Why I Must Join Your Blogging Contest!

This is a guest post by Felix Albutra who gives blogging advice at his blog RealBloggingAdvice.

Haha! What an aggressive title on this post. I just want to awaken your tired and sleepy mind.  But anyway it doesn’t bother about the lesson we are going to take about. Now let’s get started.

You know as a blogger, we knew that there are many ways to make money online from our blog. And I guess, that you already knew how to market your blog and build your authority in the crowded blogosphere.

But just in case that you don’t know yet, asking some blogging advice from experienced blogger is a good choice to do. Then why I must join blogging contest? That question seems to be answered if you read the whole post.

This time, I want to share to you the benefits of joining blogging contest in both making money online and blog marketing aspects.

1. How Does Joining A Blogging Contest Make Money?

It’s pretty obvious that we expect of a prize in joining contest. But it depends upon the host of what kind of prizes he will give away to the winners. But right now our main goal is to make money online from joining this blogging contest (whether it is a commenting contest or guest posting contest) .

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Winning a prize, whether it is an item or cash helps a lot to the bloggers. Because the cash you won can sustain your blogging needs like paying your bills of web hosting provider or domain name subscription. You can also use the money for your own personal needs. You know your needs already. LOL!

Now, here are some tips how to win cash/items in joining blogging contests:

  • Find blogs that host a blogging contest where his/her prize is cash or items that benefits your blog.
  • Know the niche topic being covered on the said blogging contest host.
  • Give your very best in order to win the contest.
  • Don’t be so aggressive and be patient of doing the contest’s activities.
  • Join as many blogging contests as you can.
  • Follow the rules and regulation of the contest.

I also did this kind of strategy in making money online. In fact I earned my first $10 and 1 month banner advertising privilege from joining commenting contests (at techzoomin and smartbloggerz).

Enough telling you my experiences and let’s proceed to the next topic. LOL!

2. How Blogging Contest Promotes Your Blog?

Like many other new bloggers or even experienced one, do blog marketing to gather more traffic to their blogs. There are also many ways to do this blog promotion, but joining a blogging contest is I think the 2nd of the best options in doing blog promotion or SEO.

Why? It’s because in joining the blogging contest, you build your community, interacting to other bloggers. And some commentators or participants might ask you questions regarding the topic you are in and this is a good chance for you to prove to them that you are good of such thing. So, you already build your authority.

Participating in blogging contests could also boost your search engine rankings, because you are the one who build those quality back links to your blog. It is a great chance to promote your best desired keywords for the benefit of your blog.

Tips on choosing blogging contest hosts:

  • Pick those blogs that are related to your niche.
  • Choose those blogs that have near or same level as your blog’s current status.
  • Choose that blog having higher page rank than yours.

My words…

Upon joining the contest, be active participants as you can and answer questions from commentators. Also be friendly and open – minded to other participants.

You see… this option is a good choice for us bloggers, especially for those newbies out there that really want to make money from their blog. Then what are you waiting for? Take an action now!

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15 thoughts on “Why I Must Join Your Blogging Contest!”

    1. Contests are great, and I too like the energy surrounding a contest. Plus, there are relationships developed from contests that wouldn’t have happened if it were not for the contest. We won a blogging contest a year or two ago in the real estate niche. To this day we have enjoyed the friendships that started from that contest. Of course, the $1,000 we won certainly is nice! 🙂
      .-= Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate´s last blog ..Tri Cities Washington Cold Winter Nights Makes For Abundant Springtime Babies =-.

  2. Talking about contest is always interesting for me. Because i’m contest lover 😛
    Yes, contest give you a lot of benefit, but it’s not just about prize. With participating in a contest, you can get an experience, new friend, new community, and new knowledge.

    For example, in last Smartbloggerz commenting idol 2. I get a lot of interesting experience just like sleeping in midnight just to posting comment, make a new friend, and read a lot of article in this blog which increase my knowledge.

    Actually, for current guest blogging contest, i made an article about contest too. Just wait 😀

    1. Hello Akira,

      It’s been a long time that we don’t communication. I see your interest in joining the contest. Well in fact we both participants in TZN’s commenting contest and you did won the contest. As for me, I encountered some difficulties regarding my health at that time.

      Luckily, I receive a special award as the “Most Informative Commenter” in LAX’s blog.

      I also won the commenting contest here at smartbloggerz and won the prize of 1 month space advertising.

      It is cool and indeed very interesting because we’ve meet many different people to communicate with.

      Thanks for the comment and I will look for your contest article. God Bless…

      – Felix Albutra
      .-= Real Blogging Advice´s last blog ..How to Locate Your Email Subscribers in Your Feedburner Account? =-.

  3. I practice many ways of making money from my blogs, but for some reason entering contest never crossed my mind. But when I think about it it makes a lot of sense that a blogger should enter contests as well as the prize it should result in a little exposure should you win.

    Thanks for the tips, I wonder if I’ll be able to find any contests worth entering.
    .-= Huey´s last blog ..Boondocks Season 3 Episode 3 =-.

  9. I’ve been joining several contests in the blogosphere and I have to say that the benefit of joining contest is definitely beyond the disadvantage. Just take Sushant’s guest posting contest as an example, I’m a lazy body in writing guest post and I get to know that Sushant gives away great prizes for those who writes guest post and collects the most points. I’m still the winner even I don’t win any prizes because I get one way backlink as well as traffic at the end.

    Well said Felix!

    Regards,
    Lee
    .-= Lee Ka Hoong@Make Money Online´s last blog ..MyBlog2Day Contest – $800 Cash Prize and Premium Themes Giveaway =-.

  10. I agree with you Joining and participating in Blogging contest is a good way of earning money if you are lucky. Till now I have won atleast 4 contests lol since I started blogging 4-5 months before. By the way I am organizing a blogging contest with prizes woth $600 in my blog. Everyone is invited
    .-= Shiva@Web Magazine´s last blog ..Win FREE vBulletin 4 License & $600 in Prizes – Giveaway =-.

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