This month, love is in the air with our website’s Valentine’s Day Competition. We are a popular educational ‘How To’ website, and we are looking for new talented creative writers to enter our contest and submit Valentines-related articles, tips and recipes. You’ll have a chance to win monthly prizes, whilst building up a following and promoting yourself to our 5 million yearly viewers.

CONTEST DETAILS: Are you a romantic whiz in the kitchen? Do you know a recipe for chocolate cupcakes that drives women wild? Or do you have any real-life relationship or romance tips that you’d like to share with our viewers this Valentine’s Day? Send us your favorite original Romantic Recipes, relationship advice and love-tips (PG-13 only!) and you will be entered into our Valentine’s Day Competition. The top 3 entries that get the most votes on our website will win a $50 Best Buy gift card. 10 runners up will get $20 Best Buy gift cards. You are allowed unlimited entries. Have fun with your recipes and tips, and let your creativity run wild. Feel free to include pictures, advice, commentary, funny stories and anything else you think might make your entry stand apart from the pack and win you a prize. Click here to enter

You’ll be redirected to our Contest page. Alternatively, click on our company Blog to enter at: http://tvlesson.blogspot.com/2010/02/tvlesson-writing-contest-now-open-get.html

RULES:
* Theme – Romantic Recipes or Love/ Relationship tips
* Please include the word ‘Valentines’ in the title of your article or your entry will not be judged
* Your entry must be original, in English, unpublished online* and unproduced, not accepted or displayed by any other online or print publisher or producer at the time of submission
* No Illegal or explicit content or images
* No copyrighted images or content

PRIZES
3 Winners – $50 Best Buy gift card
10 Runner’s Up prizes – $20 Best Buy gift card
Contest Starts : 2/01/10
Entry Deadline : 2/17/10

Click here to enter the contest

StressXpress is giving away 17 Prizes and Prize Packages. Some of the prizes includes: Corel Digital Studio 2010, Fitness Memberships, Personal Trainer, Goal Achievement Coaching and Nutrition and Wellness Sessions. Enter a video or text sharing stress relief activities or techniques that you use to reduce stress.

Deadline: March 16, 2010

Contest Link: “Me” Time Contest

How would you like to win a $250 shopping spree for snowboarding gear from EternalSnow.com? Submit an original snowboarding picture of a friend or maybe even a stranger, and you could win the shopping spree and have your image displayed on Eternal’s home page, which gets more than 45,000 views per month! There is 1 Grand Prize winner, and 2 runners up per month for 3 months. Visit the site for more details.

Win a $250 Snowboarding Gear Shopping Spree from EternalSnow.com

Do you have a cute kid? Prove it by submitting your photo and win a full $25,000 College Tuition Fund!

Not only can you win the $25,000 just for entering, but all entrants get four free prizes just for entering!

• Free 11×14 Canvas Portrait
• Talent Industry Exposure
• Chance for $1,000s in Prizes
• 1-year subscription to Paranting Magazine

What do you have to lose!?

Enter today to Win!

Eligibility: US, 18+

End date: October 31, 2009

Prizes: 1st Place

One (1) $100 restaurant gift card

One (1) $200 Walmart gift card

One (1) case of Top Ramen

2nd Place

One (1) $200 Walmart gift card

One (1) case of Top Ramen

3rd Place

One (1) case of Top Ramen

Enter on our Student Scavenger Contest to win!

HOW TO ENTER:

Using your name and email address, simply leave a comment that answers our question, “What do you do to get free food?”. To receive multiple entries, leave an additional comment with your email address for each extra entry.

(An example of a comment would be: I usually do this ____ to get free food.

Then if you posted about our contest on your blog, you would leave another comment stating: I posted about this contest, here’s the URL http:/www.example.com/contest

Please post a separate comment for each entry.)

Limit: One entry per below field per person

* 1 comment = 1 entry

* 1 YouTube video = 15 entries (video must feature you using your own suggestion to score food)1 blog or website post = 5 entries

* 1 tweet = 1 entry (click the “retweet” button at the bottom of the post)

* 1 Facebook post = 1 entry

* Subscribe to RSS feed = 1 entry

Keep checking our College Life blog for more contests!

Prizes:

First Prize:
One FlashEff Premium license – worth $150 from Jumpeye Components
One Premium Theme of your choice with personal license at Premium Themes
Unlimited Reseller Hosting Plan for a year at Infogle

Second Prize:
One FlashEff Premium license – worth $150 from JumpeyeComponents.com
One Premium Theme of your choice with personal license at PremiumThemes.net
5GB Linux Hosting at Hostgator – Sponsored by Windows XP Secrets

Third Prize:
$100 Cash prize via Paypal from Photoshop Tutorials

Fourth Prize:
A Website review worth $25 and a 125×125 ad space for a month at N Speaks
One 125×125 ad space for a month at Technology Blog

Fifth Prize:
2000 EntreCard credits and One 125×125 ad space for a month at The Nexus

Sixth Prize:
One 125×125 ad space for a month at ECT webmall

How to Enter:

5 points – Stumble this post.
5 points – Digg this post.
15 points – Subscribe to RSS Feed
20 points – Blog about this contest

Contest Ends: 12/27/2008

Enter to Win at PSDRockstar.com

The New Media Super Contest has 72 prizes from over 50 sponsors worth over $4,200! Take a look at the prize and sponsor list below.

Premium Sponsors
While we link out to all sponsors as a way of thanking them for adding to our prize pool, we also wanted to thank the premium sponsors, who went the extra mile to add larger prizes to the contest.

Pinky Arcade
The 5 member team at Pinky Arcade contacted us early on to ask if we’d like to have a 160GB Sony PS3 to give away in the contest. If you are a gamer, you would notice that this system isn’t released yet and it’s going to be the latest model for the widely popular, PS3. No strangers to giving away tons of free prizes, Pinky Arcade has already given away huge gift cards, consoles, and mp3 players. All these given away for simply playing some free games on the site.

BadEvan’s Gay Blog
Evan also joined up as a sponsor early on, not only by helping promote via Twitter, and other “new media”, but also by throwing in around $1,500 in advertising, reviews, and cash.

EcoPower and EcoVista
The other day, the sales team at EcoPower sent me an exciting email. They had heard about the contest and wanted to sponsor it with some unexpected, but cool, prizes. Their EcoPower and EcoVista products help you save fuel in your automobile and electricity in your home or office. The products are pretty inexpensive, too, so they offered up three of each!

Platinum Sponsor Prizes ($100 and up)

Sony PS3 from Pinky Arcade
$100 cash from JoeTech.com
Citrus theme license from Unique Blog Designs
1 Year of hosting on DreamHost from afrogtokiss.net
125×125 banner ad for one year from afrogtokiss.net
125×125 banner ad for one year from JoeTech.com
Text link AND 125×125 banner ad for one month from Anshul Affiliates
125×125 banner ad for one year from BadEvan.com
one month of pimping from BadEvan.com
one month of pimping from BadEvan.com
Site review on BadEvan.com from BadEvan.com

Gold Sponsor Prizes (under $100)

10,000 ec from JoeTech.com
125×125 banner ad for one month from Winning the Web
125×125 banner ad for one month from Name Sherry
EcoVista M1 from Eco Power
EcoVista M1 from Eco Power
EcoVista M1 from Eco Power
EcoVista M2 from Eco Power
EcoVista M2 from Eco Power
EcoVista M2 from Eco Power

Silver Sponsor Prizes (under $50)
EcoPower from Eco Power
EcoPower from Eco Power
EcoPower from Eco Power
$25 cash from BadEvan.com
$25 BP gas card from AutomoBlog.net
Review on sitegorge.com from Web Buzz
Review on sitegorge.com from Web Buzz
SEO consultation from Web Buzz
SEO consultation from Web Buzz
2,000 ec from Realm of Prosperity
2,000 ec from Random Detox
125×125 banner ad for one month from Heart Random
125×125 banner ad for 3 months from Lankapo.com
125×125 banner ad for 3 months from Damia.Lnkapo.com
Review on needlessproductions.com from NeedlessProductions
125×125 banner ad for one month from Contestu.com
Review on anshuldudeja.blogspot.com from Anshul Affiliates
2,500 ec from sofhaljamil.com
3,000 ec from BadEvan.com
5,000 ec from TechByPC.com
125×125 banner ad for 12 weeks from TechByPC.com
125×125 banner ad for one month from MyFashionLink.com
125×125 banner ad for one month from MyGossipGirl.com
125×125 banner ad for two months from The Positive Life
Blog makeover from The Positive Life
125×125 banner ad for one year from Alanzain
Text link for one year from Alanzain
125×125 banner ad for one month from Nspeaks

Bronze Sponsor Prizes ($10 and under)
$5 cash from The Positive Life
1,000 ec from Journal of Journey
125×125 banner ad for one month from Multiply Themes
125×125 banner ad for one month from 24patrol
1,000 ec from Web Buzz
1,000 ec from International Freebies
125×125 banner ad for 3 months from Better Interpersonal Communication
125×125 banner ad for 3 months from Free Famous Quotes
125×125 banner ad for 3 months from Gift Reviews
1,000 ec from Contest Whiz
1,000 ec from LOL Celebs
1,000 ec from kisahberuang.com
1,000 ec from MichealPark.org
1,000 ec from Anshul Affiliates
One Secret Tip on the winners blog from Anshul Affiliates
1,111 ec from The Chetan
125×125 banner ad for one month from sofhaljamil.com
Text link for one month from Blogging from Scratch
Text link for two months from The Positive Life
1,000 ec from The Positive Life
125×125 banner design from The Positive Life
1,000 ec from DailySMS.in
125×125 banner ad for one month from Submit Your Contest
1,000 ec from Jo’s Reviews and Ad Space
1,000 ec from Programming The Life

How to enter
There are a lot of ways to enter. If you do any of the following, you get entries into the drawing. Even though we have over 70 prizes already, making it easy for everyone to win, your odds of nabbing the Platinum prizes increase with each entry you earn. Most of the ways mentioned below are very easy and take very little time, so try a few or all of them and good luck! Entries must be earned before January 1, 2009 to be eligible.
- Tweet the contest at Twitter.com (must include “#joetech”) (5 entries/once per day)
- Tweet “@joetech I hope I win” at Twitter.com (5 entries/once per day)
- Follow joetech on Twitter.com (10 entries) (all current followers already entered)
- Blog about the contest (must include the pre-formmated contest html, unedited, with working links and images) (100 entries)
- Stumble the contest at StumbleUpon.com(10 entries)
- Comment on the contest post (1 entry)
- Subscribe to JoeTech.com via email (existing subscribers will be entered automatically) (20 entries)
- Subscribe to sponsors via email (20 entries each/participating sponsors only)
- Email me (joe@joetech.com) a blog post title or other detail proving you visited a sponsor’s site. (Subject must include “NMSC ENTRY” and you should include the url of the sponsor site.) (10 entries/once per day)

Badges, Buttons, Banners, and HTML
This contest is about spreading the word about new media and by new media. That said, it’s important for you to have the tools to help you promote it. It’ll earn you more entries, too. Below are some blocks of HTML to make it very easy for you to post about the contest or add a badge or button to your site or blog. Please note that it is important for the images to come from JoeTech.com (as they do in the codes below) so they will automatically update with new prize total information.

Blog post HTML
Get the HTML here

Badge HTML
<a href="http://www.joetech.com/suggests/nmsc"><img src="http://www.joetech.com/ads/prize_total.gif" border="0" /></a>

125×125 Button HTML
<a href="http://www.joetech.com/suggests/nmsc"><img src="http://www.joetech.com/ads/nmsc_125.gif" border="0" /></a>

Text Link HTML
<a href="http://www.joetech.com/suggests/nmsc" alt="New Media Super Contest">New Media Super Contest</a>

How to sponsor
Although the contest is already under way, we’ll accept sponsors and prizes until the very end. Currently we’re looking for more cash and electronics like laptops, iPods, etc., but feel free to be creative. Remember to think big. The better your prize, the more attention you’ll get in the contest. Premium sponsors will receive special mentions in contest posts, in addition to all the name recognition and traffic the contest will bring naturally.

To sponsor, just email joe@joetech.com with the subject “NEW MEDIA SUPER CONTEST”. Each prize should be worth at least $10 U.S. Include the details about the prize or prizes you are offering, the U.S. dollar value of each prize, your site or company name and the URL to link to. All sponsors will be added to the list as seen above and updates will be posted on every Thursday.

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.

Prizes:

1. 2 One hour’s consultation time for blogging sponsored by The University Kid ( 2X50$=100$)
2. 1,000 copies of $1 e-Book sponsored by BlogPremiere (1000$ )
3. 3 Sidebar 125 X 125 ADS for one month (3X15$=45 $)
4. 7 Icon 64 X 64 ADS for one month (7X5$=35 $)
5. 2 place in My Blog Sponsor list for two month (min 2X10$= 20 $)
6. 1 Blog Review (15 $)
7. 1 Full version Key of Win Optimiser 4 software by Ashampoo(40 $)
8. 10$ cash by PayPal email payment (10 $)
9. 1 Sidebar Text Links on Zero and Up for one month (5 $)
10. 2 Footer Text Links on Zero and Up for one month (2X1$=2 $)

Prizes are divided into seven categories:

I. Lucky Feed Subscriber
Prizes:
1. One copy of e-book (to first 1000 only).
2. 2 Sidebar 125 X 125ADS.
3. 10$ cash by PayPal.
4. 1 One hour’s consultation time for blogging.
How?
1. Complete required steps (see below)

II. Lucky Commentator
Prizes:
1. 1 Blog Review.
2. 2 place in My Blog Sponsor list.
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Comment on at least 5 more upcoming posts.

III. Lucky Blogger
Prizes:
1. 1 One hour’s consultation time for blogging.
2. 2 Icon 64 X 64 ADS.
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Blog about this contest on your blog with a link back to this contest page.
3. After blogging give the link of your post by commenting on this post.

IV. Lucky Stumbler
Prizes:
1. 1 Sidebar Text Links on Zero and Up.
2. 2 Footer Text Links on Zero and Up.
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Stumble this post. Add me as friend if you like.My Stumle Blog.Put your Stumble Upon user name in comments for convenience.

V. Lucky Digger
Prizes:
1. 3 Icon 64 X 64 ADS.
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Digg this post . Add me as friend if you like.My Diggs Page. Put your Digg user name in comments for convenience.

VI. Lucky Twitter Follower
Prize:
1. 1 Sidebar 125 X 125 ADS.
2. 1 Icon 64 X 64 ADS.
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Follow me in Twitter. My Twitter Profile.Put your twitter user name in comments for convenience.

VII. Lucky Voter
Prizes:
1. 1 Full Verson Key of Win Optimiser 4.
2. 1 Icon 64 X 64 ADS .
How?
1. Complete required steps.
2. Vote for me for Blogger Choice Awards . Add me as friend if you like. Click the icon below to vote.Put your user name in comments for convenience.

Required Steps:

1. Subscribe to Feeds by E-mail. Find the subscribe link in top of sidebar if the form below do not work.
2. Put at least one comment on this post saying you are in for the contest.

Greatest Reviews Contest – $1272 in Prizes

Contest Steps And How To Earn Entry Points:

• Subscribe to DNXpert newsletter using the form above – required. (1 point )
• Blog about this contest (10 points)
• Blog about this contest and include the Prize Recap list in your post. You can download the Prize Recap list code here. (20 points)
• Follow the DNXpert newsletter and blog for further chances of gaining entry points during the contest month

Here’s the very large list of prizes:

• $700 in cash from We Build Pages who offer Link Building Services. ($700 value)
• $200 credit deposited into NameDrive domain parking account courtesy of NameDrive.com. ($200 value)
• $100 Godaddy Gift card from instantdomaintool.com. ($100 value)
• $100 credit in Bidvertiser account. ($100 value)
• $100 cash from WordPressFreelance. ($100 value)
• $50 cash from Ades blog ($50 value)
• $35 Cash from Tim Schroeder of eMonetized.com. ($35 value)
• $35 Cash from Web Hosting Reviews. ($35 value)
• $30 Cash from Life is colourful. ($30 value)
• 1 Market Leverage promo pack consisting of: MarketLeverage iFlip (digital camera), MLRewards card ($50), MarketLeverage USB Pen, MarketLeverage Polo and hat, MarketLeverage/Nike duffelbag. ($350 value)
• 2 x Market Leverage promo pack consisting of MLRewards card ($25), MarketLeverage USB Pen, MarketLeverage Polo and hat, MarketLeverage/Nike duffelbag. (2 x $220 value)
• 3 x Market Leverage USB Pens with $10 ML Rewards card. (3 x $35 value)
• 6 months subscription to MarketMotive.com. ($1794 value)
• 1 hour of SEO Consulting from Todd Malicoat from stuntdubl.com. ($500 value)
• 1 year’s PRO Subscriptions membership to FreshDrop.net. ($395.40 value)
• 5 x 1 license of the software product Domain Name Pro (5 x $64.95 value)
• 3 months membership at Aaron Wall’s SeoBook course. ($300 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Domain Graduate ebook. (3 x $87 value)
• 5 x 1 exclusive list of 100 expired domains from DNXpert.com (5 x $50 value)
• 6 months premium clustered hosting at iMountain.com (6 x $39.95 value)
• 2 months VIP membership at ClickMojo ($200 value)
• 15 minute one on one phone coaching session with Simon Johnson from Domainer Income ($200 value)
• 2 year subscription to DNSstuff pro tools. ($139 value)
• 1 x 100 domain parking account at WhyPark.com ($99.95 value)
• 1 copy of the Revenue Domains Exposed ebook ($97 value)
• 2 month subscription at Wordze.com ($90 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Domaining Manifesto ebook. (3 x $27 value)
• 1 copy of Wordze’s Guide to Keyword Research & Niche Wealth Building! ($80 value)
• 1 copy of a single use license of Brian Gardner’s Revolution blog theme of the winners’ choice ($79.99 value)
• 1 copy of Optin Comments WP plugin. ($77 value)
• 1 DNForum.com Platinum membership. ($59.95 value)
• 1 yearly subscription to Gold Account at iwebtool.com ($59 value)
• 3 x 1 copy of the Killer Domains ebook (3 x $17 value)
• 2 x 50 available domains from WordFuse.com (2 x $24.95 value)
• 1 featured listing on Sedo’s homepage for 1 domain. (worth $39)
• 1 DNForum.com Gold membership ($19.95 value)
• 1 Month DomainNews.com Newsletter Sponsorship – Top Position Advertizing ($500 value)
• 2 months 160×90 ad on ClickFire.com homepage (2 x $200 value)
• 1 Month text link on JustDropped.com search pages ($100 value)
• 1 month text link at DomainNameWire.com ($60 value)
• 1 month of 125×125 banner advertising on Winning the Web ($50 value)
• 1 month 125×125 banner advertising at DNXpert.com ($50 value)
• 1 month 125×125 banner advertising at DotSauce.com ($40 value)
• 1 month text link on blogaboutyourblog.com ($10 value)
• 1 copy of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger ebook ($16.49 value)

Easy to enter, easy to win. Contest ends on June 19th with a random drawing. Get Going!