Win $150 from Smallbizbee.com (Sponsored by BizSugar)

by smallbizbee · 18 comments

Last year at this time I gave away $100 of my hard earned money to Yan Susanto , in the inaugural $100 Competition.

The contest was such a big hit I wanted to bring it back for a second year, and I'm more excited than ever to give away money this time. Why you ask would I be so excited to give away cold hard cash?

Well if giving away $100 of my own money made me happy, giving away $100 of someone else's money makes me ecstatic!

$150 Smallbizbee.com Competition in partnership with BizSugar.com!

The great folks at BizSugar agreed to sponsor this years competition, and to join them in the spirit of making you richer for the holidays I'm throwing in $50 to make this year's competition even sweeter... that's right $150 is up for grabs!

The Rules

Submit an article to SmallBizbee.com between November 13-22 to be considered.

Article must be related to small business or entrepreneurship
Minimum of 300 words
Only original content will be accepted (not currently published on ANY website or blog)
Smallbizbee.com reserves the right to decline any article that appears to be overly self serving or "spammy" in anyway.

Who's Eligible?

Anyone and everyone who has something to add to the conversation regarding small business.
You don't have to be a small business owner or expert to take part.

How will the winner be picked?

Articles will be collected between November 13-22
Maximum number of articles accepted will be 30, on a first come first served basis
Beginning November 23rd articles will be posted on Smallbizbee.com on the homepage.
Articles will be posted in the order they were accepted and will run for 24 hours (from 12:00pm PST to 12:00pm PST)
The article that receives the most unique page views during their 24 hour period will be deemed the winner!

How to Submit Your Winning Article

Email your article to matthew(at)smallbizbee.com between November 13 and 22
- Subject of the email should read "$150 Article Competition"
Include an article title, which will be the main title for your submission (choose a title carefully)
Include one picture to run as the headline image for your article (optional)
You will be notified within 24 hours if your article is approved or declined, we will give you reasons for any article declined
Deadline for submission is 11:59pm PST on November 22, 2009.

How to Get Paid

At the conclusion of the contest we will announce the winner on SmallBizBee.com, and contact the winner via email
Our preferred method of payment is via PayPal
If you do not have a PayPal account we will send you a check (and you'll have to trust it will clear). We will need to collect your mailing address in order to remit your winnings in this fashion.

What Would Keep Your Article From Being Accepted?

Unrelated in any way to small business
Overly spammy or self serving
Trying to sell a product or service as part of the article
Article is less than 300 words
Article is not 100% original content

Keys to Success

Remember the name of the game here is who gets the most unique page views in a 24 hour period. How do you do that? Easy:

Focus on catchy titles readers are likely to want to read
Top quality content that encourages readers to pass it on
Tap your social media networks
Get creative!

Easy as That

That's it, no tricks or gimmicks. Just $150 cold hard cash for a few minutes of your time. As Pink Floyd would say "Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash"

Thanks again to BizSugar.com for "sweetening" the deal for our readers!

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