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Contest: $100,000 in Prizes!!!

August 1, 2008 by SlamBlogger  
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No folks, this isn’t a joke. SlamBlogger has managed to grab sponsors from all across the blogosphere. From the small fish to the big boys, everyone seemed to want in on this one! For good reason of course…fear of getting slammed.

Sorry Gyutae, you’re no longer the king of contests. SlamBlogger has put you to shame. Without further ado, the sponsors:

  • Daniel from DailyBlogTips - Mystery prize that we haven’t decided on yet. The only information being released at this point is that it will have a value of $5,000 because $100,000 sounded better than $95,000. Wouldn’t you agree?
  • Uncle Che from AZBlogging - A promise to reply to atleast one comment that you’ve made on his blog. He will pretend to care that you even exist in this world. - $2,000 value
  • Max from BloggingExperiment - One copy of Keyword Fantastico! The awesomeness of finding search volume estimates to your  favorite keywords. Apparently, someone forgot to tell him about the free SEO Book Keyword Tool, oh well. - $1,000 value

Ok, I lied. I’m not giving away a damn thing. Disappointed? Ya, well shit happens. In fact, lately it seems to be happening quite a bit. Jokers throwing up big numbers in the “largest contest ever!” How many “largest contest ever” can there be exactly? I guess, if you can continue to add worthless ebooks, and ridiculously overvalued consultation prizes, there’s no end in sight.

Look, I have no doubt that some of these people are very successful. However, don’t try to fool anyone into thinking that one hour on the phone or an instant messenger with any of these “gurus” is worth $3 grand.

Chances are, they’re just going to spit out the same repackaged garbage that we read everyday.  Last time I checked, garbage doesn’t come with a price tag.

Dear BIG Jason Henderson from the “BIG Marketing Blog” located at BIG Marketing Online Dot Com which is currently hosting the BIG Blog Contest

Taking a quote from a comment left on John Chows post about this BIG blog contest that is titled “Over 40 Thousand Dollars in Cash and Prizes”

“It should be more like $500 In Cash, Some Ebooks, And A Bunch of Arbitrarily Overvalued Consulting”

But of course, that somehow equals $40,000 according to BIG Jason’s calculations. BIG Jason’s RSS feed even caught onto the game, making  262 RSS readers magically appear as 12,272 readers.

Sir, I believe you may want to stop exaggerating and re-evaluate what’s “BIG.” Women always find out in the end.

Disclaimer: None of the “sponsors” mentioned above were involved in any way with this slam.

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30 Comments on "Contest: $100,000 in Prizes!!!"

  1. Lhurey on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 1:11 am 

    I thought the contest is true..hahahaha

  2. Nishadha on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 2:17 am 

    Consulting is always overvalued , But I checked out the Big G contest and there are some decent prizes aside the consulting

  3. Strife Leonhart on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 3:09 am 

    Contest? Is it announcement of the winner or it has just started?

  4. bloggernoob on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 7:36 am 

    the people who believe these so called mega contests are the same losers who buy overpriced ebooks and sign up for blogmastermind and reversefunnel system. the blogging economy works because most people are idiots. i actually wish i had it in me to scam stupid people. i’d make a heck of a lot more with my blog. ;) nice post. gave me a nice chuckle and i appreciate the link. my noob is worth more then 6k tho. fyi

  5. Gyutae Park on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 8:03 am 

    70k for your world famous ebook.. lol. I guess you really do beat me out this time. :)

  6. AZ Blogging on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 1:48 pm 

    The greatest contest ever?

    Why do people always keep thinking others are fools?
    Maybe you could have added “pro membership to post one comment on AZ Blogging, valued at $6,666,666.66

    Hmmm

  7. SlamBlogger on Fri, 1st Aug 2008 2:41 pm 

    @Bloggernoob - Glad you enjoyed the post. I figured you would like it.

    @Gyutae - Hey, what can I say, I write good books, ha.

    @AZ - Added a couple of sponsors, just for you. :-)

  8. Norhafidz on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 8:29 am 

    lol, I thought it is a true contest

  9. Dollar dude on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 11:40 am 

    I really enjoyed the idea of this post. I think your blog would become worth of $70,000 in no time. I have checked your website worth - directory.sootle.com/website-worth/ and got your website is worth of $7200

  10. Shanker Bakshi on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 1:13 pm 

    The real contest is HERE actually . SAM is kidding. He is a smart baby NO doubt

    http://shankerbakshi.com/2008/08/01/lets-win-this-contest-together

  11. Corey Freeman on Mon, 4th Aug 2008 11:15 am 

    Wow Dude, way to suck people in and tear apart their dreams. I was really looking forward to those consultations! Did everybody know that I’m totally giving away a 1-hour consultation? No joke. It’s called ‘my AIM name is on my blog, and I sign on when i check emails or get bored. feel free to chat with me.’

    If it had been a real contest, I would have been like ‘how did you get those people to talk to you so fast? I gotta try that.’ What do the consultants even consult about? “it’s a nice blog, but it’s not a PRO blog.’

  12. Steve Bents on Tue, 5th Aug 2008 8:38 am 

    LOL. I hear ya. I have to agree that consultations are way overpriced. Great Post.

  13. The BoBo on Tue, 5th Aug 2008 8:24 pm 

    Bwahahaha! This comment just cost you $10,000..after all, I am the one and only evil conservative clown bloggin in the sphere right now! I’ll give you my paypal details later!

  14. bantingboy on Fri, 8th Aug 2008 4:57 am 

    hoho..its good for fool us. :)

  15. Blog Tips for Beginners on Tue, 12th Aug 2008 12:57 am 

    LOL..what a post! I was reading about that biggest contest on another blog but for some weird reasons, I couldn’t go to his site as my browser got caught up in a spin ball.

    At least now I know how to value a blog consultation. Thank you for such an interesting read.

    Yan

  16. Julia on Sun, 17th Aug 2008 5:12 pm 

    Hey, you forgot the funniest part about those posts - how many raffle tickets you get for what!
    My suggestion:

    - linking 20.000 blogs on your site in one post = 5 entries
    - giving me a foot massage = 10 entries
    - comment on my paypal account, for a small fee of 100$ = 3 entries
    - sending me at least 2 bars of chocolate = 15 entries

    As you can see it’s quite easy :)

    Greets Julia

  17. Dot Com Dud on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 12:42 am 

    Awww, I was going to ask how I enter! Good post, very funny.

  18. AZ Blogging on Tue, 2nd Sep 2008 3:19 pm 

    Talking about contests, the rate at which i see the ads is rapidly falling. Are contests getting out of shape or I am being blind to them. At least I should organize one before the year ends. I will try to be real :D

  19. Atniz on Sat, 6th Sep 2008 9:20 am 

    You got me. At first, I thought wow. I think the best contest is those who willing to give cash prizes.

  20. SlamBlogger on Sat, 13th Sep 2008 2:57 am 

    @Julia - Lol, you’re right, I should add the raffle tickets :-)

    @Atniz - I think cash is good, but what’s even more effective is trying to determine what your readers really want. For example, a lot of start-up bloggers would love a custom made theme by a well-known designer, or a free review on a popular blog.

    Gyutae’s contest mentioned above had plenty of quality prizes that bloggers really could have used. That’s why it was so successful.

    Trying to hype something up to make it 10x bigger than it really is, doesn’t work unless you have a bunch of clueless readers.

  21. Blog2Life on Sun, 14th Sep 2008 7:30 pm 

    Perfect highlight to the desperation getting an extra few readers/subscribers and lots of comments and backlinks..

    Thank god I’ve never taken part in one :D

    Thanks for a funny read!

  22. Subscribe to SlamBlogger - Win $500 (no joke) | SlamBlogger on Sun, 2nd Nov 2008 5:29 am 

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  23. JedMeister on Sun, 2nd Nov 2008 8:42 pm 

    haha! you fooled me! i really thought this was true… :)

  24. syuxx on Tue, 11th Nov 2008 10:51 pm 

    haha. i also looking to make another one such as this.
    tricky

  25. afas on Wed, 12th Nov 2008 3:39 am 

    wow. really? looks like crazy offer huhu. hoho!! :D

  26. tivitune on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 2:08 am 

    ehm. thats tricky. If i’m not read clearly, i will think you are crazy. :D

  27. topen on Fri, 14th Nov 2008 11:17 pm 

    “overvalued consultation ” nice info

  28. topen on Fri, 14th Nov 2008 11:19 pm 

    ha3x you trick me……
    im agreed with you about overvalueing consultation

  29. The Tampa Pirate on Tue, 25th Nov 2008 3:24 pm 

    Well, if political clowns get $10,000 surly a foolish pirate could get $5,000.

    Great post, nice to see someone point out how ridiculous some of these contests can be.

    Peace
    TTP

  30. Harish on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 12:08 am 

    Great contest I have got to participate in it.Thanks for mentioning it.

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