They even recently went through with an overhaul of their theme on the blog and if you want to see what they have done, you should check out their blog. As you all know, I’m always trying to see what I can do for my readers at Enkay Blog and after finally finishing up with finals, I’m actually redesigning my current theme to help include a few more things that I think it has been missing. So I understand that not every design of mine is going to be amazing. Well, Clickbooth wants to fix that and they’re doing so by offering up a Flip Mino HD and an iPod touch. Yes, thats right.

All you have to do is make some suggestions about what you like and what you don’t like. Give them an explanation, you just can’t say “nice theme”. You have to follow them on Twitter and finally tweet a short message. So, entering is easy enough and the prizes are great so you should enter if you’re tempted.

Now that I’ve got you wondering, if you’re looking to expand your affiliate marketing efforts by extending across into other affiliate marketing networks then you should check out Clickbooth and sign up and give them a try. You know what they say, you have to try everything before you form an opinion!

First of all, everyone had some really good tips and some of the tips were nice and detailed with screenshots even, but in the end, I didn’t look at how fancy a tip was but how effective it was. The idea was for the tip to do the following three things:

1) Be Effective
2) Be Relevant
3) Be Implementable

The whole concept of providing tips was to make it useful to new as well as existing affiliate marketers. So, basically what I did was I read each entry twice and provided it, each time, with a score on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best. I then averaged the two scores and without further ado, the winner is Melvin from Melvin Blog.

His tip was not only highly detailed and informative but including the screenshots made it very easy to visualize what he was attempting to explain. So Congratulations to Melvin and now he has the hard decision to pick between a brand new iPod Nano or a Flip Mino HD. Winning the competition also gives Melvin the chance to compete amongst all the winners for his chance to an Amazon Kindle, $100 American Express Gift Card and a $50 iTunes Gift Card. Congratulations to Melvin and Thank you to all who entered!

So here is how the contest works. What you have to do is submit videos and written affiliate marketing tips on my blog through the comments or by emailing me. For these tips, you’ll use Market Leverage as the example network. At the end of the month, when all the videos and tips have been submitted, I will personally view all of them and pick a winner.

The best tip will be chosen based on creativity, uniqueness and effectiveness. Each criteria that I use is weighted so that each of them is of equal importance. So, what does the winner get? Well, the winner gets their choice of a Flip Mino HD which is the new HD Flip Video Camera or they get a Blue Ipod Nano.

If that wasn’t enough, then theres MORE. Yes, MORE! There will be quite a few blogs running similar contests. What will then happen is that the winners from all the blogs will be judged by the blog owners that are running the contest. Based on that, the top three winners will then receive an Amazon Kindle, $100 Market Leverage Rewards Card & $50 iTunes Gift Card. Thats over $700 in prizes for a top winner!

Its really easy to enter. All you have to do is write up a nice affiliate marketing related tip or create a really great video with Market Leverage as the affiliate network of choice, and you’re entered. I’ll pick the winner and then the rest of the bloggers will decide the top winners. Easy enough?

Also, I realize that many of you are visual people and so I created this nice little visual for you to help you keep your eyes on the goal and to let you see the prizes!

So lets see those entries. You can post them as a comment, a post or write me an email!

So guys, I know that the last contest hasn’t ended as yet but I will have the final results as soon as I get the updated stats from Dina over at Market Leverage but as soon as I have them, you will know the winner. As of now though, I have a new contest to announce! Yes, another new contest!

So here is how the contest works. What you have to do is submit videos and written affiliate marketing tips on my blog through the comments or by emailing me. For these tips, you’ll use Market Leverage as the example network. At the end of the month, when all the videos and tips have been submitted, I will personally view all of them and pick a winner.

The best tip will be chosen based on creativity, uniqueness and effectiveness. Each criteria that I use is weighted so that each of them is of equal importance. So, what does the winner get? Well, the winner gets their choice of a Flip Mino HD which is the new HD Flip Video Camera or they get a Blue Ipod Nano.

If that wasn’t enough, then theres MORE. Yes, MORE! There will be quite a few blogs running similar contests. What will then happen is that the winners from all the blogs will be judged by the blog owners that are running the contest. Based on that, the top three winners will then receive an Amazon Kindle, $100 Market Leverage Rewards Card & $50 iTunes Gift Card. Thats over $700 in prizes for a top winner!

Its really easy to enter. All you have to do is write up a nice affiliate marketing related tip or create a really great video with Market Leverage as the affiliate network of choice, and you’re entered. I’ll pick the winner and then the rest of the bloggers will decide the top winners. Easy enough?

Also, I realize that many of you are visual people and so I created this nice little visual for you to help you keep your eyes on the goal and to let you see the prizes!

Well, I don’t know what youre waiting for, but if I was you, I’d get started right away. So lets see those creative tips and I wish you guys Good Luck. Also, the contest results for the Birthday Bash Contest will be available as soon as I get the updated stats! Happy Monday!

2330 $82.25
2331 $0.00
2332 $16.35
2333 $58.10
2334 $2,108.60
2335 $2,062.50
2336 $25,507.20
2337 $0.00

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

2330 $82.25
2331 $0.00
2332 $16.35
2333 $58.10
2334 $2,041.85
2335 $1,980.00
2336 $24,425.90
2337 $0.00

Theres obviously a clear lead with Publisher 2336 however, Publisher 2335 and 2334 are very close and this could be a close finish. Don’t take it lightly though, anything is possible in terms of who wins the contest because many of these contests have taken turns in the last few days. The grand total for the contest so far is $28,604.42 which is excellent!

I was waiting for the stats so I could put them up thats why there was a slight delay but I finally have them up. I look forward to updating them daily I’d hope but considering that Thanksgiving is coming, it depends on whether I’ll be able to since offices will be closed and all but we’ll see.

Either way, I hope you guys are impressed with the results. Just to let you know, there is another contest on its way so if you didn’t get to take part in this one, then don’t worry because you’ll have another chance! Hopefully you guys have a great Thanksgiving and I’ll definitely try to keep you updated as much as possible regarding the stats and ofcourse, more new posts on their way!

For now however, I wanted to give you an update about the contest. So far there have been 4 entries and if you have considered entering then you might want to enter because your chances of winning are quite high. I will be updating the leaderboard every friday or monday and keeping you updated. Here is the leaderboard and if you haven’t entered yet, please do so by clicking here.

1023 $0.00
1024 $0.00
1025 $0.00
1026 $0.00

Since I have been busy with things going on around me, let me ask you how things are with you? I’ve always had slight down weeks where I’m unable to blog as much but my readers have been supportive enough to be around and wait for me to make a return. I am very thankful for that. Let me know how you guys have been and if I haven’t heard from you, this would be a good time to catch up because I look for small distractions during my study time! Anyway, hope you guys have a great week and I apologize again for the delay but I thank you guys for still being around! Have a good one!

Thats right guys, the time is here. I am hosting another contest thanks to Market Leverage and specially Rebecca Mercurio for being so helpful in getting all this setup and organized. I turn 21 tomorrow (Nov. 4th) and so I figured that it might as well be called the BIG ML Birthday Bash Contest. Anyway, Lets start off with the prizes before I tell you how this contest will be held.

1st – First Place : Acer Aspire One Laptop – This is the laptop that I currently use and its a netbook meaning that its perfect for travel and blogging. It weighs close to 2 lbs and it has a 9 inch screen with Windows XP, 1 GB of RAM and 120 Gigs of Hard drive space. Its one of the hottest netbooks out there and I will be giving one of these away!

2nd – Second Place : $75 American Express Rewards Card

3rd – Third Place : $50 American Express Rewards Card

Thats a total of $500 worth of prizes and cash!! Now that you know what the prizes are, let me tell you how this contest will be run. This, unlike my other contests, will be based on how well you are able to make money using Market Leverage.

The idea is that you can either sign up if you don’t have an account already or if you already have an account (even if its not under me) you can still take part in this contest. Either way, send me an email with your publisher id so that I can make sure that you’re being tracked by Rebecca.

All you have to do is earn money by promoting Market Leverage offers and if you are one of the top 3 highest earners at the end of the month, November 30th, and you could win some really amazing prizes, all thanks to Market Leverage!!

Its just that simple! Hope you guys like the contest and I’ll be sure to make sure to keep looking for new and unique prizes. Lets see those earnings guys because this is one contest where you control if you win or not. You not only walk away with your earnings but a sweet prize to go with it! Hope you guys have a great rest of the week!

Top 100 Female Blogger List
I have been desperately searching for a script that allows me to pull the Technorati, Alexa and Page Ranks in order to compile this list because with close to 250 blogs now, it means that I’ll have to manually update 1000 numbers every so often and its quite a time intensive process. In order to allow the list to grow I’m going to need a script like Mark from 45n5.com to make the list but I really can’t seem to get my hands on it. Either way, I’d like to get some suggestions as to how I can make this work and I’ve already played around with TopSites scripts and all that so maybe you guys have some suggestions for me.

Contest Coming Soon
Okay, so this is the big surprise and I’m spilling the beans a little about this contest. What this contest entails will not be disclosed until later however it is going to be held in conjunction with Market Leverage and we’re currently deciding on giving away a Wii or an Acer Aspire One laptop, so whichever way we decide, it will all benefit you guys in the end. So, now that you know what the surprise is, I hope you’re looking forward to it!

Top Commentator – October
Okay, so September was a month that I didn’t pick a top commentator because there was a major issue with a little comment spamming but as I had mentioned before thats a very small issue to me so I just didn’t want to make it a big issue and call out some people so I just penalized them by not picking a winner. This time around though, there was no comment spamming and I monitored the comments to make sure they were legitimate and with Nick from RomanDock Dot Com returning to blogging, he made sure he came up at #1 on the list closely followed by Normal Joe from ImWithJoe.com whose comments are always insightful and inspiring.

So since I’ve already reviewed Nick, I will be giving him a 125×125 ad spot for the month. Congrats Nick. For those of you who want a little free advertising, all you have to do is contribute. Please don’t disqualify yourself by writing 20+ comments on the last day of the month on every single post. It start to get pretty obvious! Anyway, lets see if anyone can take Nick off his throne for this month.

The Wrap Up
So, that was my weekly update. Let me know how things are going for you. I’ll try to have the contest up and running ASAP although it will end at the end of November so that should be something you’d like to get involved in. Hope you guys have a great week ahead. See you on the flip side of the new week!

If You Win, Reply!
The winner of my ebook contest never replied so David, the runner up, actually got sent the iPod today in the mail! This is why you should always check your email, you may miss out on some exciting news and free stuff too!

Welcoming My New Advertisers
If you haven’t noticed, I have almost sold out all my ad spots which is great news for the blog. I wanted to welcome the two new advertisers before I go into the weekly update for today. So, say hello to Thousand Dollar Profits & Andrea from According to Andrea!

      

Weekly Link Love

1) Suite J - Suite J talks about how the things on your desk relates to your personality. I think mines more of a control freak and a show-off type of thing. See where you fit in!

2) Franklin Bishop – Franklin discusses how to build a community on your blog which is very important for you to be able to sustain your blog. It should feel like a community in order for comments and interaction to take place. Its a great post that you should check out.

3) WebTrafficROI – WebTrafficROI talks about why they love twitter and why you should too. Twitter is a great tool that can really help you out in the long run so if you don’t know how it can benefit you, this list can help you realize that.

4) RomanDock Dot Com – Nick discusses how bloggers are getting their hands in the cookie jar. Its an analogy for how bloggers that are growing tremendously are not appreciative enough of their readers and what they should do and think about in order to maintain the one-to-one relationship with their readers.

5) Bruno Auger - Bruno discusses what SEO is and the importance of SEO which stands for search engine optimization. This can really help boost where you place in search engine rankings and this is a great post to help you realize what it really means and entails.

Well, thats the weekly link round up! Thanks for stopping by and once again, apologies for having a slow upcoming week but I promise to make it up to you guys. Have a great week ahead!