Here’s an up-to-date summary of the December contest here at All Freelance Writing, including the prize package details for December’s top commenter:
Basic Rules
- The top commenter from December 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007 will be the winner. Only comments on this BLOG will count. Posts in the writing forums do not count towards this contest.
- The comments will be tallied up within the first week of January 2008.
- Only eligible comments will be counted. Ineligible comments include spam, other strictly self-promotional comments, derogatory comments (which may be censored or edited to make them publishable anyway), or comments not contributing to a discussion (such as short blurbs like “Thanks!,” “I agree,” “Great blog,” etc. – they must have substance). Comments will be deemed ineligible at my sole discretion.
- The winner will be required to submit their email address and mailing address to me. Their email address will be provided to those donating e-books to the prize package (they’ll be distributing their products themselves to the winner). The winner’s email address will not be distributed to anyone else, will not be automatically added to my mailing list, etc. Their mailing address will be distributed to no one (other than companies shipping products – such as Amazon.com, if I don’t pre-order and ship them myself), and will only be used for prize distribution.
- Only participants with a valid Paypal account are eligible for the $25 cash prize. If the top commenter does not have an account, the cash prize will be distributed to the next highest comment who does have a Paypal account.
The Prize Package (as it stands now)
- $25 Amazon Gift Card
- $25 cash through Paypal
- The winner’s choice of one of the following books on freelance writing:
- The Wealthy Writer by Michael Meanwell
- Guerrilla Marketing for Writers by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, and Michael Larsen
- The Renegade Writer by Linda Formichelli
- A copy of David Drake’s e-book, The Six Figure Freelancer.
- A copy of Dee Power and Brian Hill’s e-book, The Publishing Primer: A Blueprint for an Author’s Success
- A copy of Jessica Mousseau’s e-book, Who Wants to Become a Successful Freelance Writer?
- Your choice of a print copy of one of the following Writer’s Market titles:
Total Value: $126.93 – $133.97 (depending on the choices of the winner)
Runner-Ups
I’m planning to pre-order the three books listed (The Wealthy Writer, Guerrilla Marketing for Writers, and The Renegade Writer). The top commenter will have their choice. The second highest commenter will then be able to choose one of the two remaining books. The third highest commenter will receive the third book left over after those choices are made.
To Contribute a Prize:
If you’re the author of a book, e-book, or other product of interest to freelance writers, and you’re interested in contributing a copy as a prize for December or future months’ top commenters on this blog, please contact me at jenn@allfreelancewriting.com.
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Woo hooooooooo — what an exciting batch of things. I’m stoked!!
Count me in! I’ve been meaning to read up on more freelancing techniques, the prizes would do me good business wise! :)
Wow Jenn, awesome list of goodies :) How fun! I can’t wait to see how this turns out.
Wow. This is an impressive list. Nice to see that the second and third places will also get something. I’m not hoping to land the first place (going away for about a week later this month, so I won’t be posting much), but maybe something else? :) Would certainly be nice!
Yes it’s definitely an added bonus for the great conversation and networking we are doing because of this — :)
This is a great list of resources. It would sure help out those who aren’t quite established to the writing business yet.
You Rock Jenn:)
Glad everyone’s liking the prize list. :) I’m pretty sure this will be a monthly thing moving forward, only with single prizes (a book, an e-book, a software package, etc.) instead of packages like this. I think the larger packages make for a nice holiday bonus at year’s end, so I’ll probably do it this way again at the end of 2008. :)
This contest idea is certainly a great marketing tool — and participating in it is another great marketing tool *wink*
Yeah, I have to agree that contests certainly increase the number of visitors. Or at least the number of people who stop by and comment. Once I generate a little more traffic to my own blog, I was thinking of doing a small contest too. Maybe give out my own e-book (or the e-book plus something extra) as a prize.
I was thinking the same! Contests around :)
It’s certainly been helpful for getting some discussions going, and that was the goal. :) I actually never did the press release, and it’s a bit late now, so I’ll do one to announce the prizes being a monthly thing at the beginning of January instead, and just look at December as a bit of pre-launch buzz. :)
Press releases are a joy!! and our life! :)
If anything, it got ME to comment, which I never do anywhere :)
I agree Diana, I don’t typically comment, just read and move on :)
Let’s hope we all stay around in the long run. It makes for some interesting conversation. Like I mentioned before, I’m going away for a while near the end of the month, so I won’t be commenting much longer, but I hope to pick up where I left off in January :)
I’m going away Friday too thus why I’m trying to stay on atop of it till then :)
I won’t have internet access where I go, though :( I think I’ll have a heart attack from not being able to log in daily to my favorite sites.
That’s crazy, but when I was home most of august (because of health and fiance issues) —- I was so happy not to go on the computer for 3 days at a time — I think it’s a relief for my mind – I love working on things – but it’s also nice to just kick back :) You enjoy some off time.
Wow, really? I feel absolutely lost after a whole day without internet. If I’m out in nature, like camping or hiking, then I don’t miss it. But if I’m in the city (even in a different one, for a vacation), I get itchy after a day without it.
No I’m anxious to take a few days from it (in fact I should be away from Friday to Monday, then have to send some payments), then gone again till probably Thursday where I’ll sit down for a few hours much to my family’s demise to get some things done.
Even if I wanted to take some time off from internet (I really don’t), I have some work due over the next two weeks, and that includes interviewing some experts over email, getting reviews from my editors, and doing research. I can’t afford to step away from the computer until at least the second week of January. But by then I’ll probably have new assignments coming in, so it won’t be possible either.
Understandable, I told some clients they had to wait because I was burnt out —-
Ah, yes. It happened to me in October. I went to Japan for a business trip/vacation and when I came back, I just couldn’t get myself to write again. I guess I hadn’t realized how much I needed a break from tight deadlines and dozens of different topics a week. It took me about two weeks to get back into the rhythm of things.
I worked so hard this year, especially the last few weeks, and I’m burnt out not only from work but other responsibilities I have, so taking some time to recharge, still doing minor things (a few hours every few days), but I’m off till January 15
My clue that I’m doing too much is when I start procrastinating. I’m usually so good at meeting deadlines and getting the work out on time that when I start pushing things back I understand that my brain is aching for a break.
I agree completely D!