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"Your Best Blogging Advice" Contest!

Written by on June 24, 2008 – 6:48 pm18 Comments | 1 Read this

Think Hard! It’s con­test time!

I feel like cel­e­brat­ing the begin­ning of the sum­mer, the fact this blog has almost reached 200 posts, that traf­fic is get­ting big­ger and big­ger and… basi­cally, I’m happy and feel like giv­ing stuffs away. Enjoy!

The con­test will run from June 24th to June 27th. Win­ners will be announced on that day. All par­tic­i­pants will be men­tioned in that post (minus the usual spam­mers…) and will get a link to their blog — don’t miss your chance!

The rules are easy. I’d like to ask a sin­gle question:

What is your best blog­ging advice?

For answer­ing this sin­gle ques­tion (leave a com­ment…!), you will get 30 points.

You can win addi­tional points by:

I will count the points to deter­mi­nate the win­ners. If two peo­ple are tied (ex aequo), I will choose the best blog­ging advice to deter­mi­nate who won. So give smart advices!

Here are the great prizes you can win:

First Prize (Canada):

  • One ad spot (125×125) in my side­bar for 15 days
  • A link to my blogroll
  • Four Itunes download*
 First Prize (World):

  • One ad spot (125×125) in my side­bar for 30 days
  • A link to my blogroll
  • Your blog in my “the world” page

*These Itunes must be down­loaded before July 1st and you have to have a Cana­dian account or be in Canada.

Sec­ond Prize:

  • One short blog review on the day the win­ners will be announced
  • One link to my blogroll
  • A link to your blog and a screen­shot in my “the world” sec­tion

Third Prize:

  • One link to my blogroll
  • A link to your blog and a screen­shot in my “the world” sec­tion

Good luck and have fun!

Related arti­cles:

  1. The Blog­ging Advice Winners!
  2. The “Win An Adspot” Contest
  3. The Tricky Ques­tions Con­test — Win Free Advertising!
  4. The Ad-Spot Con­test Win­ners… Announced!
  5. State of the Blogosphere

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18 Comments »

  • shionge says:
    June 24, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Kudu to you my friend, you are amaz­ing :D

    My advice? Be sin­cere and along the way embrace new found friend­ship :D

    Have fun :D

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  • bluefish says:
    June 24, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    Best advice I think is to tell some­one to hang in there and that I’m pray­ing for them, because that person’s hus­band fell off from the roof of his house.

    Say whatever’s on your mind and not be afraid of your opinion.

    blue­fishs last great read…Reveal yourself

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  • Graham says:
    June 24, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    “I’m in” (says Gra­ham as he rolls up his sleeves, cracks his knuck­les and sharp­ens his pen­cil!), “Oh yes, I am def­i­nitely in!”

    My advice is simple.…

    1) To have a truly suc­cess­ful per­sonal blog, write from the heart. Be hon­est and write about things that truly mat­ter to you.… things that will remind you of today when you look back on them in many years to come. Don’t write posts that are purely “traf­fic” seeking.

    2) Don’t sell your­self too Google Adsense. There is noth­ing wrong in using Adsense, but don’t sat­u­rate your blog page with Adsense adver­tise­ments… Your posts should always be the focal point.

    3) Always be polite and cour­te­ous. Respect peo­ples opin­ion, even if they are not the same as yours (and trust me, I am always right…lol!). A high pro­por­tion of the plea­sure of blog­ging is the inter­ac­tion with your read­ers and their blogs. If you are lucky enough, you will have the oppor­tu­nity of meet­ing some amaz­ing peo­ple on your jour­ney (peo­ple like the lovely Zhu!).

    4) Enjoy yourself!

    That’s it from me! Have a great week x

    Gra­hams last great read…Graham’s His­tory Les­son #1 ~ The Moonrakers

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  • Khengsiong says:
    June 25, 2008 at 12:12 am

    I am with Gra­ham — SIMPLE.
    I was irri­tated that some blog sites take for­ever to load. In fact, I have writ­ten a post on this topic.

    Kheng­siongs last great read…Organic Food, Food Cri­sis & the Environment

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  • barbara says:
    June 25, 2008 at 2:35 am

    Salut Zhu,
    How’s life ?

    I will add to the pre­vi­ous sound advice :

    1) Write about what you know; your life,passions,stories.
    What makes you unique.I always say that if peo­ple want news or the daily weather, they know where to go to.

    2) Don’t worry about quan­tity. You don’t need a post per day. Be flex­i­ble and be will­ing to have “blck­holes”, when cre­ativ­ity or daily sub­ject mat­ter are lack­ing. Some­times tak­ing some days off will bring more cre­ative ideas than star­ing at a blank screen.

    Have a nice day ;)

    bar­baras last great read…The Mosaic Pic­ture meme

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