Hi there, I'm Brian owner and founder of Blog Engage a social networking community for bloggers. I'm here to tell you about our guest blogging contests and how you can earn up to 3000 USD cash by the end of 2011. For the rest of the year (2011) Blog Engage will be hosting 30 day guest blogging contests.
Blog Engage Contest Details:
Our contests are special because even if you don't win we award you for participating and engaging with our members and sponsors. If you join our guest blogging contest, review some of our sponsors we will award you with a free month of our Bronze RSS Service.
This deal is for all our contestants and yes there's no catch. All you have to do is Join the contest, try your hardest, write some sponsor reviews and we will award you with one free month of our Bronze RSS Service.
Now check this out, you think that's cool right? Well if you decide to join our contests for the rest of the year as mentioned above you could potentially get the free Bronze RSS Service for the rest of the year. That's right this free Bronze RSS Service is available each month you join our contests and is not limited to one month.
The contest is easy to join and runs every month. We start our contest at the beginning of each month and announce the winners on the 15th of the next month. It's basic, simple and easy to understand. We only accept 30 articles so make sure to get your article in fast and don't miss out. Available slots are first come first serve we do not reserve spots for anyone under any circumstances.
Our current contest has 17 submitted articles and will be finished come the end of the month. We will start another contest on the first of June and announce the winners of our May contest come June 15th. This process will continue for the rest of the year.
All Blog Engage contest prizes are cash and can only be paid using PayPal
Our contests are based on many aspects and I have managed to break it down for you but do take note this is only for the May contest. The rules will be dramatically changing to benefit our sponsors who are our RSS Customers for the next contests. But however for the remainder of the May contest the point system is as follows.
- Tweets, 1 point up to a max of 250 points
- Linked In Votes, 1 point, up to a max of 500 points
- Facebook Likes, 1 point, up to a max of 500 points
- Engages at Blog Engage, 2 points, Unlimited points
- Comments on the blog articles that provide value, 2 points Unlimited Points
- Comments on Blog Engage story page, 1 point Unlimited Points
- Sponsor Reviews, 10 points per review. Max points based on unique content
If you're interested to see how we will be improving sponsor reviews take a look at the article I wrote. This will only take affect in our June contest but I think it's a great direction to go and reward the bloggers for the hard work completed. This is also a great way to give back to our sponsors who are mostly your blogging friends, real bloggers like you and me.
Take a look at our current sponsor reviews and see how our blogging contestants are getting paid to build relationships with other bloggers and meet new people. I'm telling you, trust in me I will not lead you wrong. I want you to engage with other bloggers and you can ask anyone you know I'm always changing the ways we do things to better benefit our members.
Interested in becoming a sponsor and using our service to market yourself better? Have a look at our RSS and Contest Sponsorship Service page for detailed information. I bet you will be pleasantly surprised in the services we offer and the extremely competitive pricing structure.
One More Top Blog Engage Prize winner for 2011
I almost forgot to add info about our 1000 USD Best Guest Blogger of 2011 Award. That's right I'm awarding one blogger with 1000 USD for being the best guest blogger of 2011. All you need to do is join one of our contests and your automatically be entered into your chance of winning. This is 1000 USD paid via PayPal on top of all our other winning. Don't miss out and read more about the Blog Engage year-end 1000 USD on my personal blog.
Do you have a rules page for the articles themselves?
Hi Dennis , right now I add the rules to each individual contest article. So on the first of the month when I announce the contest it will always have the rules included! I’m hoping as the year goes by (2011) I can find some consistency and eventually create a page that displays the general rules for our contestants articles! For now the contest and it’s rules are still growing to meet the members needs. The rules change too often to dedicate a page and that’s why I add the rules to each individual contest article.
And that doesn’t just confuse people?
The process is laid out nice in the monthly contest post. I find that to be very convenient. I also add the contest post into our header with a link that says Contest. I also have all the contest articles in a link in the header that says Contest Articles. Maybe I’ll change “contest” to contest & rules
Good idea.
I have a separate page for rules, but however you do it, have the word rules in there somewhere.
Thanks for the feedback on this Dennis . I have updated the link to say Contest and Rules and it’s much better!
If you can run a tracking test, I’d bet you’ll see more hits to it. 😉
Well, every month having a contest, I believe I’m going to go crazy for the year 2011, I mean most probably I’m going to submit content in every single month and make sure I can get to know more bloggers around or may be competitors….
Let see… who’s up next?
I know you can win when you try hard because you have shown over and over your a talented blogger. Right now you need to focus more on the review portion of the contest. These are real friends of yours that are spoors right now you should be doing so many reviews!
The next contest we will also have real bloggers to review so it’s going to work out great! Building relationships while earning money… I love it! Thanks for the comment and checking in to say hi!
Brian,
Excellent for Blogengage. Every month having a contest is amazing. I’ve been thinking of joining BE contest from a long time but never got time (you know) but I’m defiantly going to join next BE contest.
Hi Brian,
The contest is really exciting and will definitely keep things hopping here.
I just joined a contest at we blog better and the effort to publicize your post is pretty hard I feel. Also, one needs to have a really good network so that people come immediately. This might get tough if one does it every month! I can’t even imagine the time and effort one has to put in to win “every month”, you all are some amazingly dedicated bloggers!
I might just take part but maybe later, not soon. One guest post contest keeps me busy at the moment. Good Luck Brian, a very nice effort to keep everyone tapping away! 🙂
Hi Hajra, yes at times joining contests is over whelming. One point I like to make here is that joining blogging contests isn’t always about winning. I’ve built so many new relationships at weblogbetter and the famous blogger contest it’s been extremely beneficial for me.
I know how you feel I’m currently hosting a contest every month while at the same time joining many to build awareness for blog engage. Trust me when I say I understand! If you can make sure to check us out we would love to have you as a member and guest blogger contestant!
Hello Brian.
These sound great. Better get my … into gear and use this great opportunity.
Hello Ivin, first thank you so much for the business I just got your e-mail this morning. I’m so excited to have you as a customer and look forward to building on a long term business relationship. I look forward to hearing from you 🙂
Hi Brian,
$3,000 is a great award! I would like to sponsor your June contest as I am interested in getting connected and also getting some backlinks. I will have a look at your RSS and Contest Sponsorship Service page for detailed information.
Hi Matthew, this June contest is our first run at the RSS and Contest Sponsorship and I think it’s going to be a huge hit! I’m actually creating the contest page as we speak and it’s so exciting!
I would be most interested in doing business with you. Also the amount 3000USD is looking a little low. We have already given away 1000USD and right now it looks like were giving away 500 USD each month for the rest of 2011 at minimum.
That means as of right now we will be giving away 4000 USD, 1000 USD over the projected and I’m sure this will continue increasing as we get more customers.
Everymonth having a contest, I believe I’m going to go crazy for the year 2011 😀
4000 USD cash is a nice reward. It is more like win-win situation for the guest bloggers and the owner alike.
Finally I understand why these guest blogging contests are so hot all of a sudden.
I feel like I’m a bit slow for not understanding it faster.
This is a genius move for the blog owner if the site already pulls in some traffic.
Getting guest posts on your blog, getting the writers to put in major effort to popularize the posts and getting the sponsors major exposure. That is a win for host, a win for sponsor and a win for guest blogger. Even if you don’t win the contest, you are out there for all to see.
Brian, I believe having these contests very often is very good. Thousands of bloggers actually reveal their talent due to this contest. I am simply a fan of reading. I hardly like being part of contests. I would just like to wish every participant all the very best.