Comments on: Comment Contest Recap http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/ A Review of Ways to Make Money Online Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Juggling Frogs http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-733 Juggling Frogs Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:23:00 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-733 I guess it's a question of quality entries vs. quantity entries. I bet all of the commenters who are 'in the running' for this contest will stick around. I wonder if that's true for the one-time action contests. I guess it’s a question of quality entries vs. quantity entries. I bet all of the commenters who are ‘in the running’ for this contest will stick around. I wonder if that’s true for the one-time action contests.

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-722 Jay Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:42:07 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-722 [quote post="265"]I also like how we can see the mid-term results on the “Top Commenters” list. This gives the contest a feeling of fairness and openness. It also gives the commenters a little excitement, seeing their numbers increase with each comment posted; a sort of mini-reward.[/quote] I'd like to say I planned it that way, but that was a side benefit. I'm finding I like the comment contests better than the other types, but you'd probably get more entries in a contest that had just a one-time action to enter. Jay wrote:

I also like how we can see the mid-term results on the “Top Commenters” list. This gives the contest a feeling of fairness and openness. It also gives the commenters a little excitement, seeing their numbers increase with each comment posted; a sort of mini-reward.

I’d like to say I planned it that way, but that was a side benefit. I’m finding I like the comment contests better than the other types, but you’d probably get more entries in a contest that had just a one-time action to enter.

]]> By: Juggling Frogs http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-713 Juggling Frogs Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:01:38 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-713 Me too! I'm trying to think of an appropriate contest to run. I like how your comment contest lasts a whole month, so participation over time is encouraged. Everyone quotes those studies indicating a new habit takes 30 days to form. After 30 days of commenting, I bet we'll all be addicted to commenting on your blog! I also like how we can see the mid-term results on the "Top Commenters" list. This gives the contest a feeling of fairness and openness. It also gives the commenters a little excitement, seeing their numbers increase with each comment posted; a sort of mini-reward. Me too! I’m trying to think of an appropriate contest to run. I like how your comment contest lasts a whole month, so participation over time is encouraged.

Everyone quotes those studies indicating a new habit takes 30 days to form. After 30 days of commenting, I bet we’ll all be addicted to commenting on your blog!

I also like how we can see the mid-term results on the “Top Commenters” list. This gives the contest a feeling of fairness and openness. It also gives the commenters a little excitement, seeing their numbers increase with each comment posted; a sort of mini-reward.

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-672 Jay Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:08:52 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-672 Hi Rosa, entering contests is a great way to get some visitors to your site. Holding them seems to work well if you can get listed in some of the contest roundup blogs that have popped up. Keep at it with your new blog, and it'll attract more readers. Hi Rosa, entering contests is a great way to get some visitors to your site. Holding them seems to work well if you can get listed in some of the contest roundup blogs that have popped up. Keep at it with your new blog, and it’ll attract more readers.

]]> By: Gaje Master http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-663 Gaje Master Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:28:40 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-663 I am going to try to build up my blog and then offer contest like this. I think that the contest is a great way to get people to keep coming. I love reading blogs and find them addictive. I want to build up my blog the way that my other one is built up. I started from scratch and have already gotten a number of readers. I am excited about that. I am trying to join in on some of these contest that help me to promote my site. I am going to try to build up my blog and then offer contest like this. I think that the contest is a great way to get people to keep coming. I love reading blogs and find them addictive. I want to build up my blog the way that my other one is built up. I started from scratch and have already gotten a number of readers. I am excited about that. I am trying to join in on some of these contest that help me to promote my site.

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-620 Jay Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:24:57 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-620 [quote post="265"]6. I see the contest as an open invitation to comment.[/quote] That it most definitely is! I'm glad it's working, too. Blogs are much more fun for both the authors and readers when people comment and engage in dialog. Jay wrote:

6. I see the contest as an open invitation to comment.

That it most definitely is! I’m glad it’s working, too. Blogs are much more fun for both the authors and readers when people comment and engage in dialog.

]]> By: Juggling Frogs http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-611 Juggling Frogs Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:48:19 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-611 1. Thank you, Jay, for the link! 2. I came from a mention on one of the meta-blogging contest-announcing sites, in response to the contest. I didn't know about this blog before that. That's why I popped up just as the contest began. 3. I don't really have a 'strategy.' I'm taking your comment policy seriously, as well as my own. I've looked around the site, and comment on the posts that I think I have something to say about. 4. I like this site, especially the blogging category. MLM and the MakeMoneyOnline items don't apply too much to me, but I have a blog and the bloogging articles are of interest. 5. Had I found this site through other means than the contest, I might have made a comment or two. However, the contest has made me chatty and likely to spew forth what I think about a post, when otherwise I might have just read and lurked. 6. I see the contest as an open invitation to comment. It removes my timidity filter. I'm not afraid to be too chatty or to monopolize a conversation, because people won't think it RUDE, they'll think I'm doing it for an ulterior motive. Nobody can say, "Who asked YOU for YOUR opinion?" because, clearly, Jay DID ask EVERYONE to comment. (Not that anyone was saying this, that's just a figment of my self-conscious imagination.) 7. Good luck to everyone who comments! 1. Thank you, Jay, for the link!

2. I came from a mention on one of the meta-blogging contest-announcing sites, in response to the contest. I didn’t know about this blog before that. That’s why I popped up just as the contest began.

3. I don’t really have a ’strategy.’ I’m taking your comment policy seriously, as well as my own. I’ve looked around the site, and comment on the posts that I think I have something to say about.

4. I like this site, especially the blogging category. MLM and the MakeMoneyOnline items don’t apply too much to me, but I have a blog and the bloogging articles are of interest.

5. Had I found this site through other means than the contest, I might have made a comment or two. However, the contest has made me chatty and likely to spew forth what I think about a post, when otherwise I might have just read and lurked.

6. I see the contest as an open invitation to comment. It removes my timidity filter. I’m not afraid to be too chatty or to monopolize a conversation, because people won’t think it RUDE, they’ll think I’m doing it for an ulterior motive. Nobody can say, “Who asked YOU for YOUR opinion?” because, clearly, Jay DID ask EVERYONE to comment. (Not that anyone was saying this, that’s just a figment of my self-conscious imagination.)

7. Good luck to everyone who comments!

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-607 Jay Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:54:02 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-607 Her basic strategy seems to be commenting on old posts to get the lead, and then maintaining it by commenting on new posts. To catch her, someone would need to do the same, comment on a bunch of old posts. Her basic strategy seems to be commenting on old posts to get the lead, and then maintaining it by commenting on new posts. To catch her, someone would need to do the same, comment on a bunch of old posts.

]]> By: Tyson http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-603 Tyson Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:33:11 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/comment-contest-recap/#comment-603 It seems like Juggling Frogs came out of nowhere. I do not know if I will be able to catch the rapid commenter. It seems like Juggling Frogs came out of nowhere. I do not know if I will be able to catch the rapid commenter.

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