Last year, my lady friend and I supported the Walk for Hunger by not only raising the minimum amount for an individual but we also walked it. Though, we didn’t quite make the entire 20 mile walk, we did do 14 miles of it. But this time around, we will make it through the entire 20 miles and we’re looking for sponsors and if you are generous enough you could win advertising here as well as in front of 40,000+ people at the actual walk on May 3rd!

I’m pretty last minute when it comes to things like this and I remember last year I did basically the same thing. I waited until the last week to try to get sponsors and trust me, it’s sort of a pain but this year I wasn’t fully sure if I was going to walk it or not. But I’m giving you guys the opportunity to not only donate to a charitable cause (which is tax deductible by the way) but also win yourself some advertising as well!

If you would like to jump straight into making a donation, please visit our Walk for Hunger page.

Before I get into, let me tell you a little bit about the Walk for Hunger. It’s basically a program in which the state of Massachusetts gets 40,000+ together to walk 20 miles to help support hungry neighbors. Last year we helped raise 43.4 million meals to support the 400 emergency food programs in 128 communities. This helps support the 522,000 people struggling to put food on their tables.

I decided that I would do the walk again this year and this time, help give back to my personal supporters by giving them a chance for advertising either during the walk and or on DatMoney.

Now I have a few things in mind if you sponsor the Walk for Hunger:

1. We Will Wear Your T-Shirt at the Walk - For each $10 donation, we will wear your t-shirt with your company, website, product on it for one mile. That means, you have the opportunity to get your brand out in front of 40,000+ people. And yes, pictures will be taken at the mile marker points.

For instance, if you donate $50, we will wear your t-shirt for 5 miles.  Please, there’s a 5 mile max so others can get a chance for us to rock their shirts.  But you can donate as much as you want!

Of course, you would have to send your t-shirt to us before Satuday May 2nd because the walk is on the following day.

Since it’s only 20 miles, we can only wear a certain number of shirts so first come first serve. Though, I don’t foresee anyone sponsoring enough because this is last minute.

2. Win 125×125 Advertising Spots and Reviews - Not everyone has t-shirts to brand so I’m giving you guys a chance to win some advertising for your sponsorship. But I only have a certain amount of advertising to give away so this option is almost like a raffle.

For each $5 donation, you will receive an entry to win either:

1) a review of your product on DatMoney (worth $60)
2) one of three 125×125 ad spots for one month on DatMoney (worth $20 each)
3) one 468×60 spot for one month on DatMoney (worth $40)

The more you donate, the more chances you have to win. I know this isn’t much to give away but this is for a good cause to support the hungry. Plus, here’s a chance to get some advertising at a VERY reduced rate!

I may add additional things to win so who knows, you may potentially win other prizes.

You can either donate by going to our Walk for Hunger page or you can send the money through my Paypal and I will bring the money over. Whichever is easier for you guys.

Please contact me once you have done so or if you have any questions. Thanks! We appreciate your support!

Now there are more and more people who make money online for a living. And honestly, it seems as though the more people work online for a living, the more they tend to get that extra weight from being in the house all day. Or who knows, maybe they’re enjoying themselves a little too much with vacations, extra delicious foods and making all that money… and unfortunately, no time to work out.

Now there are only a few people (well, maybe a lot more but I can’t think of too many examples) you can really compare this theory of working as an online entrepreneur for a living and gaining weight. The reason why I say this is the fact that you can just compare the pictures they have of themselves from when they started the blog to now.

And yes, there could be a big coincidence that they gained weight and it had nothing to do with working at home but come on, seriously. When you are a successful online entrepreneur making a pretty good living then you start to enjoy things more and get caught up in working a little more too.

I mean, you get caught up enjoying things, especially the money, that you don’t want to work out. I mean, who does? Working out isn’t really an enjoyment lol.

Anyways, besides this theory that of you working online for a living and gaining weight, I’m actually going to point out two examples which leads to the other reason why I’m posting about it:

The Tyler Cruz vs. Jonathan Volk Blogging Weight Loss Challenge.

I’m sure if you’re reading my blog, you should know both of these online entrepreneurs. Both of them make a living online – one from various sites and the other as a super affiliate marketer.

It looks like they have a challenge to see who could lose 10 pounds within 10 weeks and they decided to put some money on the line for it. The loser essentially would pay up. But the best part is the fact that they’d be paying us, the bloggers who posted about it and chose who we thought would lose.

Personally, I think both of them are going to lose the 10 pounds because it shouldn’t be too hard to do that in 10 weeks. And honestly, I think they both will because if they do, they don’t have to pay anyone anything.

But definitely a good marketing technique.

Though, since it’d be boring picking both of them (and the fact that I’m forced to choose only one person), I think Jonathan Volk is going to lose. (Sorry man!)

I’m not just randomly picking, though. I actually have a theory and some valid points on it.

I was checking the weight of both of the contenders and found that Tyler actually weighed more than Jonathan (I think it was like 206 to 189 or something?)

So, what does that mean exactly? Well, right off the bat Tyler has a slight advantage. The reason is the fact that you would burn more calories if you weighed more.

Let me give you an example: Say Tyler and Jonathan did the same exact exercises for the next 10 weeks for the same amount time and so on, Tyler could actually burn more calories because he weighs more.

Of course, I know they aren’t going to do the same routine, excerises, stretching, eating, etc but lets just say they just keep doing what they are doing then I think Tyler has a slight edge.

In addition, I take it Tyler really hates losing so he has an extra competitive edge. Now I’m not saying Jonathan isn’t competitive because no one likes losing, you know? But based on the history of his competitions (and losses to Gyutae Park previously), he obviously doesn’t want to lose this time around.

So, who do you think will win? Check out Tyler’s Post or Jonathan’s post to show your support.

It looks like DirectAgents.com is teaming up once again to hold another affiliate marketing contest with even better prizes than the other contest they are currently holding. So, if you participate in that one, you should definitely join this one!

DirectAgents.com is making their way through the internet and taking it by storm! In their latest contest, they have teamed up with VistaPrint for an affiliate marketing challenge to give away some amazing prizes.

What are the prizes you ask? Well, let’s get right into it because you guys should know exactly what you are trying to win!

The Amazing Prizes:

1st Place – A Trip for Two to the Caribbean. But the difference between the last contest and this one is the fact that you get your choice to pick from five fabulous destinations. And the islands include: Jamaica, St. Lucia, Cabo San Lucas, Dominican Republic or the Bahamas.

I don’t know about you guys but I’ve always wanted to check out the Bahamas or Dominican Republic. I heard it’s beautiful, there’s tons of fun and I’m sure there are plenty of beautiful women there too!

And ladies, I’m sure there are plenty of good looking guys too!

And for you couples, take your first or maybe second honeymoon you deserve!

2nd place – A Brand New Sony Vaio or Macbook. Lord, oh, lord! I have a Sony Vaio so I know that it’s great, especially for those into the entertainment functions on the computer. On the other hand, I think Macbooks are the “in” laptop to get.

Either way, you’re not spending over $1,000 to get these great laptops, you can simply win one!

3rd place – $500 AMEX Gift Card. Damn, $500?! I swear I can buy a pretty good flat screen TV with this. And even if I can’t, I’m sure it’ll pay for most of it.

What would you spend your $500 on?

How To Enter:

The contest is made very simple and easy. The affiliate that drives the most sales for VistaPrint wins.
See? That was as simple as it gets. And if you are an affiliate marketer already, I bet you’re a shoe-in to get one of the prizes. I mean, the worst prize is $500! Man, I’d take that any day!

Deadline:

The contest officially started March 1st but since no one really works on a Sunday, today is just as good as day one. You have 45 days to “get your game on” which takes you half way through April to drive the most sales.

Reason Why You Should Join:

Well, besides the obvious with the amazing prizes and great challenge, you have an opportunity to work with DirectAgents. If you don’t know too much about them, let me tell you a little about them.

They were named America’s fastest growing company by Entrepreneur, Inc and the USPAAC. They’ve become so popular that their company is more than doubled in size within the past 10 months.

DirectAgents have been nothing but friendly and helpful since I found out about them. If you need help, they are more than willing to go out of the way.

And I’ve been with a few companies before and most just send you a default e-mail and nothing more.

On top of that, they don’t have trashy campaigns and offers, they try to keep it classy for moral reasons. That must tell you something right there!

Anyways, feel free to visit the contest page for more information!

I know how you guys all like contests and what’s better than one that has amazing prizes that consists of a weekend getaway to the Caribbean, maybe a 42” Flat Screen TV to watch your favorite movies and shows or simply a $300 gift card to spend on whatever you’d like! Okay, DirectAgents.com is having their affiliate challenge for you to win these great prizes.

I know the contest isn’t featured on DatMoney but a contest is a contest, right? And if you’re into affiliate marketing at all, this will be a great shot for you to win. How can you not want to at least attempt to take a shot with these great prizes dangling in front of your eyes?

I mean, spring break is coming up soon, that’s even a better incentive to try to get a free trip to go crazy and party! And don’t you worry, the trip to the Caribbean is for a party of two so you can either treat it like a romantic getaway with your partner or bring a friend and you guys can end up on some dvd like “Girls Gone Wild – The Caribbean!”

Um, maybe “Guys Gone Wild” for some of you guys?

Personally, I’d rather go with the 42″ Flat Screen TV because I’ve been meaning to get a new one for quite sometime so I’d actually just aiming for second place.

The contest is pretty direct and easy so you don’t have to focus on tons of different aspects and products to try to promote. As I read, the only thing you need to do is drive leads to Bidz.com and whoever ends up with the most would win.

That seems pretty easy if you ask me. I think I may test it out after I see how the competition is doing.

Though, the catch is the fact that you do need to sign up through the contest page for it to be official. (Correction: You just need to run the Bidz.com short form campaign to enter) For more details, check out the contest page brought to you by DirectAgents and Bidz.

You have a few days before the contest officially starts which would be on February 15th, 2009 and runs through March 31st.

So, hurry up and get on it. You want to have the slight edge on your competitors from day one!

Good luck to everyone!

First of all, I would like to thank MarketLeverage once again for their generosity in sponsoring this contest with a great prize. And a special shout out to Dina for helping me put this together and continue being a great contact as well as a great part of the ML team. Though, I’m going to have to apologize because I was the basic holdup on the second drawing. So, sorry everyone and sorry Dina!

Now, before we get to the winner who was chosen for submitting the best affiliate tip/secret, in my eyes, I’m going to ramble on for a couple of paragraphs.

This contest didn’t get as much publicity as most of my other contests simply because I didn’t have as much time to promote it like I have with some of my others. There were a few reasons behind this; but most of it surrounded the lack of time in December as well as the fact that I was having problems with my computer, internet as well as e-mails.

In addition, there seemed to be a lack of entries because some people mentioned they didn’t know too much about affiliate marketing so they felt as though they couldn’t enter because they lacked the knowledge.

Of course, since some didn’t enter because they were just starting out in affiliate marketing and they didn’t have much to contribute as a secret, others benefited from it because they had less competition.

Less competition = better chance to win.

You guys should all keep that in mind when it comes to making money online. Because you’ll soon find out that you always want to find things with less competition so you can benefit from it.

A few instances that would be good with less competition would be, but not restricted to, keyword research, affiliate marketing, building traffic, selecting a niche (get out of the make money online niche while you can!) and so on.

Okay, I’m getting sidetracked a little bit here…

So, there were a total of 14 entries that were submitted in various ways. Some people decided to comment with their affiliate tip on the contest post, some were dedicated enough to write an entire post and lastly, some took the time to e-mail me directly so their secret actually remained a secret. Well, for the most part.

Although, there were only 14 entries, it was still hard for me to choose one winner. Everyone had good tips, some had similar secrets and I had to do my best to pick only one.

There will be only one… (okay, if you’ve seen the movie Zack and Miri Makes A Porno, then you’ll get that line)

Again, it was hard as hell to pick one winner. Matter of fact, I was talking with Dina and asked for her opinion on how to choose one. Some of you guys went into step-by-step details, others wrote an overview on the what’s and how’s while the remaining wrote a simple paragraph or two.

Well, I went with a basic tip and one that would work with affiliate marketing and with any business strategy you go with.

Anyways, the winner is…

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