I’m very happy to announce The First Blog Engage 500 USD Best of the Guest Blogger Contest. It’s very important that you pay close attention to this post as it has information that pertains to the 1000 USD to the best guest blogger of 2011 contest.

In order to qualify for the 1000 USD to the best guest blogger of 2011 contest you have to participate in at minimum of one of our guest blogging contests within 2011.

Dec 01 2011 I will allow all our guest bloggers that have submitted contest articles to pick the one article they want to use towards The Best of the Guest Blogger Year End 2011 Contest. These articles will be judged and the winner, the blogger who has the best article in 2011 will be awarded 1000USD.

The more articles you write throughout the year will dramatically improve the chances of you winning. Blog Engage community participation and dedication is a determining factor in winning the 1000USD.

The contest runs from February 1st to March 30th (extended date) Again it’s very specific and in order to enter you have to write about the contest including our sponsor links on your blog. Anyone who doesn’t follow this rule will not be included into the final judging of our contest.

The Main Event

The First 2011 500 USD Best of the Guest Blogger Contest.

Start Date

February 04 2011

End Date

March 31 2011 (Extended)

Current Best of the Guest Blogger Sponsors

Please take a minute to visit our Contest and Sponsors Page. This page will be updated with the latest contest information and our premium sponsors list. If you wish to become a sponsor of the blog engage contests please refer to that page for detailed information.

The Contest and Sponsors Page will also have the most up to date information regarding all contests happening at blogengage. Now please take a moment to visit our current contest sponsors.

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Who can participate?

All Blog Engage members can write for us and have the opportunity to win any prize offered in this contest. We only ask that you have a valid paypal account to accept your winnings and prizes.

Post Guidelines

1. Guest posts must be at least 450 words, not to exceed 1000 words.

2. You may have as many links as you wish in the body of the content. However, please limit links to your projects or websites to your bio. Absolutely no affiliate links allowed.

3. Your bio must have a Gravatar. Please use a picture of yourself and not a logo.

Keep your post relevant to the overall theme of this blog. You can write about any of the following topics Making Money Online, Blogging Tips, Traffic, Design, Social Networking, SEO, Marketing, Technology and other industry or niche specific topics you think blog engage members would be interested in reading.

All awards and prizes will be delivered 15 days after the contest is closed. As already stated a valid paypal account will be needed to accept any money prizes.

How To Win

• You must be a member of the blog engage community

• You must write about the contest including the contest sponsors links When done e-mail me the link (admin (@) blog engage dot com

• Register for an account here and fill out your bio info Also please get a gravatar if you don’t have one.

• Contact me admin (@) blogengage dot com letting me know your username

• We will review your account and upgrade it so you can write for the blog

• Write your post, save it and it will be reviewed and published

• Write a post about the contest to help spread the word in the blogosphere. Your post (contest submission) will be judged First on quality of the content and style of the post.

• Add Sponsors links to your post using the correct anchor text and make sure the links are do-follow. This is extremely important and your post won’t be eligible to win if you haven’t fulfilled this requirement. The sponsors are the ones making the cash prizes possible, so show them some link love.

• A high value is placed on the number of and quality of comments received on your guest post. Also, be sure to interact with and respond to your commentators. This will help you win! Ambiguous and/or spammy comments will not help you.

• Spread the word about your post through all your social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, Sphinn, etc. A high value will be placed on number of Tweets and overall social media promotion.

 
 
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Brian