Calling all Blogger and other non-Wordpress Users!

Here’s your chance to win a 2-Year Hosting Service at SiteGround.com, a Domain Name of your choice to go with your new blog (subject to availability), and a Block Magazine Wordpress Theme designed by Wordpress Rockstar Adii.

That’s not all. If you are new to Wordpress, I will help you move your blog from Blogger to Wordpress, help you set up Wordpress and the necessary plug-ins, and help you install your Block Magazine Wordpress theme. I will also assist you in the first month of your blogging until you get used to Wordpress. I will then interview you about your Wordpress experience, review your blog and post it here at Blogging Mix.

SiteGround Hosting Services

Blogging Mix has been hosted by SiteGround and so far I’m satisfied with their services. For that reason, I have choosen SiteGround Hosting Service as the major prize. SiteGround also offers one of the most competitive hosting services at affordable prices. Here’s a list of what you get from hosting your blog at SiteGround.

• 750 GB Webspace.
• 7,500 GB Monthly Bandwidth
• Free Domain Name
• Free Site Builder
• 99.9% Server Uptime
• Immediate Action  Activation

Check the complete list of hosting features provided by SiteGround for more information.

Block Magazine Wordpress Theme

One of the things Blogger users envy Wordpress users is the endless selection of free and premium themes to choose from. For this contest, I’m giving away a Block Magazine Wordpress Theme designed by Wordpress Rockstar Adii. Here’s a screen shot of the Block Magazine Wordpress Theme. Click Here for a live demo.

How To Join This Contest?

You need to earn credits in order to join this contest. The winner is randomly choosen from the total number of entries. To improve your probability of winning, you can earn more credits. One credit equals one entry. The more credits you earn, the better your chances of winning. I will personally monitor and record the credits that each participant earns. Here’s how you can earn credits and their credit equivalent.

• Subscribe to Blogging Mix. Subscription must be verified. (5 Points)
• Review and link to this contest. (10 Points)
• Review and link to Blogging Mix. (10 Points)
• StumbleUpon this contest with a short review. (7 Points)
• Digg this contest. (3 Points)

Each participant can earn a maximum of 35 credits (35 entries).

To help me monitor your credit, keep me posted through the comment. Feel free to leave the links of your reviews (contest, Blogging Mix and StumbleUpon). As for Digg users, kindly include a short comment when you Digg this post to help me identify who earns the credit.

Please bear in mind that you are not obliged to DIGG or STUMBLEUPON and review this contest. Don’t Stumble or Digg this post if you don’t feel it’s worth stumbling or digging.

To accommodate more participants in this contest, bloggers who are already using Wordpress can still join the contest and can win the CASH EQUIVALENT of a 2-year SiteGround hosting service + the CASH EQUIVALENT of a copy of Block Magazine Wordpress Theme.

The BIG Day!

This contest starts today and will end on March 30, 2008 (Sunday) at 10:00PM, Beijing time. The result of this contest will be posted on March 31, 2008 (Monday) at 2:00PM Beijing time.

UPDATE: I’m negotiating with some sponsors for more prizes. Please check back for updates.

UPDATE: (February 13, 2008) Here’s a list of additional prizes that can be won from joining this contest. These will be given as a consolation prizes.

1. A Blog Review from Bloggeries - A review from Bloggeries is a great opportunity to expose and advertise your blog to wider audience. Bloggeries receives a heavy traffic everyday so a blog review can help improve your traffic and feed subscribers. Rob, the blogger over at Bloggeries, will give you some useful tips and constructive criticisms to help you improve your blog.
2. 16X16 1 Month Advertisement - Jacob Casss over at Just Creative Design is sponsoring a 1 month 16×16 banner advertisement at his blog. He is currently running a Graphic Design Group Contest you might be interested to join.
3. 4 Licensed Copies of FruitfulTime Task Manager - FruitfulTime Task Manager is a useful software that can help you to organize your tasks. Check out the link for more information.

Thanks for your time and hope you join this contest. Good luck.
To Sponsors:

If you would like to sponsor extra prizes (i.e. banner ad, logo design, blog review, entrecard credits etc.) for this contest, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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