Seriously! It seems that every blog I turn to is having another lame contest promising fame and fortune (if you call EntreCard credits fortune). Enough already! Ok, I get it. Contests are a good way to boost your ranking and to get people to link to your blog. But can't you be a little more original? Blog after blog all I see is "link to my blog, win EntreCard credits". Sure it was a great idea for the first 50 or so blogs. But its been done. Think of something else! Here is a contest idea for you - read my blog, subscribe to my RSS, and post some comments. What do you win? How about satisfaction knowing that you read something interesting and maybe left something informative for another blogger! That sounds like a great contest to me.
Ok - sorry for the rant. Sometimes you just need to let these feeling out. Unfortunately, contests are so popular because they do actually work. And even more unfortunately, because of the infancy of my blog, I still need to participate in them! But here is a contest that I actually don't mind writing about. Why? Because I like this guy. Joe Tech is a lot like me - a married, 30-something, self-proclaimed tech geek (I even had a goatee like his). Plus, he has a great blog. So if you want some free ad space and 1000 EntreCard credits, check it out. I know I could use that prize!
Jeff