The Weekly Winner Contest

January 20, 2008 by Collin LaHay
Filed under: General 

After sponsoring two contests earlier which yielded successful results, I am ready to run my own. Rather than running the occasional type of blog contest, I wanted to change things up a bit. I want to have a lot of winners rather than just one. I have developed a way to promote my blog while giving away money every week.

The Contest – Enter for a chance to win $25 and a link every week.

Every week I will announce one winner who I will send $25 via Paypal. The weekly winner contest will run forever, allowing many people to be able to win a $25 prize. Every week I will also give a link to the winners blog, and that winner will also be eligible to receive any additional prizes that were donated that week. For those people who are kind enough to donate cash/prizes, I will give you a free plug about your site, blog, or product.

How do I enter for a chance to win $25+ every week?

  1. Write a post on your blog about this blog and this contest.
  2. Leave a comment below with the link to your post.
  3. Read my blog! I recommend subscribing through RSS or getting my blog posts by email.

When is the deadline?

This contest has no start/finish date. You are allowed to join whenever you want, but the earlier you start the better your chances of being a weekly winner. If for whatever reason I choose to stop this contest in a few months, I will notify everyone at least 4 weeks prior to the closing.

Entry Guidelines

  1. Your blog post should be at least 250 words.
  2. Link to the main page of this blog as well as this contest.
  3. You may be a weekly winner a maximum of once per month, but there are no limit to how many times you can win.

This part is optional, but I would greatly appreciate it if you linked to my blog with one of the following phrases:

  1. Make Money Blogging
  2. Blog Marketing
  3. Increase Website Traffic

How do sponsored prizes work?
Every week I will provide an option for sponsors to donate prizes. These will be in addition to the $25 payments.

When are the winners chosen?
The first winner will be chosen Monday, January 28th. I will try to choose each winner every Sunday after that, but I reserve the right to choose one early if I need to. If for any reason I miss a week, the following winner will receive $50 instead of the $25.

Summary:
By writing a one time post on your blog, you will have a chance to win $25 as well as additional prizes every single week of the year. You will have a permanent raffle ticket so to say. All winners will get a little bit of free promotion as well.

If you have a prize to sponsor for the next weekly winner, please contact me. Please also include the site, blog, or product you would like me to mention in post.

Comments

81 Comments on The Weekly Winner Contest

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  2. MyBlogContest on Sun, 20th Jan 2008 3:40 pm

    3. Great!
    It has been post at
    http://myblogcontest.com/win-25-every-week/

    Submit and find blog contests, sweepstakes, giveaways and free stuff at MyBlogContest.com

  3. Weekly Contest - Win $25 | Driftless Ramblings on Sun, 20th Jan 2008 8:10 pm

    4. [...] blogs on blog marketing and internet marketing, among other things, and came across this post, The Weekly Winner Contest on Mixed Market Arts.

  4. Allen on Sun, 20th Jan 2008 8:14 pm

    5. This is the first blog contest I’ve entered, hopefully I’ve done it all correctly. Post is at:
    http://www.driftlessramblings......st-win-25/

    Thanks

  5. Collin LaHay on Sun, 20th Jan 2008 8:27 pm

    6. You have done it correctly. You are now in the weekly raffle!

  6. Brendan on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 12:49 am

    7. Not a bad idea for a blog contest. Should get some good backlinks for your money.

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  8. Whiz on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 2:24 am

    9. Hi Collin,

    Here is my entry:
    http://contestwhiz.com/2008/01.....y-contest/

    Good luck!

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  10. Collin - De Ruyck on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 9:09 am

    11. Hey Collin

    Here is my entry, great idea BTW.

    http://www.yourworldgallery.co.....-idea.aspx

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  12. vhxn on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 10:55 am

    13. Nice contest keep continuing…

  13. Contest Beat on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 11:01 am

    14. Hi there

    I blogged about your contest here – http://www.contestbeat.com/ent.....ver-again/

    All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!

    Regards, Matt

  14. stacey moore on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 1:47 pm

    15. great contest!!
    i have blogged it here:
    http://gseemoore.blogspot.com/.....arket.html
    and i am already an email subscriber!!
    thanks

  15. Blogetition on Mon, 21st Jan 2008 7:43 pm

    16. Here is my entry – http://blogetition.com/your-ch.....link-back/

  16. Louis - HomeBiz Resource on Tue, 22nd Jan 2008 11:20 am

    17. The unlimited time idea and multi-winner is a very tempting. But maybe you want to reset the contestants once in a period to keep the winning probability interesting.

  17. Collin LaHay on Tue, 22nd Jan 2008 1:17 pm

    18. Thats a good idea. I will run the contest for 8 winners (two months) and decide if I want to change it up a bit. Thanks for the suggestion Louis.

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  19. c5 on Tue, 22nd Jan 2008 9:41 pm

    20. Hello Collin,

    Here is my contest entry: The Best PayPal Contest I Found So Far.

    Thanks! :)
    C5 (that’s my shortest nickname)

  20. Louis - HomeBiz Resource on Tue, 22nd Jan 2008 10:53 pm

    21. Great! I haven’t seen my ping here, so here it is!

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  22. L.A on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 2:40 am

    23. Hi!

    This is my URL for your Contest: http://lordartworks.com/2008/0.....very-week/

  23. Win $25 Weekly! | MonkeyPong Blog on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 10:47 am

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  24. danandmarsh on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 10:51 am

    25. I blogged ya!!
    http://www.giveawaycity.blogspot.com

    I added the optionals too!! I subscribed to your feed also!! Hope I win one of these weeks!

  25. James Pong on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 11:14 am

    26. Hi Collin, can I enter the contest twice with two different blogs?

  26. James Pong on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 11:16 am

    27. Here is my entry: Win $25 Weekly!

  27. Alfred Saforo on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 11:39 am

    28. I think i have given you the best review i could ever give to another blogger.

  28. Collin LaHay on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 2:01 pm

    29. That is the best review about myself I have seen yet! I truly appreciate your words Alfred.

  29. Collin LaHay on Wed, 23rd Jan 2008 2:05 pm

    30. Yes you can.

  30. Mirjam on Thu, 24th Jan 2008 7:32 am

    31. Hi!
    great contest, thank you so much for putting it online,
    here is my entry
    http://www.elpoderdeluniverso.com/?p=64

    I wish all who have entered, the best of luck!

  31. ettarose on Thu, 24th Jan 2008 10:33 am

    32. Hi Collin, I wrote about your site and would like you to check it out at http://ettarose-edgeofsanity.blogspot.com
    Thanks,

  32. Win $25 and a Link Every Week | Win Blog Contests, Prizes, Online Sweepstakes : The Prize Blog on Thu, 24th Jan 2008 12:16 pm

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  33. Alberto Garcia on Thu, 24th Jan 2008 3:34 pm

    34. mi post:
    http://www.albertogarcia.net/2.....en-sorteo/

  34. arlene on Thu, 24th Jan 2008 8:30 pm

    35. thanks to Ethan, i stumble upon this blog. would love to join your weekly contests and i hope in one of the weeks, i will be the lucky one.

    have a nice day collin! oppsss i will add u to my blog roll and some others under the category: BLOG MARKETING –maybe.

    have a nice day and wait for my link back.

  35. Laarni on Fri, 25th Jan 2008 8:41 am

    36. I joined, dear. Check my URLage. Thank you.

  36. cruz on Fri, 25th Jan 2008 12:01 pm

    37. mi post:
    http://elsecretoleydelaatracci.....-2500.html

  37. Sandra on Fri, 25th Jan 2008 6:42 pm

    38. This is all so new and exciting. I’m hoping to find an idea that I can incorporate into my blog. Thanks.

  38. Yoko on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 7:09 am

    39. Done.
    Hope to hear more contest from this site.
    Thanks Collin. Have an awesome day.

    Yoko

  39. Yoko on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 7:30 am

    40. Hey Collin sorry I’m using your header for my post about your contest without your permission.

    Thanks

    Yoko

  40. Collin LaHay on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 7:18 pm

    41. Everything on my blog is open domain! Feel free to use anything you find, so long as you give credit and do not steal anything.

  41. Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 9:43 pm

    42. I blogged your contest on this post:

    http://laurawilliamsmusings.bl.....alore.html

  42. Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 10:57 pm

    43. I blogged this in my post:

    http://laurawilliamsmusings.bl.....re_24.html

  43. LivingSouL on Sun, 27th Jan 2008 11:41 pm

    44. Hello,

    I also joined! :D Here’s my post.

    http://marcroger.com/contests/.....very-week/

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  45. Angela on Mon, 28th Jan 2008 2:10 pm

    46. Darn I missed the first drawing! Here’s my post for future drawings:
    http://contestbytes.blogspot.c.....round.html

  46. Mbl0gger on Wed, 30th Jan 2008 5:49 am

    47. Hi Collin, please let me know one fact, can i write the post by my native language, because most of my visitors are using native language to reading my blog? I’m from Myanmar(Formally known as Burma).

  47. Lowell Scott on Wed, 30th Jan 2008 9:34 am

    48. You’re my first post. Great contest! The post is here: http://blogcontestdigest.blogspot.com/ . I will be submitting this post to several social posting sites.

  48. Lowell Scott on Wed, 30th Jan 2008 11:47 am

    49. Here is my post:
    http://blogcontestdigest.blogs.....-life.html

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  51. Stephanie on Wed, 30th Jan 2008 7:12 pm

    52. Here is the link to my post http://rainbowheartstar.wordpr.....weet-deal/
    I hope I did this right. Thanks for thinking of such a smart contest. Very good idea.
    ~Stephanie

  52. jleblanc on Thu, 31st Jan 2008 1:37 am

    53. Great idea here is the link to my post
    http://makemoneymakesense-jleb.....-week.html

  53. hambo12 on Thu, 31st Jan 2008 8:30 pm

    54. Heres the link to my post: http://wishwashy.blogspot.com/.....-next.html

    This is a really good idea!

  54. gLf on Fri, 1st Feb 2008 12:02 pm

    55. Great contest! here my entry:

    http://aboutblogcontest.blogsp.....ntest.html

    Thanks!

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  56. indoconsoles on Fri, 1st Feb 2008 10:58 pm

    57. yooo…. im in.
    i already subscribed to you feed by email.
    here my poSt:
    http://indoconsoles.blogspot.c.....d-art.html

  57. indocontest on Fri, 1st Feb 2008 11:00 pm

    58. Here my post :
    http://www.indocontest.com/200.....k-contest/

    Subscribed to your feed by email.

    Great Contest Buddy.

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    62. Hi! My entry is below. I’ve also subscribe to you and actually browsed your blog. Let me know if i missed doing something. Thanks.

    http://pusangkalye.com/2008/02.....blog-time/

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  63. berryblitz on Tue, 5th Feb 2008 10:19 pm

    64. Hi there. Here’s my entry to this contest.

    The Weekly Contest: $25 Every Week
    http://berryblitz79.blogspot.c.....-week.html

    Thanks for this contest :)

  64. kumo on Wed, 6th Feb 2008 10:39 am

    65. Hello.
    Below is my entry post.

    http://www.toasteggme.blogspot.....ep-on.html

    Thank you and best regards.

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  67. Contests+Money on Mon, 11th Feb 2008 8:29 am

    68. Thank you for the great contest!
    - Subscribed
    - Blogged with both links
    :)

  68. BunnyMoney on Thu, 14th Feb 2008 3:35 am

    69. Hi Collin,

    Cool contest! Read your blog, great too!
    Here’s my post.
    http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.co.....-blog.html
    Thanks!

  69. Sparky123 on Thu, 14th Feb 2008 9:15 pm

    70. hi

    Nice!

    here’s my post
    http://justanotherbloggery.blo.....ntest.html

    also subscribed to rss

    Cheers

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    Thanks.

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  78. Pweng Bee on Wed, 2nd Apr 2008 10:30 pm

    79. Hello there! Here is a link to my post. :)

    http://www.pwengbee.com/34-add-zing-to-your-blog/

  79. Pweng Bee on Tue, 8th Apr 2008 9:25 pm

    80. Who is winner number 8?

  80. Collin LaHay on Tue, 8th Apr 2008 10:22 pm

    81. http://www.uberlinkbuilding.co.....er-finale/

    Max won the $100 finale.

  81. adda4u on Sun, 13th Jul 2008 7:58 pm

    82. Nice thinking

    is it still there

    ???

    Try to launch this type of contests

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