Fan My Blog & Win Exciting Prizes

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Melvin

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To kick start this year, I had some mini contests idea in mind and also some huge ones which will happen sometime in March. And so for today I thought I would launch this one for all of us to have fun and excitement on the way.

Postnote: Sorry for the delay, the contest winners are the ff: Joseph, Dana, CredFollow, Neil, Simon. I’ll be contacting you soon with your prizes.

The Facebook Fan My Blog thing has originated since mid last year. Some of the bloggers have really made the most of it. So back to the days when I was thinking about the blog redesign, I had included it in my plans. As you can see below the blog only has 12 members as I haven’t made a huge marketing push yet. So how about this contest for my marketing strategy?

Ok, this contest works very easy. All you need to do is complete three steps which are all required. Don’t worry it will not cost you a tooth and nail to do both.

Step 1

Fan MelvinBlog.com on Facebook – Just follow this link, fan my blog and you’re done with this step.

Step 2

Tweet about this contest – Click the retweet button above or copy and paste the text below to your Twitter account.

“Fan MelvinBlog.com on Facebook and win amazing prizes RT @melvinblog http://bit.ly/6eUHar ”

Step 3

Put both your Facebook name you used and the link to the Twitter status about this contest in the comment form.

Example: “Hey I just entered your contest. My facebook name is James and my tweet can be found herehttp://twitter.com/melvinblog/statuses/7773505186“

Mechanics & Prizes

On January 25, I will pick five winners via Random.org. The first five persons who will show up in the random listings will be the five winners who will win the following (forget the value!):

Any choice of an Elegant Theme theme
$10 in your PayPal account
Free Hosting on Hostgator for 6 months (Hatchling account)
One copy of Make Money Online Blog Monetizer
Premium Interview here in MelvinBlog

So the winners will choose their own prize. If you are the first one to show up in random.org then you will have the privilege to pick first! Hoping for a fun and exciting contest and good luck to all participants. Cheers!

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Simon | Teenius

- 16th Jan, 10 11:01am

Entered

I’m Simon Rogers on Facebook (pic is of me on my kite), and I tweeted @teenius

http://twitter.com/teenius/status/7824193670
Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..Interview With Blogger & Comedian, Jordan Cooper

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IndianCashMaker

- 16th Jan, 10 01:01pm

i am tushar agarwal on facebook
http://twitter.com/bloggerspas.....7826056932
IndianCashMaker´s last blog ..The Importance of Your Writing Style

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Mikkel 'DaneBlogger' Juhl

- 16th Jan, 10 02:01pm

Hey Melvin!

I’m Mikkel Juhl on Facebook and my Twitter status is here: http://twitter.com/DaneBlogger/status/7827345078

Let the luckiest person win
Mikkel ‘DaneBlogger’ Juhl´s last blog ..How to Increase Your Blog Readership 10-fold

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Gloson

- 16th Jan, 10 03:01pm

Hi! Gloson here!

I just entered your contest. My facebook name is Gloson and my tweet can be found here:

http://twitter.com/Gloson/status/7830024412

Good luck everyone!
Gloson´s last blog ..My Former Blog Host ‘Accidentally’ Deleted My Blog! (And How I Fixed it)

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Agent Deepak

- 16th Jan, 10 04:01pm

In for the Contest. My Facebook Name Deepak Kumar Majhi.
Here is the tweet: http://twitter.com/AgentDeepak/status/7830454284
Agent Deepak´s last blog ..I Will NOT Comment on Your Blog

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Dana @ Blogging Update

- 16th Jan, 10 04:01pm

Ok, i enter the contest. My facebook name is perdana sinulingga and my tweet at http://twitter.com/danalingga/status/7829426285
Dana @ Blogging Update´s last blog ..The Right Website Design Company Can Help Your Business

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Voyage Montreal

- 16th Jan, 10 09:01pm

Great contest, best of luck to everyone

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Typhoon

- 17th Jan, 10 02:01pm

Nice to know about that contest. But unfortunately couldn’t put my hands in this contest as I am not a FB user(yes, i have an account..but it’s convered with dust..used it long before)..

But still best of luck to the winners.

By the way, Melvin, I think you should write down in this post that which hosting package you will be giving away from HostGator for 6 months. “Free Hosting on Hostgator for 6 months”

Some person may get confuse at that statement and may think you would be offering a Dedicated Server

So, I think you should point it that which hosting package specifically you are giving away to avoid participants confusion
Typhoon´s last blog ..Membership Sites – Great Way For Recurring Online Income

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Melvin Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
ey thanks for the tip. yep I think I got too excited with the contest that I rushed writing it.

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Mike

- 17th Jan, 10 03:01pm

Isn’t it its against the facebook tos? what do you think? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10397757-36.html

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Melvin Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
right now we’re still deciding. I’ve read the TOS and I understood that we’re not really doing it wrong. But again Im still going to study it.

Thanks

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Joseph

- 18th Jan, 10 02:01pm

A nice one
I’m Joseph Christopher on Facebook and here goes my tweet
http://twitter.com/josephcs/status/7906109949
Joseph´s last blog ..The Best of OpenSource Portable Applications

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credfollow

- 18th Jan, 10 03:01pm

Hi Melvin,
my face book name is Enstine Muki and twitter link http://twitter.com/enstine/status/7907345458

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Fergal, Business Advice Forum

- 18th Jan, 10 07:01pm

Hi I just entered your contest. My facebook name is Fergal Crawley and my tweet can be found here http://twitter.com/Fergal_Craw.....7915641799

Good luck with the contest.

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Vlad

- 19th Jan, 10 10:01am

Joined in the contest. FB name is Vladimyr Botones. Twit link is http://twitter.com/moonmortal/statuses/7941204734.

Thanks
Vlad´s last blog ..How to Install Uzzap on Nokia 5130

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Lee Ka Hoong

- 19th Jan, 10 01:01pm

You have a list of interesting prize and this contest is easily to be participated. I think I’ll take the first prize “Elegant Theme”. Here is my entries :

Facebook : Lee Ka Hoong
Tweet : http://twitter.com/myblog2day/status/7944466683

Good luck to everyone.

Best Regards,
Lee

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Roseli A. Bakar

- 22nd Jan, 10 02:01am

Contests are great method to get new fans for your facebook page !

Facebook – Roseli A. Bakar

Twitter – http://twitter.com/EzyBlogger/statuses/8051381385

EzyBlogger
Roseli A. Bakar´s last blog ..Becoming a Paid Book Reviewer

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Neil

- 23rd Jan, 10 04:01am

Hey I just entered your contest. My facebook name is Neil R and my tweet can be found here http://twitter.com/neilrivera15/status/8099099354

Good luck to everyone!
Neil

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Carolsue

- 23rd Jan, 10 10:01am

I fan you on Facebook (Carol Anderson Ezovski)
I follow you on Twitter (cezovski)
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/cezovski/status/8106554787
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net

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vertito

- 27th Jan, 10 11:01am

Great contests.

Best of luck to all who joined. Wish you more freebies around!

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Simon | Teenius

- 30th Jan, 10 10:01am

Awesome, I’m on the list of winners!

How do I know which prize I get, and how do I claim?

Thanks for the contest Melvin!
Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..Interview With Marko Saric of HowToMakeMyBlog

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Melvin Reply:
January 31st, 2010 at 8:04 pm
You’ll get the prize in order. If you’re the first to be chosen, you’ll win the first prize in the list and so on.

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CredFollow

- 2nd Feb, 10 12:02am

Wao! I feel great to be on the list of winners too… I got hostgator hosting for 6 months but I’m actually a reseller of hostgator products and with numeros hosting accounts (personal and for my clients). How is this prize claimed? Does it I will have to announce when I have the next site to host?

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elmot

- 2nd Feb, 10 04:02pm

wow! Congratulations guys! what a way to start the year by being generous…
elmot´s last blog ..A Democles Sword on Bloggers; The Case of Ella Ganda Sued for Libel

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