Are You Coming To The Party?

I just recently wrote an article on the importance of Alexa today, and this blogger has been making great strides with his Alexa ranking. Want to see a fast mover, rising in Alexa rank? Head on over to this site, home of Marcus Hochstadt. It is no wonder that his traffic and Alexa rank have been moving so well. Check out this great networking built within this contest. Genious and great marketing skills that will surely improve his Alexa rank yet even more.

He is throwing a party, not because of his Alexa rankings, which was supposed to be the reason, but because he felt like throwing a party anyhow since those Alexa stats got knocked about recently with the latest changes. What is the party? Well it is a contest in which many other bloggers and people have put up some pretty impressive prizes. Best part about these prizes and the contest is that it is truly easy for anyone to enter. Regardless of niche or blog or website you can enter and still find a useful prize for you to win. There is truly something for everyone,

Men’s Interest, Women’s Interest, Sports, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online, Technology, Hobbies, Marketing, Self Improvement, Computers and Internet, Art, Environment, Finance and Investing, Web Development, News and Media, Entertainment, Graphic Design, Religion and Spirituality, Blogging Resources, Parenting and Family, Technology, Mixed Bag, Home and Garden, Health and Medicine, Trends, Personal Diary, and Writing and Literature!

Check out this impressive list of prizes that he has put together with the help of many others:

Consultations, Products & Services

• Max from SiteHoppin gives 10 Beer Stock Pages worth $20-$100 each = $200-$1,000 PLUS 50 One Buck Wiki pages worth $20 each = $1,000, altogether making it to a whopping $2,000!
• Martin Russell from Word of Mouth Marketing gives 50 (!) accounts of 10 cards each at SendOutCards.com worth $25 each = $1,250!
• Gary Evans from Law of Attraction Secrets gives 10 (!) of his Manifest A Miracle systems worth $97 each = $970!
• Marcus Hochstadt from Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress gives respectively 1 of each of his 4 DVD products worth $100 each = $400 PLUS one 2-hour Multimedia Coaching Session worth $300, altogether making it to a $700!
• Debbie Lane from Wisdom Hypnosis gives 7 of her Living The Lucky Life! audio CDs worth $23.77 each = $166.39 PLUS a personal 1.5 hour Hypnosis Session by phone worth $250, making it a total of $416.39!
• Pat King from FitnessLifeClub gives 1 month of his Premier Health Coaching Package worth $357.98!
• Keith Goodrum from On Becoming a 2%er gives 2 of his DVDs 10 Minute Blog Post worth $100 each = $200!
• Andreas from XavierMedia.com gives 5 one-year VIP memberships to CreateBanner.com worth $35 each = $175!
• Larry Brauner from Online Social Networking gives a personal 1 hour consultation worth $150!
• Jason from The University Kid gives two 60 minute Blogging Consultations worth $60 each = $120!
• Leisa Watkins from Dream Act Plan Believe gives 3 Robert G. Allan books that are personally signed by Robert (!), as well as 3 Richard Paul Evans books, also personally signed by Richard himself!
• Karl Gechlik from Ask The Admin gives a professional technical e-mail support session worth $50!
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives $50 in hard earned PayPal cash!
• Borzack from Making Myself Extra Money gives 5 of his Page Peel Ads scripts worth $8 each = $40!
• Stephan Miller from Stephan Miller gives one copy of Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate worth $29.95 PLUS a Special Report he wrote specifically for the person who wins this e-book!
• Crystal from Ubiquitous gives a Site Review worth $20 PLUS a link on her Blogroll for one month worth $10, making it a total of $30!
• Sam Freedom from Internet Marketing Controversy Blog gives a 2-month membership to a large Private Label Rights (”PLR”) membership site worth $30!
• Kelly Naylor from Aerten Art gives one of her unique art work Acid Rain, an original water color painting worth $25!
• Dwayne from Pro Blog Reviews gives a Blog Review worth $25!
• Frank from Technology Blog and more gives a StumbleUpon advertisement campaign worth $20 (400 targeted visitors)!
• Kacie from Sense to Save gives a StumbleUpon advertisement campaign worth $10 (200 targeted visitors)!
• The Fool from Foolsville 2.0 gives $10 in hard earned PayPal cash!
• Lightening from Lightening’s Blogworld gives 2 Blog Reviews worth $5 each = $10!
• Constantin Codreanu from INconstantIN gives a one year .com domain registration worth $10!
• Iris from thebuzz gives a link on her Blogroll for one month worth $10!
• Layne from Reward Rebel gives 1 copy of Reward Rebel LOOT worth $7!
• Fitz Villafuerte from Ready To Be Rich gives 2 stumbles & diggs per week for one month!
• Theda K. Rogers from Crayon Writer gives a full-blown site review on her blog which will certainly increase the buzz for her winner’s blog!
• Mert Erkal from Search For Blogging gives an Invitation to the May issue of www.bloghology.org, which has more than 3,000+ subscribers!
• Alexys Fairfield from Soul Meets World offers to interview her winner (about his/her product, service, Web site, life, etc) PLUS providing a link from her site to his’/hers! (She used to interview celebrities, so this one is PRICELESS!)

Ad Space

• KiwiPulse from KiwiPulse gives 3 x 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $15 each = $45
• Deimos Tel´Arin from ahkong.net gives a 468×60 top ad banner box for one month worth $36
• Anna from My Cornerstone Trio gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $35
• Turnip from Turnip of Power gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $35
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives a top ad space (125×125 or 468×60) for one month worth up to $30
• Caleb Hartley from environmentastic! gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Kathleen from Entrepreneurs Only gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Marty from Money Maker Times gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $25
• Constantin Codreanu from INconstantIN gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $15
• Mirjam from Me Myself and I gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $10
• Lee Doyle from Lee Doyle - Contains Nuts gives a 125×125 top ad space for one month worth $10

Entrecard Credits

• Marcus Hochstadt from Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress gives 12,966ec
• Layne from Reward Rebel gives 5,000ec
• Caleb Hartley from environmentastic! gives 3,000ec
• Constantine Balbozar from Ideas and Money gives 3,000ec
• Kacie from Sense to Save gives 3,000ec
• Larry Brauner from Online Social Networking gives 2,500ec
• Joan Joyce from Joan Joyce Dot Com gives 2,000ec
• Tim from Yimto Affiliate Marketing Blog gives 2,000ec
• Crystal from Ubiquitous gives 2,000ec
• Lee Doyle from Lee Doyle - Contains Nuts gives 2,000ec
• Art from Article Specialist gives 2,000ec
• Jonathan from Archon Digital gives 2,000ec
• Jonathon from Tech News Source gives 1,500ec
• Gary Evans from Law of Attraction Secrets gives 1,000ec
• Suzanne from Dot Com Mogul gives 1,000ec
• Dwayne from Pro Blog Reviews gives 1,000ec
• Michael Aulia from Michael Aulia’s Tech Blog gives 1,000ec
• Stephan Miller from Stephan Miller gives 1,000ec
• Dave from Is A Man’s World gives 1,000ec
• Scott Main from Scott’s Space gives 1,000ec
• Kumo from Toast & Egg & Me… gives 1,000ec
• Mirjam from Me Myself and I gives 1,000ec
• Jasmine from Pixelated Thoughts gives 1,000ec
• Lincoln from Canucklehead gives 1,000ec
• KiwiPulse from KiwiPulse gives 1,000ec
• Lightening from Lightening gives 1,000ec
• Wangbu from Hulag gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from Juliana’s World gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from Juliana’s Lair gives 1,000ec
• Juliana from My Library gives 1,000ec
• Iris from thebuzz gives 1,000ec
• Anna from My Cornerstone Trio gives 1,000ec
• Wayne from Ez DIY Electricity gives 1,000ec
• Collin LaHay from Mixed Market Arts gives 600ec
• Shelia from Black Tennis Pros gives 500ec
• David Thorne from Media Morgue gives 500ec
• Stan from Fantasy Baseball gives 500ec
• Borzack from Making Myself Extra Money gives 500ec
• The Fool from Foolsville 2.0 gives 500ec
• Marty from Money Maker Times gives 300ec
• Fitz Villafuerte from Ready To Be Rich gives 300ec

Thats enough prizes for 200 plus winners totaling with $7000 plus monetary prize value, and exactly 66,666 entre card credits.

How to enter?

Here is how to enter the party contest and belong to the lucky winners…

1. Subscribe to the Hochstadt.com Blog Announcement List (see the sign-up field in the top right hand corner of this page, right below my image? Yup, there it is.) Not only does it bring you 2 points but I may send you a cool gift when you do :-) – 2 Points
2. Post a comment to this blog post - 1 Point (one point per person)
3. Stumble and digg about this contest and fav me on Technorati - 1 Point respectively
4. Use the below party contest image(s) on your site (linking to this party contest) - 2 Points
   
5. Write about this blog and this Hochstadt.com Party Contest on your blog, linking to both this blog and the Hochstadt.com Party Contest. Use your own wording, one that fits to your audience. (It shall be easy because the above prizes fit to ALL audiences!) - 10 Points
6. Write about this blog and this contest on your blog, AND link to ALL contributors (just like you see my list above including all the prizes) - 30 Points
7. *PSSST* When you write about this contest on your blog it may be a good idea you indicate which of the above prizes you would like to win most. Perhaps Santa is listening and your wish comes true, who knows… ;-)

Well just in case Santa is listening, I should maybe note that I sure hope to win entre card credits or ad space. But truthfully the prizes listed here are all great and I would be happy to win any of them. How about you? what would you like to win? Why not head on over and join the party? Check out the rest of his blog as well, a lot of good reading to be had!

I should note you only have to the end of April to enter. The drawing will be held on May 1st!

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Review: RSS Hugger

RSS Hugger is a submissions site for blog owners. what kind of submissions? RSS Feeds. Submissions can be free if one is willing to put a little effort in or a submission can be purchased for $20 with paypal. The site is easy to navigate and does offer some value, including a top ranking list as well as a "are you feeling lucky" type button where you randomly visit blogs.

rssHugger is a unique website that aims to bring bloggers and readers together. rssHugger aims to provide blog owners with a unique easy-to-use way to promote their blogs by sending them traffic, building backlinks for search engine optimization, as well as attracting new rss subscribers if the content is interesting to the reader. rssHugger aims to help visitors be able to easily find blogs that write about subjects they are interested in. These subjects include: internet marketing, making money online, charity, sports, gambling, and many more. If the visitors find a blog that they had not previously heard about, they can easily add it to their RSS readers or bookmark it.

All in all if you are looking for yet another avenue to increase your readership or at least help get your blog indexed. Give RSS Hugger a try.

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Blog Me The Money on 45n5's Top 100

Well it is a tad stretch, Blog Me the Money is indeed listed on the top 100 list but not quite near the top 100. A recent addition to the very popular top list for blogs whose niche is all about making money online and monetizing ones website. Pulled directly from Mark's top list page,

45n5 rank was designed to organize and feature the best blogs on the internet that discusss making money online. This web page is a must bookmark for anybody interested in the who's who of making money online and the freshest tips and techniques for making that money.

With that said, Blog Me The Money, is very thrilled to be accepted and listed with the other afore mentioned blogs, "the best blogs...", which include some heavy hitters and very popular well known bloggers. Those including the likes of Dosh Dosh, Pro Blogger, Shoe Money, and John Chow, as well as many more blogs. Too many to list but all very well written about and authored.

Mark compiles data for well over 300 blogs and shows the current data for, Alexa ranking, Technorati links, and Page Rank (Google), and then uses this data to rank all the blogs in popularity. No small task when you have to analyze 300 plus blogs as well as look after your own blog.

Blog Me The Money is honored to be on that list and a look on the home page , lower right side of my home page will show an icon with the current ranking. If you do have a blog that would fit this niche I recommend heading on over and submitting your blog for review with Mark. You will be glad you did! What originally I thought would be a novel idea at first for "inspiring" me to improve upon my blog, and a good way to keep track of said "improvements" was for me to submit Blog Me The Money to Mark for entry. I never gave a thought about any type of traffic coming from this and little did I know that the traffic that would flow from 45n5.com would be quite significant and appear "over night".

That said I would like to thank Mark for all his hard work and effort for making this valuable top list.

I would also like to mention a good article on 45n5.com about the worth of the blogs found on his top list. A neat article giving a rough idea on a blogs worth. A good read indeed.

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My Update To Blog Directories

Recently I wrote an article on how to make use of blog directories as well as a nice list of various types of directories that one can submit their blog and or website too. Well I recently stumble across a rather nifty blog, or directory, take your pick, that is human edited, free and basically acts as a directory for blogs. This site also allows you to chose your own anchor text and an associated deep URL to go with it which is pretty nifty for gaining inbound links and page rank for specific key words.

If you write a review about the site, then you can not only be listed in the most recent additions to the directory, which everyone gets a crack at, but you can also be listed in the most recent reviews section which I am gathering stick about much longer than the most recently added section. If you have a blog that writes about SEO techniques or link building strategies or other traffic building strategies then send them a link as well to your article as this could be yet one more way to build traffic to your site. They have an article submission list as well. All in all you can get some pretty good free links to your site here as well as sift through similar related blogs to add to your reading list, comment strategies etc etc. All in all a nifty new site that I will be keeping an eye on for sure. The site you ask?
Blog Search Directory

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Steve Pavlina Uses Blog Carnivals To Attract 50,000 Visitors

Not a bad number indeed! And to think you too can copy what he has sucessfuly been doing and get that sort of traffic or more yourself.

What is a blog Carnival?

Think of it as being a type of "blogging community. On the internet there are millions of blogs and maybe millions of niche categories making up one pile of articles. A Carnival community collects the blogs together of a specific niche or topic and groups their articles together. Think magazine, in which your niche is published weekly, monthly or however often the publisher see's fit.

How does this benefit Me?

Well for starters it gives your articles a much broader audience. And with some well written content it will attract readers to your blog. Carnivals also offer one way inbound links to your site which weigh more than a traded or reciprocal link exchange and they are FREE.

So find yourself a Carnival that fits closely to your blogs niche, pick your best articles and content and submit those articles to get them published. Not a bad way to gain a handful of new subscribers to your RSS feeds or perhaps even hundreds with each round of submissions.

Steve Pavlina wrote, How To Make Money From Your Blog, and in this article he states,

In my early traffic-building days, I’d do carnivals submissions once a week, and it helped a great deal in going from nothing to about 50,000 visitors per month. You still have to produce great content, but carnivals give you a free shot at marketing your unknown blog for free. Carnivals are like an open-mic night at a comedy club - they give amateurs a chance to show off their stuff. I still submit to certain carnivals every once in a while, but now my traffic is so high that relatively speaking, they don’t make much difference anymore.

With that said, why are you still here reading? Go submit to your Blog Carnival!
And Best of Luck!

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Showing The Love For Links

If you ever have the time, I suggest you surf on over to Linky Love, a blog and website that has useful information for increasing one's page rank, making money on the internet and many other interesting topics and resources. In fact Linky Love has a little bit of everything for, well, everyone!

"You find a bit for everybody with weekly features: Make Money Monday, Cats & Dogs Tuesday, Surprise Wednesday, Gossip Thursday, Blog Better Friday and "Blog of the Weekend"."

Linkylove has a great pagerank, which should be enough to entice you as a blog owner to head on over and add your own link. For some added extra pizzazz to boost your own ranking and traffic why not take a few minutes to browse this site and write a review? Need the URL to add your link ? there it is, its simple as clicking and checking out this useful site.

Still not convinced? Linky love rates
within the top 100.000 of Technorati within its first 3 months!
As well, Linky Love has a PageRank 5

If you are new to blogging and want to know how to make money on the Internet, then visit Linky Love, ask for help and a link exchange!

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Learn How To Make Money From a 14 Year Old!

And believe me, that’s no joke. Ever heard of Carl Ocab of carlocab.com? If you haven’t, it’s probably because you haven’t been blogging for very long. Carl is a world-famous 14-year-old kid from the Philippines who runs one heck of a blog about how to make a fortune online.

While some kids his age are playing video games and sleeping in, Carl is working his butt off on his blog and ranking number one in a Google search for the term “make money online.” Carl Ocab Dot Com has been featured in his national newspaper, has been covered by some of the greatest bloggers on the Internet, and—perhaps most importantly—all of his current advertising on his blog is completely sold out.
Carl Ocab is a great blog to highlight here on Advertising Blogger, specifically because it’s a great example of what you can do online if you work hard and set your mind to it. If a 14-year-old kid can make a ton of advertising cash with a blog—even with school and chores getting in the way—then there’s really no reason why you can’t, too. And no, there isn’t a big secret to how Carl got where he is. He kept blogging, networking, and getting back links, and put together an awesome advertising page that tells potential advertisers how they can benefit from purchasing ads on his site.
If you get a chance, go check out Carl Ocab’s About Page to learn a little bit more about how he got into blogging and rose to become one of the most influential bloggers on the Internet. But keep this in mind: becoming a much-visited site is a great thing, but monetizing that traffic will take you from blogging as a hobby to being a professional blogger. If Carl Ocab can do that at age 14, you can do it, too!

Source: http://www.advertising-blogger.com/learn-how-to-advertise-from-a-14-year-old/

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