To win, all you had to do was follow @SiteValley on Twitter, follow @BloggingTipsCom on Twitter and tweet a specific message. Although many people retweeted the message they were supposed to, they forgot to follow Site Valley and Blogging Tips on Twitter.

One of the few people who did was Nicola Erlich, who was chosen by Site Valley staff as the winner. Alex: Can you please direct message @sitevalley via Twitter or send an email to marketing@sitevalley.com with your contact details. Thanks

My original plan was for us to give away a 6 months hosting package every week for a month however due to the low interest in last weeks competition I am going to wait a few weeks and review the situation (though we may have one again).

We will also be launching a weekly contest to win a theme from Blog Themes Club so stay tuned for more new on that

thanks,
Kevin

Winner of 6 Months Hosting Package at Site Valley


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The Prize

The Site Valley 6 Months Blog Hosting Package retails for $5.95 per month. It boasts a good amount of storage and bandwidth, 10 MySQL databases, 100 email accounts and 10 FTP accounts. You can add up to ten websites (domains) and an unlimited amount of subdomains.

The account comes pre-registered with such blogging scripts as WordPress, B2evolution and Pivot so should make the transition from a free blogging platform to a self-hosted one a little bit easier.

Also, if you don’t have your own domain name yet, I will register your chosen domain for you and push it to your account

Wait…there’s more!

Don’t get too upset if you don’t win a hosting package as Site Valley are offering all Blogging Tips readers 20% off any of their VPS hosting accounts and shared hosting accounts (this includes their Blog Hosting package). All you need to do is enter the coupon bloggingtips during checkout.

Please note, this discount is applied every month, not just your first payment. For example, their blog hosting package would be reduced from $5.95 to $4.76 per month.

Competition Details

To enter all you have to do is:

1. Follow @SiteValley on Twitter.
2. Follow @BloggingTipsCom on Twitter
3. Tweet the following message on twitter:
   

   Follow @sitevalley & @bloggingtipscom for a chance to win free blog hosting. Contest details @ http://bit.ly/xNNtS – Pls RT

The deadline for this competition is Thursday 27th August 2009 at 5pm Eastern Time. Any entries after this deadline will not be eligible. The winner will be announced next Monday.

If you have any questions about this competition please leave a comment

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To celebrate the end of our beta (launch) period we are dropping the price of all our membership packages. This offer is only valid Today, Tomorrow and Friday. On Saturday (August 1st) the cost will return to $49 for a 3 month membership, $79 for a 6 month membership and $99 for a 12 month membership.

For the next 3 days membership prices will drop to:

• 3 months membership – $49 $29 $20
• 6 months membership – $79 $49 $35
• 12 months membership – $99 $69 $50

Blog Themes Club members currently have access to 4 premium WordPress themes however our new Artemis theme should be released within the next few weeks with our 6th theme hopefully being released before the end of September.

All members also get premium forum support, access to all our WordPress themes,
access to changes & updates to our themes and access to new Blog Themes Club designs.

Til the end of the week a 3 month membership only costs $20 which works out at $5 per premium theme. Over the next 2 months we will be adding at least two more themes so I’m sure you will agree that this is a fantastic deal. Make sure you don’t miss out as it is only available for the next 3 days.

To place an order please visit our Membership Order Page. To find out more about our themes please visit Blog Themes Club.

Theme Recap

Here is a quick recap of all of the Blog Themes Club themes.

Anima

A beautiful yet simple WordPress Theme which is incredibly easy to modify.

Demo | More Info

Invictus

A bold yet elgant red and black based WordPress Theme which boasts a useful mutl information tab. This is the theme which powers Blogging Tips itself!

Demo | More Info

Kronos

A clean and functional blue and grey design which would be suitable for a variety of blogs.

Demo | More Info

Profectus

The Profectus theme is the ideal CMS solution for aclient and boasts it’s own options area and a seperate page for your blog too. We are currently using it on Blog Themes Club to highlight how it can be customized for your site.

Demo | More Info

Artemis

Our latest theme, Artemis, should be added to the BTC collection within the next few weeks

If you have any questions about this promotion or about Blog Themes Club itself, please let me know.

Link : Blog Themes Club

Blog Themes Club Membership Price Drop For 3 days only!


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The prizes up for grabs in Janbuary 2009 are :

• TITANIUM TIER: $300,000 Commissions Earned
  Reward: A New Smart Car ($11,990 Value)
• PLATINUM TIER: $90,000 Commissions Earned
  Reward: VIP Las Vegas Vacation
  1st Class Air, Stay at the Wynn for 2 nights , $500 Cash
• GOLD TIER: $10,000 Commissions Earned
  Reward: 32 GB iPod Touch with $500 iTunes Gift Card
• SILVER TIER: $1,000 Commissions Earned
  Reward: XBox 360 Elite Package

Unless you have a high traffic blog or website, you will find it difficult to reach the upper commission tiers however I’m sure a lot of you would be able to reach the silver tier target.

As an added bonus, Motive are also giving away $100 in Cash, Flip HD Mino Camera and a 16 GB iPod Nano to 3 lucky bloggers who link to the announcement post. I recommend checking it out.

Link : Earn Big Money & Huge Prizes from Motive Network

Zac Johnson Motive Network Promotion


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In addition to cash prizes at the end of the competition, forum members also picked up several great prizes over 7 weeks. Therefore, before moving on, I would like to give a huge thank you to all our forum sponsors. Much appreciated guys

• Daily Blog Tips
• Unique Blog Designs
• Performancing Metrics
• Branding David
• Max Blog Press
• ProBlogger

Cash Prize Results

At 12pm ET today (5pm UK time) I disabled the credits system. I then temporarily closed the forum in order to total up all the results (so that new posts wouldn’t generate new credits and mess up the results).

When I searched for members with over 50 posts I was a little surprised to see that only 14 members had reached that figure. However, I have still been pleased with how things have developed Congratulations to everyone who finished in the money!

Could all winners please send me a private message in the forums with your paypal email address so that I can send you your winnings!

Again, I hope you have all enjoyed the competition. I will do my best to have another big forum competition within the next few months so stay tuned.

Also, don’t forget, there is still one prize left in the competition, a wordpress theme from Unique Blog Designs. All you have to do is leave a message in our forum with your suggestion on what niche you would like to see more themes developed for.

Have a great weekend

Kevin

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This weeks prize is a full licensed copy of one of Unique Blog Designs WordPress Themes (worth $79), kindly donated by UBD. UBD themes are very easy to install and customise.

The winner of this competition can choose what UBD design they think best suits their blog.

Competition Details

This weeks question is quite straight forward :

“What niche would you like to see more themes developed for?”

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• There is no limit to the number of suggestions you can make.
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Tuesday December 2nd 2008

On Tuesday December 2nd 2008 Nate will choose what he believes to be the best suggestion. That member will be emailed details of how to download the theme.

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : Win a Unique Blog Designs Wordpress Theme

Win a Wordpress Theme from Unique Blog Designs


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Contest 1 : Blog Design Group Writing Project

The Group Writing Project has been live for about a week but there are still 11 days left in this great competition. Blog Design Studio, designers of the current Blogging Tips design, are looking for bloggers to write a post of at least 250 words on the topic of Blog Design. I think this is a great contest idea as it means you will not only be adding great content to your blog, you might also win a prize for your efforts.

Here’s a list of the prizes you can win :

1. Win a custom WordPress theme for your blog from Blog Design Studio (worth hundreds of dollars).
2. Premium Theme from Daily Blog Tips – Daniel has donated a premium theme from Premium Themes Now as the prize for second place.
3. Consultation from Kevin Muldoon (yes me!) – I will be giving some consultation to the first winner of the contest and doing my best to help the blogger with their blog.
4. Consultation from Mayank from Blog Design Studio – A prize for the third winner of the contest.

For full details of the contest please visit the competition info page at the link below.

Link : Free custom blog design contest – group writing project!

Contest 2 : Win a Template, Logo or Icon Pack at ProTycoon

Steve Michael from Brochure Monster contacted me recently about hosting a contest at ProTycoon, a great little blog I bought from former Blogging Tips author David Shaw recently.

To win a prize you need to write a review of Brochure Monster of around 200-250 posts.

There are three prizes up for grabs and each winner can choose from any of the following :

	Prize Option 1 You have the option to choose any of the templates at BuyTemplates.
	Prize Option 2 You have the option to choose any individual icon pack from IconGalore.
	Prize Option 2 You have the option to choose a logo from LogoAngel.

Full details of this link can be found at the link below.

Link : Win a Template, Logo or Icon Pack

Both of these contests require you to write a review on your blog. It may not be suitable on your main blog but can review them on your personal blog if you wish. Good luck to those who decide to take part.

Two Great Contests For You All


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This week we have 2 signed copies of ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income‘ up for grabs. Co-written by Chris Garrett and Darren Rowse, the ProBlogger book has been hugely popular and is one of the best blogging books available.

This 10 chapter book covers every aspect of blogging for money and has something for everyone in it.

To find out more about the book please check out the Official ProBlogger Book Website.

Competition Details

Here is this weeks challenge :

Post your best blog tip in 140 characters or less

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• You are only allowed one entry so make it count!
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Tuesday 25th November 2008

On Tuesday 25th November Darren will choose what he believes to be the best response

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : Win a signed copy of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger Book

Win a signed copy of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger Book


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This weeks prize is a copy of the fantastic Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin (worth $97), which has kindly been donated by Max Blog Press.

The Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin is an excellent plugin which lets you easily convert keywords on your blog into affiliate links. It is incredibly easy to use and should help every blog increase their affiliate commissions.

Competition Details

Here is this weeks question :

If you own ‘MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate’ then how will it help you to maximize your income from your blog in many different ways?

Here are some recent posts from the MaxBlogPress Blog which may may find useful when answering this question :

• Are You Monetizing Your RSS Feeds?
• The Hallmark of A Pro Affiliate Marketer
• Do Or Die: Track and Manage Your Affiliate Links
• Don’t fly blind
• Affiliate program can earn you more than twice what you are earning now

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• You are only allowed to leave as many answers as you want
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Tuesday 18th November 2008

On Tuesday 18th November Pawan from MaxBlogPress will choose what he believes to be the best response

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : Win a Copy of the Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin

Win a Copy of the Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin


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This weeks prize is a 2 hours of blog consultation from David Peralty of Branding David. The winner will be able to speak to David for 2 hours on the phone, e-mail, skype, im or ustream. (woth $240). You will be able to discuss tactics for link baiting, SEO, WordPress management and much more.

In the last 4 years David has worked for some of the largest and most well known blog networks on the web so I’m sure he will be able to greatly help the winner with their blog.

Competition Details

Here is this weeks question :

What is the one blog that has a balance of great
design, strong branding and excellent content in your mind, and
please defend your selection?

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• You are only allowed to write one answer so please take your time to think about it and leave a good reply.
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Tuesday 11th November 2008

On Tuesday 11th November David will choose what he believes to be the best response

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : 2 hours of blog consultation from David Peralty

Win 2 hours of blog consultation from David Peralty


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This weeks prize is a year long license of the professional edition of Performancing Metrics online stats software (worth $59), kindly donated by Performancing.

Competition Details

Here is this weeks question :

What would be the three most important traffic details or information
you would want to see in your analytics software overview, aside from
page views and uniques?

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• There is no limit to the number of suggestions you can make.
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Monday 3rd November 2008.

On Monday 3rd November Angelo from Performancing will choose what he believes to be the best idea for a new feature.

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : Win a Professional Edition of Performancing Metrics

Win a Professional Edition of Performancing Metrics


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Before we talk about the contest, here is a list of all the prizes on offer :

• A lifetime subscription to Keyword Country (worth $2,000)
• An annual subscription to the Trackur corporate edition (worth $1,000)
• $300 courtesy of Sponsored Reviews
• $300 courtesy of BidVertiser
• $300 courtesy of TNX
• $100 from Daily Blog Tips
• $300 in text links from Text-Link-Ads
• A 3-month subscription to the SEO Book Training Program (worth $300)

Daniel has added some rules to ensure that the competition is fair. He has setup a panel to award points to the most improved blog and there is an open voting session too. The blog with the highest jump in RSS subscribers also gets points. All in all I think the rules are pretty straight forward and should make sure it’s a fair competition.

Anyone with a blog with less than 2,000 subscribers can participate. All you need to do is email Daniel with your name and blog URL. The deadline for applications is the midnight, Thursday, October 30th.

There are some great prizes on offer and it looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun so I recommend taking part if you have a blog with less than 2,000 subscribers. Good luck

Link : Blogging Idol 2: Send Your Application Now

Closing Date for Blogging Idol 2 is this Thursday


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This weeks prize is a full licensed copy of the amazing Citrus WordPress Theme (worth $79), kindly donated by Unique Blog Designs. This beautiful theme is available in 6 colors and is very easy to customise.

Competition Details

This weeks question is quite straight forward :

“What features would you like to see in the next version of Citrus WordPress Theme?”

As always, I think it’s important that things are kept fair and competitive :

• There is no limit to the number of suggestions you can make.
• Ideas/Suggestions should be original ie. don’t just copy someone elses idea and try and claim it as your own.
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Monday 27th October 2008

On Monday 27th October Nate will choose what he believes to be the best idea for a new feature. That member will be emailed details of how to download the theme.

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : Win a copy of the Citrus WordPress Theme

Win a copy of the Citrus WordPress Theme


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I was sent a copy of this e-book a few months ago to did a review for Blogging Tips and I was very impressed with it, it’s sure to help you get a better understanding of domain names and it shows you the tools you can use to find your perfect domain.

Competition Details

At the moment Daily Blog Tips doesn’t have a slogan therefore I thought it would be great if members put forward suggestions for a slogan for the site ie. something which could be used for marketing, branding etc in the future.

To keep things fair and competitive :

• Each member is allowed 3 entries
• Slogans should be original ie. don’t just copy another slogan and use a different word
• Deadline for entries is 12pm ET Monday 20th October 2008

On Monday 20th October Daniel will choose what he believes to be the 3 best entries and they will each be sent a copy of the Killer Domains E-Book.

All entries must be submitted in the forum thread mentioned below. Good luck

Link : 3 Killer Domain E-Books up for grabs

Win a copy of the e-book Killer Domains


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Cash Prizes – Competition Ends 12pm ET on Friday November 28th 2008

I recently added a credit system to the Blogging Tips Forums. This modification allows everyone to see how active members are. Credits are rewarded for a variety of things including :

• Referrals
• Registering
• Logging in
• Posting

The top 50 members with the most credits at 12pm ET on Friday November 28th 2008 will win a cash prize. $1,000 in cash will be distributed as follows.

1st Place : $200
2nd Place : $150
3rd Place : $75
4th & 5th : $50
6th-10th : $25
11th-15th : $15
16th-30th: $10
31st-50th : $5

Please note that all payments will be made via paypal. If you cannot receive cash via paypal you will not be eligible for any cash prizes and the next person in the list will get the prize. I know this means some bloggers can’t participate but this is where my money is and it’s also the quickest and easiest way for me to transfer money to the winners.

Please make sure you read the full rules and terms and conditions of the competition in the thread below.

$1,500 Blogging Tips Forum Competition – October/November 2008 : Info & Rules

Weekly Prizes

Every Wednesday a question or challenge will be posted in the forum with a winner declared a few days later (definately before the next weeks question/challenge).

Week 1

Daniel Scocco from Daily Blog Tips has kindly donated 3 copies of his popular Killer Domains E-Book (worth $17 each).

Click here to read more about this great e-book.

Week 2

Unique Blog Designs have kindly donated a full licensed copy of their amazing Citrus WordPress Theme.

Check out the link below to see what I thought of this great theme

UBD Release Citrus Theme in 6 Colors

Week 3

Performancing has kindly donated a year long license for the professional edition of their fantastic Performancing Metrics online stats software (worth $59).

To read more about this prize please visit the link below :

Performancing Metrics

Week 4

David Peralty from Branding David has offered 2 hours of blog consultation to the winner of weeks 4 challenge.

The winner will be able to speak to David for 2 hours on the phone, e-mail, skype, im or ustream. (woth $240). You will be able to discuss tactics for link baiting, SEO, WordPress management and much more.

In the last 4 years David has worked for some of the largest and most well known blog networks on the web so I’m sure he will be able to greatly help the winner with their blog.

Week 5

Max Blog Press have kindly donated a copy of their fantastic Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin (worth $97).

Week 6

Darren Rowse has kindly donated 2 signed copies of hig hugely popular blogging book ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income‘ (co-authored by Chris Garrett).

This 10 chapter book covers every aspect of blogging for money and has something for everyone in it.

To find out more about the book please check out the Official ProBlogger Book Website.

Week 7

Unique Blog Designs have kindly donated a second wordpress theme to this competition (worth $79). The winner of this competition can choose what UBD design they think best suits their blog.

Overview

I hope you all enjoy all this competition. If it’s a success, which I’m sure it will be, I’ll make sure I create another one for you guys very soon.

Many thanks to Daily Blog Tips, Darren Rowse, David Peralty, MaxBlogPress, Performancing and Unique Blog Designs : who all helped out by contributing to the weekly prizes

Here is a list with links to all the prize information threads :

• $1,000 Blogging Tips Forum Competition – October/November 2008 : Info & Rules
• Week 1 : Wednesday October 15th 2008
• Week 2 : Wednesday October 22nd 2008
• Week 3 : Wednesday October 29th 2008
• Week 4 : Wednesday November 5th 2008
• Week 5 : Wednesday November 12th 2008
• Week 6 : Wednesday November 19th 2008
• Week 7 : Wednesday November 26th 2008

Good Luck

Kevin

$1,500+ Blogging Tips Forum Competition – October/November 2008


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