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Currently, Ms. Danielle’s blog site is holding a contest to give away a 30GB Microsoft Zune. But who cares about the Zune? I’d rather have the iPhone. These contests are a common way of trying to get some link love and new traffic to a blog.
Actually, the prize is a re-gift of something she won from another blogger. What perked my interest was that the Zune has been handled by Michelle Michael Kwan. Oops… that was me speed reading. For a second there, I thought I could really get some moolah auctioning this puppy off on EBay if I win it. :)
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DerekBeau
June 30th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
1Good luck in the contest.
I plan to do some giveaways in the future for the same reasons you mentioned (links and traffic). I just need to get a larger subscriber base first so it isn’t a flop :-)
Hock
June 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
2The more outrageous your prize, the more you’ll get people talking about it… it’s all about building buzz. :)
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