The July comment contest is officially over!
I want to thank everyone who participated. The blog’s been a lot more fun to be around this month because of everyone commenting. The winner is Carolyn, from Juggling Frogs. In an amazing feat, she not only contributed over one hundred comments during the month, but managed to make each and every comment thoughtful, insightful, and generally long. Carolyn, apologize for me to your family for all the time you missed spending with them during the month!
I wanted to also recognize Rosa, from Gaje Master. Starting late, she made a valiant effort to catch up to the leader, but found that Carolyn had too much of a lead. At over 70 posts, all relevant and thoughtful, in just the past week or two, I thought Rosa deserved something for the huge effort and contribution she’s made to the blog. So I’m awarding an unannounced second place price of another custom article on a topic of her choosing.
The last part of the contest was an article for one of the blogs that promoted the contest. To qualify, they had to link to the contest page. The three entrants were Contest Blogger, Some Make Money, and Bohemian Bloggers.
Utilizing the ultra high-tech method of writing the blog names on pieces of paper and then drawing them randomly, the winner of the final article is…Bohemian Bloggers!
I’ll be in touch through email with all of you to discuss the articles you’ve won.
Thanks again to everyone again for your participation! The blog’s been more like a community during the contest, and I hope you stick around and continue commenting.
Plus, you have the August contest to look forward to. I’m still working out the details, but it involves getting me as a slave for an hour or two. Okay, I’m pretty sure the details of the prize won’t live up to whatever is going through your mind right now, but I wanted a good teaser to close on.
If you stayed up waiting for the contest results, get some sleep!
cool. i wish i knew what time zone you were in. I thought it would have been too much to cram in 2 hours. But I forget that California is near the end of the day.
Have I told you that I loved you lately. It is two in the morning and I have been working on my blog. i am moving it. I am tired of my stupid butt, messing up on justfree.com. I figured that I would go with a hosting site since they have a 24 hour tech support for when I am messing around on the computer at three in the morning and mess my blog up again.
I do want to say that you. I just now noticed this post. I was wondering about the contest. I figured that Juggling Frogs would end up on top. She is a heart breaker. You should see the huge smile that is on my face after reading this. It was comforting and made my day(I needed this after the day that i have had).
The blog runs on Eastern Standard Time, so yeah, it’s earlier where you’re at.
Thank you, Jay! This contest was so much fun. I really enjoyed reading the articles on your site, and hope to continue to be a very regular reader.
It sounds like you made sure we all won. That’s wonderful.
Gage Master/Rosa made it so much more exciting on the last day!
I have learned a lot in the past month. Thank you for running the contest, and for all of your great content.
All the best,
CLKL
[quote post=”286″]Gage Master/Rosa made it so much more exciting on the last day! [/quote]
It was defiantly a lot of fun. I can’t wait for the next contest. I wanted to thank jay for doing this for us. What a motivation.
I also wanted to say that I moved my blog to gajemaster.com . I glad to have made this move even though it took me forever to do it. I also did what Jay had told me to do and wrote one last post telling people about the move.
So, let us know when the next contest is.
There will be an announcement about the next contest tomorrow morning (the 2nd). I’m still working out the details of how to participate (I decided on the prize about a week ago).
[quote post=”286″]I also wanted to say that I moved my blog to gajemaster.com .[/quote]
Congratulations on getting the move finished! It’s quite a job, but I think you’ll be happier now having full control over everything.
Jay –
Thanks for hosting the contest. It looks like I had solid control over 3rd place. I am looking forward to next month’s
Rosa –
I am updating your new address in my Google Page Rank Chain there are still 42 entries left, so you should have an authority over 40 at the end of it.
I have just experienced a side-benefit from this commenting contest. After a month of commenting like crazy here, I now enjoy the lasting effect of the neutralization of my natural self-consciousness about posting comments.
Before the contest, responding to comments on my own blog was very difficult. I agonized about tone, grammar, etc. in the same way as I did when writing a blog post.
Thanks to Jay’s contest, I have had a LOT of practice pushing that “publish” button this month. Last night, I blew through a week’s worth of commenting backlog on my own blog, without obsessing, without delay.
Now, please don’t mention that the comment backlog might have COME from my focus on the comment contest. I’m not listening. {grin}
When I first learned to drive a car, I had to go through a mental checklist: key in ignition? Check. Look in side view mirror? Check. Step on brake? Check? etc.
Now, after two decades of driving, I come and go without noticing any of these mechanics (unless the car doesn’t start!) I focus instead on where I want to go, and which roads to take to get there.
So thank you, Jay, for giving me comment-writing driving lessons. Now I just need to learn how to shut up!
All the best,
CLKL
[quote post=”286″]Thanks to Jay’s contest, I have had a LOT of practice pushing that “publish” button this month. Last night, I blew through a week’s worth of commenting backlog on my own blog, without obsessing, without delay.[/quote]
Wow, you win a prize and develop useful life skills…what a contest! 😉
[quote post=”286″]So thank you, Jay, for giving me comment-writing driving lessons. Now I just need to learn how to shut up![/quote]
Please don’t!
[quote post=”286″]It looks like I had solid control over 3rd place. I am looking forward to next month’s[/quote]
You definitely had 3rd place locked up. Thanks for all the comments!
I need to be a bit more organized with the contests, and offer official 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes from the start.
That was the coolest contest that I have been in so far. I can’t believe all the traffic that it drew in from different bloggers. It was a great race and a great learning experience.
[quote post=”286″]Rosa –
I am updating your new address in my Google Page Rank Chain there are still 42 entries left, so you should have an authority over 40 at the end of it.[/quote]
Tyson-
Thanks for making this change. I noticed that some of the other bloggers who were on this contest, branched out. We are still added in the contest but they sort of picked it up on their own and ran with it. Most of them still point to your blog, so you still get all of the credit. I am trying to track most of them down so that they can change my url. I have had luck so far. Thanks for changing it for me.
Well, we are not even at 20% through the contest, so there are plenty more of correct links to be built.