Christmas In August by Thou Shall Blog

Sponsor : Thou Shall Blog
Contest URL : “thou shall win” contest (Christmas in August)
Deadline : 31 August, 2008
Announcement of Winners : the winners will be announced in a day or two after the end of Augut
Method : The winners will be picked by using the random list generator at http://random.org. Screenshots will be provided.
Payout : Visit the contest site

Prizes.

Over $2500 worth of awesome prizes to be won.

The Grand Prize

A ticket to the “Event Apart” which is held in the USA. The Ticket is worth about $1,000.00 and will be good for any 2008 event.

Courtesy of PB from Piss Biscuit. Don’t you just love this guy?

Winner #1

1. 12-month private membership at LifeFoc.us, courtesy of FullTiltBlogging.com, the brain child of Aaron Abber (Worth $324)
2. 30-min live blog consultation by Rockfuse.com (Worth $30)
3. 1 month 468×60 Ad Spot from Tech Suave (Worth $30)
4. 3,000 Entrecard Credits from Brian Hawkins @ Extreme Ezine

Winner #2

1. $500.00 dollar credit for Blog Re-design courtesy of Piss Biscuit.
2. 30-min live blog consultation by Rockfuse.com (Worth $30)
3. 1 month 125×125 Ad Spot from Piss Biscuit (Worth $40)
4. 2000 Entrecard Credits from Brian Hawkins @ Extreme Ezine

Winner #3

1. Blog Review courtesy of Piss Biscuit (Worth $100)
2. 60-min blog consultation by The Net Fool (Worth $60)
3. 1 month 125×125 Ad Spot from Etienne Teo (Worth $25)
4. 2,000 Entrecard Credits from Jay @ DatMoney.com

Winner #4

1. 1 Copy of Premium Theme from WooThemes by Piss Biscuit (Worth $100)
2. 1 Custom Banner Design (468×60 or 125×125) from DatMoney.com
3. 1 month 125×125 Ad Spot from Yours Truly, Blog for Beginners (Worth $20)
4. 2,000 Entrecard Credits from Jay @ iBlogtoBlog.com

Winner #5

1. 1 Copy of the Revolution WordPress Theme from Brian Gardner (Worth $80)
2. 1 month 125×125 Ad Spot from Etienne Teo (Worth $25)
3. 1 month sidewide PR3 link on both DatMoney.com & iBlogtoBlog.com
4. 1,000 Entrecard Credits from Michael Aulia’s Tech Blog

Bonus Prize

The contestant with the highest no. of points (both maximum and referral points) will win 3,000 Entrecard Credits from WP Beginners

Mechanics :

1. 10 points - Subscribe via email and blog about the contest (see #2) on your blog with all the sponsors’ links and prizes intact - mandatory
2. 5 points - A link back to Thou Shall Blog with Anchor Text - Blogging Tips for Beginners
3. In less than 20 words, tell us why the sponsors rocks. For each sponsor you write about, you will be getting 5 points so there will be a maximum of 55 points for all the 11 sponsors.
4. If you have completed all the above and collected the maximum 70 points, you will automatically be entitled to the Grand Draw.
5. The details of the Grand Draw can be found in your RSS feed with the “Unlock the Code” link to the page for the Grand Prize.

More Contest Details

1. There will be a bonus of 3 referral points for each person whom is referred by you. The contestant has to state that he/she is being referred by you. The logic states that only one contestant can be referred by one introducer. Make sense?
2. All the referral points cannot be accumulated into the maximum points.
3. As usual, the verification will be done based on the comment you leave here shouting what you have completed. Your IP will be logged and verified.
4. The winners will be picked by using the random list generator at http://random.org. Screenshots will be provided.

Update: Banner Ads Display

Additional 10 points if you opt to display the banner ads on your sidebar.

The Generous Sponsors:

1. Yan from Blog for Beginners - a blog which provides Blogging Tips for Beginners; a haven for blogging newbies
   
2. PB from Piss Biscuit - a great resource of practical tips in blogging and different blogging resources. I love his 5 Great Ways to Lose Page Rank Post
   
3. Aaron from FullTiltBlogging.com - it provides a good insight on the different online marketing tools, Tips on making Money Online and generous to give tons of tips, tips, tips. I love his 21 Day Challenge.
   
4. Jim from The Net Fool - His Catchline "Turn Time into Cash" best describes the tips that he is sharing with his reader, an inspiration at 18.
   
5. Bryan from Extreme Ezine - a must-have e-zine for Internet Marketers
   
6. Jay from DatMoney.com - provides great blogging tips and affordable banner designs.
   
7. Nadz from Rockfuse.com - great site if you're on the look-out for blogging tips on making money blogging and driving traffic to you blog.
   
8. Prem from Tech Suave - gives us technical updates and tons of tips.
   
9. Michael Aulia - provides technical news, tips and reviews. He also gives tips on Intro to Blogging.
   
10. Brian Gardner - the man behind awesome revolution themes. (Revolutionizing Wordpress and taking it to the next level)
    
11. Etienne Teo - provides tips on maximizing the different social networking sites, the site also provides different moneymaking resources available in the Net