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Holding a contest in a blog is a good way to increase subscribers, links and even traffic. I see nothing wrong with it especially if the prize is attractive like huge cash. In fact, I ran a small one when I was a member of Entrecard and even joined some. Luckily, I won some ad space and an interview that I will never forget.
However, bloggers especially newbies should be aware that some of them may be scam. Although it may look hard to detect which one is scam or not, one should only have some common sense to be smart enough. The tips below may not be the actual indication of a scam contest, but they can serve as clues.
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How to avoid Scam Blog Contests
I will be attending my first Blogging Event ever
This is just to inform you that I will be attending a blogging event for the first time. This DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event will be on October 25 (which was originally set to Oct 29), 6 ~ 11pm, at the Forum Hall, Casino Filipino, PIRC Bldg. Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Parañaque City, Philippines. This free event is being sponsored by a club member, PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) and being organized by DigitalFilipino.com. Actually, there are 2 similar seminars that will pursue; one in Davao (Oct 21) and the other in Cebu (Oct 23).
By the way, DigitalFlipino.com Club is an Internet community that was launched last December 25, 2003. It is founded by Janette Toral, who is also the blogger behind Blogging from Home and a lot more. According to her invitational post, the highlights of the event will be exchange of updates of Filipino e-commerce industry players and bloggers as well. As of this posting, 103 Filipino bloggers are listed to come including me.
I found some familiar names on the list, and I am very much excited to meet them personally for the first time. I am also expecting to learn a lot from some of the finest Filipino Internet marketers and bloggers.
With this, I am inviting all fellow Filipino bloggers and Internet marketers to join and support this interesting event. I will try to take some photos and make a separate post after the event, on my main blog.
If you have further questions about this event, you can check out Janette Toral’s blog post.
Hope to see you there.
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6 Heartbreaking Reasons why we are not making Good Money out of Blogging
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Making good money out of blogging may be the most popular topic one can find, and there are hundreds or even thousand bloggers who are teaching us how to do it. But why are we not achieving it?
If you will notice, I used the term "we” since I am also in the same situation. So if you expecting me to give you some good sites to join in, sorry I cannot share one right now although I know some. But if you are not interested to know why you are not getting good money out of blogging, then I suggest you finish reading this post. But I must warn you; this post is quite long as I am going to be as detailed as possible.
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Blogging tip: Let me write your name in Arabic
My name is Angel and here is how I write it in English, A-n-g-e-l. It is very simple, isn’t it? But how about writing it in Arabic? Well, you can see it on the image shown on the left side of this post. But since I do not know Arabic, how in the world did I learn it? Before I answer this question, I would like to share to you what I learned recently on how to increase visitors to your blog, convince them to come back and even make them invite others to visit it too.
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Farewell Entrecard but Hello to my Blogger Friends
The time has come for me to make my last post as an Entrecard member. As I have mentioned in my last post - I will be leaving Entrecard soon.
I will be removing my widget here 24 hours after I submitted this post. But just as I promised, I collected some members and subscribe to them. This is because I consider them as my blogger friends, not just because they have been kind to me but also of their good contents.
So with no further ado, here they are.
Soul Meets World
JoanJoyce
Gewgaw Writings
Article Specialist
The Working Mom
Manilenya
Bloggista
Ready to be Rich
K.I.S.S.- Keep It Short and Simple
Points of View
Tsinay
Marriage and Beyond
Fatherlyours dot com
Jude's Eclectic Resources
ROCKFUSE
PHblogger
Sonnie's Porch
Reenashwina
PinayWifeSpeaks
Standout Blogger
Blogging from Home
Is a Man's World
The Ad Master
Blog From Cebu To The World
Grammology
Learning How To Make Money Online
Just 4 Families
World's Youngest Professional Blogger
What About Blog
Warmstone
Blogging from Home
Read my Mind
My Funny Dad, Harry
If you think I missed someone here but you think you deserve my subscription, you can reply here with the link to your homepage and I will check it out. I won’t mind having tons of mails as long as they have quality content and interesting topics. But then again, I am not offering a subscriber exchange.
But of course, I will be glad if you will also subscribe to me. However, I strongly suggest that you do it Father Blogger dot Com since it is my main blog.
With this, I would like to thank all the members who have supported me here all the way, especially those who subscribe to me lately. I may not remember all of youi, but I will still recognize you if our paths will cross again somewhere else within the blogosphere.
My gratitude also goes to those replied to my message, and still showed some support even after I declined their ads.
By the way, the widget on my other blog - Happy Family Matters is still alive maybe until 2 weeks after my ads will be posted. But definitely, I will not be accepting any more ads.
Good luck, Entrecarders!
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I will be leaving Entrecard soon
Yes, folks! I will be leaving Entrecard in a week time, or right after my ads will be posted as well as my pending advertisers. By the way, this is also the reason why I am now declining ads. Finally, I have made my decision after thinking about it for about 2 weeks ago. Actually, I started thinking about it around 2 months ago when I started my WP blog. If you will notice, I did not enroll it there. But what made me turned cold about Entrecard? How does the economy of Entrecard affect my decision?
I have been a member of Entecard since December of last year, and I must admit that I met a lot of good bloggers around in which most of them became my on-line buddies and friends. I also earned a few bucks (well, not that really few) from selling my points. Not to mention the contests I joined and won and without Entrecard, I may not be able to discover them. The best prize I won was a good interview by a fellow blogger who now I consider among my lifetime blogger friend.
With all of these, why will I still leave Entrecard? Well, besides I am very busy with other promotional techniques like joining forums, I am not seeing it anymore just like I used to. Please do not get me wrong, I know Graham and his associates are doing their best to keep Entrecard alive and I admire them for that. I cannot blame a single person or two for such kind of situation. Entrecard is a group of bloggers who have different point of views, beliefs and strategies.
So, why will I really leave Entrecard? Let’s just say that some good things never last, and I would rather leave than being together but unhappy. But don’t worry; I will not be leaving just like that. I am preparing a list of good blogs that I will be subscribing because I still want to read their posts. After all, this is the ultimate dream of Graham – to allow bloggers to read each others posts.
I will be posting the list within two to four days, so I hope you watch for it. Meanwhile, you may want to check out my main blog - Father Blogger dot Com. I will be glad if you will subscribe to it, as I will be posting there regularly and re-direct most of my upcoming posts there. Just inform me if you did. Who knows? I might also be subscribing to you.
Just to make myself clear, I am not requesting for a subscriber exchange as I will subscribe to anyone I like even if they will decide not to do the same.
In addition, I am not encouraging you nor discouraging you to stay. This is my personal decision and no one bribed or convinced me, as I believe that we should always follow our heart.
With this, I would like to end by saying “Thank you, Entrecard! You made my blogging experience colorful”.
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