Write a blog post – get paid $1000

by on January 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

The first-ever Personal Finance Guest Blogging Contest is open!

Here are the key points:

  • Approaching $3000 in prizes
  • Top prize is $1000
  • 13 prizes in all
  • There is still time to add to the pot - sponsor information at the end of this post
  • Anybody can enter - you don't have to be a personal finance blogger
  • Entries will be accepted until January 31, 2011

ANYBODY CAN ENTER.  ANYBODY CAN WIN.  Do you have an interesting experience with money?  Do you have thoughts on money?  Do you have advice on money that can help others better manage their personal finances?  Can you write an engaging and memorable blog post on the subject?  If so, you might walk away with $1000 just for sharing!

Please read the "Official Entry Rules" first, so that your entry is not rejected.

Summary:  Write well-written, memorable and useful blog post on almost any personal finance topic (there are a couple exceptions), in English, keeping in mind our international audience.  You can submit the post for review right into our WordPress platform.  We strongly advise that you read the complete rules very carefully (the link to create your submission account is on that page, so you have to at least pretend you read the rules).  Then make sure read the "How to Win" page.

Very important - Don't forget to link back to our sponsors and to this post. Grab the sponsor code into a post on your blog, too - or just cut and paste the  from the post below and don't forget to also link back to this post.

Winners will be judged on how well they write, how creative their ideas, how useful the information and how well they promote their posts.  Comment count, tweets and social bookmarking count.  Links in count.  Well written, well promoted - that's what it takes to win.

Here is the list of our sponsors (which will be updated)

If you wish to join them and become a sponsor yourself, please see the details following the sponsor list.

Contest Sponsors

Canadian credit cards - with Credit Cards Canada

$200 SPONSORS

Investing, economics & personal finance - with Balance Junkie

Money and Lifestyle Tips - with Personal Dividends

My Blog Guest

Guest Blogging - with My Blog Guest

How to Blog - with Famous Bloggers

0 APR Credit Cards - with Card Wisdom

Used bucket trucks - with I-80 Equipment

100 Day Challenge - with Gary Ryan Blair

High Yield Dividend Stocks - with Dividend Stocks Online

Credit Card Comparison - with Credit Card Finder (Australia)

Submit Canadian Blog Post - with Zoomit Canada

$100 SPONSORS

Sponsors: Want Heroic Branding? Community Leadership? Tons of Backlinks?

Sponsoring a guest blogging contest is a great way to reach multiple markets at once, since every entry requires that a different blogger mention your sponsorship on their blog. Which also means, you get a nice infusion of traffic and plenty of keyword-rich, contextual backlinks from a variety of blogs.

The earlier you get in, the more blogs will mention you as sponsor, the more traffic you will get, the more famous you'll become and the more backlinks you will get.

$200 Sponsors will be listed at the top of the others, along with a logo and keyword-rich text link. All entrants will have to mention you as sponsor and link back to your website.

$100 Sponsors will be listed next, along with a keyword-rich text link. All entrants will have to mention you as sponsor and link back to your website.

$50 sponsors will be listed last, along with a keyword-rich text link. Entrants will be given the option of mentioning you as sponsor and link back to your website.

Over $200? If anyone wants to sponsor more than $200, please let us know. We’ll work out a custom package for you.

How to sponsor?

Please contact David at info [at] seo-writer.com about sponsorship. Get in early for the most publicity, the most traffic and the most backlinks.

This post was included in the 19th Canadian Finance Carnival at Canadian Finance Blog.

44 Responses to “Write a blog post – get paid $1000”

  1. Jessica07 January 10, 2011 at 11:18 am #

    How exciting!

  2. Hesham January 11, 2011 at 5:18 pm #

    Very nice!

    Looking forward to see entries in the contest

    Good luck to all participants!

  3. ileane January 12, 2011 at 4:00 pm #

    Hi, I have a personal finance story I’d like to share. Where to get an account so I can log in?

    Thanks!

    • Janet Hutchins January 14, 2011 at 6:40 am #

      You should be able to register if you go here: http://www.creditcardscanada.ca/blog/wp-login.php?action=register You need to register for our site, then you should be able to submit your post for the contest. Looking forward to your entry!

      • Ileane Smith January 15, 2011 at 5:16 pm #

        Thanks Janet. I’m all set now and my personal finance guest post was submitted.

  4. Justin Germino January 18, 2011 at 1:54 pm #

    What an excellent contest, I might have to join in.

    • Ileane January 19, 2011 at 12:57 pm #

      Justin, that would be so much fun! Let me know if you enter the contest.

  5. Peter J January 20, 2011 at 9:59 pm #

    Looking forward to entering my post into the competition; just wondering though; do i have to publish the post about this competition on my blog before or after my blog post is approved and published for the competition?

    Thanks for the great competition :)
    Peter

  6. Suraj @SmartFatBlogger January 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm #

    Looking forward for the content!

  7. Roseli A. Bakar January 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm #

    Great contests, great prizes! Good luck to all.

  8. twentysomethingmoney January 22, 2011 at 10:09 pm #

    Wow, this is cool! Finally something for Canadians… looking to see how this one turns out (and maybe get an entry in)

  9. tushar January 24, 2011 at 7:58 am #

    i have written the post and linked back to this post. When will my post will be approved so that i can mention it in my post?

    • Janet Hutchins January 24, 2011 at 2:40 pm #

      It should be approved in the next couple of days, but it might be the end of next week before it is actually published, since we’ve had a rash of entries. We publish in the order received.

  10. saksham January 24, 2011 at 9:01 am #

    Submitted my guest article. Hope you like it! :)

    • Janet Hutchins January 24, 2011 at 2:41 pm #

      We’ll have a look at it!

  11. moneymatters January 24, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    Just submitted my guest post for review, and linked to the contest from my site:

    http://www.biblemoneymatters.com/coupons/guest-blogging-contest-at-credit-cards-canada-for-cash-prizes/

  12. Robert January 25, 2011 at 7:33 am #

    This sounds like a great contest. There is also a contest going on now that asks you to shred a credit card and document it with a video. My video is called “The Credit Fairy”; and it’s short and funny. There’s still time to enter that contest, until 1/27/11 – just a couple of days. If you want to visit it please vote for my video. Thanks! tiny.cc/h9xwt

  13. samuel January 28, 2011 at 3:14 am #

    Nice one! I’ve signed up but I’m yet to recieve my password. Please check on this asap! Thanks so much.

  14. Tinh February 8, 2011 at 10:51 pm #

    Great contest and awesome prize too. Thanks

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