Finally, after a week of fun and great conversation on this site and then a jam-packed social weekend for my family and myself, I am ready to announce the winners of my blogging birthday gifts. There were 80 entrants and 13 prizes to be given away - those are pretty good odds, if I do say so myself. I used Mrs. Glosser’s Math Goodies Random Number generator to draw the numbers for each prize.
Drumroll please…
- 10 Ways to Make it Great! by Phil Gerbyshak - Jimson Lee; Sujan Patel; Betshop Boy; Lara; Brown Baron
- I’ll Do it Myself by Glenda Hyatt Watson - Gabriel
- Do You Q? Dates version from Mitch Matthews - Glen Abel
- Do You Q? Friends version from Mitch Matthews - Randa Clay
- Race Through the Forest by Timothy Johnson - Robert Hruzek
- Blog Marketing by Jeremy Wright - Rich Gilchrest
- Blogging Tips -What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging by Lorelle VanFossen - Kim Dushinski
- iTunes Gift Certificate - Joe Bruzzesse
- Guest Post on Successful Blog - David Airey
If I missed anyone, I really apologize - combing through all the Technorati links was a challenge. Thanks to those of you who made it easy for me by leaving a comment. I will be contacting each of the winners individually via email.Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again to all the prize donors, my readers, and commenters - you are wonderful!
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Randa Clay
2. July 2007 | 18:10 hYay! Thanks for having such a nice blogging birthday, and for the gift. I appreciate it!
David Airey :: Creative Design ::
2. July 2007 | 18:16 hFantastic, Char!
I’m a big fan of Liz and her Successful Blog, so to have the opportunity to guest post there is a great prize. I’ll have to get in touch with Liz.
There should be a copy of Lorelle’s book winging its way across the Atlantic after I ordered it last week. Looking forward reading it!
Off-topic, did you remove the ’subscribe to comments’ plugin? I was looking for the little check box but can’t remember if it was here before. That plugin is the first I’d install on any new blog (providing comments are open of course).
Char
2. July 2007 | 18:21 hRanda - I think you will have fun with it!
David - I was so excited when I saw your number come up for the guest post. You will do a great job and can have some fun with that.
I did remove subscribe to comments because the old version didn’t work when I redid my site. I have the newer version - thanks for the nudge to get it added back in!
Homemom3
2. July 2007 | 18:41 hCongrats to the winners and to you as well Char.
Jimson Lee
2. July 2007 | 20:04 hHey, wow, it’s nice to win a prize once in a while! Imagine getting a gift for something you enjoy doing with lots of passion! Like having a blog, and surfing outher blog sites… Isn’t that the reason why we have blogs in the first place?
Glenda Watson Hyatt
3. July 2007 | 00:13 hCongrats, Gabriel! Char, I’ll send the book within the next few days - I’m bogged down with a major project.
Lorelle
3. July 2007 | 02:30 hWonderful and what great winners! I’m just finishing up a big road trip as part of my work and I’ll fire off that autographed copy as soon as I get back to the farm. So exciting! Congrats all.
Robert Hruzek
3. July 2007 | 07:58 hChar, what a wonderful surprise! And especially the thoughtful gift - not just any prize, but one this project manager will love!
Yep, let’s face it: you’re a peach!
Cheers!
Gabriel
3. July 2007 | 09:42 hWow! I won! Thank you so much! This is my first prize ever since I started blogging a couple of months ago. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
From Glenda Watson Hyatt’s teaser, I could tell that the book is more than inspiring.
Brown Baron
3. July 2007 | 09:58 hGetting a prize from one of my favorite blogs makes it even more special. Thanks again Char!
Sujan Patel
3. July 2007 | 12:42 hThanks alot Char.
Rich Gilchrest
3. July 2007 | 12:55 hChar,
Wow, I wandered into your blog at the right time I guess
This looks like a great book and I really look forward to getting into it. As a new blogger, I need all the information I can absorb from sites like yrs and books like this. Thank you!
David Airey :: Creative Design ::
3. July 2007 | 15:51 hHi Char,
Just testing your ’subscribe to comments’ plugin.
Happy to provide a helping nudge.
Ken Xu
4. July 2007 | 01:32 hWill be join the next contest. Hope you will held another one, Char!
So, you have add subscribe to comments too?
Nice!
Lifesperspective
6. July 2007 | 02:35 hdang, missed it this time round. Congrats to all winners. BTW, were the prizes given out ever revealed?
Kim Dushinski
18. July 2007 | 18:49 hWAHOO! I won. I won. I won. I am so excited Char.
Thanks for the gift to celebrate your blog birthday.