Make Money by Giving My Money Away
December 15th, 2007 Posted by ChanyaI’ve decided to conduct a blog contest. I’ve been thinking of doing this for a few weeks but I’ve been looking for a unique way to give away a prize. Sure, I could let people enter the contest by leaving comments or linking back to one of my posts, but I really want to do something different.
So, I’ve decided to let YOU decide how I should conduct the contest. And I’m going to pay you for it.
Here are the specifics:
- At the beginning of January I’ll announce a contest on this blog. The prize will be a $20 Amazon gift card.
- I need you, my
greedyloyal readers, to come up with a unique way for me to do that. - To encourage your efforts, I’ll give a $10 Amazon gift card to the person that submits the most unique/interesting/appealing idea for giving away the $20 gift card.
- You have until 12:00 midnight (EST) December 31st to submit your ideas. Email your ideas to me at contestideas@blogstruk.com. Only one entry per person is allowed and you must include the URL of your blog in the body of the email.
- I’ll review all of the entries, announce the winner on January 1st, and give the winner’s blog a link in the post. I’ll kickoff the blog contest (the one recommended by the winner) shortly thereafter.
If you think about it, this post describes a blog contest for choosing a blog contest! Hmmn, maybe I should submit this as an entry . . . .
Anyway, put on your thinking caps and come up with something extraordinary. I can’t wait to see your ideas.
NOTE: Since this is not a blog about making money, the title of this post represents the first time I’ve ever used the term "make money" in one of my articles. I feel so . . . mature. 
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I just can’t seem to think of a unique way to hold a blog contest. I want it to start in January, but I want it to be unique - something you don’t come across every day.
So I’ve decided to hold a contest for people to tell me how to hold the conte…
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Hi there
I blogged about your contest here - http://www.contestbeat.com/win-a-10-amazon-voucher-easy/
All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!
Regards, Matt.
Matt: Thanks so much for the pingback and backlinks on your site!
Oh oh… “make money”?
careful Chanya or the dark side will take you over too! Run while you still can! Lol
btw good idea getting someone else to think up the contest - I wish I had thought of that.
Griz
Griz: Yes, I know. I really had to think about that title - I don’t want to give anyone the wrong impression!
Thanks!
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Great blog contest
http://myblogcontest.com/win-a-prize-with-your-contest-idea/
I’m having my own issues right now. I also asked for help! My goal is to maintain my PR, so it’ll probably be a typical linky thing.
Bloggrrl: Great, I’ll definitely be entering your contest when it’s announced. Thanks for dropping in.
It would appear my entry might be the first official “idea” for this contest? I even came up with a easy title! Hopefully I can get some free links, if, whenever someone holds a contest of that type, they’d potentially link to my site as the concept originator. I can dream
What’cha think?
JamieO: Yes, you’re the first, but not the only one!
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I am in ::::
Here’s what I think you can do for your next contest :
You can ask your readers to write a review of your blog in terms of design and layout and content and suggest up to 3-4 changes that could make your blog better! Like something that gives you more readership, more traffic, a still better design, etc!Reward the one with the best suggestions and implement those suggestions on your blog giving due credits to the winner
How’s that?
Abhinav Sood
Enter the AWESOME BLOG LIST
Abhinav: Thanks for the idea! To officially enter this entry in the contest simply submit your idea to contestideas@blogstruk.com. Don’t forget to include the URL of your blog.
I just checked out your te.ch.Xtreme blog. That’s hands-down one of the best Blogger blog designs I’ve seen.
Hi Chanya, I like simplicity. A comment, or subscribe to my feed, or a linkback. A simple link back, would probably be your best bet. You can be creative: such as ask 1 question, like mention one positive thing about my blog on your site. Including the link to my blog. And leave the URL in a comment post. Or something to that effect. Ask for something, but not too much. Or it might be too much effort to enter. Good Luck, Emma
Emma: The idea “mention 1 positive thing about my blog” is a great idea. Is that just a suggestion or an entry in the contest? If the latter, can you send it to contestideas@blogstruk.com?
You know, in retrospect I think I made a mistake by requiring people to send their contest ideas to an email address. I probably should have let people enter by leaving comments - this is in line with your suggestion to keep it simple. For now though I’ve got to stick to my rules since I’ve received other entries via email.
I need to add this to my list of “lessons-learned.”
Thanks!
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I’m returning your blog visit but while I’m here I’m also emailing you my idea for the contest. Cuz I’m nosey like that and had to read a few of your posts while visiting.
Oh, and Happy New Year, btw! 
Teeni: Thanks for the visit. I got your contest idea!