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PublisherForums.com "Prizes for Posts" Contest!

PublisherForums.com Prizes for Posts Contest

Status: Completed

October 22nd - December 3rd

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! That's right, we're holding yet another contest, and this time we're giving out more prizes than never before making this contest our biggest one yet. In fact, we have over $3,619 worth of prizes to give away! Here's your opportunity to both help build the PublisherForums community as well as have a chance at winning some great prizes.

Prizes

This is not one of those posting contests where only the most frequent posters can win. In fact, there are a total of 45 prizes inside of 12 prize packages which are available to be won in 4 different categories. This leaves a lot of room and opporunity for members to qualify for prizes, and members may qualify for multiple prizes.

The prize structure has been set up to allow for both the best possible quality discussion for the site, while awarding members for various contributions to the forum as well. There are other webmaster forums out there that actually endorse spam or low quality posts. That would go against PublisherForums's purpose, which is to provide intellectual discussion for web publishers.

Category Minimum Post Eligibility Prizes
Quality Posts
1st Place
($1,125 in Prizes)
125
  • Choice of custom Wordpress Theme or vBulletin Skin, fully coded ($650 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • Mythbusters Mega Movie Myths DVD* ($22 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Hour phone consultation with Tyler Cruz ($75 Value) (More Details)
  • 3-Month WordZe Subscription ($135 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Year Sitewide 120×60 Ad on PublisherForums.com ($153 Value) (More Details)
  • $75 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($75 Value) (More Details)
2nd Place
($575 in Prizes)
125
  • Social Media script from EntertainmentScripts.com ($297 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • Life in the Freezer DVD* ($10 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Hour phone consultation with Tyler Cruz ($75 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Year Sitewide 120×60 Ad on PublisherForums.com ($153 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
3rd Place
($180 in Prizes)
125
  • One-Year Free Hosting Package & Domain Name ($140 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
Top Posts (Current Standings)
1st Place
($428 in Prizes)
350
  • 3-Month WordZe Subscription ($135 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Hour phone consultation with Tyler Cruz ($75 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Year Sitewide 120×60 Ad on PublisherForums.com ($153 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $50 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($50 Value) (More Details)
2nd Place
($300 in Prizes)
350
  • 3-Month WordZe Subscription ($135 Value) (More Details)
  • 1-Hour phone consultation with Tyler Cruz ($75 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • Featured review at ContestBlogger.com ($50 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
3rd Place
($193 in Prizes)
350
  • 1-Year Sitewide 120×60 Ad on PublisherForums.com ($153 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
4th Place
($40 in Prizes)
350
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
Community Spirit
1st Place
($180 in Prizes)
125
  • 3-Month WordZe Subscription ($135 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $30 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($30 Value) (More Details)
2nd Place
($173 in Prizes)
125
  • 1-Year Sitewide 120×60 Ad on PublisherForums.com ($153 Value) (More Details)
  • $20 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($20 Value) (More Details)
Top Referrers (Current Standings)
1st Place
($275 in Prizes)
50
  • 3-Month WordZe Subscription ($135 Value) (More Details)
  • Full Blog Review courtesy of BlogLOUDER.com ($95 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $50 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($50 Value) (More Details)
2nd Place
($115 in Prizes)
50
  • 1-Hour phone consultation with Tyler Cruz ($75 Value) (More Details)
  • Karas: The Revelation DVD* ($15 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)
3rd Place
($35 in Prizes)
50
  • American Chopper DVD* ($10 Value) (More Details)
  • $25 Cash via PayPal courtesy of NeverBlueAds ($25 Value) (More Details)

Quality Post Winners

Quality posting is when a member makes particularly high quality or helpful posts on average. In order to be eligible, the administrator must find the member to have produced especially high quality or helpful posts, and a minimum of 125 posts must be made. The top quality posters will be chosen by the administrator. Members of the forum will then vote on a poll within 4-days at the end of the contest to determine the winners.

Top Post Winners

The top posters will be measured by the highest number of posts made during the contest. It is imperitive to understand that poor, low-quality posts, or spamming is in no way tolerated. Members who purposely make poor posts in order to boost their post count will be removed from the contest at the administrator's discretion. Please be sure to read the forum rules. In order to be eligible, a minimum of 350 posts must be made.

You can view the current standings list to get an idea of the top-15 posters. The list isn't exact since the contest runs for 6-weeks, it should help give you a good idea as to who the leaders are. An exact post count of the contest's timeframe will be calculated at the end of the contest by the administrator for accuracy.

Community Spirit Winners

Community spirit winners will be members who are enthusiastic, helpful, and have a strong sense of community activeness within PublisherForums.com. For example, a member who writes a funny poem of PublisherForums.com and posts it up is helping build the community as well as morale. Another example is somebody who decides to make custom PublisherForums Avatars for people.

The top community spirit posters will be chosen by the administrator. If the administrator does not find anyone eligible in his eyes, none will be selected. In order to be eligible, a minimum of 125 posts must be made.

Top Referrers

Referrals are simply new members that you refer to the site. View this link to see the top referrers and to grab your unique referral URL. Only refer quality members; that is, do not attempt to get your friends to sign up just to rack up points. Signing up friends is fine as long as you think they'd be a good contribution to the site.

You are not to spam other sites or people in any way, as doing so will forfeit your eligibility in the contest. Referrals must be legitimate referred members and must genuinely be interested in the site and not incentivized in any way. In addition, your referrals must make a combined total of at least 50 non-spammed posts.

In order to be eligible, you must make a minimum of 50 posts during the contest.

Sponsors & Prizes

This contest would not be possible without our sponsors. Below is more detailed information of our contest sponsors and the prizes they are giving away:

Sponsor Company Information & Prize Details
 
NeverBlueAds

"NeverBlueAds is a leading performance-based affiliate network. Both advertisers and affiliates recognize NeverblueAds as credible, trustworthy, and effective.

Through their network of select affiliates, they connect many thousands of qualified customers to online advertisers each year. NeverblueAds operates on a performance-based model, so advertisers and affiliates enjoy the benefits of efficient, custom online advertising that is constantly monitored for effectiveness.

The NeverblueAds network is built on strong relationships, so quality is a top priority. That is why the NeverblueAds team includes in-house campaign managers, graphic designers, copy writers, customer service reps, and programmers. All are dedicated to sustaining solid business relationships. Proprietary technology supports that dedication. Their tracking software ensures accurate, real-time lead tracking. This technology gives affiliates the tools they need to succeed as they direct qualified traffic to advertisers.

NeverBlueAds account executives communicate with advertisers up-front to establish clear performance expectations. They check in often to ensure that each advertiser is satisfied with the quality of the actions that they receive. In the same way, their affiliate managers talk daily with affiliates. They point out trends, recommend specific campaigns, and make frequent contact to support their success in generating quality leads and sales for advertisers." (Source)

NeverBlueAds has graciously donated $400 in prize money for our contest, so help pay them back by giving their affiliate network a try :-)

(Note: Payment will be paid via PayPal only.)

 
PixelJig.com


InstantCoding.com

PixelJig.com and InstantCoding.com have teamed up to sponsor our contest by giving away either a custom vBulletin skin or custom Wordpress theme ($650 Value) - the winner gets to choose. The skin or theme will be both designed and coded just for you, with the code being clean and validating with W3C standards.

PixelJig.com

The designing is being sponsored by PixelJig.com, a one-man freelance design company run by designer Sahil Lavingia. Since PixelJig.com is currently still under construction, a temporary portfolio has been put up here.

InstantCoding.com

Once the design has been completed, InstantCoding.com will take over and design your custom skin or theme for you.

Just recently launched, InstantCoding.com is the recreation of the site Xhtmlslashcss.com. With normal XHTML and CSS coding packages at $149 and special XHTML and CSS CMS (vBulletin, Wordpress, etc.) integration packages at $249, their prices are certainly very affordable.

They produce clean, quality, semantic code which is tableless, optimized for SEO, and is XHTML valid.

InstantCoding.com accepts PayPal and boasts a turnaround time of 12-24 hours.

 
WordZe.com

WordZe.com is giving away 5 x 3-month subscriptions as prizes for our contest. Their monthly price will be increasing soon to $45 a month making each prize valued at $135.

WordZe is a powerful and robust keyword research and generating tool and service. Keyword generating is most useful to advertisers who advertise through PPC (Pay-Per-Click) such as with Google's AdWords.

WordZe will not only help you generate tens of thousands of related and specific keywords, but also offers a plethora of analytical and research tools to help you find what markets and niches are saturated, which trends are currently hot, and which keywords are dirt cheap.

Back in May I wrote an exhaustive review of Wordze on my blog, which will give you a good insight as to what WordZe can offer. WordZe is truly a must-have for anyone advertising through keywords.

For more details and information, check out WordZe.com.

 
Karas: The Relevation

"Picking up right where the Prophecy ends, the new Karas, Otaha, seeks vengeance against the yakuza that murdered his brother and almost killed him. Meanwhile the old Karas, Eko, unleashes his wrath and contempt for the pitiful humans infesting the city. Yurine, Nue, and Otahajoin forces for the final epic battle to save the city and protect the will of the people…as Prophecy becomes Revelation!"

"Karas: the Revelation not only lives up to the amazing first volume, but exceeds it in every way”

– Play Magazine

Featuring the voices of Jay Hernadez (Grindhouse, Hostel), Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby Doo) and Cree Summer (Drawn Together, Hellboy: Blood & Iron)

Bonus Features: English & Japanese Language / Original Japanese Language with English Subtitles / Textless Opening / Voiceover Talent Interviews / Bloopers / Draft Pencil Sketch Alternate Angle / Image Gallery

» View the trailer and more information!

* - We can only ship to the US and Canada. If you win this prize and don't live in the US or Canada, please consider donating it to another member.

 
DiscoveryChannelStore.com


DiscoveryChannelStore.com

The Discovery Channel Store has been kind enough to sponsor our contest by donating 3 DVD's from their store.

The Discovery Channel Store carries a wide spectrum of merchandise including great products such as the Discovery Star Theater, Discovery Rainbow In My Room, and Illuminated Rotating Universe Tabletop Globe.

They carry products in categories such as DVDs & Books, Toys & Games, Electronics, Gadgets & Travel, Health & Fitness, and Telescopes. And of course, they carry DVDs of all your favourite Discovery channel shows including American Chopper, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and Planet Earth to name a few.

The Discovery Channel is putting up the following prizes for our contest:

* - We can only ship to the US. If you win this prize and don't live in the US, please consider donating it to another member.

 
Phone Consultation with Tyler

It wouldn't seem right to hold a contest and not give out a prize myself, so I've put up a total of five 1-hour phone consultation with me, Tyler Cruz.

For those who don't know me, I’m a web publisher, blogger, and entrepreneur and make my living by creating and building websites and selling advertising on them. I also occasionally dabble in other online entrepreneurial areas such as domain and website flipping and domain brokering.

On February 13th, 2007, I received a cheque for $23,000 for successfully brokering somebody else's domain, a week after purchasing my very own condo from my online earnings.

However, while I've had a bit of success in the field, I in no way am proclaiming myself a guru or expert. In fact, I'm just another guy who grinds away online and is learning all the time, so be prepared if I can't help you with any PHP semantics or server administration tips. However, if you'd like tips on things such as domain flipping or managing a forum, I'm your guy.

I'll of course phone you and inflict the long-distance damages (I'm Canadian), and you can ask me questions on absolutely anything; for 1-hour I'm completely yours.

 
PublisherForums.com Advertising

Five lucky winners will each receive a 120x60 Sitewide Banner on PublisherForums.com for an entire year! This is a $153 value as per our advertising page, but is potentially a lot more. Since this contest will most likely dramatically increase traffic and popularity to the site, the value of advertising on the site will inevitably increase over time. This means that the more successful PublisherForums is, the better it is for you!

You are also getting your banner on a PR5 webmaster-related forum which has the most targeted and beneficial target base for webmaster-related advertisers. Visitors of PublisherForums are webmasters who are either already earning money or starting to earn money, and most members are entrepreneurs who invest and spend money into their sites. Our audience is perfect for webmaster-related advertisers to reach.

Your banner may be animated (no strobe effects, please) and can be in JPG, GIF, or PNG format; sorry, no flash. And of course your site must not contain adult, gambling, or illegal content.

 
EntertainmentScripts.com

EntertainmentScripts.com has kindly donated a license of their Social Media script, which normally sells at $297.

EntertainmentScripts.com sells a total of 5 different scripts: Social Media, Advanced Arcade, Simple Media, Entertainment Package, Drop A Link, and Jokes and Funny Pictures.

Here's a description of the Social Media script, as taken from their site:

"Starting your own highly profitable video sharing and uploading community has never been so easy and inexpensive. Full of features only found in major video sharing and uploading communities such as Youtube, Myspace and Metacafe... Social Media is the most advanced & feature filled solution available on the market today."

Basically, this powerful software is YouTube and MySpace rolled up into one; check out the following demos:

For a full list of features and sever requirements, or to purchase the software, be sure to check out their site for more information.

 
HostedFX.com

HostedFX.com has graciously donated a prize package for our contest consisting of their Gold Hosting Plan for one entire year as well as a domain of your choosing. This is a chance for those who cannot afford hosting and a domain to get started as a web publisher!

With a Gold Hosting Plan from HostedFx.com, you'll receive: 8 GB storage space, 180 GB monthly bandwidth, cPanel, Fantistico, 24/7 Support Access, 99% uptime guarantee, file manager, E-mail forwarders, spam filter, PHP 4.4.7 + 5.2.2, Ruby on Rails, and free daily backups.

For those who are not lucky enough to win this prize, consider purchasing one of the HostedFX.com packages for yourself. They are certainly affordable with their bronze plan at only $55 a year, their silver plan at $88 a year, and their gold plan at $132 a year.

For more details and information, check out HostedFX.com.

 
ContestBlogger.com

ContestBlogger.com is sponsoring our contest by giving away a featured review on their site.

A featured review is a review of your site which is listed at the top of their homepage and usually stays up for at least a week. ContestBlogger has assured me that the winner does not need to be running a contest in order to be reviewed; they will review everything from blogs, products, and websties.

Featured reviews remain at the top of the homepage even if new posts are added to their blog, providing maximum exposure.

For more details and information, check out their Get Featured! page.

 
BlogLOUDER.com

BlogLOUDER.com has been gracious enough to sponsor our contest by giving away a Full Blog Review as one our prizes.

BlogLOUDER.com is run by Adnan from the successful and popular Blogtrepreneur.com. The site offers consulting and critique services to bloggers wishing to improve and tweak their blogs.

A Blog Review is a thorough critique of your blog and covers everything including Visual Presentation, RSS Subscribership Increase Tips, Revenue Optimization, Content Creation, SEO, and Online Goal Analysis.

The report will be sent to you via e-mail when complete to read at your leisure.

In addition, BlogLOUDER.com states that your review can be published live on his own blog which has over 800 RSS subscribers for no extra price if you want to get an extra leg-up in terms of traffic and publicity, but they will also keep all your information and critiques private if you so wish.

For more details and information, check out BlogLOUDER.com.

Contest Rules

October 22nd - December 3rd
By entering this contest, you agree:
  • The contest will run from October 22nd, 2007 at 3:00 PM and end on December 3rd, 2007 at 3:00 PM Pacific time (6:00 PM Eastern time).
  • You have read and agreed to the forum rules before participating on the forum.
  • In the case of a vote to determine a winner, members on the ballot must not ask friends or referred members to vote due to conflict of interest, nor incentivize anybody to vote for them.
  • The administrator may revoke points from members or disqulify members due to behavioral, disciplinary, or due to other issues at his discretion.

FAQ

How am I supposed to compete with existing members who already have hundreds or thousands of posts or referrals?

Only posts or referrals that are made during the contest timeframe will be counted. Please rest assured that the contest administrator can view the exact statistics.