real blogging tips

Hello everyone I am excited to announce Big Ben Patton’s first Contest Extravaganza! This contest has over $2000.00 of prizes! The rules are very simple no hoops to jump through here. And to top it off I will do the drawling LIVE! Thats right I will have a nice little meebo chat installed on the front page for everyone to join and participate LIVE!

Lets take a look at those glorious prizes first:

Advertising:

3x 125×125 Banner on BigBenPatton.com for 1 month ($30)

Consultation:

2×1 hour consultation with Jason from TheUniversityKid.com ($80)

2×1 hour consultation with Ben from BigBenPatton.com ($50)

1×1 hour consultation with Mattaw from MoneyBites.com ($50)

Wordpress Themes:

1x copy of “Fresh News” the latest wordpress theme from Premiumnewstheme.com ($100)

1x copy of a “Revolution” wordpress theme of your choice from BrianGardner.com ($80)

Books

1x copy of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income from Problogger (25.00)

1x copy of Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life from EcoIsomniac.com ($20)

Ebooks/Video:

1000 copies of “Seven Ways to Live a Better Life” by Jason at Blog Premiere Forums

2 copies of Referral Madness A 2 video set by MooneyQuest.com ($200)

2 copies of The Ultimate startup guide for blogging by BigBenPatton.com ($200)

Entrecredits:

200 Entrecredits from BigBenPatton.com

500 Entrecredits from Donace of rants.thenexus.tk

1000 Entrecredits from George of gpearce.co.uk

Hosting:

12 months of HostGator’s Swamp plan valued at ($180) : This package includes 1,000gb of disk space. Unlimited monthly bandwidth. Unlimited domains. It a fully loaded nothing left out deal. This is their ultimate package. Thanks again to http://www.hostgator.com for donating this for our contest.

12 months of James Germana’s Ultimate hosting plan. Valued at $500. This package includes 1,000gb of disk space. Unlimited monthly bandwidth. Unlimited domains. It also is a fully loaded nothing left out deal. This is James Germana’s Ultimate package. Also the lucky contestant who wins this prize will also get 3 hours of business consultation from James Germana. This alone is worth $500. That brings the total value of this prize to $1000. A Huge thanks goes out to James Germana for making this prize possible!

Paid Reviews:

One paid review on BigBenPatton.com ($30)

One paid review on Robinhaney.com ($25)

Software:

1 copy of Instant Blog And Ping from BigBenPatton.com ($25)

5 copies of special offer manager from BigBenPatton.com ($25)

2 copies of the list building system from BigBenPatton.com ($50)

Essentially here is how you can enter:

Subscribe to my email RSS feed (required) – 10 entries – By subscribing to our email RSS feed, you will be able to get updates when I make a new post. This is an easy 10 entries and is required to be eligible for the contest

Commenting on a Post – 2 entries -By commenting on our posts, you will receive 2 extra entries in the contest. You can comment as many times as you would like but only one comment per post will count.

Blog about this contest - 20 entries – Write a small blurb about this contest including the list of prizes on your blog. Make sure you link back/ping back to this post so I know about your post. Your blurb must be a minimum of 100 words plus the prize list.

Podcast about this contest - Thats right get on the bandwagon and get the word out 50 entries. 30 seconds or longer please.

Video blog about this contest – You knew it was coming here is your excuse to get moving I will award 100 entries to every person who makes a short videolog on their blog about this contest. 30-60 seconds please.

Check back often for updates and do your part to win a part of the cool swag. Good Luck!