Blog contests with big prizes

Let’s start off September with some blog contests and hopefully win something. Prizes for contests are getting bigger and more irresistible. Just when you thought ipods or LCD screens were impressive, the top prizes have been upped.

Take a look at some of the prizes being offered in this batch of blog contests.

1. “How To” Group Writing Project
Write a “how to” article on any subject but something related to your blog. It can be something quirky like “How To Wash Your Dog”. Prizes of $100, $75, $50 and bonus prizes of a 125×125 banner ad for 30 days. Deadline: 18 Sep 2007

2. 1 Cool File
Blog about the contest in which the top prize is $500. There are other bonus prizes to be won. Deadline: 30 Sep 2007

3. Win My Motorola Q Smartphone!
Link to the contest post, make a comment and subscribe to his feed to win. Winner will be announced on 1 Oct 2007

4. Review Us And Win $250
Blog about the site, subscribe and win $250. Doesn’t get anymore straightforward than that. Deadline: 30 Sep 2007

5. $4,000 Blog Anniversary Prize Draw
Blog about the draw and stand to win from a host of prizes such as logo design, SEO consulting, Amazon books, marketing and advertising plans and many others. Deadline: 26 Sep 2007

5 Blog Contests

Here’s another batch of blog contests which you might want to try for. Prizes are rather attractive. Blog owners run contests with the aim of getting more backlinks and traffic but whether or not such contests are worth while is still an open question. This is especially true with so many blogs running competitons that prizes have to be really attractive to get people to take part. Anyway, here is the batch for August/September.

1. DevDad.com is giving away a Canon PowerShot SD750 digital camera. Write a 200 word review of the site with some backlinks. Additional prizes in the form of SmugMug memberships. Closing date: 31 August 2007.

2. Bob Meets World is raffling off his MacBook for $10 a ticket. It’s a neat plan. He’s selling 300 tickets at $10 each, so everyone has a 1-in-300 of winning the MacBook. If he doesn’t sell all 300 tickets, he will pick a random name and split whatever he’s earned so far 50/50. He’s also throwing in a PR5 backlink for everyone who buys a ticket.

3. Get 2 chances to win $100 at PureBlogging.com - once in the 1000th Comment contest and another $100 for writing a review. Contests go on until the 1000th comment is made.

4. Win $100 for writing a review at OnPulseIM.com. No backlink is required but you need to Stumble and Digg the contest post. Closing date: 1 September 2007.

5. Ok, this one’s not really a blog contest but its prizes are so attractive I must list it. Social bookmarking site Mister Wong is giving away $6,000 for a logo design competition. Two runners-up will get $3,000 each. 12 top designs will be decided by Mister Wong users who get 12 votes each. Then a panel of international judges will decide the winners from these top 12 finalists. Closing date: 8 September 2007.

10 Blog Contests

Blog contests have become very popular lately with blogs using contests as a way to increase interest and traffic to their sites. This is a creative way to interact with readers and entice them to visit regularly. Prizes vary greatly though - from cash prizes of $5.00, to Amazon Gift Certificates and bigger prizes such as LCD monitors.

1. John Chow Dot Com: Evil Blog Contest is giving away a 24 inch LCD screen. To participate, you have to blog about the contest with a link. Deadline: 31 July 2007.

2. Patrick Curl’s Hot Days Of Summer Contest. Prizes include links and various cash prizes of up to $75.00. Deadline: 15 August 2007.

3. Enkay Blog is giving away an MP3/Video Player and Picture Viewer which has 1GB storage and a 2.0″ TFT screen. Just blog about the contest with a link. Deadline: 31 August 2007.

4. 6 Days Of Prizes is having a variety of contests over 6 days with prizes ranging from links to an MP3 player to cash. Deadline: 22 July 2007.

5. Guess The Next PageRank Update is offering an audio headset, lava lamp and an assortment of Google merchandise for the closest guesses. Deadline: When PR update happens.

6. Subscribe to INVESP and win $400.00 A secret word will be posted before end August and subscribers have to email the secret word to enter a lucky draw. Deadline: Before end August 2007.

7. CyberStreet Report Survey is a weekly contest that gives away $25.00 via PayPal and an optional website review for completing its survey. Deadline: End of each week.

8. Review My Blog is a straightforward blog review contest that is giving $100 to the best review. Deadline: 7 August 2007.

9. Voice Annote Your Blog Post is giving away $50.00 for you to add audio to your blog post. Deadline: 31 July 2007.

10. ProfitSense Blogger is giving away $100.00 to the person who gets the most points by writing a review and subscribing to its RSS Feed. Deadline: 24 July 2007.

I reckon if you have the time to take part in all the contests available, you’d be able to win something decent. I’m going to have a go at some of these myself.