Back in November a few friends and I had the idea for a contest. This would be a money-making challenge where we try and earn $15,000 in 6 months. The challenge started off fairly well, but I had to stop because of school and while I still earned some money online, it died once a few of us stopped participating.

I believe that a challenge like this would be great for a few reasons. I know a lot of people that want to make money online, myself being one of them. Quite often people get on these goals to make a whole lot of money very fast and fail to set realistic goals. I know my Mooney aircraft won’t be here in a year, its going to take years of work before I ever get to place that order. $15,000 in six months is a goal that I’m sure I could easily meet if I work hard to achieve it.

A challenge like this would be a great way to gain publicity for my blog, and the other participants blogs. It would also be a great way to network. I’d love to hear your opinions on this and if possible, plan to launch this competition on April 25th.

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Well, after a few days of begging looking for sponsors I am proud to announce the first MooneyQuest contest. As many of you know, starting a new blog can be tricky. Writing content is certainly not as hard as gaining traffic and subscribers. I have contacted a few of my friends and they have put up some very nice prizes for me to give away to the winners!

The Prizes:

Advertising:

• 125×125 banner on ThatBlogSite.com for 1 month ($10)
• 125×125 banner on Oibo.org for 3 months ($180)

Cash:

• $100 PayPal from MooneyQuest.com

Consultation:

• 1 hour consultation with Jason from TheUniversityKid.com ($80)
• 1 hour consultation with Reid / Knight Rider from MooneyQuest.com ($60)

eBooks / Videos:

• 4 copies of the Referral Madness video series ($25 value per copy)
• Infinite number of copies of “Seven Ways to Live a Better Life” by Jason at BlogPremiere (everyone who enters gets a copy)

Entrecredits:

• 2000 Entrecredits from Cant Get Rich
• 500 Entrecredits from EcoInsomniac
• 500 Entrecredits from The WWW Observer
• 500 Entrecredits from The World Wide Web Blog
• 500 Entrecredits from That Blog Site
• 500 Entrecredits from Donace
• 128 Entrecredits from Foolsville 2.0

Hosting:

• 1 Year of Shared Hosting (Swamp package) from Hostgator ($179 value)

Paid Reviews:

• One paid review on ThatBlogSite.com ($30)
• One paid review from Oibo.org ($80)

Software:

• 2 license to Fruitful Time ($60 value) - FruitfulTime is a software development company specialising in productivity software. FruitfulTime TaskManager, is a to do list software which will help you to organise your life and get things done.

A few quick words about the prizes. First of all, everyone will recieve a prize for entering the contest. Jason has kindly given me enough copies of Dollar Million to give out to everyone who enters this contest. Hostgator has been very generous to give such a large prize. With Hostgator being one of the largest and in my opinion, best hosting companies around, it is very nice to see them recognize this blog and sponsor the contest. I have moved many customers to Hostgator and have found their server speeds to be very high and their customer support to be great.

Just a quick word about the consultation prizes. These one hour consulation sessions mean you can basically ask us any questions you want. If you need advice in writing eBooks, starting or marketing websites, or any other questions about blogging, we’re all yours for an hour.

How to Enter the Contest:

I’m sure this is what you’ve been waiting for. Entering this contest is very easy. By doing certain things, people will receive entries. On May 4th I will tally the entries and use a randomizer to pick the winners. To gain entries, you can do the following:

Subscribe to our email RSS feed (required) - 10 entries - By subscribing to our email RSS feed, you will be able to get updates when I make a new post. This is an easy 10 entries and is required to be eligible for the contest.

Commenting on a Post - 2 entries -By commenting on our posts, you will receive 2 extra entries in the contest. You can comment as many times as you would like but only one comment per post will count.

Blog about this contest - 20 entries - Write a small blurb about this contest including the list of prizes on your blog. Make sure you linkback/pingback to this post so I know about your post. Your blurb must be a minimum of 100 words plus the prize list.

That’s it! This is an extremely easy contest to enter. The winner will be picked on May 4th. Thanks to all the sponsors and I look forward to seeing everyone participate.

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One of my good friends, Jason, aka The University Kid is hosting an amazing contest and I thought I might as well let all of you know about it as well. The contest ends tomorrow, so you better enter asap if you want to get in on these great prizes. Just take a look at this list!!!

Contest Prizes

Wordpress Themes

- Two licenses for the Revolution Theme ($160)
- Two licenses for the Premium News Theme ($200)
- Two licenses for the Purple Fever Theme ($100)
- One hundred accounts to the Themes Club ($500)

Blog Tools

- Three licenses by FruitfulTime.com ($90)

Blog Analysis

- Full Video Review By Marcus Hochstadt ($700)

eBooks

- SEO Book Donated By The Net Fool

Blog Advertising

One Month

- Two 125 x 125 on Wayne Liew ($30)
- One 125 x 125 On Blogger Noob ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on EZ Money Online ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Affiliate Gossip ($15)
- One 125 x 125 on Rhyan ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Jim Karter ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Life is Colourful ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on BLJConsultant ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Resell Rights World ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Viking Blogger ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Dot Com Mogul ($10)

- One 468 x 60 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- Five 16 x 16 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- One 150 x 150 on Blogging 4 Cash ($5)
- One Text Link On Mr Javo ($7)

Three Months

- One 125 x 125 on The WWW Observer ($75)

Blog Reviews

- One Review By The University Kid ($60)
- One Review By Yimto ($20)
- One Review By The WWW Observer ($35)
- One Review By Bloggeries ($25)
- One Review By Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One Review By Life Is Colourful ($40)
- One Review By DaBlogger

Consulting

One hour consulation with The University Kid
Thirty minutes consulation with Neotrepreneur

Design

- One Custom Done 125 x 125 Ad By Affiliate Gossip
- One Custom Done Sketch By The Pencil Sketch And Art Blog

Entrecard Credits

- 2000 Entrecard Credits By Xavier Media
- 1750 Entrecard Credits By Mixed Market Arts
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Toast & Egg & Me
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Confession
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Yimto
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Site Hoppin’
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Neotrepreneur
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Gossip
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By BLJ Consultant
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Resell Rights World
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Happier Life
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Article Snatch
- 800 Entrecard Credits By Kirushanth
- 750 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Student
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Bud Calabrese
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Mr Javo
- 500 Entrecard Credits By ImpNerd
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Life Is Colourful
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Blogs

Total: 15,800

Cash

$100 Paypal by The Profit Hustler
$30 Paypal by Viking Blogger
$15 Paypal by Final Fantasy Fan
$10 Paypal by The WWW Observer
$5 Paypal by Affiliate Gossip

Miscellaneous

300 Stumbles + 300 Reviews from Niklas
$50.00 In Stumble Upon Advertising By Mixed Market Arts
Twenty Pages By One Buck Wiki
Domain Monetization Package By Domains Earn 4U
One featured, three regular links from The SEOTree Directory

Thats a huge list of prizes. There is no reason NOT to enter this contest. Entering is simple, just visit The University Kid today to get in on the contest. All you need to do is subscribe to his RSS feed to get an entry. You can also do extra things like make a blog post (like yours truly) to get a whomping 6 extra entries!!!

There are some very nice prizes, I would like to win either the $100 cash via paypal from TheProfitHustler.com or one of the free wordpress themes. I’m honestly not sure if I like the Milk-it theme i’m using or not. What do you think? The cash would obviously be my favorite prize, who does like cash! That would be 0.0002% of the way to being able to afford my new Mooney Airplane =D

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