I would like to thank everyone who entered the contest to win the Samsung Bluetooth Stereo Headset that I have been running for the past two weeks. After mathematically and scientifically drawing a number (randomly drawn) cross referenced against a MySQL result query of mine to see all those who left comments on the particular post I have come up with a winner!
Congratulations to Damien Riley of PostcardsFromTheFunnyFarm.com. Damien has been selected as the winner of the Samsung Bluetooth Stereo Headset. Enjoy your headset Damien!
I have contacted Damien about winning and he seems very excited to receive his headset. I will be shipping it out tomorrow to the address he supplied me with and he should (hopefully) receive it soon!
Survey Says….
Originally I had my contest set up so that people would have to link back to me and write a brief review. After one week I had only 2 entries and I did not think that was enough, nor what I expected. After someone mentioned that they could not enter the contest because they did not have a blog or access to one, I changed and extended the contest another week and asked that they only need to leave a comment to be entered. This change received more comments and helped hype the contest a bit better.
The next contest I run will be similar, you’ll just need to leave a comment and you’re entered. This seems to get the best results for generating hype about something. Creating link backs can be a bit trickier, after all this blog is a learning tool of mine and this has been a bit of a learning experience on my part.
If I had perhaps a cooler gadget than the Samsung Bluetooth Stereo Headset (which I thought was pretty cool) perhaps that would attract more people. I guess not everyone wants something free, weird huh? From my experience I always thought people loved to win free stuff even if they had no use for it. I guess this contest disproves that theory of mine.
Damien RileyMay 08, 2008 at 13:54:03
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Tyler, Great fun winning the contest! Thanks a bunch. My wife has been scoping these out since the law just went into effect that you can’t hold a phone to your ear while driving anymore. This is perfect.
I’ve enjoyed watching your blog evolve and put out good content for it seems like a couple years now. I’ve linked back to you since around the time I got the new domain so I guess if I write a short review I’ll be like the first contestants
Thanks for showing us all how a contest is a great networking tool.
Take it easy bro and continued success and knowledge with your blog in 2008.
Cam TardiMay 08, 2008 at 18:20:45
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Tyler,
I am very much like a high percentage of the people on the internet. I’m lazy. The only reason I do not comment on a lot of the posts is I either forget, or, it’s the fact that I receive your blog updates via email.
An idea that i’ve just had now, and you may want to take this and make it into a plugin, is to allow the reader to respond and leave a comment via email.
Could be something interesting to look into…Keep up the good writing!
Affiliate17May 08, 2008 at 20:35:58
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Very informational post! thanks for sharing
bunnyMay 09, 2008 at 03:19:03
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Congrats to Damien!
Cam TardiMay 16, 2008 at 00:16:33
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Hmm….Counter says 5 comments, but it is displaying only 4. Something to look into.
Tyler Ingram May 16th, 2008 at 07:03:27[Link]
There is a linkback that is not shown but the counter is counting it as comment.
Damien RileyMay 21, 2008 at 13:23:52
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Tyler … just a shout out to say the headset is very very cool. My wife is using it to finish moving the house. She can leave her mp3 phone on the counter and wear the headset around the house wirelessly. AND when she gets a call, she can answer wherever she is. Thanks for choosing that as a prize.
Tyler Ingram May 23rd, 2008 at 06:38:01[Link]
Damien that is awesome! I’m glad she’s enjoying it!