The Winner Of OCZ Roadster

John,

I think tying a contest with your AGLOCO sign-ups would be a great way to increase those numbers. I can see people be enticed to do so with a great prize ;)

Steve - Congrats on winning this one.

Am waiting for John's next contest now !

How about a visual contest? Whoever can come up with the most creative image symbolizing JohnChow.com.

Or you could do a JohnChow.com YouTube contest. Whoever makes a commercial for JohnChow.com with the most views gets a couple pieces of your CES swag.

The world smallest part is the best part of the whole thing.

I think Hannes has a good idea there. Just add JohnChow.com to your sidebar/blogroll in some way, and get John to know it by leaving a comment on the contest page.

Congrats Steve!

That was a sweet prize. I look forward to seeing what the prize will be for the next contest...

How about a contest where people have to add JohnChow.com to their blogroll?

Perhaps you've got more goodies to give away John? I'm in for another chance ;)

Great looking prize and congrats to Stephen. Small storage is always a plus.

I love the contests John. They're a fantastic idea and generate a whole lot of buzz.

Just so you know John, the back link from this article *almost* beat out my most popular article of the day... An article about the Pokemon Ranger "Manaphy" egg code!

Hmmm... Perhaps I'll have to run a contest now for my old beat-up 64MB USB thumbdrive!

Since we talk about food so much on here, How about you have a project that we send in our favorite recipe that we like to make ourselves :-)

LUCKY!!!!!

Thanks a lot John! I'll be sure to put it to good use as it will replace the 64MB USB drive I've been using for years now.

Congrats friend

An idea for a future contest would be for people to submit their most creative name to showcase the johnchow.com name. They would post the picture on their blog and then link back to your blog.

Winner could be chosen randomly, or based on which one you feel is most creative.

Now, the question remains, would this sufficiently satisfy the promotion requirement?

What about some quality of experience kudos? There are probably some subject matters for which you might not feel qualified, so assign subjects that are not yours to someone else, like your wife, a co-worker, a friend.
In our world there are lotteries and Oscars. This has been a lottery. Try for some Oscars.
(I know it is a lot of work, comparatively, but I know when I fist saw nordljus I knew instantly she was a star before reading a word.)

Congrats to HMTKSteve! This was one I was hoping to win but maybe next time.

As for other contests, maybe you could pick an odd bit of trivia that is in an old article and people have to find it. Although I am not sure how much that would promote your site.

Along those lines and similar to the review, users that make a post on their blog linking to their favorite John Chow dot Com post?

It seems that you select only those who have blogs, that too with their own domain name, as winners and not the regular readers of your blog without blogs (remember, they are the ones who help you earn money), not those with blogs that too with their own domain name, as they know how to not make your earn. LOL

Congrats on the USB drive!

That thing is tiny! I'd probably lose it.

Congrats HMTKSteve!!! Now that's one sweet prize.

Congrats HMTKSteve!

As for the next contest, maybe you make a post with another good prize where you setup a day that you'll make a post where the first to comment wins the prize. If the prize is good enough I imagine a good number of people will visit that day to try and win. Maybe you could use it to get more AGLOCO signups or promote something else.