DailyBlogTips’ Blogging Idol opened on July 1st with over 100 bloggers aiming for the largest increase in their subscriber numbers. Many of the participants are looking for help to boost their subscriber numbers, and you and I are going to tell them how to do it in grand fashion.

You have a lot to gain by joining, sponsoring or promoting this group writing project, so read on.

Theme

Breeding blog subscribers

Our goal: create an ultimate guide of methods, tips and tricks explaining how to grow blog subscriber numbers.

A guide so good, so useful, that every blogger will want to keep the e-book handy for reference.

And when they do, you and your blog will be a part of it.

Rules

• List your ideas for raising blog subscriber numbers in a blog post or, if your blog readers won’t be interested in that post, prepare the list in a separate HTML file, Word or OpenOffice document.
• Research as much as you like but no plagiarism please. Cite if you copy quote.
• All tips should be written with the idea that children WILL be reading them.
• If you do a blog post, link back to this announcement.
• Recommended: use any of the 4 logos included here in your post.
• Multiple entries are allowed as long as they all arrive before the deadline. We want to have as many tips as possible.
• To submit your entry, leave a comment here below with your blog post’s permalink url or email your list to jacob [dot] share [at] shareselectmedia [dot] com.

What you stand to gain just for participating

1. The final results of this group writing project will be collected in the Building RSS e-book, where every participating blog will be mentioned at least twice. This e-book is going to be popular, so being inside will get you good exposure.
2. Participants will also earn at least 2 links here on Group Writing Projects.

Please Hurry. Timing is CRITICAL for the Blogging Idol’ers…

Here’s why.

The Blogging Idol contest has already begun, and its participants (including myself, via JobMob) are already working to bump up their subscriber numbers. They need help now.

To help the Blogging Idol participants, all submitted ideas will be posted to a dedicated Building RSS page here on Group Writing Projects - once there are entries to post there - which will also act as official scoreboard during the contest.

The Building RSS page will also have tremendous value for social media.

…and for Contest Scoring

• Any tip you submitted that appears on the Building RSS page earns you a point.
• The blogger with the most points at the deadline will be declared the grand prize winner.
• If there’s a tie, it will be broken via Random.org.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED - if 2 bloggers send in the same tip, the one which arrived first is the one that will be awarded the point. Not getting points for duplicates is very important because otherwise someone could just wait until the deadline and then copy the Building RSS page.

Prizes

1. US$100 via Paypal, sponsored by Group Writing Projects.
2. 1-month placement of a 125×125 pixel button ad on JobMob, a US$200 value, sponsored by JobMob.
3. 1-month placement of a 125×125 pixel button ad on Group Writing Projects, sponsored by Group Writing Projects.

More prizes may be added later. Would you like to sponsor the Building RSS group writing project?

Promotional Contest

The blog which refers the most traffic to this announcement post by the group writing project deadline of July 13th will win a gorgeous pack of 100 Moo MiniCards pictured here at right.

To qualify for the contest, please email me at jacob [dot] share [at] shareselectmedia [dot] com with your blog url so that I know what to watch for in my referrers list.

All blogging participants in the group writing project are eligible via their entries’ required link to this post.

To help you in promoting the Building RSS group writing project, please download these images and use them on your blog, Entrecard, Facebook profile, etc., and link to this announcement.

Please promote this group writing project on your favorite social media websites as well.

125×125 pixels

250×125 pixels

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Submission Deadline

Sunday July 13th 2008, midnight PST ( check your local time here).

Results

Entries will be posted on the Building RSS page as they are validated, with final results coming Monday July 14th 2008

--Jacob Share

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The Building RSS group writing project is going to be BIG and it will be heavily promoted. The sooner you get on board as a sponsor, the sooner you can benefit from that promotion.

What will sponsors receive?

1. The first 3 accepted sponsors will be thanked in all promotional email sent for the Building RSS group writing project.
2. Every sponsor will be highlighted in the Building RSS e-book. The primary sponsor’s logo will appear on the cover while the other sponsors’ logos or urls will appear after the table of contents but before the content itself, on a dedicated page.
3. Every sponsor will be promoted on the Building RSS dedicated page, expected to do well in social media.
4. A random sponsor, chosen via Random.org, will also win a 1-month placement of a 125×125 pixel button ad on JobMob, a US$200 value, sponsored by JobMob.

Important notes for potential sponsors

• Sponsorships will be accepted until the Building RSS group writing project deadline of July 13th 2008 but the sooner you get on board, the more you can reap from the promotional exposure.
• Sponsorship consists of a cash offer, product or service of at least US$50 in value. The audience consists of bloggers around the world, some of whom may be children, so any product or service should appeal to them and be sendable to them at no cost to them.
• If the sponsorship is monetary, you will be required to pay it directly to the Building RSS grand prize winner. Do not send it to me at any point.
• The sole primary sponsor will be determined by the value of all the offered sponsorships. If no sponsor commits a value above US$250, there will be no primary sponsor.
• All sponsorships will be offered as prizes.
• Please promote the Building RSS group writing project as well. You only stand to gain from it.

How do you sponsor the Building RSS group writing project?

Very simple. Before July 14th, send an email to jacob [dot] share [at] shareselectmedia [dot] com stating:

1. Your name or company name (who is the sponsor?)
2. Your blog or website url
3. Details of your sponsorship offer

Thank you in advance.

--Jacob Share

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Over on An Island Life, Hawaiian Kailani has just announced their first group writing project.

Theme

How To…

In Kailani’s words: “I wanted a theme that would be easy and fun. So I came up with “How to . . .” It can be funny, serious, sarcastic, or totally made up. It’s up to you - the more original the better.”

Rules

• Blog a new post about the theme “How to . . .”.
• Link back to the announcement post.
• Using the An Island Life contact form, send in your permalink and post title.

Prize

US$30 Amazon.com gift certificate, randomly chosen from all the entries, and a special badge for your blog.

Submission Deadline

July 16th 2008

Results

July 17th

--Jacob Share

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With tens of group writing projects across the blogosphere, 2007 was the year that the group writing project went mainstream.

What were your favorites and why?

I was originally going to ask you what your sole favorite group writing project was for all of 2007, but even I couldn’t narrow the choices down that far. There were just too many good ones.

Instead, the banners above are from the favorites that I participated in over on JobMob. One of the reasons I enjoyed them so much is because there’s a good chance that I met you through one of them, but of course, there are so many other reasons as well.

So what were your favorites?

--Jacob Share

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