First prize – sponsored by Logo Design worth $377

• One Custom Blog mascot worth $149
• One Custom Banner Design from Buy Templates worth $99
• One Custom Logo Design from Logo Angel worth $99
• One WordPress Template Design from Buy Templates worth $30

Second Prize – sponsored by Web Template worth $278

• One Custom blog mascot worth $149
• One Custom Banner Design from Buy Templates worth $99
• One WordPress Template Design from Buy Templates worth $30

Third Prize – sponsored by Revolution 2

• Revolution Theme Pro Plus membership worth $149.95

Fourth Prize

• Revolution Theme Pro membership worth $99.95

Fifth Prize *new* – sponsored by PepperJam

• $50 Cash. You need a Pepperjam account to receive this prize.

$10 Sign On Bonus for All New Pepperjam Network Affiliates.

Premium WordPress Theme Prizes – sponsored by Carlocab, PlugandPress, ProThemeDesign

Ultimate blogging theme worth $97 each (2 winners)

Demo | Purchase

CelebrityPress Fashion Theme $79.95

Demo | Purchase

Traveler Magazine Theme $79.95

Demo | Purchase

Mimbo Pro Theme worth $89.99

Demo | Purchase

Bonus

If one person successfully referred 100 people to join this contest, one Blog Mascot would be given as a bonus prize worth $149!

To enter:

1. Subscribe to Blogging from Scratch by email. When you subscribe, you will get a bonus eBook “Blog to success with Blog contests” This is a required task and gives you +1.

2. Blog about the contest, including the contest sponsors and the images. + 3

3. Review one of the premium wordpress themes, minimum of 50 words. + 3

4. Stumble any of the post. Include in your comment below what you have stumbled and your stumble username + 1 per stumble

5. Tweet about this contest on twitter including the link + 3

6. Sign Up for Pepperjam Network and Get a $10 Sign On Bonus + 5

The Biggest Point Giver

Refer any of your friends to join this contest for 5 points per successful referrals. Email me the list of people you referred to this contest at bloggingfromscratch[at]gmail.com with the subject “Blog Extreme Makeover Contest.” I’ll them crossed checked if they joined. +5 per referral!

Contest ends: November 29, 2008

Please leave a comment or contact me if you enter this contest.

My favorite WordPress theme out of the bunch is probably the Ultimate Blogging theme. Not the prettiest (the Travelers theme is the prettiest,) but definitely the most logical and functional. The 3-column custom blocks at the top provide extra space to showcase what you want, as well as showcase the RSS and Email subscription options. The content/sidebar ratio is perfect for most blogs. I would recommend a redesign though, as it’s a bit plain as it is.

How to Enter:
1. Comment (One entry)
2. Fave on Technorati (One entry)
3. Blog About Contest (Five entries)
4. Put Banner on Blog (One entry for in-post banner, 3 entries for banner on your sidebar)

Contest Ends: 05/30/08

This is a great opportunity for someone who is just thinking about starting a blog but don’t know the details or just doesn’t want to take the jump yet, or even an experienced blogger who would like to start another blog.

Hosted SEO Blog Contest

The Prizes are listed on the contest page. Here’s how to enter:

Subscribe to email feeds. (Required for all. Remember to confirm the email which you get else your participation won’t be valid.)

Each of these ways count as +1 entry:

• Subscribe via RSS. (You will have to leave the contest code, found in the feed footer, in the comments below as a proof.)
• Stumble this post. (leave your username in the comments below)
• Write about this post and link back to it. (+3 entries, leave the link in comments below)

Contest ends May 30th

It’s Raining $1600 Blogging Contest

• Subscribing to our feed (5 entries)
• Dropping your Entrecard (1 entry every time you drop)
• Writing a review on your blog (15 entries)
• Referring visitors from your website (1 entry per visitor)

Every second month the winner will be chosen at random.

Win a Unique Blog Design

Crucial Hosting is holding an awesome contest with some very good prizes worth a total of over $6,000. This one is definitely worth entering. Here are the prizes:

• Xbox 360 Elite + Assassin’s Creed (Worth $518)
• Logo Design from David Airey (Worth $1000)
• 5 years of Crucial’s Split-Shared Hosting (Worth $600)
• Custom WordPress Theme (Worth $2120)
• AdWords Campaign plus 1 year hosting (Worth $1220)
• Website Critique plus 1 year hosting (Worth $620)

Here are the ways to enter:

• Get 1 entry by subscribing to their blog
• Get 1 entry by signing up for Crucial Cash (their affiliate program)
• Get 1 entry by blogging about the giveaway (plus 1 bonus entry for linking to David Airey’s site and their split-shared hosting page)
• Get 10 entries for buying a month of their Split-Shared hosting
• Get 30 entries for buying a year of their Split-Shared hosting (use coupon code XBOX to get your entries for either hosting package.

I’m entering every way except buying the hosting. I would actually love to try the hosting, they look great, but they use cPanel, and I hate cPanel If you currently use cPanel or don’t mind it, feel free to buy the hosting package, you’ll have a great advantage in the contest!

Update: Plesk is available from Crucial Hosting as a control panel instead of cPanel, and I recommend Plesk. Turns out that they don’t have Plesk available yet, just cPanel.

$6,000 Crucial Hosting Contest

The logo design will be from SOS Factory, which looks like they do a pretty cool job.

All you have to do to enter the contest is write about it in your blog, linking to the contest page and the Prize Blog home page.