Giveaways are GOOD

Two very different ideas spawned two giveaway sites with only a few minor differences in their website names.

1) Giveaway-A-Day
    "Giving Away 1 Prize A Day, 365 Days A Year!"

I've won three times (Fandango Bucks, Chevron GC, Amazon GC) and although there was a shipping error on the second one, it was resolved amazingly fast via email. Their customer support is out of this world (in a good way - not literally!). I don't know how they can give away so much free money, but I love it!



2) Giveaway-of-the-Day
    "Free Licensed Software Daily!"

They make deals with software companies to give everyone free copies of programs you'd normally have to pay for! Everything from screensavers to file converters to image editors to CD/DVD burning progs to random stuff like police sketch software or biometrics analyzers. They also have a "Game Giveaway of the Day!"

Win Millions Online For Free

Here's a great site with a wonderful collection of ways to win more than a million dollars each from several different sites - all completely free online! You can get there three different ways: Free Millions Online, Win Free Millions, or Win Millions Free!

I'm sure I don't have to tell you who made the site - *wink wink* but I think it's a pretty good turn out on such a modest budget and with such a lack of programming knowledge/skills.

As a side note, I locked in a fantastic hosting deal, with unlimited pretty-much-everything, all for 3.95 a month, from HostMonster. The special is currently 5.95, which is a heck of a deal, and regular price is only 6.95 (still a deal!). So check it out if you need a cheap way to host your very own site!

Time to Win With Keno 49!

I mentioned it before in my Netwinner post, and it's finally here!



If you've played the other Netwinner games, including BANKO, you're probably aware of the slow gameplay they provided. Keno49 happily (for all those impatient ADHD folks out there) plays quite a bit faster, allowing you to play all 10 plays in under 20 minutes.

If you've ever played Keno, you know that you can win for not matching anything, which happens to be my strongpoint - so I love this new addition to the Netwinner family! I hope you do too!

Prizes range from entries into the major drawing, all the way to a $250 Gas Card! Get playing today and drive around for free tomorrow!

Excellent Ways To Promote Affiliate Banners

I posted recently about two traffic exchanges which are just about the best out there. However, I've recently stumbled onto similar sites which also give you cash money for doing the exact same thing!


The first is HitTactic: Hit Tactic Traffic Exchange
- The site is slightly slower than the rest, but since you're getting paid, you have time to wait. I usually open all my traffic exchange windows in tabs and just cycle through. I recommend getting a couple with short timers to fill space, and a couple with longer timers but better perks (like HitTactic) to ensure you're making dough!

The second is EasyHits4U: Easy Hits 4 U Traffic Exchange
- I can't say enough about this site! Great member base (65,000+), fast, great site coding, and even more cash per site surfed than HitTactic! They pay out through Paypal or E-Gold, which is a sweeping new concept where all money earned/payed is backed by a real gold standard (~just like America used to be~).

So check them out and promote your site and/or your affiliate links, affiliate banners, partner sites, contests, etc... today!

Need Some Nice Traffic?

Maybe you like Joe Tech's Ad-Slot Widget:

...but it has you wondering why you spend all day refreshing his page to try and win a text link that will be replaced within a day (for small ads) or a week (for extra large ads).

Plus, you know sites like Blogrush absolutely SUCK for any real traffic needs, and Entrecard is ok, but doesn't give you many options for bumping your traffic up quickly without a lot of investment (you have to build up credits or buy them, and the new limits really put a damper on any plans to advertise for free on a popular blog more than once a week!)

Introducing a few fantastic solutions:

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2)

There's a lot to be said about these sites, but I'll try to keep it simple for now. If you need traffic, you need to utilize these resources; they allow for site, banner, and text link promotion, and FreeTrafficLotto gives you the chance to win cash as well!

You can use the sites totally free and get great results, and "playing" for the credits is kinda fun and definitely addictive! However, if you're looking for a boosted solution, or don't have as much time to invest, you can purchase a "pro" account on either site, ridiculously cheap! With FreeTrafficLotto, you can get the benefits of pro for only $5 (the price of approximately 2000 entrecard credits - which would buy you only one day of advertising a single 125x125 on a popular site there!), and for $6.97 (introductory price only) you can get a "pro" membership on Traffic Bunnies. Something to keep in mind for those larger traffic flow needs!

Enjoy your new flood of traffic!

Awesome Contests With Long Prize Lists

**UPDATE: Contests have ended - I wound up with a nice little prize from TUK, but nothing/nada/squat/zilch from WTW (BOOOOOOO!). Thanks University Kid!**


This post is gonna be kind of long, so be prepared. In fact, the contest lists are so long, you'd think it was some kind of long-list contest holiday! The two sponsoring sites are: The University Kid and Winning The Web, and both contests offer cash prizes! I'll be covering them in the linked order, even though the second giveaway ends sooner, because that's how I discovered them (and I can do what I want). So, to keep this from getting any longer than it needs to be (too late), here we go:


The University Kid

- Contest Prizes -
Wordpress Themes
- Two licenses for the Revolution Theme ($160)
- Two licenses for the Premium News Theme ($200)
- Two licenses for the Purple Fever Theme ($100)
- One hundred accounts to the Themes Club ($500)

Blog Utilities
- Three Licenses By FruitfulTime.com ($90)

Blog Reviews
- One Review By The University Kid ($60)
- One Review By Yimto ($20)
- One Review By The WWW Observer ($35)
- One Review By Bloggeries ($25)
- One Review By Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One Review By Life Is Colourful ($40)
- One Review By DaBlogger

Blog Analysis
- Full Video Review By Marcus Hochstadt ($700)

Consulting
One Hour Consulation with The University Kid
One Half-Hour Consulation with Neotrepreneur

Blog Advertising
One Month
- Two 125 x 125 on Wayne Liew ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Blogger Noob ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on EZ Money Online ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Affiliate Gossip ($15)
- One 125 x 125 on Rhyan ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Jim Karter ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Life is Colourful ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on BLJConsultant ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Resell Rights World ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Viking Blogger ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Dot Com Mogul ($10)
- One 468 x 60 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- Five 16 x 16 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- One 150 x 150 on Blogging 4 Cash ($5)
- One Text Link on Mr Javo ($7)

Three Months
- One 125 x 125 on The WWW Observer ($75)

Design
- One Custom Done 125 x 125 Ad By Affiliate Gossip
- One Custom Done Sketch By The Pencil Sketch And Art Blog

Entrecard Credits
- 2000 Entrecard Credits By Xavier Media
- 1750 Entrecard Credits By Mixed Market Arts
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Toast & Egg & Me
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Confession
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Yimto
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Site Hoppin'
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Neotrepreneur
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Gossip
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By BLJ Consultant
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Resell Rights World
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Happier Life
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Article Snatch
- 800 Entrecard Credits By Kirushanth
- 750 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Student
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Bud Calabrese
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Mr Javo
- 500 Entrecard Credits By ImpNerd
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Life Is Colourful
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Blogs

Total: 15,800 Credits
_{There is a plan to purchase 10,000 more which will bring the total to almost 26,000 Credits!}

eBooks
- SEO Book Donated By The Net Fool

Cash
- $100 Paypal By The Profit Hustler
- $30 Paypal By Viking Blogger
- $15 Paypal By Final Fantasy Fan
- $10 Paypal By The WWW Observer
- $5 Paypal By Affiliate Gossip

Miscellaneous
- $50.00 In StumbleUpon Advertising By Mixed Market Arts
- 300 Stumbles + 300 Reviews By Niklas
- Twenty Pages By One Buck Wiki
- Domain Monetization Package By Domains Earn 4U
- One Featured + Three Regular Links By The SEOTree Directory


** So there you have the first super-long list of great prizes. The University Kid is a well Dugg site that offers helpful and informative content about the internet, blogging, making money, affiliate mistakes, etc... The site has a great clean theme with some nicely designed logos, and it isn't burdened with ads so you won't have to worry about long load times or obnoxious flashing webvertisements. Overall, it's a great place to visit, and certainly worth adding to your favorite feed reader.

With over $4000 worth of prizes up for random grabs, there's no way I could pass up 6 extra entries by posting about it. If you want to know how you can get your entries, you'll have to click on over to the contest post - you'll want to do it soon because it ends on April 5th during a live drawing.

Looking at my current debt, I'd have to say I could really use the cash prizes, but all that free advertising would really help my blogging business in the long-run. Of course, a nice new theme for my blog might be nice, seeing as mine is awfully plain as it is (I have ideas how I'd like it to look, but very little coding knowledge, and I'd hate to screw something up and not be able to fix it). Then, there are the Entrecard Credits, which I could use for advertising OR sell for some quick cash. I guess you've figured out by now that I can't choose, I want it all!

Ok, enough daydreaming, on to the second wishlist:


Winning The Web

- Contest Prizes Summary ($7,695 Total) -
_{EDIT: The prize list is apparently ever-increasing: $8,695 at time of edit.}
- $650 Cash from Azoogle Ads
- $500 Cash from PepperJam Network
- $250 Cash from NeverblueAds
- $200 Cash from BidVertiser

- 1 Full Conference Pass to Affiliate Summit East ($949 value)
- 3 Month Membership to Aaron Wall’s SEO Training Program ($300 value)
- 6 Month Membership to SEOmoz Pro ($249 value)
- 12 Month Subscription to RankSense Professional ($630 value)
- 26 Week Internet Marketing Plan from Purple Internet Marketing ($800 value)

- The Secret Classroom from Joel Comm & Next Internet Millionaire ($497 value)
- Autographed Copy of Kris’ Jones Upcoming Book on SEO ($20 value)
- Copy of the SEO Handbook 2008 from HuoMah ($10 value)

- 8 PSD Custom Banner Designs from Banners Mall ($275 value)
- 2 Exclusive Blog Themes from Unique Blog Designs (2 winners - $100 value each)
- 2 Revolution Wordpress Blog Themes from Brian Gardner (2 winners - $80 value each)
- Wordpress Coding from CSS Rockstars ($209 value)
- 1 License to Website Optimal Performance ($97 value)
- Blog Consultation Report from Jay Francis Hunter of Scribbles and Words ($90 value)

- 1 Year Membership to Hlola ($354 value)
- 1 Year Swamp Plan Web Hosting from Host Gator ($150 value)
- 1 Hour Blog Optimization Consulting from Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips ($175 value)
- 3 Month 125×125 Banner Ad on AndyBeard.eu ($100 value)
- 1 Month Text Link Ad on Ades Blog ($90 value)
- 1 Month 125×125 Banner Ad on John Cow ($125 value)
- 6 Month 125×125 Banner Ad on JonLee.ca ($300 value)
- 1 Month 125×125 Banner Ad on Affiliate Confession ($35 value)

- 3 Fast Passes, 3 Featured Statuses, and 5000 Credits from Entrecard
- 1 Paid Review on Winning the Web - sponsored by 1 Cool File ($100 value)

- 20 Winning the Web T-shirts (20 winners - $9 value each)


** And there's the second list of amazing prizes! The list may look a little short, but that's probably because every prize is really "up there" in value.

To see the fully "decked out," nicely organized list (with pictures!), visit the Craziest Internet Marketing Contest You've Ever Seen post. Don't delay, all the prizes will be distributed when the contest ends on March 31st. Even though the total prizes equal just shy of double the first contest, I'm a little more excited about the first one because there are non-internet marketing prizes involved. That being said, they are both excellent contests, which I hope you'll all enter. Remeber, the more sweeps you enter, the better your odds of winning.

Best of luck to everyone - may your websites (and bank accounts) expand exponentially!