Exciting stuff happening this September. My friend David Airey has organized some exciting prizes for his blog “Creative Design’s” anniversary celebration. I have enjoyed reading his blog for nearly a year now and am a big FAN of David Airey. I invite all my Chilligavva readers to actively participate for a chance at the freebies. Nothing like getting some much needed attention to your blog. I officially am in, both as a participant and sponsor. Here are the details…
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To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs:
Gold award
The ultimate business blog package:
Silver award
Bronze award
Bonus prizes
The following prizes will be drawn individually.
Podcasting kit
Free money
- $25 via PayPal courtesy of Gayla McCord of Mom Gadget. Free money! Who doesn’t want free money? Very kind of you Gayla.
USB storage keys
- 2GB USB storage key x 3 courtesy of Jamie Clague at Terinea Weblog. Three USB sticks will make up three separate prizes, with free worldwide postage. Jamie, Edinburgh Computer Services, has also kindly donated his valuable time to helping with the prize draw administration.
Blog reviews and design help
Telephone and Skype consultations
- Blog writing consultation with Ben Yoskovitz of Instigator Blog. Ben has offered his expertise to review 3–5 of your articles, providing tips and giving suggestions on writing, plus a quick guide to social media and how you can benefit from it.
- Two 45 minute coaching consultations with Mark McGuinness of Wishful Thinking. Mark specialises in coaching creative professionals, and is a real expert in his field. The first session will involve goal setting, with the second session reporting on progress and making adjustments.
- 4 hour business growth consultation with Rebecca Caroe, via telephone / Skype, or face-to-face in London / Cambridge. Rebecca is a business growth consultant for creative agencies, so if you’re looking to expand your company then this is the prize for you. If you want Rebecca to visit your offices simply pay her travel expenses.
- Tele-Coaching with Tammy Lenski. A one-hour, private telephone consult with professional mediator and conflict coach Tammy Lenski. Figure out how to deal with a challenging client, strengthen your contract negotiations, or confront difficult conversations with more confidence and success. Free call within the U.S., via Skype outside the U.S.
- One hour product launch consultation with Design Translator (DT) of Design Sojourn. Whether you’re launching a line of t-shirts, custom furniture, electronics, or any other product, DT will lend you his product launch expertise.
- Blog improvement or monetization advice with Easton Ellsworth of Business Blogwire. You choose, do you want to generally improve your blog or do you want help making money from it? Easton has kindly offered his help.
Art and literature
- Two premium quality books designed and produced by David Hyde of david the designer. John Hinchcliffe, internationally acclaimed designer-maker, is the subject of the richly illustrated first of two quality books. Crafts in the 20th Century is the second book kindly donated by David.
- Copy of Brand Aid by Brad VanAuken of The Blake Project. Brand Aid is a practical how-to guide on building winning brands. Derrick Daye was kind enough to offer this great prize.
- Watercolour print from Ed Roach Watercolours. Ed has quite a talent, and will graciously ship your favourite print from his watercolour studio.
Online advertising
Forum membership
- Lifetime membership to the paid membership site that Andy Beard, WordPress SEO and Niche Marketer, will launch on Andybeard.eu (eta and value yet to be determined). If the prize winner already qualifies for membership (some people will), then Andy will kindly come up with an alternative prize.
How to enter
Get one entry by blogging about the draw
Write a blog post telling your readers about the prize giveaway and you’ll get one entry. You can describe the draw any way you like, as long as you link to my homepage (www.davidairey.com) using logo design as the anchor text. Here’s an example contest entry you could use:
David Airey, a graphic designer specialising in logo design, is holding an anniversary prize giveaway. There’s more than $4,000 worth in free prizes! Find out how to enter by reading the details on David’s logo designer blog.
Feel free to add any other information you like, PLUS, for every 5 prize sponsors you link to (they’re all listed above), you’ll get 1 extra entry into the draw.
After writing your entry, email me the URL so I can check it out. I’ll add your entry into the prize draw.
Get one entry by subscribing to my website
Subscribe to my website, either by RSS or by email, and in your first update you’ll see a code word at the bottom. Simply email me with the code word for an entry into the prize draw.
MAXIMISE your chance of winning
If you want to achieve the maximum number of draw entries, here’s what you’ll do:
- Publish a blog post about the giveaway using the details above
- Link to the prize sponsors in your post (1 extra draw entry for every 5 sponsors linked to)
- Subscribe to my site by RSS or by email
- Email me with the code word from subscribing and the URL of your blog post
Prize draw details
The deadline for entries is Wednesday, September 26th 2007, and the winners will be announced here on Monday, October 1st 2007. Names will be drawn using a random generator.
There’s a maximum of one prize per person, and prize sponsors are more than welcome to enter the draw (obviously not to win your own kind gift). If you win a prize that doesn’t suit your needs, please run your own blog giveaway, offering something back to your readers. This will create buzz on your blog and will give extra thanks to the draw sponsors.
Good luck!