[Announcement] March 2010 Blog Challenge Thread

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hello All!

The March 2010 blog challenge question has been posted on the Blog Challenge Group site here.

You have until March 31st, midnight EST to post your blog entry.

Don't be shy. VAF Blog Challenge questions are a great way to practice your blogging and gain exposure for your own business. The monthly winner receives a *fantastic* book from the VAF library, the honorary badge...and, bragging rights!

As our February 2010 winner Darlene Victoria of D. Victoria Virtual Assistance stated, "I joined the VAF Blog Challenge group to literally help me with my blogging efforts. Before I joined the group, I had a blog or two here or there, but found it hard to come up with topics and never really remained committed to the blogs I was writing.”

Darlene continues, “I look forward to the monthly blog challenges, because it helps me to focus on a particular topic, enables me to strive to become a better writer and it is yet another great way to get to know and chat with fellow VAF members here on the forum."

Basic rules

Our judges will look for:

• clarity of your response
• following directions
• good grammar and punctuation
• creative execution

Please remember to number your post in the title. So if you entered for January’s response and posted #1 in the subject title then February’s response would be ‘The Title #2’. If you posted two responses for January than February’s subject title would look like this, ‘The Title #3’.

No more than two responses are permitted per month. At the 6 post-mark you will receive the 6-post VAF Blog Badge as depicted in this thread New VAF Blogging Challenge Recognition Program!

You must be a member of the Blog Challenge Group to participate so if you have not already enrolled, please do so here.

The Prizes

If you are the monthly grand prize winner, you will receive a badge AND a book selection from the VAF library.

The book prize selections for March are:

Small Business Rules [was reviewed on VAF here] - Mathew Dickerson

The Business of Being Virtual - Pam Ivey and Kristi Pavlik

Duct Tape Marketing - John Jantsch


Happy Blogging!

Janine
Blog Challenge Group Moderator

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hello,

Just an update...

In the past, if new members wished to post a blog the requirement was 25 posts, however, this rule has been changed!

If you are new to the VAF Blog Challenge Group and wish to participate in the monthly blog contest, you can enter with just having 5 posts as your minimum!

Thank you!

Janine

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hello Everyone...

Lots of excitement going on here at VAF!

I just wanted to bump-up this thread and send a reminder that March 31st is approaching for the monthly blog challenge.

Please check this main thread for instructions and how to join the group in order to participate.

Looking forward to your posts!

Thank you!

Janine

[Your Virtual Wizard]

I am so very proud to announce that we have our first Blog Challenge post for the month of March.

Thank you Ruth Callegas of Admin and Moore Business Solutions.

You can read Ruth's post here.

Thank you, Ruth!

Janine

[leedrozak]

Guess this is my reminder to get off my butt and get my post completed. My goal is to get the 6 month badge in 6 consecutive months of postings. Look for my March entry soon.

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Lee,

That would be great!! Looking forward to your post.

Janine

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Wow! Competition is heating up this month on the Monthly Blog Challenge Contest.

We have our second blog challenge post for the month of March.

Serita Diana, of List2CloseAssistant is at the halfway mark to receiving her 6-Blog Post Badge! Serita posted her thoughts to our challenge question here.

Thank you, Serita!

[executive_assist]

Thanks Janine. I believe that getting readers involved in a dialogue with you on your website and blog are challenging tasks. I commend anyone that has found success with this. After all, getting your readers to divulge that much sought after contact information is tricky at best.
And I love entering this contest. The prizes are great incentive for me as I love to continue to grow and learn. I guess I will always be a lifelong student!

[MIM Enterprises]

Hi there I am having a blonde moment and need help with adding my blog correctly..... thanks in advance.

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hi Michele,

I answered another member's question about posting to the blog section here in the Blog Challenge Group.

If you need additional assistance, please let me know here or PM me and I'll gladly help you out.

Looking forward to your post and thanks for participating!

Janine

[MIM Enterprises]

Hi Janine

Thanks for your help; I finally achieved a blog for a time I was actually wondering if I would be able to but my brain kicked in just in time...thanks again!

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hello,

We have a new blog post for the challenge by Michele Flynn of Mim Enterprises, who is a fairly new member to VAF. Michele is still working on her website and blog.

You can read the post here

Thank you, Michele for your contribution to the Monthly Blog Challenge contest.

Janine

[Your Virtual Wizard]

Hello,

We have a new blog post by Nancy of Nancy's Virtual Office.

You can read Nancy's post here.

Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to post a blog entry for the March contest.

Thank you to all who have posted entries thus far.

Regards,

Janine

[Your Virtual Wizard]

The winner of the March 2010 Monthly Blog Challenge is:

Kristyle Solomon of Your Virtual Muse.

You can read Kristyle's post here.

Congratulations and thank you all for participating!

Janine