May
Entering Contests
Pretty much every larger scale make money blogging niche bloggers will have a contest sooner or later. Sometimes the prizes can get pretty expensive, other times it’s a simple, smaller cash prize. The majority of the time they will also require you to somehow spread the word of the contest by posting about it on your blog.
Keep in mind, your readers probably aren’t too interested in which contests you are entering. The occasional contest is fine, but there are some weeks where you will see numerous contests. You need to weed out the contests that are of no benefit to you.
Prizes range from hosting, to domains, to layouts. If you’ve already got your own blog, on your own hosting, you probably won’t want to enter these contests. You get a limited time prize or a layout which you don’t need. Is it really worth telling your readers all about this “great” contest, linking to the bloggers blog about two or three times, and alienating your readers?
Some prizes you may wish to consider are free advertising on their site, free reviews, free text links, entrecard credits, money, and just about anything virtual. If you can put it to use, it may be worth entering simply because it would have a positive affect on your blog if you were to win it.
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