Win a free 16GB iPod Touch from Datepad!
While being the head of viral marketing over at Datepad, I like to provide creative ways to build up the community and get the viral aspect in motion. I have had a few very successful contests on this blog, and I thought starting Datepad off with one would be a great way to launch the new corporate blog. If by offering a completely free online dating service social network with a community aspect and a $5000 DreamDate vacation wasn’t enough, we are now offering bloggers a chance to win a free 16GB iPod Touch just for mentioning the contest in a blog post.
$15k with Winning The Web
In what is most likely the largest blog contest of all time, Gyutae of WinningTheWeb.com currently has $14,575 in sponsored prizes, including a $40 paid review from my blog.
The best part is, it is actual useful products and not just garbage ebooks that are sold expensively. There is even $2100 in straight up cash just for using Gyutae’s referral link to register to the different sites. In a very smart marketing move, Gyutae will not only gain a huge promotion from the blog contest, but most of the prizes are sponsored and he will gain hundreds of referrals. He will get a lot of new readers, new backlinks, and new affiliates which will earn him money all the while he is keeping his costs down.
Wordpress 2.5 is out!
I have just finished upgrading to Wordpress 2.5, and it has a LOT of changes. I normally wait for an extra update before I take the time to get the newest version, but 2.5 is like four updates in one.
It completely changes the look and feel to the administrator panel, and it while it will take about 20 minutes to get use to, it will save a lot of time reading, writing, and moderating posts. Everything is nearly the same as it was before, but now it is a LOT easier to get to the pages you want to, and update what needs to be updated. The new look and feel is very web2.0, and I would dare say even a little cartoon like.
Have I scammed anyone?
This is a blog reply to one of my readers posts, who has made a video in response to the building powerful links with a pr7 blog post I made.
Before I begin, I just want to say a few things. This post is not meant to be counter-hostile in any way, but I just feel the need to express my opinion on the matter and want to get my reader’s thoughts as well. I also wanted to thank Collin for allowing me to write my first rant post. I also wrote this “rant post” on the fly (at 12:58AM), so I apologize if there is any typos.
Build links by mentioning the iPhone
This post is a little satirical, please do not use it as solid advice. It is more of an accidental case study that happened to me and I wanted to share it with my readers.
Back on March 15th, I made a simple one paragraph post mentioning that I bought an iPhone. For those of you who didn’t know, the iPhone was one of 2007’s most hyped online product launches, and nearly every technology blog in the world was keeping tabs on iPhone news. This also means that since it was being searched for a lot, there were a lot of blackhat search engine spammers trying to steal their piece of the pie by their use of content theft. They scrape blogs around the world that mention the word iPhone and then post a piece of that blog post on their blog hoping it will rank for long-tail keywords.
Conference Calling Improves Efficiency
The following is a paid review and is my complete and honest opinion. If you would like your own paid review on my blog please visit the advertise page.
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