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Contest: Win Tons of Great Prizes Including iPod Shuffle, Ad Spots and More!

I know it’s been a little while since I posted that a new contest was coming soon but it’s finally here! Let’s jump straight into it, shall we?

The Prizes:

Cash or iPod:

iPod Shuffle or $50 Paypal sponsored by me

Ad Spots:

One Month 125×125 Ad Spot on DatMoney.com
One Month 125×125 Ad Spot on iBlogtoBlog.com
One Month 125×125 Ad Spot on Ahnternet.com
One Month 125×125 Ad Spot on BloggerStop.net

Other cool prizes:

125×125 Custom Banner Design by DatMoney.com
468×60 Custom Banner Design by DatMoney.com
3 x One Year VIP Memberships to CreateBanner.com
All Entrecard Credits I have from this site

How To Enter:

You will receive various entries depending what you do and how much you do. Last contest I made it a little too easy just to have people comment, well, it should be just as easy. At least in my eyes.

Write a Blog Post (10 entries) – Writing a blog post about the contest will get you the most entries but the catch is the fact that you need to include the sponsors links somewhere within the post! You can simply just copy and paste the sponsors from the list below (it’s not many, don’t worry!):

Making Money Online
DatMoney.com
iBlogtoBlog.com
Ahnternet.com
BloggerStop.net
CreateBanner.com

If you own multiple blogs, you can submit them too! Just as long as it follows the small guideline of including the sponsor’s links, then you should be fine.

Subscribe to my RSS Feeds via e-mail (5 entries) – If you are already subscribed by e-mail, you are already entered to win! If not, feel free to subscribe by simply entering in your e-mail below and confirming.

Submit Any Other Post to Social Sites (5 entries) – If you promote your posts through social sites like Digg, SU, Mixx, etc regularly, then you’re eligible to participate too! Just submit or vote on any other posts within my blog and leave a comment here with your username, which site you voted on and which post.

Deadline:

March 27th, 2009 Midnight Eastern Time - Winners will be randomly chosen the following weekend (Thanks Sherry for point this out)

I try to make these contests as easy as possible so I hope you guys all enjoy! And yes, sponsors are allowed to enter the contest as well!

Wordpress Upgrades Happen WAY Too Often

Is it just me or Wordpress upgrades happen a little too often than we’d like? Don’t get me wrong, I understand they are trying to improve the system, fix the problems and issues, protect us (the bloggers and webmasters) from being hacked but I feel these upgrades happen way too often.

I’m one of those Wordpress users that doesn’t upgrade to the newest version when it first comes out. The reason is simple: there are always issues and problems and I’d rather wait until those are fixed completely before I upgrade.

In addition, sometimes certain plugins that I use aren’t compatible with the latest version and then certain parts of my blog gets screwed up. I remember when I upgraded and the links from the commentators wouldn’t work. I soon found out it was simply because I didn’t have the latest version of the Google Analyticator.

Are these Wordpress upgrades really necessary?

Of course they are! They are only trying to improve the system each and every time. But why do we have to upgrade like five times or more each year?

Before I converted to Wordpress, I was using the Blogger blogging platform and there were definitely good things about that than WP. And yes, that includes not needing to worry about upgrading, being hacked, plugins, hosting issues and so on. But I’m already with Wordpress so I’m trying to make the most of it.

But how do you guys feel about the constant upgrades of WP?

How to Get a FREE Custom Blog Header Designed For You

There are various ways of getting a blog header created for you - some people try to design their own, some people look for free websites that have premade ones or you can pay someone to do it for you. How about I tell you how to get a FREE custom blog header designed for you and you don’t have to search anymore?

Well, our friend over at DatMoney is having a special promotion in which he will be designing a custom header for you at a small cost. But don’t worry, it doesn’t involve money or currency at all. All he’s asking is for a simple link on your blog’s footer crediting him for the work.

That doesn’t sound to bad if you ask me. I mean, we all have our blog themes designer’s name on our footers so why not include that as well? I think it’s a pretty fair trade, a simple link for a custom header.

Matter of fact, DatMoney designed this blogs header as well. But he has a lot more examples over on his “I Will Design Your Blog Header for FREE!”

I think this is a really great idea and I hope it pays off for both the customer and designer. If blog template designers can do it, why not header designers? Or maybe even logo designers?

People will probably charge anywhere between $20-$60 (or more!) to get a custom header designed but if you take advantage of this opportunity, then you should get one for free.

And life is all about taking advantage of opportunities when they arrive. I will but the question is, will you?

Ugly Sites Will Probably Make More Money Than Good Looking Ones

A lot of people are too caught up with blog and website designs but quite honestly, it’s only important to other webmasters and bloggers. You have to realize that a majority of your search engine traffic are not webmasters or bloggers at that. And take my word for it, ugly sites do in fact make a good amount of money, probably even better than good looking sites.

I used to think that I should focus on unique themes to try to separate myself from other websites but in reality, I don’t. I have quite a few websites that are plain ugly but yet, they are some of my best money makers online.

If you are an affiliate marketer, I’m sure you can say the same thing when it comes to setting up a landing page. I asked a few affiliate marketers and they admitted that some of their best converting landing pages are a plain type of design.

You don’t have to believe me, feel free to ask any affiliate marketer that makes a good income from setting up landing pages.

If you’re a blogger looking to make money online, specifically from Adsense, then you don’t have to worry about how your site looks, just focus on the content. I have a website that probably has like 8-10 ads per page, yet, I’m making a couple thousand off the site simply because I get a decent amount of organic traffic.

I keep saying this but some of the most important things to keep in mind are: building backlinks for SEO purposes and keyword research. After you get those two mastered, it’s all about plugging your ads and then you’re good to go.

So, do you have a ugly site that makes more money than your good looking sites?

New Contest Coming Soon!

I know you guys have been waiting too long for me to run another contest on here. Well, you only have to wait just a little longer because I will have one very soon!

Now the contest probably won’t be anything too special because I’ve been having a tough time getting sponsors that are willing to contribute something good enough to win. A few people have offered things like Entrecard credits but I’m not really a big fan of that anymore. Some people offered to sponsor some ad space on their blogs so I think that will be pretty good. But I still need a standout prize that will catch people’s attention.

I think I’m going to have a basic contest in which you would need to either a) write a blog post, b) subscribe to my RSS Feeds via e-mail or c) misc. lol

Again, nothing special but since I haven’t had a chance to really promote this blog like I should then I figured a contest would help me out slightly.

And if you want to become a sponsor for my upcoming contest, please let me know! You’ll get a backlink from me as well as anyone who blogs about the contest, plus, some traffic and added exposure!

But I’m just giving you guys a heads up so you can look out for that.