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Old 09-01-2011
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Winner Announced!!! September 2011 VAF Blog Challenge
Welcome to the quarterly VAF Blog Challenge Contest thread for 2011!

For those who are not familiar with VAF’s Blog Challenge Contest we have been posting a blog challenge for VAF members on a quarterly basis.

Members post their responses to the blog area where fellow members read and comment. At the end of the month, a winner is selected.

The blogging champ will receive one of two GREAT prizes:

A copy of Become a Virtual Assistant e-book along with all bonus materials - a $29 value

or,

A six-month featured link in VAF's popular directory - a $30 value

The pot luck challenge topic has been the most popular. Members can blog about any topic at all.

As moderator of this blog challenge contest, I would personally like to offer a prize from my coffers to encourage my foodie VA colleagues to enter. The winner will also receive a $25.00 gift certificate from www.Restaurant.com (available to US residents only).

Plus, the winner gets Major Bragging Rights here on VAF!!!

This is fantastic way to promote your business on one of the best SEO’d virtual assistant sites on the web.

===>>> Important Reminders <<<====
Please be sure to review the contest guidelines, available at the Blogging Challenge Group page before you post!

Please review every guideline as blog posts are judged with this criteria:
  • Following instructions
  • Clarity
  • Grammar and Punctuation
  • Creativity
  • Originality

<<==Important==>>Be sure to join the blog challenge group if you have not already. (This is a requirement.) You will need to post back on the group page with our post information (see #4 in the participation guidelines).

Remember that your blog posts at VAF are indexed in the search engines just like your forum posts, so use that to your advantage. Always check your posts for quality content, good grammar and punctuation. Often times judging between two or more close-winning posts hinges upon whether the author checks for grammar and punctuation.

Blog posts are an extension of you and your business. Your ideal potential clients just might read [and love!] your blog posts.


Entries are due by midnight EST October 1st, 2011 and will be announced on or before October 8th, 2011.

If you haven't used the member blogs feature here at VAF yet, you'll find quick and easy how-to instructions on the Blogging Challenge Group page. Remember, your posts must appear on the VAF blogging page and then referenced on the Blog Challenge Group page. ==>Please read the rules AND please post the title and the link properly <==


Good Luck!

You may PM me at anytime with questions or you may post your questions and comments here.

Janine

The next challenge dates will be December or January 2012.

Note: The 6 and 12-month badge awards have been discontinued.
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Old 09-02-2011
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Please be sure to test your links in the Blog Challenge group area to make sure they work!

Thanks!

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Old 09-02-2011
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Very cool Janine! Looking forward to seeing this quarter's entries
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Janine,

I PM'd you as I am probably the person you are talking about. I am having a problem with getting my draft from draft to published. I thought it was published, but I don't think it is.

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Old 09-21-2011
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Giving this thread a BUMP - still plenty of time to participate!
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I love contests and I would be happy to enter this one and just in the nic of time.
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Seven days remaining for entry into the contest!

Looking forward to your post, Wendy.

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Old 09-26-2011
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Default Re: September 2011 VAF Blog Challenge
If you plan to enter the September Blog Challenge, please be sure to post by the deadline 9/30. The winner will be announced next week.

Be sure to head over to the Blog area to read the current entries.

Just a reminder that blog posts much be original content as indicated in the contest instructions and not recycle from prior blog posts on other websites.

Good luck!

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Default Re: Winner Announced!!! September 2011 VAF Blog Challenge
I am so pleased to announce the winner of the September 2011 Blog Challenge....

Drum roll, please...

Darlene Victoria Gonzalez of Your True Harmony and resident podcast host of A Virtual Perception submitted the winning post entitled, Deciding to Raise Your Rates.

Darlene has won a copy of Become a Virtual Assistant e-book along with all bonus materials OR a six-month featured link in VAF's popular directory. Also included is a Restaurant.com gift certificate for $25!

Congratulations, Darlene! Great job!

Thank you for participating.

Janine

Our next blog challenge will be in January 2011. Will you be the next VAF Blog Challenge winner?
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Wow, thank you so much. I am very excited about this win. When I take part in these challenges, it's actually a challenge I take on as a way to commit to writing a blog post on a topic other than audio and video. I'm actually shocked and thrilled that I won.

VAF rocks! And, Janine - thank you for hosting the Blog Challenge, you rock too!

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