The BIG blogging contest of 2011 has started!

Article by Andy Bailey

I am the creator of CommentLuv and site owner and administrator of ComLuv.com

Andy Bailey has written 213 articles for ComLuv.com
I normally write at The ComLuv Network

Massive Contest!

We have officially started the BIG blogging contest of 2011 organised by ;
Gain traffic, increase comments and build community

Contest Deadlines

You will need to remember these dates

Publishing starts on the 1st of March
Article Submission ends on the 31 of March
Promotion Ends at 15 of April
Announcing the winners on 30th April
Delivering prizes in two weeks after announcing the winners

What can you win?

You can win REAL CASH MONEY!! haha, that’s right. There is AT LEAST FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS available this time around which means that the first prize winner will get a LOT of money and there will be a LOT of winners!

How? (the short answer)

The concept is simple, write an article about “Traffic Generation” and submit it to this site for review using the special contest entry page in the dashboard of this site. Write about the contest on your own site and include the links to all the sponsors (and logos) to qualify yourself for consideration.

Once your article has been published on one of the organisers blogs (see the top of this post), you can start to promote the hell out of it to your followers/readers/family/friends/people that you see on the bus on the way to work.

How? (the long answer)

Before we get into how you’re going to win, here’s what you need to do first ;

Click the link to create a new account here at comluv.com (if you haven’t already got one).

Next, you need to write a post on your own site explaining about the contest. You will need to include links to ALL the sponsors on your post and also a little about what you might be able to win. It’s thanks to these sponsors that there is so much money to give away, if it wasn’t for them then there would be no contest at all so make sure you follow this step, without it you wont have a chance to win anything.

Now is the time to submit your article, log in to the dashboard of this site and click the ‘contest’ icon that you see on the left toolbar.

You may see a list of posts that others have submitted, you wont be able to read them until they have been published by Hesham either on this site or at one of the other organizers sites.

Click the link ‘New Entry’ to submit your article, it can be any article you like as long as it conforms to these rules ;

It must be UNIQUE, no repeating an old article or publishing it elsewhere (we will check)
It must be YOURS, no copy pastes
The subject is “Traffic Generation” , it can be anything you like about traffic generation. How to get more traffic to your site, how to use tools to get traffic, where to get the best traffic and even what you shouldn’t do if you want traffic!

Then it’s just a case of writing your article!, you should be familiar with how the format goes for writing a post in a wordpress dashboard so all you have to worry about is formatting your post properly.

note for security reasons you will not be able to upload your own images here, please use free image hosting to store your images and use the url in your post.

Hint use twitpic or other social platforms and maximize the opportunities to promote your post!

How to win a prize?

In short : write one of the best articles!
or
In Detail : All articles will be judged by independent bloggers who will score the articles based on quality of content. That’s it, the best articles will win something, how much? well, that bit depends on other factors such as the amount of comments the article receives, how many responses you make, how many tweets, shares, retweets and social exposure it gets all contribute to determining where in the list of winners you appear.

This is NOT a popularity contest, it is an article writing contest. The best articles will be shortlisted based on the score they get from the judges and then and only then will the things like comments, tweets and social promotion come in to play to rank the winners list.

Get the latest info from FamousBloggers.net

Do yourself a BIG favour and visit the official announcement post over at FamousBloggers.net where Hesham has laid out in glorious detail everything else you need to know.

Good Luck!

I want to wish every contestant the very best of luck and I’m really looking forward to reading your entries, if last years contest is anything to go by, this years articles are going to be GOLD! not only for the contest but, for the contestants themselves! last year saw so many benefits beyond prize money for those that entered. People enjoyed it, found new readers, got exposure and made a real event out of it!

Now come on! get entering!

Comments

Lisa Miller says:

March 1, 2011 at 3:26 pm

I’ll participate. And I’m def going to win. LOL.

- Andy Bailey
  Twitter: commentluv
  says:
  
  March 1, 2011 at 8:46 pm
  
  good luck!
  
tonyknuckles From 113tidbits
Twitter: tonyknuckles
says:

March 1, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Thanks for starting up another firestorm of activity…
tonyknuckles´s recent blog post ..What It Looks Like To Sell A Post From Your Blog To Payperpost

Dheeraj
Twitter: dheerajbansal
says:

March 1, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Hi, Thanks for the Information about this Contest .

Jon From Motley Health says:

March 1, 2011 at 5:43 pm

Sounds like a fun challenge, I think that I may have a go this year.
Jon´s recent blog post ..Barbell and Kettlebell Workout Plan

Paul From Technically Easy
Twitter: technicallyeasy
says:

March 1, 2011 at 5:51 pm

Sounds like a great contest. I think I’ll take a shot at it and see how it goes.
Paul´s recent blog post ..The 5 Most Popular Twitter Applications Around

Self Publishing Blog From Authopublisher
Twitter: authopublisher
says:

March 2, 2011 at 9:01 am

Hello Andy. Is it too late to also sponsor a prize?
Self Publishing Blog´s recent blog post ..Get Traffic Using Twitter Trends

- Andy Bailey
  Twitter: commentluv
  says:
  
  March 2, 2011 at 12:10 pm
  
  no it’s not too late! you can contact me or Hesham (www.famousbloggers.net) and arrange a 200 or 300 dollar cash prize donation
  
laxman
Twitter: laxmankafle
says:

March 2, 2011 at 2:34 pm

i will take part tooooooo..i m gona win
laxman´s recent blog post ..Add Website Speed Test Tool Directly on Your Website

The Business Coach for Moms says:

March 2, 2011 at 10:43 pm

Dang! It’s still not working! Why is it that my last blog post doesn’t show up! Pooh!
Anyho! when I get that cleared up I’ll join the contest!

Melvin From MelvinBlog Dot Com
Twitter: melvinblog
says:

March 6, 2011 at 7:20 am

There’s no reason for me not to join this contest.. Good luck to me and to everyone..
Melvin´s recent blog post ..Minimizing Blog Elements and Why Should

Johanna From GIJoh.com
Twitter: GIJoh_com
says:

March 6, 2011 at 8:18 am

Wow, this contest sure is a big one! Lots of prizes too! Good luck and best wishes to all the participants
Johanna´s recent blog post ..iPad 2 will be Available this March 11- 2011

thatgirlisfunny From thatgirlisfunny
Twitter: thatgirlisfunny
says:

March 8, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Hello Andy,
And there’s me wondering why my article hasn’t been published yet. I hadn’t read this page. Ready, fire – aim! Too funny. Must get busy writing the post to publicize the contest on my blog. Look out fellow competitors – thatgirlisfunny is in da house! Well, nearly…soon as I follow all of the directions
thatgirlisfunny´s recent blog post ..Life at FloMAC- Yahoo Production Crew Visits thatgirlisfunny

cbogdan From Jorjette blog says:

March 9, 2011 at 10:09 pm

This will be a powerfull contest! There are so many sponsors!
cbogdan´s recent blog post ..The Rasnov Fortress

bbrian017
Twitter: bbrian017
says:

March 10, 2011 at 12:11 am

Hi guys, I’ve started writing my post and I look forward to rocking your socks off with traffic! I really look forward to the contest this is my first one! best of luck to all the contestants! I’ve hosted a few of my own but I’ve never joined one. Thanks for putting this together it’s just awesome!

clickfire
Twitter: clickfire
says:

March 10, 2011 at 1:13 am

I’m interested in being a basic sponsor if slots are avaialble. Please contact me, thanks.
clickfire´s recent blog post ..Crowdspring Review- Logo Design By Committee

daus says:

March 17, 2011 at 12:29 am

cool andy bailey
daus´s recent blog post ..Cara letak sudu dan garfu lepas makan

markswineclubs From Marks Wine Blog
Twitter: wineclubguy
says:

March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm

Cool contest! It’s really hard to believe though that 4k in prize winnings is really available!
markswineclubs´s recent blog post ..JC Penny has been a Bad Boy

mandel From The ComLuv Network says:

March 31, 2011 at 7:48 am

This would be interesting and exciting contst..Good luck to all participants..:)
mandel´s recent blog post ..How to Really Get Targeted Traffic to Your Site- Let Us Go Back to the Start

rahuman says:

April 10, 2011 at 6:12 pm

Wow, lots of Sponsors, I might give this a try.
rahuman´s recent blog post ..AIR JORDAN 2011

menumasakan From menu masakan says:

April 15, 2011 at 3:17 am

im late…+++cry++…hope the best blogger with the best article win…
menumasakan´s recent blog post ..Teluk Kiluan Surga yang terlupakan!

selfishyayun From selfishyayun
Twitter: selfishyayun
says:

April 16, 2011 at 5:03 am

i will, but i cant write in english. Im indonesian and cant speaking english well.
selfishyayun´s recent blog post ..Dofollow Blog PR-5 FreebloghelpCom

ricardo says:

May 2, 2011 at 6:23 am

Thanks for sharing the info. Very Useful.
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