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17 Responses to “Congrats To The Winners - DavidAirey.com Turned One”

1. David Airey // Oct 3, 2007 at 6:10 am

   It was very kind of you to offer those prizes, and thanks for writing this follow-up post for the winners / sponsors.

   The prize draw was a great success, although there was one downside, which I’ll be writing about very soon.

   Thanks again Jon.

2. Ad Tracker // Oct 3, 2007 at 6:44 am

   Thanks for being a sponsor of David’s great contest and thanks for the link love.

   I’ll be in touch about the logo/header as soon as I can catch my breath and decide what I would like to do.

3. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Oct 3, 2007 at 12:11 pm

   David, it’s my pleasure, I really enjoyed the extra exposure being a sponsor in the contest gave me, and I’m more than happy to sponsor any other event/contest you’ll do in the future :)

   wondering what that “downside” was though

   Ad Tracker, you’re welcome! :)
   Drop me an e-mail anytime, and by the way if you need any help setting things up with WordPress or putting my header/logo up or something, lemme know (I know the revolution theme inside and out)

4. Travis // Oct 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm

   Jon, what’s a good way to find out about a contest in order to offer a sponsorship before the contest is announced?

5. Jon // Oct 3, 2007 at 12:27 pm

   Thanks a lot, Jon. I really appreciate the ad space!

6. chris // Oct 3, 2007 at 9:55 pm

   Jon,
   Those are some pretty nice prizes you donated. Do you have any recommendations for those of us with limited coding skills? And like Travis asked, how do you find out about these contests?

7. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Oct 5, 2007 at 2:21 am

   Hi Travis, good question, in fact David contacted me, I didn’t know he was preparing this contest, so I told him I would be happy to offer some prizes.

   Best advice I can give would be to network within your niche, or even outside your niche, get to know some bloggers a little more. Since I started blogging I met so many cool people, that became friends along the way, people I know I rely on, and they know they can ask me just about anything :)

   I think a good thing is to find some blogs you really enjoy and, be active in the comment section (just like you’re doing on here :) )

   Jon, you’re very welcome, thanks for sending me the banner, hope it sends some traffic and readers your way!

   Hi Chris, well I think it’s not necessary to have coding skills or anything, of course you have to offer something of value. It can be a banner spot, a blog review, consultation, interview, text-link ad, or just about anything. Sure some prizes like a custom WP theme will probably hold more value, a review, some free advertisement, an interview, links, those are great prizes :)

8. Travis // Oct 5, 2007 at 10:39 am

   Well, if you decide to have a contest anytime soon, let me know. I’d definitely be interested in contributing.

9. David Airey // Oct 5, 2007 at 10:43 am

   I’ve just published a blog post that might come in useful for those wishing to run a blog contest.

   To my detriment, Google imposed a penalty on my site, although now I’ve gratefully overturned the penalty.

10. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Oct 7, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    Travis, awesome, in fact I will be holding a contest, probably next month or something. I’ll drop you an e-mail :)

    Hi David, great job on getting everything back to normal with your blog on Google. I didn’t see this as black-hat, but after reading your post I have to say it’s eye-opening, you really did a great job, very professional way of getting Google to like your site again :)

11. David Airey // Oct 8, 2007 at 3:09 am

    Thanks Jon.

    It’s incredible the difference a Google penalty can make. Thankfully I don’t place all my eggs in one basket, but I can imagine it’d cripple some businesses.

12. Chrisitne OKelly // Oct 8, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Smart move Jonathan - upcoming contests are definitely something I’ll be on the look out for. I love this because it’s a win, win, win situation for everyone.

    And thanks David for going into detail about your penalty - though that was a bad experience - I’m sure that the lesson learned will be extremely useful for many people and probably generate quite a few links! In fact - I’m going to link to that post in my Friday roundup on CBG. :D

13. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Oct 8, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    David, yeah it’s something, you’re getting quite a bit of traffic from Google. Let’s just say I added nofollow to many links after reading your post. Only thing is the TLA links….

    Christine, makes me think, the contest you have on CBG, how was it? Was it worth it, the $300 in podcasting gear? Did it help you get some good exposure for the blog? :)

14. Gorilla Trades // Oct 10, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    i am also interested in the contest - let me know

15. Link And Earn // Oct 11, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    Hi,
    We are interested in contests, results, winners and braggers.

    We live to brag and promote braggers.

    Yeah, David Airey contest and your sponshorship both were great

16. Jewel // Oct 15, 2007 at 10:54 am

    i am also interested in the contest

17. Lori // Oct 21, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    Hello,

    Here is another contest for all of you who are interested. The prize is $10,000 for the one who can generate the most leads. Go to:

    http://agelessway.leadgenerationsecret.com

    Good luck to you all.

    Lori