Jeremy Blanton, C Tann Starr, and I are serving as judges for a very cool new contest. Jeremy's post about it is below, in case you missed it:
It is Contest Time!!! A few months ago, Activerain launched the ability to have an outside domain name feed directly from your Activerain blog. Since then, many have set up their blog. So, with that in mind, here is the theme for the new contest:
How are You Using Your Outside Domain for your Activerain Blog to Create Business?
We want to know what you are doing with your outside blog!! Are you marketing it in your materials? Have you posted it on your business cards? We want to know how your outside blog is helping your business grow.
This contest is only for those of you who have your own domain name for your Activerain Outside Blog. Example: My outside domain for my Activerain blog is http://myrtlebeachhomesblog.com not http://myrtlebeachblog.activerain.com or http://activerain.com/myrtlebeachblog. If you are needing to set up an outside domain for your blog, follow this tutorial to set one up in minutes.
Also, since this is an Activerain contest, outside domains for blogs from other platforms (wordpress, blogger, etc) will not be eligible.
Here are the Rules:
- All posts must be tagged, Fall Outside Blog Contest 2008.
- All posts must be submitted to Outside Blogs Group.
- All posts must be original content written after today's date.
- One entry per person.
- All entries must include a link to your Outside Domain Blog.
- Contest Ends on November 7th.
Prizes!
First Place- 5,000 Points
Second Place- 2,500 Points
Third Place- 1,000 Points
All Entries will receive 200 bonus points for entering.
Judges
Jeremy Blanton- Founder of Outside Blogs Group
Carolyn Tann-Starr- Queen of Club Chaos
Jason Crouch- Yeah, we all know Jason....
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Because of this post, I have a new domain name for my outside blog. I will try and enter.
Jason - I am working on my post to enter this awesome contest. Made me speed up the pipeline... ~Rita
Thanks for reblogging man! I hope we get some good turnouts!
Jason & Jeremy: Thanks for the "how to" on setting up an outside blog. It was so easy, once someone explained to me how to do it (I'm not big on reading the manuals...) I got it up in about 10 minutes. Now I just have to get some great content up...
Cheers.
We want to know how your outside blog is helping your business grow.
Good evening Jason,
This should be an interesting contest. Is there an easy way for me to find all the outside blogs?
Bruce - I don't think there's a very easy way to find them all, since they are all on different domains.
Hmm. Someone needs to start a list! Top Ten Outside Blogs. :)