And the Winner of the $150 Competition is…
After eight great articles, some really super content, countless comments, and priceless camaraderie the time has come to announce the winner of the $150 competition sponsored by Bizsugar!
For those of you just joining us, here’s how the competition worked:
Contestants submitted an article of original content to be published at Smallbizbee.com for 24 hours.
The winner is decided by who got the most unique page views in the first 24 hours their article was on the site.
Contestants were allowed to promote their articles in any way to drive unique page views to their submission.
So now, without further ado…the winner is:
Please join us in congratulating Cathy Iconis from CathyIconis.com in winning our $150 Competition!
Cathy’s article titled Managing Your Cash generated 200 unique page views during its 24 hours in the competition.
A Quick Recap
To recap, the other articles in the competition were:
- Bric-A-Brac Branding
- 5 Tips to Grow Your Business Like Michael Jackson
- How Business Owners Can More Easily Reach the Affluent
- 5 Tips to Organize Successful Promotional Giveaways
- Why Your Online Customers Might Hate You
- A Quick-Hitting 3-Step Content Marketing Campaign to get Customers this Month
- I’m an Entrepreneur. And Yes, I Kiss on the First Date
All of these articles are fabulous (most are the kind I wish I could write myself), and all offer terrific insight for the entrepreneur – don’t miss a one of’em.
A Very Close Competition
Everyone did great, and top to bottom it was an EXTREMELY close!
Of the remaining 7 articles in the competition, Michael Bennett Cohn at Revolving Floor received the 2nd most number of unique views of his article Bric-a-Brac Branding with 157 in the 24 hour period.
From 3rd through 8th only 50 page views separated the entries…nice job everyone!
Thank You Everyone!
Thanks to everyone who submitted an article in the 2nd blogging competition here at Smallbizbee.com!
Big Thanks to Bizsugar.com
A very special thanks to the great folks at Bizsugar.com, and especially Anita Campbell for reaching out to us to offer a sponsorship. They certainly sweetened this deal, and made the competition a lot of fun for all involved.
Final Note
All stats were compiled using Google Analytics. If any of the contestants would like to know their exact page views during their 24 hours of fame, please just send us an email and we’ll give you the details.
This year Cathy is $150 richer, next year will it be you?
Win $150 from Smallbizbee.com (Sponsored by BizSugar)

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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