Don’t you just love competitions? And @Bbrian017 over at Blog Engage has another amazing competition running through February, yes, that’s this month and as usual with any of the Blog Enage competition, this one has some truly amazing prizes up for grabs!

Anyhoo, enough of the chit-chat let’s get on to the do’s and don’ts on how you can win in this brilliant big prize competition and a mention of the sponsors.

Start Date

February 1st, 2012

End Date

February 29th 2012

Prizes

First Place – $250 USD
Second Place – $150 USD
Third Place – $100 USD

The Rules

First let’s discuss some of the rules. It’s very important you read and follow these rules as it will determine if your going to be included into the contest or not. In order to enter you have to write an article about the contest including our sponsor links on your blog. You can find the sponsor link code below. Please if you are entering our $500 USD guest blogging contest make sure to write about our contest and link to our sponsors prior to posting your guest article on our blog.

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. If you are not a member please purchase an account and or sign up to a RSS and Marketing Package.

Post Guidelines

1. Guest posts must be at least 900 words, not to exceed 2000 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.

4. 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.

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 Brian the link

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

• Contact Brian at admin (@) blogengage dot com letting him know your username

• He 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

• 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.

The Points System

Tweets, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 15000 points
Linked In Votes, 50 points per vote, up to a max of 15000 points
Facebook Likes, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 15000 points
Google Plus, 50 points per Plus up to a max of 15000 points
Engages at Blog Engage, 100 points per Engage (vote) Unlimited points
Comments that provide value, 10 points per comment Unlimited Points

Meet the Blog Engage Bloggers Contest Sponsors

SEO and SEM services
Wholesale Greenhouse Supplies
Hydroponics Equipment
Greenhouse Equipment
Greenhouses
Garden Gifts
Gardening Articles
SEO Agency UK
Deal of the day

So why not enter the competition as soon as you can, the quicker the better and good luck

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