What is the best way to increase blog traffic? Start a contest. People want free money, so give it to them. You can’t just throw a contest and expect that traffic to stay afterwards. I feel like I have a pretty foolproof plan of what I am going to do to get that traffic, and how to keep it.
Here is the plan for the Monthly Blogosis Contest.
Every month there will be one winner randomly drawn. This winner will get a cash prize of an uncertain amount. Why am I unsure? Because it is constantly fluctuating, getting bigger and bigger. The prize: 10% of all my online income. This includes income from my Squidoo lenses, my other blogs ( moneyandblog dot com and stumbledhere dot com), my Adsense profits, any affiliate programs I use… absolutely every way I make money will give you a chance to make more money.
What? That is crazy, Justin! Hell yes it is, but I figure it’s the only way I will ever get traffic to this blog. Imagine that if in 1 year, I am making 10,000 dollars a month (I am only aiming for about 500, but you never know). That gives one lucky subscriber $1,000.
Justin! What do I have to do to enter?
- You will automatically be entered once if you subscribe to my RSS feed by Email.
- For 5 extra chances to win, write a blog post on your own blog about this contest, explaining what the prize and rules are (with a link back to this post, and one link to the Blogosis homepage ( www dot blogosis dot com)) and comment here with the link to the blog entry. If you have more than one blog, post it on that one too. (However, do not duplicate the post. Google hates that.)
- For another 5 chances, create a permanent link on your blog to this Blog entry. Comment here that you added the link, with a link to your homepage for me to see. On the first of each month, I will post a new entry for you to update. Remember to update the link and post every month as linking to the old posts deems it invalid, and you will not get the 5 extra chances.
So, what is the total prize so far? Well, not much. With Money and Blog being my first blog, and the one making most of the money (from Sponsored Reviews.com) I have about $10 from that, and about 13 dollars from Adsense. That makes the total 10% about $2.50. I know that isn’t a lot, so what I will do for the month of January is give you a little push. The winner will get an extra $20 dollars (plus the 10%) to celebrate my 20th birthday on January 19th. On top of that, I have $25 dollars on my Amazon.com account that I will use to buy the winner something (the prize must be under $25 dollars with shipping).
What is the point of this contest? Obviously to increase traffic to this blog, as well as my RSS subscribers numbers. I feel it is completely worth the money, as subscribers are hard to come by without the right connections. This is my attempt to make those connections.
So don’t miss your 11 chances to win this contest. At the moment I only have 1 email subscriber, so your chances are sky high on winning this.
Winners will be announced the 1st of every month at approximately 12:00 pm (noon) Central Time. Ending time to gain chances to win will come 2 days before that at 12:00 pm.
For more updates on my wallet giving you money, Subscribe (and also get your chance to win.)
- P.S. Entrecard Credits have now been added to the prize stack. Click here for more info.
January 11th, 2008 at 2:09 am
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January 12th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
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January 12th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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January 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hi Justin,
I’m entered and I’ve done all the ways to enter your contest for 11 entries. here’s my blog post:
http://erz.tech36.com/2008/01/monthly-blogosis-contest/
My blog homepage where your link is in my blogroll:
http://erz.tech36.com/
Have subscribed to your feeds by email. Thanks!
January 13th, 2008 at 1:17 am
[...] wanna know who is most likely to win this contest for over 50 dollars in prizes? It is this guy named Erz from Erzology. Not only did he subscribe by email, he wrote a blog post, [...]
January 13th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Good luck Justin. Hopefully this drives some traffic to your site. Six points please.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:44 am
I have a PR3 Wordpress blog that I want to do the permanent-link thing on. Do you have some kind of image that I could use?
Max size 125px/125px for the sidebar image, but if you’re feeling creative you can do a 350×350, and I’ll upload it as a post.
~ Wogan
January 15th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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January 15th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Here is the post:
http://www.woganmay.com/2008/01/15/how-would-you-like-to-win-1000/
I’ve linked to the contest post, your site, your rss feed, email feed, and two other of your posts - plus informative titles on most of them. A search engine’s dream
I’m going to add you into my blogroll, and I’m going to post something on my wordpress blog soon:
http://woganmay.wordpress.com/
~ Wogan
January 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
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January 16th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
[...] to this blog using word of mouth, commenting other blogs, social media, personal contacts, and my contest seems to be building up the steam, too. I have done very little search engine optimization. While [...]
January 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
[...] It’s in experimental stage right now, and I figure you want to earn more credits for the Blogosis Contest, so now is your chance to drop your card [...]
January 17th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I’ve subscribed via email.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:33 am
[...] be sure to check out my other contest. I am giving away over $50 dollars in prizes to my email [...]
January 17th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Hey, I subscribed and wrote a post on my blog, I’m pretty sure that means I’m getting 6 entries…
I hope I win!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
[...] me, this seems like a great deal. Blogosis is running a competition, and all you have to do to enter is subscribe to the RSS feed by [...]
January 21st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
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January 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
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January 24th, 2008 at 12:27 am
[...] also want to take this time to remind any new readers about my contest. I am giving away over $50 dollars in prizes. And every month I will give away 10% of my affiliate [...]
January 24th, 2008 at 11:21 am
[...] To enter: Subscribe to his RSS feed by Email. Write a blog post on your own blog about this contest, explaining what the prize and rules are with a link back to his post, and one link to his homepage [...]
January 26th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
[...] First of all, go check out my contest! It is ending in a few days, and I will give out more than 50 dollars in prizes. All you have to do is sign up by email and you are in. Cool! Also, it is a monthly contest, so as long as you are still an email subscriber you have a chance to win. [...]
January 27th, 2008 at 9:12 am
[...] And here is the link to the contest. [...]
January 27th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Here is my blog post about your contest!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:03 am
[...] now that I’m over my Samsung-fandom rant, I want to update you all about the Blog Contest/Giveaway! I’ve had lots of entries, but I want more. I originally was going to cut off submissions to [...]
January 28th, 2008 at 1:10 am
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January 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Okay, I read your blog constantly (that’s what happens when you subscribe I guess) and its the only blog I’m actually subscribed to, so you’re on my Blogroll.
Does that get me a bonus five chances??
Hope so…
January 30th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Ofcourse it does! As long as you are subscribed by email you will be entered for a chance to win and will get those extra chances as well.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:56 am
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January 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Hi! here my post about your contest:
http://aboutblogcontest.blogspot.com/2008/01/monthly-blogosis-contest.htm
Also subscribed by mail and added a link to my Top Spot blogroll.
Thanks!
July 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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July 4th, 2008 at 1:33 am
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