October has come and gone in a flash and with that comes the announcement of the Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest prize winners. I have just spent a bit of time collating all the entries, entering the info into a spreadsheet and randomly selecting winners (with the help of randomizer.org).

The winners are:

Prize Package #1 goes to Agent 001! You get:

1 x WooThemes Standard Theme Package

1 x SEOintelligence Free 12 Month Account

1 x LogoNerds Logo Design Package

1 x OIOpublisher license

1 x phpBay Pro or phpZon Pro (api or WordPress version) license (your choice)

Prize Package #2 goes to Indo Contest! You get:

1 x WooThemes Standard Theme Package

1 x phpBay Pro or phpZon Pro (api or WordPress version) license (your choice)

1 x MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate License

1 x Twitter e-book by Murray Newlands

1 x copy of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog from Darren Rowse (ProBlogger)

The Bonus Prizes go to:

Bonus Prize #1: 1 x $150 Gift Voucher for Free Links from – BlogComputer

Bonus Prize #2: 1 x $100 Advertising Voucher from BidVertiser – Agent 001

Bonus Prize #3: 1 x Amazon Gift Voucher from Casa Nova Designs – Agent 001

Bonus Prize #4: 1 x copy of phpOStock Pro from Ben Johnson – Lucifer

Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to everyone else who entered the contest. If you are a winner please get in touch with me (by Friday November 6) (via my contact me page) to claim your prize.

A few hours ago MaxBounty sent out an email announcing announcing a $1000 affiliate referral contest. At the same time they also mentioned how they hoped I had already taken a look at their new site. Truth be told, I have not been over to MaxBounty in a bit of while but I like their new interface. The site looks much better than it used to and navigating around it is a lot easier.

In a nutshell, MaxBounty is a CPA (Cost Per Action) advertising affiliate network that has more than 10,000 active publishers. With more than 500 advertisers within their network you are spoilt for choice as to what campaigns to promote. Publisher payments are made on a monthly basis via cheque, PayPal or electronic transfer.

They are a network that is worth taking a look at and to help push their new interface, they are running a $1,000 affiliate referral contest:

• $650 for generating the most referral income

• $250 for generating the most approved referrals

• $100 randomly selected from all participating

Sign up to MaxBounty and be in the running to win a $1,000 bonus.

The Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest is quickly coming to an end and there is one more bonus prize to be given away. The prize is:

• 1 x Amazon Gift Voucher from Casa Nova Designs ($25 value)

To be in the running to win this prize, all you need to do is be the top commenter for the month of October. I know, there aren’t too many days left in the month but there is still plenty of time to look around the site and comment on posts that interest you.

Good Luck :-)

I was just over on the Clickbooth blog and saw a super sweet contest they just announced, the “Live Like A Super Affiliate Charity Contest”. It is a contest with a difference because not only does someone get to win some really good prizes, 4 charities will also get to benefit from the contest with donations from Clickbooth and how much they get is really up to you.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live like a Super Affiliate? The money, the exposure, the opportunities – it all comes along with being one of the top dogs in the industry.

While it usually takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice to be in the top 2% of affiliate marketers, Clickbooth put together this contest to not only give you a taste of what it’s like to live like a Super Affiliate, but also to provide you with some great opportunities that will help you achieve that level of success quicker.

If that wasn’t enough, you will also be helping some of your favorite bloggers raise money for their charity in the process!

So here’s how the contest works:

The contest is currently being held across four well-known blogs: JohnChow.com, IanFernando.com, ZacJohnson.com and MurrayNewlands.com and each blogger has chosen a charity that they will be representing. Clickbooth will be donating $500 to each of the charities no matter what, however YOU have the power to help each of them earn an additional $1,000 for their charity.

If all of the new affiliates that sign up to the Clickbooth network through the contest can collectively reach $100,000 in revenue within the two month period, Clickbooth will donate an additional $1,000 to each charity. Simple as that.

So if you aren’t a publisher yet, sign up and do what you do best – start making some money! The better you do, the better the charities do, and you will have a HUGE edge in winning the highly sought out Live Like A Super Affiliate Prize package!

Note: When you sign up as a publisher, you MUST input the word “LiveContest” in the comments section of the sign up form. If you don’t input the code, you WILL NOT be entered in the contest and will be ineligible to win any of the prizes.

Now comes the fun part, The Ultimate Live Like A Super Affiliate Prize Package!

One lucky winner will win the following:

• Weekend Trip to Sarasota, Florida (Hang out with Clickbooth for the weekend and receive the ultimate Super Affiliate treatment!)
• 125×125 ad on JohnChow.com for 1 Month
• Guest Post or Product/Service Review on JohnChow.com
• 30 Minute Consulting Call with Super Affiliate Zac Johnson
• Guest Post on ZacJohnson.com
• 1 Ticket to Leads Con in Vegas
• 1 Platinum Pass to Affiliate Summit West
• An Interview on MurrayNewlands.com
• Product/Service Review on IanFernando.com
• Membership to Twit Sniper

So what does it take to win this awesome prize package? It all comes down to a point system:

• Most Revenue During 2 Months of Contest: 40pts
• Write a post about the contest with a link back to this post: 10pts
• Video of why you should win the live like a Super Affiliate package: 15pts
• Follow each Super Affiliate and Clickbooth on Twitter: 5pts (John Chow, Ian Fernando, Zac Johnson, Murray Newlands, Clickbooth.
• Tweet about contest using the following Tweet: 5pts

I just entered @Clickbooth’s new contest for a chance to Live Like A Super Affiliate! Check it out! http://xr.com/fstd

• Become a Facebook Fan of each blogger and Clickbooth: 5pts
• Subscribe to CB Blog: 5pts
• Stumble this post: 5pts

You will need to send an email to Eric@clickbooth.com by December 10th, stating your FULL NAME, as well as which of the above tasks you completed with a link to each (for tracking purposes). Make the subject of the email “Live Like A Super Affiliate”.

If there is a tie in points, a winner will be randomly drawn from the participants that tied. However, if you don’t send an email, your points WILL NOT be counted. Also, this contest is only open to NEW affiliates that have not signed up with Clickbooth before.

There will also be prizes given out to 2 random winners. Prizes are:

• Affiliate Theme by, Unique Blog Designs (1 winner)
• 1 Month Featured Blog or a 468×60 Ad on AffBuzz.com (1 winner)

Winners of the random prizes will be announced December 18, 2009.

So there you have it. Head over Clickbooth and sign up to  Live Like A Super Affiliate! This is a great opportunity to not only help four amazing charities, but also win a prize package that will help take your success to a new level!

If you have any feedback or questions about the contest, email Eric at anytime! For a complete list of Rules and Regulations of this contest, go here.

Good Luck!

The next bonus prizes up for grabs in the Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest are:

- 1 x Gift Voucher for Free Links from ($150 value)
&
- 1 x Advertising Voucher from BidVertiser ($100 value)

is targeted traffic and link popularity ad firm that specializes in placing static html links on high quality and high quality sites. For publishers, this means a way of earning revenue simply by adding text links to it. For advertisers, the static links help to build organic search engine rankings.

BidVertiser provides a way through which web publishers can earn money from their sites by displaying text ads. Advertisers can set their ads to run on thousands of sites across the world and eBay sellers can also drive traffic to listings and sales as well using BidVertiser.

To be eligible to win these prizes you are required to SIGN UP to one or both of the networks depending on which prize you want to win. You can and may be lucky enough to win both!

The Next thing you need to do is to just leave a comment about what you think about the two. If you are already signed up to either of the two then just leave a comment letting me know what you think about them.

To gain an extra entry to win these prizes tweet the following:

Win a $150 Text Link Ads or $100 Bidvertiser Voucher in The Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest – http://bit.ly/3A4TZf #99Ways2

Ben Johnson just came on board as a sponsor for the Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest and offered a copy of his WordPress e-commerce plugin phpOStock Pro ($37 value). phpOStock Pro is a WordPress e-commerce plugin that allows you to monetise any WordPress site as well as build affiliate sites with WordPress and the Overstock.com affiliate program.

phpOStock Pro will be given away as a bonus prize to one lucky person.
In order to win this prize all you need to do is tweet the following:

I want to win a copy of phpOStock Pro from @bwj292 & @gerri50 – http://bit.ly/ap9pN Ninety Nine Ways Relaunch Contest #99Ways1

If you are a regular reader then you will already know that I changed from a free Unique Blog Designs theme to a Premium WooThemes theme. This brought on the idea of holding a contest to give someone out there the chance to give their blog a makeover and at the same time get a few products, services, resources (and more) that would be of benefit to their blogging.

The contest will be run through October with the winners being announced at the start of November. In the meanwhile, here are the official contest sponsors:

2 x Standard Theme Packages from WooThemes ($140 value)

WooThemes is WordPress theme shop founded by three web designers Adii Pienaar, Magnus Jepson and Mark Forrester. WooThemes design quality themesat reasonable prices that suite a variety of needs. They have very good customer support which makes using or customising their themes a joy and finding a fix for when you run into a spot or trouble a breeze.

1 x Free 12 Month Account from SEOintelligence ($108 value)

SEOintelligence are SEO providers who provide a variety of SEO services as well as learning and training resources. What they have to offer to webmasters is a variety of tools to help optimise their sites and stay ahead of the competition and at a fraction of the cost that you would expect for such. You are always in control.

1 x Twitter EBook from Murray Newlands ($19.99 value)

This Twitter eBook by Murray Newlands shows how to build an effective Twitter profile and campaign that can help boost a brand, online profile, partnership opportunities and conversion rates for products and services.

1 x Logo Design Package from LogoNerds ($97 value)

Logonerds is a design company that provides custom logo design services starting at only $27. These range from professional web logos through to character mascot designs. For a quick look at what they have to offer, just take a look at the logo they designed for me (coming soon!).

1 x license to OIOpublisher license ($47 value)

OIOpublisher is a php ad management script that can be used to sell and serve ads on any website. The script automatically loads as a WordPress plugin if placed in the plugins directory and gives you control over your advertising with automated sales and you keep 100% of your revenue.

2 x licenses to phpBay Pro ($79 value) or phpZon Pro ($49 value) (api or WordPress version)

phpBay Pro is a plugin that allows you to add eBay auction listings to sites via the ebay Partner Network affiliate program. phpZon Pro is a plugin that allows you to add items to sites using the Amazon Product Advertising API. These plugins allow you to add rich targeted keyword based products to your site providing you with an avenue through which you can earn a commission on sales through the relevant program. Both of these products are available in an API version.

1 x license to MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate ($97 value)

Ninja Affiliate is a Worpress plugin that automatically converts keywords on a blog into affiliate links. It also has the added benefit of cloaking the affiliate links and you can also track and manage the links from the WordPress text editor. It is a sure fire way of increasing your affiliate commissions.

1 x copy of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog from Darren Rowse (ProBlogger) ($19.95)

The title of the e-book pretty much say it all! This e-book which was put together by Darren Rowse to help you revitalise your blog by working through 31 tasks (1 a day or 1 a week) to transform your blog into a valuable online asset that attracts a lot of attention.

1 x gift voucher for free links from ($150 value)

Text Link Ads is targeted traffic and link popularity ad firm that specializes in placing static html links on high quality and high quality sites. For publishers, this means a way of earning revenue simply by adding text links to it. For advertisers, the static links help to build organic search engine rankings.

1 x Amazon Gift Voucher from Casa Nova Designs ($25 value)
Casa Nova Designs is a wed design company based in Nashville, TN that caters to small businesses and creates websites so that they have an online presence and reach the masses. The cover anything and everything from web pages to blogs to SEO, graphic design and the list goes on. Best of all, their services come at an affordable price.

1 x Advertising Voucher from BidVertiser ($100 value)
BidVertiser provides a way through which web publishers can earn money from their sites by displaying text ads. Advertisers can set their ads to run on thousands of sites across the world and eBay sellers can also drive traffic to listings and sales as well using BidVertiser.

There you have it. That is what you could win in October so be sure to stop by in the next day or so to see how to get into the running to win!!

Keller over at FresheVenture.com is holding a contest, The Best WordPress Design Contest 2009 and I decided to go ahead and enter the contest and I need you guys to vote for me (when voting opens on 1 September 2009).  The whole idea behind the contest (according to her) is:

This is an attention grabbing, traffic generating, share the love contest I wanted to launch for my fellow bloggers. Whether you’re a brand-spankin’ newbie or an experienced blogger, this is a great opportunity for YOU to get your blog featured!

You should submit your blog if you love your design, if you think you have something that makes your design stand out or you just want some FREE publicity.

If the contest sounds appealing, you too should enter the contest (if you are eligible to enter).

This is what is up for grabs:

1. Winner Receives:

* Become a Blogger Premium Membership ($247.00)
* StudioPress All-Themes Package ($199.95)
* OIOpublisher WordPress Ad Manager Plugin ($47.00)
* Affiliate Marketing Sweetie Course ($37.95)
* Free Review of Your Blog on FresheVenture.com – Priceless
* Featured on FresheVenture.com Home Page and Newsletter – Priceless
* Special Badge for Your Blog – Priceless

2. Five Finalists Each Receive:

* Your Choice of One StudioPress Theme ($59.95)
* Featured on FresheVenture.com Home Page and Newsletter – Priceless
* Special Badge for Your Blog – Priceless

3. Newbie Blogger (2009) with Most Votes Receives:

This is a special incentive to my fellow newbie bloggers who may need an extra push to submit your blog. I launched this contest to help you get more traffic – so please take advantage!

As a special gift to the newbie blogger that receives the most votes, I will personally write a Review of Your Blog on FresheVenture.com! Requirement: You must have launched your blog in 2009 to be considered a newbie blogger.

Contest Timeline:

* August 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009: Submissions/Nominations Accepted
* September 1, 2009 to October 2, 2009: Voting Open
* October 6, 2009: Winner and Finalists Announced!

What are you waiting for, to find out more information about the contest head on over to FresheVenture.

Thank you to all of you who entered the contest. All entries were assigned with numbers and I let http://www.random.org/ do the work for me and come up with a winner. The winner of Give it a GO What have you got to lose is?,

BELLA

Congratuations!!! I will get in touch with you shortly to organize getting your book to you. I hope you enjoy the book.

By the way, I am giving away a copy of phpOStock Pro for WordPress. For more details see: Win a FREE Copy of phpOStock Pro for WordPress

If you take out the time and put your mind to it, you could setup and have a niche store up and running in no time at all but wouldn’t it be nice if you were given a site that was all setup and ready to go? The Nice Store Builder author Mark Hansen is going to build a site following the steps laid out in the recently released guide by Adam and kelvin, ‘The Number 1 Way to Make Money Online‘. Once he has completed building the site, he is going to give it away to one of his readers.

About The Number 1 Way to Make Money Online

In a nutshell, it is a newbie/intermediate affiliate marketers guide to making money by building affiliate websites via the following steps:

• Step 1, will help you pick your markets.
• Step 2, will help you research that market and plan a website.
• Step 3 will help you create the content for that site.
• Step 4 will help you build that site.
• Step 5 will help you market that site.
• Step 6 will help you manage that site over the longer term.
• Step 7 will illustrate to you how easy it is to build 10 once you’ve built one.
• Step 8 will introduce you to the concept and value of “outsourcing”.
• Step 9 will introduce you to useful tools and resources related to this model.

Back to the contest

Mark will be awarding the site to the winner on October 15th, 2009.
The entry deadline is August 31, 2009.
Details on how to enter the contest can be found here: Build a Niche Store Guide Contest

As promised, I am giving someone the chance to win a FREE copy of the phpOStock Pro plugin for WordPress. Ben Johnson (http://www.benjohnsonblog.com/) was kind enough to sponsor this competition and provide a free copy of phpOStock Pro to the winner.

phpOStock Pro is a plugin that allows you to build affiliate sites with WordPress and the Overstock.com affiliate program. You can read a bit more about it here – phpOStock, A WordPress Ecommerce Solution + 20% Off Coupon.

How to Win it!

To enter the running to win the plugin, all you need to do is simply answer the following question:

What version of php does your host need to be running for phpOstock to work?

A winner will be randomly selected on Wednesday 19 August at 7pm (New Zealand Time) and notified via email so make sure you use a valid email address.

Good Luck!!

The competition is over. You can get your hands on phpOStock Pro for just $24 using the following 20% Off Discount Coupon Code:

646FBCE77E

Please do me a little favour and vote for Ninety Nine Ways at The MurrayNewlands.com Summer 2009 Blog Competition!

If I win something I may just be kind enough to give the prize away to one of my email subscribers.

The Prizes include:

-2 Gold Passes for Affiliate Summit East on August 9, 2009 in New York City: ($1800 value) for the best blog overall
-A Full Pass for Adtech London (£835)
-A portrait of you by Mari Kurisato
-A competition winner logo for your blog

If you have blog you should enter as well. You just might win.

I was searching for a couple of things “New Zealand” on twitter a little earlier on today and came across a contest that reminded me of the Hamilton Island best job in the world competition. This one is not as big (prize wise) as the Hamilton Island competition but it is as exciting. Entirely Kiwi, a company that prides itself as being the only “one stop shop’ for making reservations in New Zealand is giving someone somewhere out there in the world the chance to win a FREE 3 month vacation in New Zealand. The only thing is you have to make regular blog post about your experiences as you travel.

What you get as the winner is return airfare from your point of origin to Christchurch, New Zealand. Once you get there the fun begins and you are provided with 3 months of free accommodation, transport, a daily food allowance and some spending money. Besides the usual of having a passion for travel, good communication skills and the ability to be out there the only thing that will be a sticking point for some is whether or not you qualify for a working holiday visa which you will need to travel to travel to New Zealand

All you have to do to apply is submit a video outlining why you are the best candidate for the job. Applications close 31 August 2009 and ten finalists will be chosen 7 days after this date. A winner will be chosen after all finalists have been interviewed and after a visa has been approved their BIG ADVENTURE will begin. The good thing is summer will be starting up round about then.

If you love travelling and you want to see New Zealand this is the best opportunity out there to save yourself a few thousand dollars for three months of travel. I’m putting in my application right now!

Take a look at Become Famous in New Zealand for full details.

• Rob Thurston

• Paul Baines

Congratulations and thank you to everyone else who entered.

I had Project Wonderful running on the sidebar for a few months and removed it a few short weeks ago. This has freed up some space and what I have decided to do is give away 2 125×125 ad spots for one month (January 2009) to kick start your new year.

All you need to do to be in the running is leave a comment as to why you think you should get free advertising – that simple. You can increase your chances of winning (2 extra entries) by referring people over here and getting them to leave a comment with your name as the referrer – they don’t even have to have entered into the draw themselves.

Entries close at midnight 31 December 2008. The winners will be randomly selected and announced on the 1st of January 2009. Make sure to come back them to see if you won and to claim your spot.

Good Luck!

Box.net sent me a free 5GB account. I pretty much have my online and offline storage needs sorted which is why I am giving this away to one lucky subscriber. What do you get with a Box.net account? Well, I won’t go into detail about what you can get out of a Box.net account, I will leave that to you and get on with how you can win the 5GB account worth $79.95.

How To Win

• Sign up for a Box.net free trial and leave a comment telling me what you think about their service. (5 entries)
• If you have a site, share the Box.net free trial offer video with your readers by clicking the “add to site” button on the video below and let me know where you have put it up. Or, you can just let family and friends know about it by hitting the “share” button on the video. (5 entries)

A random draw will be held on October 26th, 2008. This should give those that sign up for a Box.net free trial enough time to see what it is all about.

Note: This has now been increased to TWO months! Take a look at the comment left by MattNutts: Its over 20k in uniques now, will up the ad spot to 2 months to the winner as well.