RSS Blogging Idol
Over at Daily Blog Tips Daniel has created an event called Blogging Idol. The idea is to match wits against the other bloggers to see who can get the most RSS subscribers in one month. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve, but I know that I’m in a heck of a battle. I just hope that I’m not the William Hung of the group, laughed off the stage.
The grand prize is $3,000. That’s a nice chunk of money.
If I win this battle my pledge to you is that one of my RSS subscribers will be chosen at random and be given the $3,000. This site is here because of you. I want to reward one of you with $3,000. But that’s only if I win.
If I gain at least 100 new subscribers, but still don’t win the contest, I will give a randomly chosen subscriber a second place prize of a $25 Visa gift card or a signed photograph of yours truly (just kidding). I know that it’s $2,975 less, but I’m not a rich man. I haven’t made a penny off this site yet.
I’m still building my reputation as a master of work happiness. I know it takes time and I’m willing to keep on working my butt off, but I figure that I can pass some of my good fortune on to you, if you help me win.
Don’t be afraid to pass this on to your friends because my guess is it will take around 350 subscribers to win this contest. If you find 20 friends to sign up and split the prize between all of you, you could have a 7% chance of winning. That’s $150 a piece. That’s one awesome party if all of you threw a big blowout somewhere.
Hey, it’s worth a shot. What do you have to lose?
Nothing.
And if you lose you still get unique tips on how to make work more fun, exciting, and enjoyable.
Articles of Interest:
- Why are Icelanders so Good at Working Happy?
- Looking forward to Monday is within Your Reach
- The Nurse That Mattered
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July 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I have participated and according to Daniel’s first update, I need more than 300 subscribers to be in first place! Anyway, good luck on winning
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July 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Hey Rajaie, I may be way off on my 350 count to win it all, but hopefully everyone gets the point. If I win one of my subscribers is getting the money.
July 9th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Most people have entered the competition for the motivation, not the prize!
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July 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Hi Karl,
I’m already a subscriber, so that won’t help you with your numbers. Sorry!
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July 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Good luck, Karl. You can win if you believe you can, end of story.
I’ve set up a group writing project aimed at creating a big list of subscriber-breeding tips for everyone in Blogging Idol and beyond:
http://groupwritingprojects.com/blog/building-rss-group-writing-project/
Winning would give you some prizes that you could turn around and offer your potential subscribers…
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