Comments on: Hosting a Contest for Link Building and Buzz

By: yana k

yana k — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:44:32 +0000

the challenging part about hosting a contest is the promotion. I would spend a lot of time and money to research those possibilities first

By: yana k

yana k — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:44:32 +0000

the challenging part about hosting a contest is the promotion. I would spend a lot of time and money to research those possibilities first

By: Kaila S | Boost Your Juice

Kaila S | Boost Your Juice — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:36:13 +0000

I agree, contests are a great way to help build links. We are running a contest right now, check it out if you are interested in boosting your juice!

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By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:10:03 +0000

I’m trying my first contest right now – I agree with Bloggeries, though, it makes sense to do it for promotional “buzz”, but some I’ve seen go way overboard on the links and social media posts. It should be a complement to good promotional practices, not a replacement, IMO.

By: felix

felix — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:27:23 +0000

i think the prizes and partnerships with relevant pages are important.

By: Dante Monteverde

Dante Monteverde — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:44:35 +0000

Thanks for the post Ann,

Very timely, as I am launching a contest for a client next week.

However we are doing a “video” contest where we invite participants to create a commercial and post it on YouTube. Whoever gets the most views wins.

So it’s more branding/exposure for the client but hopefully a great linkbaiting tool as well. As we hope to create a “buzz” and have people write about and link to the website in addition to create online videos

Has anyone else done a similar video contest? Any tips?

Thanks…

By: Deep Arora

Deep Arora — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:44:42 +0000

I agree with you that contests and other strategies that help build traffic into the site NEEDS to be well and clearly thought of. I would always advise clients that specific objectives need to be set so that targets are clearly defined and strategies clearly set.

It is so easy to create a contest with “creating a contest” as the end of all. It is a pity that after such a successful, if at all successful contest, is performed, the adrenalin/drive to pursue banging the door is lost in oblivion.

A great question is ok… sooo what’s next after that? and after that … and after that?

By: Bloggeries

Bloggeries — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:57:52 +0000

Agreed! Most are just to artificially inflate RSS subscribers, to get link backs etc… I’m thinking of running one soon and will keep this in mind…

I just want buzz so no link back required and giving away something great.

Good read!

By: Louis Liem

Louis Liem — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:15:11 +0000

Your readers will love you more by saving them the hassle of contacting the sponsor themselves to fetch their prize.