Hi Guys, Introduction Aaron Nimocks (DP mod) and myself have recently partnered and launched a webmaster/SEO forum. The forum is located at www.seobum.com. This is a major project for the two of us, and plan on making it a dominant forum in this industry over the next few years. To kick start things we have arranged an interesting contest. The contest will result in increased activity on the forum and marketing surrounding it. How to enter? Register an account at www.seobum.com and start taking part. And the contest prizes? Grand Prize $500 via Paypal from SEO Bum and an offer to become a moderator 2nd - 4th Place Rob is offering 3 copies of Blogslammer software. So 2nd, 3rd and 4th place will get one of these in addition to their other prize. - Value $69.95 each 2nd - 8th Place A choice of one of the following. Second place chooses first then third, ect. 1. Kris from Pepperjam is offering $100 deposit in affiliate account and also an autographed copy of his best-selling book on search engine marketing 2. Brent from Hostgator is offering web hosting for 1 year with swamp plan - Value $180 3. Adi from Two Believers is offering Guaranteed Press Release Writing service - Value $195 4. Mike from Better Visitors is offering a 30,000 visitor campain - Value $115 5. Melencio from DesignFXpro is offering a custom mascot (check his portfolio, amazing) - Value $100 6. Jason from Iwhic web hosting is offering a 1 year advanced reseller plan - Value $108 7. Matthew Rochow is offering 1 free PSD to HTML/CSS coding with all the bells and whistles - Value $175 9th - 20th place $50 via Paypal What do we need to do once registered? Contestants can earn prizes from posting, making threads, referring active members and blogging about it. How do I know who wins? We have a real time leader board that reflects the contest leaders here - http://www.seobum.com/xperience.php ------- Click here to visit the forums. Click here to read the Official Forum Posting And Referral Contest Rules.
Great competition, but surely it can't be wise for someone to win a mod position. IMO a mod position is earned though good/hard work and reputation. It shouldn't be something to be won. I mean imagine this was running here and any DP member could become a mod OMG!
Moderators, admins and staff cannot win. Don't worry about that As for the prize of becoming a mod, they'll still have to be reviewed like the rest. They just get a ticket to the front of the review queue!
jpghay doesn't mean that 'mods' should not win, but she mean that The moderator post should not be given as a prize. Am I clear? My doubt, If I come out with many doubts and inquires which may not help anyone else but would keep the forum healthy, then will them be counted in?
For someone to win the contest they'll have had to contribute a great deal to the forum. Therefore its likely they'll be a good member and will stick around when it's over. The sort of members that we would like to be a moderator. If a complete jerk was to win the competition, they'd win the right to be reviewed as a potential mod and would be declined. As I said in my earlier post, they don't win moderator status, just jump ahead of the rest wanting the job.
nice forum and idea.I will join with the same nick.If you need any more sponsors let me know so i can participate.
mikey do let me know if you need any help in promoting this contest, it seems to be a great deal for new forum members who are looking for quick $$$
Im in for the $50. I won't win. I keep getting infractions for silly mistakes and loosing positions. I dropped from 4th to 12th, and that really put me off, so Im happy with winning $50. Im just going to stick with that.
Good stuff Mikey, Hope to find a moment and real soon and join - else i'll be reading from a distance. Best of luck with the forum. I am sure it'll be a success. Vic