With this post, I’m announcing the launch of much awaited guest blogging contest – “Guest Blogging Gone Crazy“. This contest will give you the ability to win various prizes that includes cash, themes, plugins, consultation, ebooks etc. just for guest posting on this blog along with the various benefits that guest blogging does.
First of all, I would like to Thank All The Sponsors who have made this contest possible plus a BIG Thanks to Ann Smarty who owns MyBlogGuest. MyBlogGuest is a friendly community of guest bloggers where people can search for blogs to guest post, search for guest author for their blogs and also engage in the other community talks. It’s the only website/forum dedicated to guest blogging. They are the official media promoter for this guest blogging contest.

Who Are The Sponsors?
This contest has grabbed support from many big sponsors who will be giving away very useful stuffs which will improve your blogging experience. Here is a list of those sponsors:
- SmartBloggerz : “Guest Blogging Gone Crazy” contest is being hosted by SmartBloggerz that provides useful blogging tips, make money online tips and seo tips to bloggers.
- WooThemes : WooThemes is a commercial theme shop largely developing cutting-edge WordPress themes, both paid and free, for a large community of Woo Users, but also experimenting with themes for Tumblr, Drupal and ExpressionEngine. WooThemes prides itself on friendly, fast customer service and top notch support. They are offering membership to their site.
- LogoNerds : LogoNerds offers best logo designing for your website. Have a Nerd design your logo for under $50. Custom logo design service at a price anyone can afford. These Nerds will be offerinf logo designing for this contest.
- MaxBlogPress : MaxBlogPress is having some of the great products in their ownership. They are offering Ninja Affiliate plugin which converts all the keywords on your blog post into affiliate link automatically. It lets you manage all your affiliate link from one location. It can also prevent affiliate theft by cloaking your affiliate link.
- WP Shopping Pages : Lunatic Studios is offering one of their newest launch – WP Shopping Pages. WP Shopping Pages is a new and powerful WordPress affiliate plugin. The content-rich Shopping Pages filled with Amazon products and eBay auctions related to any topic the plugin creates are a great addition to every weblog. And best of all – adding pages with WP Shopping Pages is a breeze: Within minutes you can turn your weblogs into a powerful affiliate store.
- CarlOcab : Carl Ocab is a well known young blogger also known as “kid blogger” as he ranked his blog for the keyword “make money online” at the age of just 13. He is offering license to his ultimate blogging theme.
- Blogussion : The blogger behind this blog, Alex Fraiser is offering his Blogussion Inspired Thesis Theme. The Blogussion Theme for Thesis is a gorgeous and easily customizable theme for the Thesis framework. With a lot of extra admin options, such as a color switcher, navigation, ad management, and more – this theme works perfectly alongside the many options that comes with Thesis already.
- DennisEdell : Dennis Edell gives Personal Coaching; Direct Sales Marketing Strategies for Your e-Commerce Websites & Blogs and for this contest he is offering cash prize.
- PV Reymond : PV Reymond is offering Internet Business Coaching and has provided consultation to many people from past 4 yrs. He provides specific tips and strategies for the person’s actual situation. If the person applies the strategies that he’ll teach, the results can be great.
- MyBlog2Day : How to blog and make money online from blogging is not a myth anymore. Lee from MyBlog2Day teaches you how to blog with success and he will be offering cash prize in this contest.
- NickThrolson : Nick is offering copies of his product – LP Jumper which helps in landing page rotation. LP Jumper is a fast and simple way to split test multiple landing pages with just a mouse click. LP Jumper uses the current themes within your WordPress CMS platform and rotates them all via a percentage base. The simple user interface will get you up and running in under 5 minutes.
- JohnPaul : John is a great blogger who teaches people how to make money online. He will be offering copies of his ebook – Twitter Dummy. This will teach you his Twitter Marketing Secrets that he uses daily for building his brand. You can get free targeted traffic to your blog after implementing these strategies.
- WeBlogBetter : We blog better, a blog that delivers blogging tips and Tricks to help you blog better, will be releasing a new ebook – A Step-by-step Guide to a Better Blog ~ Take your blog from set-up to the next level. Be the first to get a copy of this comprehensive guide to blogging by participating in this contest. Follow on Twitter and subscribe to WeBlogBetter’s feed.
- TechnoZeast : TechnoZeast is blog on WordPress, Blogging, Technology, Make Money Online and provides various services which includes Thesis Customization, Custom Plugin, Custom Theme, SEO checkout the big list of services. They are giving away Thesis Customization and Basic SEO to the winners of the contest.
- BuildACouponSite : It’s script with which you can build a coupon site that helps people finding discount coupons while you can earn from affiliate commissions.
The Prize List
1st Position | Cash: $125 Other:$732.98 Total = $857.98
- $125 Cash via PayPal from SmartBloggerz
- Developer Package at WooThemes = $150
- 1 Copy of my ebook “How To Get Free FaceBook Advertising Coupons” = $14.99
- Character Mascot Design package by LogoNerds = $97
- 1 Unlimited Blog License of Ultimate Blogging Theme by CarlOcab = $97
- 1 License of Ninja Affiliate Plugin from MaxBlogPress = $97
- 1 License of WP Shopping Pages from Lunatic Studios = $69
- 60 Minute of one-on-one Internet Business consultation with PV Reymond = $147
- 1 Copy Of Twitter Dummy eBook = $24
- 1 copy of LP Jumper = $27
- 1 Copy of “A Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Blog” eBook = $9.99
2nd Position | Cash: $75 Other:$531.99 Total = $606.99
- $50 Cash via PayPal from SmartBloggerz
- $25 Cash via PayPal from Dennis Edell
- Thesis Theme Customization + Basic SEO by TechnoZeast = $325
- Professional Business Logo Package by LogoNerds = $47
- License of Build A Coupon Site Script = $99
- 1 copy of LP Jumper = $27
- 1 Copy of Twitter Dummy eBook = $24
- 1 Copy of “A Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Blog” eBook = $9.99
3rd Position | Cash: $50 Other:$195.94 Total = $245.94
- $30 Cash via PayPal from SmartBloggerz
- $20 Cash via PayPal from MyBlog2Day
- 1 License of Blogussion Thesis Theme = $45.95
- Crystal Clear Focus Program by PV Reymond = $47
- License of WP Shopping Pages from Lunatic Studios = $69
- 1 Copy of Twitter Dummy eBook = $24
- 1 Copy of “A Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Blog” eBook = $9.99
Total Worth Of Prizes = $1710.91
How To Win This Contest?
Winning this contest is simple. You just have to publish a well written guest post and collect as many points as possible. Every guest post published during the contest period will be a part of this contest so you don’t have go into any formalities of telling me that I wanna take part and blah blah..The guest author who collects the most points wins the prizes listed above according to their position in the chart.
The Points System
For becoming the winner of this contest, you will have to collect points and the author having highest points at the end of the contest will win the prizes.
- For your every guest post that gets published on SmartBloggerz, you will get 2 points. You can submit any amount of guest post for review.
- 10 Retweets of your guest post = 1 point
- 5 BlogEngage Votes = 1 point
- Every unique commentator in your guest post excluding author replies = 1 point
- 5 Digg Votes = 1 Point
[From 2-5 in the above list, I will call it as “social media points“]
That’s it! Collect points and win this contest. But do note here one important thing: the social media points will be rewarded only for one guest post which makes the best in total.
An Example For The Explanation Of Points System
I think most of you have understood the points system for this contest and how you will be earning them. But still, those who are still confused with it, here is an example for an easy explanation.
Suppose a guest author – Mr. SB registers for a contributor account at SmartBloggerz for participating in this contest. He submits 2 articles which gets published, titled as:
- How to Blog
- Importance Of Blog
Now, for these guest posts which then gets published, gives him a total: 2 x 2=4 Points
Now consider that article – “How to Blog” gets ~ 25 re-tweets, 12 unique comments, 10 blog engage votes and 15 digg votes. So on calculating, the total social media points will be: 25/10 x 1 + 12 x 1 + 10/5 x 1 + 15/5 x 1 = 19.5 Points
Again, the article – “Importance Of Blog” gets ~ 20 re-tweets, 10 unique comments, 10 blog engage votes and 10 digg votes. So on calculating, the total social media points will be: 20/10 x 1 + 10 x 1 + 10/5 x 1 + 10/5 x 1 = 16 points
Clearly, the article “How to Blog“ is getting more social media points, thus only those points will be added to points generated by the submission of guest post i.e the overall total of guest author – Mr. SB for this contest: 4 + 19.5 = 23.5 points.
Now I hope that you have understood properly how the points will be distributed. But still!! if you haven’t understood it then forget everything as you don’t have to worry about it. You just have to submit articles for review and everything will be handled by me.
Some Simple Rules
The rules for this contest are very simple but should be obeyed properly…
- For earning “social media points” you can’t bribe or purchase something that would increase your chances of winning. But you can obviously ask your friends, take help from your blog readers for helping you in winning this contest but that should be without any kind of bribe like “I will give you some part of the prizes on winning” etc…
- The Guest articles should be clear in language and must obey the guest posting guidelines.
- Maximum 3* articles will be published in a day on this blog, so priority over publishing will be given to those guest posts which were submitted earlier for review.
- Please avoid submission of such articles which are very basic in nature and whose quality suits only the “Article Directories”. Please try giving your articles a catchy title (if possible and relevant). Use images, heading tags and make it creative.
* most probably one or two per day | Max. 3 only if high volume of submission is noticed.
Tips For Winning This Contest
For winning this contest you can take help of these tips:
- SmartBloggerz blog is suitable for articles related to blogging tips, make money online and seo. So submitting articles related to it could result in better chances over winning the contest.
- You can also publish some interesting guide or tutorials or tricks which are very beneficial for other people. For example: How To Speed Up WordPress Blog In 3 Simple Steps or My 3 Killer Methods To Build Massive Backlinks etc.
- For gaining more re-tweets you can submit an article related to “Twitter”. Similarly, submitting articles related to digg or blogengage will get you more votes on those sites thus increasing your social media points.
Contest End Date
The contest will end on 26th May 13th June completely. Any guest post submitted for review after 26th May won’t be counted eligible for this contest. The result will be declared around 1st June 20th June as I will need some time for evaluating the points.
Any Doubts!
If you have any kind of doubts then please don’t hesitate in asking it by commenting below as it will only gonna improve your ability to win this contest.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTOR ACCOUNT AND START GUEST POSTING
UPDATE: There is an update available here regarding this contest.
NEW Update: New Guest Posts Won’t Be A Part Of This Contest Now…
Last Update: Winners Have Been Announced Here!
The contest is very attractive Sushant!! You’ve done it again and this time its a lot tougher, I guess you’ll 3 to 4 posts each day, so are you planning post more than your usual each day. I will definitely participate in this contest.
Best off luck to all!!!
.-= Vishal Sanjay´s last blog ..The twelve billion dollar marketing strategy =-.
The 3 posts per day condition will only come into action if there is high submission of articles for this contest. Otherwise it will be like one or two per day.
Very interesting contest dude. Hope it’ll turn up well. Unfortunately, I cant participate.
My wishes to everyone who participate. 🙂
.-= Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..Twitter – beyond 140 characters =-.
Thanks Senthil..Sad to hear that you can’t participate..Any kind of exams coming up your way?
Well if you can participate then you are welcomed do so.
Too bad to hear you can’t participate. What’s wrong?
.-= akira07´s last blog ..Result of Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 =-.
awesome contest sushant anyone who will win any prize will be a happy man…..
i am participating in the contest and just need to know that is there any maximum number of posts limit for each guest post….i think this will keep the contest fair, otherwise the prizes that you are offering can make anyone to cheat in the contest….
i have already been a victim when i was once on my way to win my first ever contest when a guy cheated and took my place…so just wanted to ensure that everything goes fine
.-= Tushar´s last blog ..What a Bad Niche Can Do to Your Blog? =-.
Don’t worry…Only quality posts will be accepted and I don’t think someone would just focus over participating in this contest to increase points as they also have their own blog to care of. So I am just guessing that there will be only one or two guest post by every author participating. And as you might have read the rules; the “social media points” will be added from the author’s best post only.
By the way in what kind of contest you got cheated? would you like to tell us?
it was a contest where people have to vote for best guest post and one of the contestants voted for himself many times.i wont reveal his name but he was one of the top commentator here also…..
anyways i need to take your attention to one more thing, you said you will post maximum 3 posts a day…My point is that the 3 posts that you will publish, the one at the top will get the maximum attention and the rest 2 will get neglected…so why dont u take some measure to counter this problem??
.-= Tushar´s last blog ..What a Bad Niche Can Do to Your Blog? =-.
oh okay..but since I have removed the voting system which I actually thought to bring in this contest earlier, I don’t think there will as such any big problem..If I found any author using some bad ways to increase its social media points then I will surely be denying his participation in this contest. So guest authors be careful over that..
And yes, about that 3 posts per day thing..Just read all the comments and you will find my answer to it many times here 😉
I think tushar voting system does not work as much, but social media votes cannot be fudges, because 10 retweets can be fudged , but 100 retweets can be only possible if you have a great article at hand. So i think there is a little chance to cheat here, but if there is, let sushant know,he will get it covered
.-= Gautam Hans @ Blog Godown´s last blog ..2 Ways How To Find Blog Post Ideas =-.
Woah, awesome prizes dude.
.-= Ed´s last blog ..Four Awesome Reasons Why The Cool Kids Love Tech =-.
KNow what Sushant? You really have a good knack on having these types of contest. I think you pretty much attracted good sponsors as well. expect a lot of people to join this contest
.-= Melvin´s last blog ..Why Personal Posts Get LOTS of Traffic =-.
Yeah, Thanks to the sponsors for the support. Expecting your participation also as I want to reveal a secret here that your guest post really receives lot of traffic and comes out to be amongst top 5 landing pages in Google Analytics for that month. Your earlier two guest posts received traffic mostly from social media sites so you should really think over participating.
Anyways I don’t think 3 articles per day would be feasible I mean. Most of the times, those articles will get very little traction and social media attention..
maybe one per day would do it since i think the qualifications for the quality of the post should be a bit higher since this is a contest.
Just my 2 cents
.-= Melvin´s last blog ..Why Personal Posts Get LOTS of Traffic =-.
Actually it’s gonna be one or two per day only…but suppose if the load increases(like 5-6 articles submission every day) then I would really have to increase the limit so that other people articles can also be considered in this contest. I just wanted to make everything clear so there doesn’t arises any kind of problems later on.
Great contest. And after looking at the prize list. I am thinking to participate now.
Hi Shushant,
Do we need to write about this contest on our blogs?
Count me in for the contest.
Thanks a lot,
-Onibaluisi
Naah..I didn’t say that..It’s your wish if you want to blog about it or not..But its not a task for this contest
This is great news, I wish you good luck with this contest my friend, I am sure you and blog participants will have a lot of fun
.-= Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..Get MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate Now for a Third off the normal Price =-.
Thanks Hesham..Hoping your participation also 😉
Hmm, I’m so very busy right now. But maybe I’ll see what I can muster up for an entry or two. The prizes are very tempting. I will definitely spread the word and amp up the competition. Contest are such fun!
.-= Blog Angel a.k.a. Joella´s last blog ..10 Ways To Reduce Blog Bounce Rate – Offer Your Sweetest Sticky Buns =-.
Ya, the prizes are very tempting, that’s what my aim was..:o Thanks to sponsors for making it happen.
Wish you a good luck over participation…and also thanks for re-tweeting it 🙂