The Beta News 2 Year Anniversary Contest

February 7, 2008

In the next two weeks I’ll host the biggest contest ever on The Beta News. Actually it’s the first contest ever here, but who’s counting?!

Now the rules to participate are developed by my twisted brain, so hopefully this will be a contest unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.

The rules are fairly simple.

Option 1: Follow me on Twitter. At a random time I will announce a keyword on Twitter and the followers will have three hours to mail it to me. A random follower will then be drawn.

Option 2: Keyword in RSS-feed. Subscribe to my RSS-feed and mail the keyword to me. Send the “secret” word to contest (at) thebetanews.com.

Option 3: Blog about the contest or The Beta News content. Write a blog post about the contest, or one of the sponsors, or one of The Beta News posts (for instance one of the Show Me Your Desktop interviews) using relevant anchor text like “celebrity blogger interview, problogger interview or blogging advice”. Another example could be my post about why virtual worlds are the next Web 2.0 money maker. Anchor text examples here could be “Web 2.0 and virtual worlds”, ” webkinz and clubpenguin.com is a money maker” or something similar. Basically anchor texts are links that features keywords about the post being linked to. Remember to Stumble your post and if you think it’s really good, submit it to digg, sphinn or other sites.

Remember to post a link in a comment in the contest post. I will Stumble your post as well. I can only encourage you to Stumble other contestants posts too.
Option 4: Take a picture of your blog “HQ” or desktop. Take a picture or a small video of what your blogger HQ, desk or computer desktop looks like. Post it in a blog post and link to this post.

Each part gives you an extra chance to win the big drawing on day 14.

Complete one or more options. Each option gives you an extra chance in the final drawing. All drawings are made by random.org.

And now for the prizes:

Lorelle VanFossen’s book “Blogging Tips - What bloggers won’t tell you about blogging” sponsored and signed by Lorelle VanFossen. You won’t find better tips and tricks about Wordpress and blogging in general anywhere else. Lorelle is the blogging expert. Visit Lorelle on Wordpress.
David Airey from DavidAirey.com and Logo Design Love has kindly taken some time out of his busy schedule and is sponsoring his design expertise. David will give the winner a critique of his/hers blog with suggestions and improvements. David has been my “go-to-guy” on several blog design occasions and he was the first to refer me to Brian Gardner. His latest blog , Logo Design Love, is all about his passion for logos.
Entrecard.com has kindly sponsored three Entrecard Featured Status - This means you get a golden border around your Entrecard for a week. Great way of getting more attention. On top of that, Entrecard also sponsor three Fast Passes. With a Fast Pass you can jump to the top of an advert request.
One Amazon.com $100 gift card
One Amazon.com $30 gift card
One Amazon.de €20 gift card (to make the Euros happy)
Two $25 in cash through PayPal
Three The Beta News t-shirts with logo and everything

If you feel like sponsoring a prize, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

The contest starts now and ends Friday, 22 February 2008.

Good luck everybody!

PS: If you like The Beta News, please go ahead and Favorite it on Technorati.

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Written by Dennis Bjørn Petersen · Filed Under Current Affairs

Comments

31 Responses to “The Beta News 2 Year Anniversary Contest”

James Chartrand - Men with Pens on February 8th, 2008 12:20 am

This sounds great, and I would’ve loved to participate… but I don’t know how to use Twitter (nor do I want to learn). Oh well. So much for that.
Dennis Bjørn Petersen on February 8th, 2008 9:05 am

James:

The parts are purely optional. You can follow me on twitter, write a blog post or do one of the other options.

I’ve edited the text to make it clearer. Thank you for pointing this out.
James Chartrand - Men with Pens on February 8th, 2008 9:29 am

In that case, I’m in. Subscribed, and I’ll write a post, too Thanks, Dennis!
Erz on February 8th, 2008 10:39 am

Hi Dennis,

Am subscribed to your feeds and here is my blog entry for option 3:
http://blogodise.blogspot.com/2008/02/beta-news-contest.html

Have stumbled that post as well. Thanks!
gLf on February 8th, 2008 4:24 pm

Hi! here my post:

http://aboutblogcontest.blogspot.com/2008/02/beta-news-contest.html

Also subscribed by mail and stumbled your contest post.

Thanks!
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sir jorge on February 9th, 2008 12:47 am

I posted about this awesome contest on my blog:

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That should enter me in it right?

I could use some extra cash for Amazon!
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Dennis Bjørn Petersen on February 9th, 2008 10:54 am

Great entries so far.

All are valid
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Posted about the contest at http://www.submityourcontest.com/the-big-beta-news-2nd-anniversary-contest/

Count this as one entry. Also subscribed to your feed and following you on twitter.

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Vincent Chow on February 9th, 2008 6:21 pm

Hello there, posted about the contest at:

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Please let me know if I’m in, thanks
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indocontest on February 12th, 2008 4:38 am

here my post :
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Bebemiqui on February 13th, 2008 12:51 am

I blogged it, but I have absolutely no idea how to reword links.
Here it is: http://bebemiqui.blogspot.com/2008/02/contests-of-day_12.html
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Sparky123 on February 18th, 2008 2:55 am

Hihi here’s my entry

http://justanotherbloggery.blogspot.com/2008/02/beta-news-2-year-anniversary-contest.html

I’m in your rss feed as well

Good luck all!
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Blog Contests on February 19th, 2008 8:02 am

Wow, great contest. Here’s my post about the contest for Option 3:

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Thanks!
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Egonitron on February 19th, 2008 8:04 am

Here’s my entry for Option 4:

http://egonitron.com/2007/09/19/my-blogging-setup/

That’s my blogging setup. I know, it’s messy.
betshopboy on February 19th, 2008 12:43 pm

Hi Dennis

Congrats on your blog’s 2 year anniversary, this is a great contest!

Here’s my entry:
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