Darren Rowse has finally tallied up the dollar value of his blog’s birthday contest and it is going to rank as one of the biggest blog related contests ever. If you haven’t won in previous contests, I’d hate to think what your odds will be in Darren’s contest, but no doubt the prizes will be amazing.

Here is a bit from his post on Problogger.net:

There are 115 sponsors (give or take a couple that we’re finalizing) – some are offering multiple prizes (one is offering something for up to 500 of you – which pushed up the prize pool value). Prizes range from getting theme songs composed for podcasts/videos (something I wouldn’t mind winning myself), to iPods, to logo designs, to magazine subscriptions, to books, to cash and vouchers and so much more. Prizes values range from just a few dollars in value to thousands of dollars.

I consider myself to be fairly unlucky when it comes to contests of random chance, but having won advertising on The Blog Beat made me a happy blogger, and I think I will watch Darren’s contest from the sidelines. Good luck to all those that enter.

Originally posted on October 1, 2007 @ 10:15 pm

If you are hoping to get some free advertising on a prominent blog, The Blog Beat has you covered as they run a contest to earn one of two 125×125 pixel advertising spots on their site. eXtra for Every Publisher is entering the contest in hopes of increasing its audience, and if you have a blog that could use the highly focused traffic The Blog Beat brings in, I suggest you enter as well.

Here are the details:

You have the opportunity to be entered to win one of two advertising spots on The Blog Beat for the months of October & November.

Where Are The Ad Spots? The advertising spots are the banner after the first article and a 125 pixel x 125 pixel image on the right side of the blog. One winner will get the banner ad for the first month while the other gets the 125 button ad, and then switch for the second month.

How Do I Enter? Simply link to The Blog Beat from your site. This link could be to The Blog Beat homepage or an article, it just needs to be a link. When the contest ends, I will randomly pick two winners.

With some great tips, and imagery in their posts, The Blog Beat is a great site, and one I highly recommend for bloggers learning the ropes. Check out their full site as well as their archives, and if you are interested in entering the contest, you only have until September 23rd.

Originally posted on September 6, 2007 @ 10:50 pm

David Airey, who does amazing logo design work and someone I have been trying to get to know better, has set up an absolutely amazing contest for his blog’s anniversary.

He has set it up to include some great prizes from a variety of different people and amassed an amazing number of products and services for the prize draw.

His Gold Award package makes me super excited as it includes:

• Logo design from David Airey.
• Custom WordPress theme design from Nate Whitehill
• Personal marketing / advertising plan from Maki of Dosh Dosh.
• One year’s hosting and blog setup from John Boardley
• Signed copy of Blogging Tips by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress.

The other prizes include USB Thumb drives, telephone conversations with some amazing people, and advertising.

The advertising prizes interest me as well, especially since Xfep is still very young. The advertising opportunities include:

• 728px by 90px banner ad for 30 days above the fold on The Blog Experiment, courtesy of Sara. This is quite a new forum for bloggers, but already there are approximately 5,000 posts! You must supply your own artwork.
• 125px by 125px image ad for 30 days on Smart Wealthy Rich. An excellent donation from top blogger, Jonathan.
• Ad icon located site-wide in the top left of Blog-Op, courtesy of Chris Lodge. Another kind gift from a fellow blogger in Scotland.
• 30 day text link ad shown site-wide on Contest Blogger. This is a great way to advertise your very own blog contest. Blogging is about giving something back, so get your contest featured.
• 125px by 125px image ad for 30 days on Freelance Folder. Another superb offering from Jonathan a.k.a Smart Wealthy Rich.

The great thing is that anyone can enter David’s contest, and getting one entry is as simple as subscribing to his RSS feed or e-mail feed, and then contacting him with a secret code that you’ll find within.

A great contest, and good luck to everyone that enters.

Originally posted on September 2, 2007 @ 4:46 pm