• Lorelle VanFossen’s book “Blogging Tips – What bloggers won’t tell you about blogging” signed by Lorelle.
• David Airey from DavidAirey.com will give the winner a critique of his/hers blog with suggestions and improvements.
• Three Entrecard Featured Status – This means you get a golden border around your Entrecard for a week. Entrecard also sponsor three Fast Passes so you can jump to the top of an advert request.
• One Amazon.com $100 gift card
• One Amazon.com $30 gift card
• One Amazon.de €20 gift card (to make the Euros happy)
• Two $25 in cash through PayPal
• Three The Beta News t-shirts with logo

Some really great prizes, so how do you enter?

Option 1: Follow me on Twitter. At a random time I will announce a keyword on Twitter and the followers will have three hours to mail it to me. A random follower will then be drawn.

Option 2: Keyword in RSS-feed. Subscribe to my RSS-feed and mail the keyword to me. Send the “secret” word to contest (at) thebetanews.com.

Option 3: Blog about the contest or The Beta News content. Write a blog post about the contest, or one of the sponsors, or one of The Beta News posts (for instance one of the Show Me Your Desktop interviews) using relevant anchor text like “celebrity blogger interview, problogger interview or blogging advice”. Remember to Stumble your post and if you think it’s really good, submit it to Digg, sphinn or other sites.

Remember to post a link in a comment in the contest post. I will Stumble your post as well. I can only encourage you to Stumble other contestants posts too.

Option 4: Take a picture of your blog “HQ” or desktop. Take a picture or a small video of what your blogger HQ, desk or computer desktop looks like. Post it in a blog post and link to this post.

Complete one or more options. Each option gives you an extra chance in the final drawing. All drawings are made by random.org on February 22nd.

Beta News 2 Year Anniversary Contest

Sandra Holtzman and Jean Kondek employ their combined 40+ years’ worth of marketing savvy to cut through all the usual malarkey—and, let’s face it, bullsh@#*—to give you a streamlined approach to successfully launching a product, service, or company. Better than a handbook, Lies Start-ups Tell Themselves provides 10 fast-track, step-by-step chapters for planning and implementing a successful marketing program that you can get started on TODAY.

To enter, just comment on the Contest Post. This book would be useful to anybody starting a business, or even seasoned business-people.

Win Lies Startups Tell Themselves to Avoid Marketing from business-opportunities.biz

In this fascinating history, Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea—the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico—a secretive family business emerged that would produce one of the best-known products in the world. In short order, McIlhenny’s descendants would turn Tabasco into a gold mine and an icon of pop culture, making it as recognizable as far bigger brands such as Coca-Cola and Kleenex.

To enter the contest, just go over to the Contest Page and leave a comment. Couldn’t be easier!

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