Announcing the very first DotComDud competition! The goal of this competition is to learn the pitfalls and winning strategies of a good blog contest. Being such a new blog, the prizes are a little modest but they’re still stuff you didn’t have before, so you’ve got nothing to lose and plenty to gain by entering.

This is the DotComDud 1K Giveaway because up for grabs is a 1,000 Entercard credits, plus an extra bonus for first place. Why am I giving away Entrecard credits? Well, DotComDud.com has gotten a lot of it’s first traffic from Entrecard, so I think it’s appropriate to pass on that benefit to the readers of this blog.

Prizes

1st prize - 300 Entrecard credits! Plus 30 days FREE advertising on DotComDud.com with a 125 x 125 on the right sidebar!

2nd prize - 250 Entrecard credits!

3rd, 4th & 5th - 150 Entrecard credits each!

How to Enter

It’s simple! I’ll be using a ticket system, so you’ll be able to increase your chances of winning by earning more tickets!

First, to qualify all participants must subscribe to DotComDud.com via email, this will automatically get your 2 tickets in the contest draw.

For 1 extra ticket, just comment on this post, letting Dot Com Dud know what you think about this contest!

For 5 extra tickets, write a blog post about this contest on your own blog.

For 10 extra tickets, add DotComDud.com to your blog’s blogroll.

Entry is as simple as that, the closing date for the contest is Friday, 12th September when the winners will be announced. So please sign up and good luck to everyone who enters!

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Net Strife’s has launch his first contest ever as a part of his promotional campaign to establish the blog. This contest is similar to others. Nonetheless, it’s still a contest! Oh yeah, it’s not that extravagant but it’s not too shabby either.

Contest Mechanics

The contest will run for one month. The winners will be drawn on 21 September 2008. Participants have to earn tickets by doing things listed below. Each action corresponds to a certain number of tickets. There are some things that are required for a person to be eligible, and there are also optional things that you can do to earn more points. Remember, the more tickets you have, the higher your chances of winning!

How to Earn Tickets

• Blog about the contest with a link to this post and a list of the prizes with the sponsors’ links: 15 raffle tickets - REQUIRED
• Subscribe to Net Strife via e-mail and confirm your subscription: 10 raffle tickets - REQUIRED
• Link to Net Strife using the anchor text “Net Strife Internet Marketing Blog”: 10 raffle tickets (sitewide/homepage links only)
• Review one sponsor on your blog and leave a comment on this post with a link to the review: 10 raffle tickets
• Place Net Strife’s 125×125 banner on your site: 5 raffle tickets
• Compose a short poem for Net Strife and send it to me via e-mail: 5 raffle tickets
• Leave a comment on this post and tell me something great about ONE sponsor (you choose): 5 raffle tickets
• Link to the sponsors using their official site name as the anchor text: 2 raffle tickets per link (sitewide/homepage links only)

Maximum number of tickets one can have: 63

The Prizes

Cash via PayPal

$50 PayPal Cash from Net Strife
$25 PayPal Cash from Net Strife
$15 PayPal Cash from Net Strife

Ad Spaces

One month 125×125 ad space on Blogging from Scratch ($15)
One month 125×125 ad space on Rajaie Talks ($10)
One month 125×125 ad space on Rauru.com ($10)
Two weeks 125×125 ad space on TheNexus.TK ($10)

Text Links

5 x Regular Links from Zigtur Web Directory ($25)
2 x 3-Year Featured Links from Zigtur Web Directory ($20)

E-books and Similar Materials

3 x “29 Website Tips and Tricks” Video Package from Net Strife ($74.85 total, $24.95 each)
3 x “7 Fast Ways [to build backlinks]” Video Package from Net Strife ($74.85 total, $24.95 each)
3 x “Affiliate Windfall” Video Package from Net Strife ($74.85 total, $24.95 each)
4 x “Work Smart, Get Rich” E-book from Ebook Rich ($60 total, $15 each)

WordPress Stuff

1 x Single-Use License of the News Friendly Theme from MotionTheme ($44.95)
2 x $15 Blog Installation Package from WPStart ($30)
1 x One Year Membership on Elegant WordPress Themes ($19.95) Sidenote: This website has got some of the best WordPress themes out there!

Other Prizes

3 copies of “Direct Response Templates” from Direct Response Templates ($111 total, $37 each)
2 x one hour consultation from Jim of The Net Fool ($100 total, $50 each)
One hour consultation from Jason of The University Kid ($50)

What Are You Waiting For?

Hey, stop staring at your monitor. Better get started now to have the chance of winning one of these cool prizes!

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In celebration of Unique Blog Design(UBD) one-year birthday, UBD run a contest for the remainder of August (until Sunday, August 31st). The contest is open to everyone on Earth! If you are not from Earth, you are responsible for the cost of shipping. So, what are the prizes?

Grand Prize - Brand New 8GB iPod Touch ($299 value) and One (1) Copy of our New UBD Citrus WordPress Theme (coming next week).

Three (3) runner-up prizes include copies of our new UBD Citrus WordPress Theme.

How do I enter?

Entering the UBD 1-Year Anniversary Contest is super simple!

• For one (1) contest entry - just reply to this post with a comment. Only one comment per person will be counted.
• For five (5) contest entries - write a blog post about the UBD 1-Year Anniversary Contest and link back to this post. If your blog post does not appear under the “Pingbacks,” leave a comment with a URL to the post.

The winner will be randomly chosen Monday, September 1st, 2008. We will draw the winner via streaming video from the UBD office.

Official Contest Rules

• The contest runs from 12:00AM PST Friday, August 22nd, 2008 to 11:59PM Sunday, August 31, 2008.
• Winners will be chosen Monday, September 1, 2008 through a random drawing.
• Only one (1) comment entry per person and one (1) blog entry per person. The total number of entries any person can receive is six (6) entries.
• Prizes include (1) grand prize of an Apple iPod Touch 8GB ($299 value) and three (3) copies of our new UBD Citrus WordPress Theme ($99 value) - coming next week.
• Contest is open to everyone world-wide

Enter Unique Blog Design contest now and win awesome prizes.

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I can’t wait to tell you about The AdSpace Contest I found!

The idea is simple and easy: Get as many entries as you can (very easy to do) over the next 30 days. The more entries you get, the better chance you have of winning! At the end of the 30 days, they announce the winner.

The prize?

A 125×125 pixel ad spot (above the fold) on at least TEN DIFFERENT BLOGS that will run for one month. That’s at least a $100 value!

Who is co-hosting?

• Geek Mom Mashup
• Vrtualme
• Jamaipanese
• Best of Stupid
• AxioBlog
• The Big Bald Blog
• Jason Boom
• Unconventional Marketing Blog
• Offended Blogger
• GorillaSushi

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How do you enter to win?

1 Entry - Subscribe to any one of the blogs above via email.

10 Entries - Write a post about the contest (must include links to all 10 hosts OR use the suggested text)

25 Entries - Offer up an ad spot on your own blog for one month as part of the prize package

Simply put, you could subscribe to all 10 blogs, write a post and offer up your own ad spot for a grand total of 45 entries!

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