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By: cooliojones

cooliojones — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:51:45 +0000

I agree with this post. I haven’t even thought about doing any contests or anything like that until I get much, much bigger (say, 500 RSS subscribers?) When you have more people participating, the traffic alone will pay for whatever prize you are offering.

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Brown Batch #18: Link Love Fiesta » Brown Thoughts — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:01:14 +0000

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By: Deron Sizemore

Deron Sizemore — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:27:08 +0000

I’ve been thinking about having some sort of contest, but even after three months, I think it’s too early. I’m sitting on 11 RSS subscribers and I believe the only reason that I don’t have more is because I don’t write enough. I have tons of idea wrote down for articles, but haven’t found the time to write. My blog is by no means fading out and if I have to stay up until 4 in the morning to write, I will write at least one or two articles a week to keep the blog kicking. I agree with all of your points. Quality is the name of the game. I won’t lie and say that I don’t think about trying to make money from my blog, but I’m smart enough to realize that it wouldn’t be smart move right now as the pennies I would make are worthless compared to continuing to build a solid reader base.

By: Debo Hobo

Debo Hobo — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:43:52 +0000

I for the life of me cannot get the Top Commentator to work on my blog. It is driving me nuts.

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:58:59 +0000

I don’t think I’ll even consider having a contest on my blog until I reach one year. My priority is to build a community. Anything after that is gravy.

Loved the post.

By: Matt Blancarte

Matt Blancarte — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:29:38 +0000

Josh, Glen, Graham, and Debo, thanks for commenting! Graham, you can check out some CSS help here. I am still learning to code and design and I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I want to throw stuff at my computer. :p Debo I agree, you will be able to build some legit links with that idea.

By: Debo Hobo

Debo Hobo — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:11:16 +0000

Well as you know, I posted a Review My Blog post yesterday. Which is quite simple, review my blog and I will link back to you. Although my blog is rather new as well (started in June on blogger and moved over to self hosting in August), I can still benefit from reviews from others on what they like or not and where I can improve etc. Sure a link back from me right now may not be earth shattering but every little bit of recognition helps. Down the road when my blog takes off and it will the chances for a free opportunity such as this will greatly decrease.

By: Graham Lutz, The Young Capitalist

Graham Lutz, The Young Capitalist — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:25:51 +0000

I’m in the process of adding as many free resources and useful content to my site first before I do any monetization or contests, etc. aswell. Another hang up is that I’m clueless when it comes to coding/design.

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:53:25 +0000

Great post and look into someones feelings. I’ve just started ablog that is a little over a week old and am very much in the same situation. Im just focusing on great content at a good pace for my readers and trying to guest blog for others to get my name out