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Guest Blogging Contest is a result of realizing the benefits of guest blogging, and trying to find a way to award our guest bloggers who really make difference by writing for us, we didn’t find a better way than running a new writing contest  and spice it with some popularity and exposure, and we are able to a ward five of our guest bloggers.

Update: contest ended, view contest results

The Official Guest Blogging contest

If you are looking for the official post of the contest, then you are on the right place, but we have to remind you with our media partner and our Famous Guest Bloggers Group that we are running during the contest start/end time. So, make sure to join us on MyBlogGuest.com for contest updates and support.

Our sponsors:

We are accepting only cash via PayPal, services and products related to our blogging niche, so If you are welling to sponsor our contest, plz contact us.

Our Prizes Started at $248 and reached $712.75

  • $100 Cash via PayPal from WebmasterFormat.com
  • $50 Cash via PayPal from MMOsocialnetwork.com
  • $50 cash via PayPal from DesignGizer.com
  • $20 cash via PayPal from Kiesha @ WeBlogbetter.com
  • $25 cash via PayPal from DennisEdell.com
  • $15 cash via PayPal from IBlogZone.com
  • $199.75 worth 5 copies of Fresh Journal theme from SimplyFreshThemes.com ($39.95 for each theme)
  • $120 worth 5 copies of Twitter Dummy Guide + Twitter page review from JohnPaulAguiar.com ($24 for each copy)
  • $95 worth 5 copies of 70 Posting Ideas from BetterBloggingforBloggers.com ($18.95 for each copy)
  • $38 worth of 2 free one month memberships (see where people click on your site) from CrazyEgg.com

Our winners:

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We are going to have 5 winners, which means a very big chance for you to win one of our prizes, but I you think about the great benefits of guest blogging you will find your self a winner in all cases. We will pronounce winners and prizes inside our Famous Guest Bloggers Group.

Who can participate?

Our contest is open for everyone who writes any related topic to our blog categories, and this means anyone can be part or it as long as you write unique and fresh post specially for the contest. PLZ make sure you have a valid PayPal account, we are not able to use any other service to deliver prizes.

We will accept only high quality articles related to these niches:

Making Money Online, Marketing, Blogging Tips, SEO, Promotion, Branding, Social Networking, Web Design and Development.

Examples on How to write your post

We have picked up a few posts for you to check, so plz take a look to these posts, it will give you an idea on how to write yours:

Contest Guidelines:

  1. Take a look to our submit your article page before start writing your post
  2. Write your post and submit it to your Famous Bloggers account
  3. Write a very simple post on your blog with links to our sponsors above & prizes (you might link to this post)
  4. Promote it the way you like! (send it to all your social media friends)

How to win?

First of all (remember) this is a writing/popularity contest, means the useful good content force readers to like it, so be sure to make your post from that type! Then start promoting it using social media, bookmark sites, and even on your blog, this will grantee the maximum exposure for your post and your blog, and don’t worry.. we will help you on promoting your post and share it with our community readers.

We will collect points depending on:

Contest Start/End

If you are reading this post, then that means the contest is open and running, if today is 31 March then the contest is close, and we will pronounce and deliver prizes to winners during next April 2010. OK, again the contest is already running and will end at 31 of March 2010.

Scribe Content plugin and good news

We have installed Scribe SEO content plugin specially for this contest, Scribe is a content optimization plugin for WordPress that will help us analyze and optimize your post in the best form, so you really don’t need to set keywords, tags, description, or even an image thumbnail to be attached with your post, we are going to do all the work for you, we have 300 evaluations which probably enough for analyzing 100 posts, and this should cover all contest posts.

Good Luck to all

And looking forward for your great entries.

About

I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

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  1. Kunal H Bhatt says:
    Great Contest; Love to see Blog Contest and Prizes;
  2. Andy Bailey says:
    thanks for the write up Hisham! I took your advice and changed the links on the visit list to use the site name as the anchor text instead of the image. glad you like the results of me spending 5 days late into the night coding new stuff! I feel like I need a holiday now ;) .-= Andy Bailey´s last blog ..How to get on the CommentLuv Daily Visit List =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Great Andy, this is a very good work, I have updated my post with the latest news! You deserve it man, go for it and have the best time you can:) I will maybe contact you after I end with this nice contest we are running now, maybe I can give some help in a way or another to ComLuv.
  3. Corve DaCosta says:
    I'd love to guest blog .-= Corve DaCosta´s last blog ..Brooklyn’s Finest Review =-.
    • Hesham says:
      This is what we doing here, shoot it!
  4. Jonha says:
    I hope my application will get approved soon enough so I could start guest blogging. I like to read and write about internet marketing, social networking and affiliate marketing. .-= Jonha´s last blog ..Carlos Slim, Forbes Richest Man for 2010 =-.
    • Hesham says:
      You are welcome Jonha, I am activating it for you right now!
  5. Keller Hawthorne says:
    I'm so excited to help sponsor your content Hesham! Simply Fresh Themes should be going live next week, so all of your contestants can take a look. In the meantime, they can check out the theme prize here: http://simplyfreshthemes.com/demo/freshjournal/ Good Luck Everyone! .-= Keller Hawthorne´s last blog ..Membership Site Mastermind Course Reopens Tuesday, March 9th, 2010! =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Keller, thank you for the great news, I will be blogging about this soon to inform everybody ;) We have received 4 Killer posts till now, and there is more in the kitchen!
  6. Bishwajeet says:
    I am also in, will try to write some SEO related post .-= Bishwajeet@Blogging Community´s last blog ..HootSuite Tutorial Video =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Great, looking forward to it ;) contact us when you are ready.
  7. chandan says:
    This is really very nice contest Hesham, I will try to join on this contest. .-= chandan@work at home jobs´s last blog ..Few quality link can help you for get rank on search engine =-.
    • Hesham says:
      You should not try... you should just do it ;)
  8. Shabnam Sultan says:
    Another great contest :) i wish luck to all the contestants. .-= Shabnam Sultan´s last blog ..A Giant leap In Moon mission =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you dear Shabnam, we are having great fun :) .-= Hesham´s last blog ..My impressions about Gust Blogging contest =-.
  9. Dennis Edell says:
    I most likely won't be entering but I'll put up $25. .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..DEDC Updates – What the (Near) Future Holds for You and I! =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Contact me via my email if you are welling!
      • Dennis Edell says:
        Done. ;) .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..$100 – 10 Winners – Comment Contest! ‘Till Months End… =-.
  10. Missy says:
    Thanxs for the quick response, Hesham. It's clear to me now, will get on it. Cheers! .-= Missy@ Facebook Marketing For Bloggers´s last blog ..Facebook Marketing For Bloggers =-.
    • Hesham says:
      waiting your entry buddy, the good thing is the prizes are increasing over! we got another $20 by PayPal :) I will have to update this post again!
  11. Onibalusi Bamidele says:
    @Hesham, What are the requirements for joining this contest and are there limitations to the amount of posts, i mean can i post more than a post. Also, is it the traffic to the post that will determine the winner i.e. will someone with a post with 3000 reads win over someone with a post with 5oo reads. Thanks .-= Onibalusi Bamidele´s last blog ..7 DAYS TO ONLINE SUCCESS 4 =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Plz, read this post well, you will find all information and guidelines above! The main factor is the quality of your post, and then we will be checking the quality of comments, then how many people retweet it! You can participate with any number of posts, I don't see a problem on that! probably it'w a good idea! So, plz try to write a post that has a quality and useful for readers because it give some kind of new idea!
  12. Ralph says:
    Wow, I was going to submit a guest post anyway but I might as well throw my name in the hat for this contest. Looks like it's going to be a good one. Great idea :)
    • Hesham says:
      Guest blogging is even more fun now :)
  13. Robert Bravery says:
    Fantastic Idea Hesham. Some wonderful prizes as well. Well done to the sponsors. This is a good marketing strategy that will help not only drive traffic to your blog but also to those guest posters as they start to get exposure to other readers. Others should take note. .-= Robert Bravery´s last blog ..There is nothing magical about your blog! =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Thanks Robert, I was planing this since last month hopefully we can do something good for our blog and to award our guest bloggers, so I am actually going to make sure of driving some traffic to their blogs personally a way from the contest post! I am sure that this month everyone who participate on the contest will see a difference on his stats regarding our work together! Managing and running a contest is not easy, but I have a lot of fun while make difference for others! Thank you for stepping by!
  14. DiTesco says:
    Awesome Hesham. Are sponsored allowed to participate in the contest too:) That will be great if possible. Also, thanks for introducing me to Scribe, I will give it a test run myself. Good luck to all and success to famous bloggers guest posting contest. .-= DiTesco´s last blog ..Share Your Experience And Opinions With Us =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Well, I thought about it and I was waiting for someone to speak up LOL! I don't think it's a problem, sponsors are more than welcome to participate, let's have more fun :) Scribe is a very nice plugin actually, it's one of those plugins that teach you SEO after using it a few times, the thing I discovered a few mistakes I was doing, so now I am able to avoid them and enhance my posts seo! Thanks for sponsoring the contest :)
  15. Latief says:
    Another Great Contest Here! Not about the prizes but I love the energy :) I hope there will be more participant with higher quality of post then the last contest. .-= Latief@AnotherBlogger´s last blog ..Change Your Twitter Password And Save Your Reputation =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Ah! I remember a comment of yours on myblogguest.com , I think it was the factor behind organizing this contest ;)
  16. Gautam Hans says:
    Great Idea, Hesham, I will see how this contest turns out. I think this a great contest and prizes are really good :) .-= Gautam Hans´s last blog ..Guest Blogging – A win-win situation =-.
    • Hesham says:
      It would be great if you can participate and try it by yourself:) I have just retweeted your latest post about guest blogging, good one!
      • Gautam Hans says:
        Yes I am going to participate in the contest and will send my entry in one or two days .-= Gautam Hans´s last blog ..Great SEO tips for Everybody =-.
        • Hesham says:
          mmm I remember that you send me an email or something 2 days back, but I love this email :( would you plz send it again (if it was from you) :) I am sorry , I have tones of emails to deal with everyday!
  17. lawmacs says:
    Sounds great another contest great work hesham and good luck to the contestant .-= lawmacs´s last blog ..Designing Your Website =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Lawmacs, thanks buddy.. and I hope you can participate with us!
  18. Missy says:
    Also I forgot to ask about the Scribe SEO plugin. Do we get to use this for our articles or how is this plugin involved in the contest? .-= Missy@ Facebook Marketing For Bloggers´s last blog ..Facebook Marketing For Bloggers =-.
    • Hesham says:
      I was about to give the option for guest bloggers to use the plugin and try it out, but after thinking about it again, I thought it would a better idea if I don't give access to it. Why? Simply because we have 300 evaluations, so imagine if someone did so many evaluations and finish with them :) the plugin will stop working! So, I decided to do this job by myself, so after you submit your post, I will analyze it for you before publishing it!
  19. Missy says:
    Hi, Hesham: I'm a member of My Blog Guest and would love to join this cool contest. Count me in. Quick question for you. Do we need to write an article here on FB and then also one on our blogs? Please clarify. Thx! .-= Missy@ Facebook Marketing For Bloggers´s last blog ..Facebook Marketing For Bloggers =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Great to see you are considering our contest Missy! The contest guidelines above is very clear, but I will explain to you in 2 points: - we need you to write your guest post which we will be published on FB blog here. - write a post on your blog (about the contest) and included sponsors links and prizes. The purpose of writing about the contest is to: - Spread it out, so your community and readers will visit and retweet your post - Give backlinks to the sponsors (this is very important) as they are sponsoring the contest to get those links and spread their blog, services, products that you will enjoy if your post win! I hope this makes it more clear to you!
  20. Liane says:
    Woah. That was fast ;) I'm glad to sponsor another FamousBlogger contest again. Best of luck to those who'd participate! I'll be looking out for the great guest posts :D .-= Liane´s last blog ..Let’s Be Brutally Honest =-.
    • Hesham says:
      I think lots of people like your prize Liane, my dashboard show this :) I am o excited to see the coming posts, we are going to have fun and good read indeed, thanks a lot for your great support.
  21. Gerald Weber says:
    Sounds like a lot of fun. I'm working on a post for the contest today. :-) .-= Gerald Weber´s last blog ..6 Google Search Query Tips =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Great! By the way, I read your post about 3 Good Link Bait Tips, 3 Bad Link Bait Tips, and glad to know that we are doing one of the good things :)
  22. pradeep says:
    Hi Hesham, I can understand why you want to include number of tweets as one of the criteria but that tilts the scare in favor of people having large number of tweeter followers. I shall be submitting my guest articles as I was planning to submit them anyways but do consider some ways to normalize the above point.
    • Hesham says:
      The number one factor is the quality of your post! and to do this I will not decided the winners alone, I will take some opinions from trusted people and friends about the post itself before pronouncing the winners! Then will count comments and tweets.... Don't forget that there will be 5 winners, which means a very good chance for winning! just concentrate on your post and the rest is more easy ;)
  23. Ann Smarty says:
    We are excited to partner with the contest. I am sure it will be a great hit! .-= Ann Smarty´s last blog ..The Internet According to Nan =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you a lot Ann for the cooperation, this is really great! Oh yeah, and our prizes increased today, we reached $447.75 worth as Keller of fresheventure.com surprised me today with 5 free copies of her new theme :)
  24. Home Business Marketing says:
    For me this is a great idea. I've been searching for good opportunities for guest posting and to see this one that comes with a prize is indeed wonderful. I will be sending in my article soonest. .-= Home Business Marketing´s last blog ..PPC Web Spy: My Invaluable Friend When It Comes To Keyword Research! =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Looking forward to see you entry, and wishing you all the goo luck!
  25. Tom says:
    Great contest! I was wondering how you were going to do it and this seems like a great structure. I'll try my best to get a guest post in by the cut off date. .-= Tom@Build That List´s last blog ..February Blog Statistics – Month 2 =-.
    • Hesham says:
      You have one month to write it Tom, but of course faster is better so we can promote it and increase your chances of winning ;)
  26. Nile Flores says:
    A very good idea as I said before. I re-tweeted it. :) The bottom line, it is a win-win situation regardless of there being a contest. You get some fantastic content and the blogger gets some great rep. :) .-= Nile Flores´s last blog ..Social Media 101: Your Business Cannot Rely On Only Social Networking =-.
    • Hesham says:
      I sow your retweet Nile :) I believe that we will have some fun running this contest and I really hope to make everybody happy with it, thanks a lot
  27. Jack says:
    Great contest Hesham! I'm sure you'll receive TONs of quality written content by guest posters! Creative marketing strategy! .-= Jack@Online Marketing Blog´s last blog ..The REAL Secret Of Growing Your Own Blog =-.
    • Hesham says:
      Thanks Jack, it's very nice to see your comment so fast, I have just published the post ;) Also, it would be great is you participate on the contest.
      • Jack says:
        I'm very interested in guest posting. How heavy do you weigh the number of Retweets as your deciding factor for the winning post? .-= Jack@Online Marketing Blog´s last blog ..Too Much Link Love? =-.
        • Hesham says:
          mmm.. simple as 1 tweet = 1 point ! but at the end.. the quality of the article is the main factor, so I will not be alone to make this decision, I will take some opinions from trusted person out of the contest!
          • Jack says:
            Thanks for the details Hesham! .-= Jack@Online Marketing Blog´s last blog ..Unique Twitter Tool To Promote And Advertise For Free! =-.