One Man’s Junk, Is Another Man’s Treasure
I get lots of gifts from companies during the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. Most gifts are branded item so I get a reminder that I visited those companies while at the show. Some gifts are really nice and some are, well, junk. Normally I leave the junk behind in the hotel and let house keeping get rid of it. Then I remember the old saying, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. With that in mind, I’ve decided I would give away the gifts that I have no use for.
Our first piece of junk up for grab is a gift from ECS. The is the company that flew me to Taiwan and China all expenses paid, but when it came to giving me a CES gift, all they can managed was a fountain pen and a 128 Meg USB flash drive. I didn’t know they still make flash drives that small!
The contest is really simple - just add John Chow dot Com to your Technorati favorites and you are entered. If you already have this blog in your Technorati favorites, then you don’t have to do anything. Right now, the blog is favorited by 68 members, so your chances are winning are 1 in 68 (for now).
On Monday, I will draw a random name from all the Technorati members who have this blog in their favorites and that person will win a nice pen and flash drive. It comes in a nice black box too.
*Update - The winner will be announced in a new post, and if they have a blog, a link to their blog will also be posted.
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Good idea on giving away the “junk”. What other loot bags did you get from CES?
FrugalTrader
Reply to this commenthttp://www.milliondollarjourney.com
John - That is an ‘innovative’ way that you have come up for to part with the junk.
Though I think, the link you might get on Technocrati might be way more beneficial to you than the ‘junk / treasure’ I might get in return !
Reply to this commentJohn Chow you clever dog…..im guessing the winner will be ‘featured’ on here? or at least have a mention?
Reply to this commentEven though it’s just 128mb, it still looks nice
Reply to this commentI don’t do any of that bookmarking stuff.. so I won’t be entering this, nice idea though.
I’ve added you but please hang on to it if I do win!
Reply to this commentThat is a nice price for the 1 that has you in their favs on technoratie, I have
hope I will be the lucky one, than you can send something to the netherlands :p
Reply to this commentI picked up some 64MB USB thumb drives from Staples last week for about $5 each on clearance. They do not hold much but… I still remember the days when a 10MB hard drive meant you were super-cool!
Reply to this commentYet another brilliant example of your skills at building your rankings and popularity. Just added your site to my favorites and noticed you are now up to 80 members.
Reply to this commentI will bite I was looking for some tech antiques:p
Reply to this commentAnd yeah I live in Australia so I may actually until something really heavy comes up
Very nice, I’ve had you in my favorites for a while already, so no action from my side is required. That USB stick is indeed pretty small, but I wouldn’t mind receiving a free one - I’m still using a 64MB one right now, I didn’t require much space until a while ago, only documents are on it most of the time
Reply to this commentHi, I like your website. I saw it a few days ago. I don’t remember from where. Anyway, you’ve got a hair cut of a man from the northern part of China. Classic Beijing man’s hair-cut.
Reply to this commentYou’ve got 84 now.
Oh, and what kind of random number generator will you be using?
Reply to this commentWoo 128Mb, I’d guess it go with my collection of 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 ones I have laying around at my desk here at work.
Though it is pretty and has ECS on it
Reply to this commentThrow in a mention in one of your posts and I’m in.
Arrr what the hell, technorati favorites don’t cost anything, you’re added!
Reply to this commentGreat, now everyone is going to start doing bribe contests for Technorati favorites. Congratulations on making their ranking system illegitimate. Not that I hold it against you.
Reply to this commentI do not think favorites affects yout technorati rank, only links do.
Reply to this commentThere is a separate top 100 page based only on favorites. If favorites meant nothing why would Chow want them?
Reply to this commentJohn, you’re evil.
Luckily you’re already on my technorati favourites.
Reply to this commentHaha what else you got? What would I do with a 128 MB one?
Reply to this commentThis man is the devil.
Reply to this commentGot anymore pens, John?
Reply to this commentWhat other junk do you have to give away?
Reply to this commentCool contest - very clever John. But does it help your Technorati ranking if more people have your blog as a favorite?
“Favorited by: 107 members”
By the way, you’ve broken into the Technorati Top 1000 - congratulations! I’m sure you’ll be able to brake into the Top 100 by the end of the year
Reply to this commentNiiiice
Reply to this commentHey John maybe you should sign it as well, since you’re such a celebrity. I bet most of us will be adding you to the technorati favs just for the backlink
Reply to this commentJohn strikes again
Hey next time, maybe you can have us as “slaves” to do your evil bidding for more treasures.
Reply to this commentyou .. . . .you. . .forget it! you really have been bribing us reading your blog. . .first the backlinks for google, then this technocrati thingy. . .you are onto sumthing very ambitious…planning to become a google whore or sumthing? unluckily(maybe luckily :-)] i am not a technocrati user. . .
one thing john, was ther ne mention about the new ngage or neting bout it?
Reply to this commentFaved!!
Reply to this commentREAD THIS, http://www.hannesjohnson.com/johnchowcom-got-hacked-wordpress-security-hole/
hey john, did it actually happen? read it from hannes johnsons blog. . .
Reply to this commentAnother good johnchow.com promotion idea from John Chow.
Reply to this commentOnce again another great idea John, and especially a great way to bring more attention to your site.
This should be a great year for your blog!
Reply to this commentW00t! Free stuff.
Reply to this commentSeeing the amount of interest your post has generated I am sure you have quite a few members to make your lucky draw from - when are you doing that ?
Reply to this commentThe draw is on Monday.
Reply to this commentMmmm…I already have a usb flash drive…
Reply to this commentHaha…nice one John. I’ve entered.
Reply to this commentConsider yourself technorati-favoriteded - everyone loves free stuff!
Dam you and your evil schemes
Matt
Reply to this commentOh hopefully I’m the winner! A perm-link from John’s blog could help with a bit o traffic. Though looking over my stats I do get a fair amount of traffic from here.
Reply to this commentYoure on there bud!!! cant wait.
Reply to this commentLOL
Reply to this commentAdded your blog
This is a great marketing idea john, to give that away for adding your blog to everybodies favorites, it got me thinking, i need to hold an action as this to on mine
Reply to this commenthaha…I still use a 128 Meg Flash Drive. I keep getting heat from friends, but will I given to the upgrade, heck no…
Reply to this commentToday’s the day!
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