Latest Update - Please see this post for final changes to the page.

Our $100 Best Blog Review contest is in full effect! Will you be going for the gold?

Update to post below: The page itself is completed (excluding links) but I need help with the Title before publishing. Right now it’s “Meet Our Subscribers”. Ideally it should imply both subscribers and Twitter followers, however “Meet Our Subscribers & Twitter Followers” is far too long.

Any thoughts? Please use the contact form only.

For all those new to this post, read on and comment with your links!

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I was going to wait until the New Year to announce this coolness, but why wait to make my people happy!

As you all should know by now, I am all about sharing the luv link style with those that luv me (and those that don’t yet, but will). Y’all know who I mean; those that read, subscribe, comment, and generally share their generous knowledge with us all.

This review is in congratulations to Yan for winning my first contest. My apologies for not getting to it until now…..I guarantee though, it is worth the wait. *wink*

What can I say about Yan Susanto that you can’t already read about. The man is definitely a force to be reckoned with in the blogging community.

I don’t mean this in a “problogger” kinda way (although he does blog full time) but in my opinion, he has one of the most helpful and useful blogs out there……and NO *attitude*, which is extremely important!

You see, Yan (also known as the smiling blogger) runs ThouShallBlog.com, which is quoted as, and certainly is Blogging Tips for Beginners.

He’s got a lot to smile about. Let’s take a small clip right from his about page (linked above)…

The winner of the $5 Favicon contest will be chosen by Monday. It is still WIDE OPEN over the weekend.

Now for something really exciting! Now that D.S.W.M. is under control and running smoothly, I am finally able to unveil two new blogs to everyone!

Actually one is a re-opening (but still new to most of you) and one is BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW!

The first one (re-opening) plays a double role as my personal blog and central hub, at DennisEdell.com.

Please read the About page, and you’ll understand why you should subscribe to keep up to date.

This will be a cool and fun blog.

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And now for the BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW!! A Contest Blog! Now hold on there cupcake, this isn’t just another contest blog…..

Nope, not a chance in hell of that. Let me ask you a question…

Well, there’s not much to add to that, except to ask several followers - happy now? I am!

Also to any other 4yo techies - get this plugin, oh my god is it super simple and works like a charm!

I have mine set to back-up once daily, as I figured every hour was a little TOO paranoid LOL.

In conclusion to what’s probably my shortest post ever, I ask…Do you back-up your blog? What do you use and how often do you use it?

Never stop pushing forward!
Dennis

Sorry for the wait, I had a bunch of comments to sort through Congratulations, we have two contest winners!

1. Yan and his BloggingForBeginners blog for suggesting the “Most Popular Pages“, thanks Yan! (As you can see in the left box, that will go in as soon as I find a decent one…..Alex King’s no longer seems to be working properly.)

2. Wiehanne from WiehanneContest for the suggestionS of my RSS Subscribe Box & my Social Network buttons, thanks Wiehanne! (I didn’t know just how far below the fold my RSS really was until this…it was above the fold on my screen.)

Congratulations you two! You have until Friday the 24th to claim your prize. As a reminder, you can pick ONE of the following…..

A Site Review - (Click link to see exaclty what you will get if you choose this.)

Hello all, just a brief note today about what my new pal Danny Cooper over at the LinkersBlog is about to unleash.

He believes he can show you how to do amazing feats with blog commenting and I think he might be able to do just that with his new Blog Commenting Blueprint.

The man is all over the place and has done EXTENSIVE testing in the area of blog commenting. The best part is, hes giving away a few promotional copies to random interested parties before he goes live with sales.

Be sure to head on over and check it out for yourself!

Also let me know below what you think of it all

Never stop pushing forward!
Dennis

What is this all about?

Mr Javo had improve his blog, adding new features including a Newsletter. This contest will help him to promote his enhanced Blog, as well as his eBook The Affiliate’s Start Guide

The Prizes

Until now I have over $1800 $2000 in prizes, which I will distribute among 10 lucky winners!

1st Place

• $200 filled into an advertiser account on Bidvertiser - Value $200
• A custom blog design courtesy of Canadian Web Design - Value $195
• One hour consultation with Mattaw of MoneyBites - Value $50
• One copy of OIOpublisher - Value $47
• One copy of the Traffic Rush Course, courtesy of Caroline MiddleBrook - Value $47
• One copy of the SEO eBook Don’t Get Banned by The Search Engines - Value $40 NEW!
• One year VIP membership on CreateBanner.com, Courtesy of Xavier Media - Value $35

Well, my first contest, as odd as it may have been is over . There were some really good suggestions as to what go do with the “coming soon” boxes, so as stated it will take a little time to select the winners.

As stated, I need to confer with an associate or two not related to the contest, then email winners to confirm facts before announcement.

As promised though (prize #1), no one goes away empty handed! Everyone that took the time to come and leave their thoughts (whether they actually followed the rules or not ) gets a link back here

LightspeedHardware

Blog for Beginner

John Dilbeck

Navjot Singh

Thinking Cap Contest | Submit Your Contest

Spreading Love - October 08 Week 01 | Mr Javo dot Com

ZK@WebTrafficROI

Put On Your Thinking Caps Contest « Ace Blogging

A quickie post today, but one that raises a pretty good question I think.

Mark Sierra from MeandMyDrum.com recently changed his theme design. It looks great, it really does, but it was one of his comments that really caught my attention…

BloggerContests commented, and I quote ” I think you will have more requests to display ads in your site from now on.”

Hmm, interesting. I know that’s something that I never really thought of before. I mean, I do know they look at traffic numbers, readership/subscriber numbers, etc and so forth.

But design? Really? I dunno. I’ve seen some pretty fugly blogs with some pretty serious numbers, haven’t you? (Unless of course they’re faked, which is a whole ‘nother article )

What do you think. Could design attract or repel an advertiser?

Never stop pushing forward!
Dennis

As most of you should know by now, I’m always on the look out for ways to share the love with my readers and contributers (commenter’s) using different link strategies. And of course ways to help in the education of said readers.

This is after all Beginner Marketing Tips.

I’ve decided to combine the two in (what I think is) a unique way. Lets call it Knowledge Link Love (look for that in future subject lines).

It’s very simple. Every so often, I’ll post a question, Ex: What’s your favorite technique for…..and why; and you leave your response in the comment section.

Ya cant get much simpler then that, and you get upwards of 3 links for it!…

1. URL field (Do-Follow)

2. CommentLuv link if your URL is a blog.

3. Your URL + a brief site description in a separate post after each Knowledge Link Love round.