having the baby but has financial situations that cause complications with having and raising a child. Hope Unlimited does nothing but constantly give of th...

Today is day 20 in the series "Building A More Successful Blog In 30 Days." We've covered everything from SMART goal making to Participating in Forums, to The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers, and in the past couple of days, Branding Your Blog For Success Part 1 & Part 2. We are 2/3 of the way through and to celebrate our special milestone, I want to reveal to you 7 ways to make money online.  Two of which are guaranteed to make ...

In yesterday's post for the series "Building A Better Blog In 30 Days", I showed you how hosting a giveaway or contest on your blog would increase your traffic.  So it's only fitting that today I explain in more detail on how to effectively run a blog giveaway. There is actually more to running a successful giveaway than sticking a great product on your blog and telling others to comment. At least until you're very well established among the ...

For those of you following my blog, you'll know that before I took a break from this blog due to being laid off, I was in the middle of a series called, "Building A More Sucessful Blog In 30 Days."  We have completed 12 days, and now on day 13, I'd like to share with you some results of an experiment I did while not posting. For today's series we focus on building traffic with giveaways & contests. Results Revealed During my absence I w...