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The University Kid has always been one of my favorite and one of the coolest blogs out there. Not only can you learn a lot there, but you can also have a good time doing so. Recently Jason has launched the ultimate blog contest, and calling it ultimate definitely isn’t an exaggeration - in fact, it might even be an understatement. This is one competition you’re not going to want to miss. If you don’t believe me, take a look at all the amazing prizes:

Contest Prizes

Wordpress Themes

- Two licenses for the Revolution Theme ($160)
- Two licenses for the Premium News Theme ($200)
- Two licenses for the Purple Fever Theme ($100)
- One hundred accounts to the Themes Club ($500)

Blog Tools

- Three licenses by FruitfulTime.com ($90)

Blog Analysis

- Full Video Review By Marcus Hochstadt ($700)

eBooks

- SEO Book Donated By The Net Fool

Blog Advertising

One Month

- Two 125 x 125 on Wayne Liew ($30)
- One 125 x 125 On Blogger Noob ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on EZ Money Online ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Affiliate Gossip ($15)
- One 125 x 125 on Rhyan ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Jim Karter ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Life is Colourful ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on BLJConsultant ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Resell Rights World ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Viking Blogger ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Dot Com Mogul ($10)

- One 468 x 60 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- Five 16 x 16 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- One 150 x 150 on Blogging 4 Cash ($5)
- One Text Link On Mr Javo ($7)

Three Months

- One 125 x 125 on The WWW Observer ($75)

Blog Reviews

- One Review By The University Kid ($60)
- One Review By Yimto ($20)
- One Review By The WWW Observer ($35)
- One Review By Bloggeries ($25)
- One Review By Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One Review By Life Is Colourful ($40)
- One Review By DaBlogger

Consulting

One hour consulation with The University Kid
Thirty minutes consulation with Neotrepreneur

Design

- One Custom Done 125 x 125 Ad By Affiliate Gossip
- One Custom Done Sketch By The Pencil Sketch And Art Blog

Entrecard Credits

- 2000 Entrecard Credits By Xavier Media
- 1750 Entrecard Credits By Mixed Market Arts
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Toast & Egg & Me
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Confession
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Yimto
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Site Hoppin’
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Neotrepreneur
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Gossip
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By BLJ Consultant
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Resell Rights World
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Happier Life
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Article Snatch
- 800 Entrecard Credits By Kirushanth
- 750 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Student
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Bud Calabrese
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Mr Javo
- 500 Entrecard Credits By ImpNerd
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Life Is Colourful
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Blogs

Total: 15,800

Cash

$100 Paypal by The Profit Hustler
$30 Paypal by Viking Blogger
$15 Paypal by Final Fantasy Fan
$10 Paypal by The WWW Observer
$5 Paypal by Affiliate Gossip

Miscellaneous

300 Stumbles + 300 Reviews from Niklas
$50.00 In Stumble Upon Advertising By Mixed Market Arts
Twenty Pages By One Buck Wiki
Domain Monetization Package By Domains Earn 4U
One featured, three regular links from The SEOTree Directory

The prize that I think I would want the most is all of the advertising: 125×125 banners, full blog reviews, and more. All of that advertising would definitely boost a blog and give it some great exposure. I also think the hour long video review would be an amazing prize, because it’s very unique and could also really help to get a proper understanding of how others view your site.

But either way, like I said - you’ve got to check out this contest. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain by entering!

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It’s once again time for another edition of The Best of the Blogosphere, where I pull in all the great content, information, news, contests, and more from the blogging world this week.

If you ever have any great articles you’ve written or a competition you’d like me to announce, please shoot me an email and I’ll try to include it in a future Best of the Blogosphere for you. Not only do these roundups help my readers learn more, but they also help give other authors and bloggers a chance for some extra exposure they deserve.

My #1 Tip for Creating Better Content: Write in Advance at Skelliewag.

Practical Tips for Targeting Social Media Users AND Satisfying Your Readers at Traffikd.

Why Are You Giving Away Content for Free? at Dosh Dosh.

11 Ways to Create Your Own Traffic Jams at Blogtrepreneur.

The Scourge of Web 2.0 at How to Make Money Online for Beginners.

Which Blog Posts Should You Publish and Not Promote? at Blogging Fingers.

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers at The Blog Entrepreneur.

Is Your Site Worth My Time? at The WWW Observer.

Become a Blogging Wizard - 6 Lessons from Harry Potter at DailyBlogTips.

45 Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation at Vandelay Design.

Also check out the ultimate blog contest over at TheUniversityKid.com, with literally thousands of dollars in prizes. There are some pretty cool ones like an hour-long video review of your blog, some great premium Wordpress themes, Entrecard credits, tons of advertising opportunities, and more. I’m definitely entering this contest, and I’ll write a more in-depth review of it very soon, so stay tuned and subscribe so you don’t miss it.

Please note Super Blogging’s new cheap web hosting page as well. I’ve received questions before from people who are looking to move off of Blogspot and get their own domain, or people who just need a new host and want recommendations. I will be editing that page over time and compiling some of the best web hosts, so if you’re in need of hosting or know someone who is, check it out and hopefully it’ll help.

Thanks for reading and have an excellent weekend!

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I’ve been waiting to share this with you, my readers, for a long while now and I’m really excited that I finally get to! I’ve been hinting at a lot of surprises lately, which have included things like the guest posting competition, but the biggest thing I meant was this - that Super Blogging is now sporting a new look!

The design is the popular Revolution News Theme, which I have drooled over ever since I first laid eyes on it. However, I never would have this gorgeous theme for my blog if it weren’t for The Blog Entrepreneur’s contest, where the two winners got a Revolution theme of their choice.
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There are millions of blogs out there, but only a small percentage of them offer quality content and a fresh perspective. The WWW Observer is one of those blogs that you can learn a lot from and that has plenty to offer.

The WWW Observer is one of the best examples of how an amazing blog should look and feel. It has a great name and a domain that’s unique yet easily remembered. It also has a clean and organized layout that still manages to be fresh and attractive at the same time. The WWW Observer isn’t one of those blogs filled with huge chunks of ugly text and an endless amount of widgets. It’s tidy, easy to navigate, and very web 2.0. In all of those aspects, you could definitely learn a lot from The WWW Observer if you’re a blogger yourself.

But past how the blog looks, the actual content is what really makes it so exceptional. The author writes with a feel of authority and you know you can trust what his articles say. Apart from that, there are never any grammatical or spelling errors. While other blogs contain mistakes which make them hard to read, paragraphs that are too long, or a lack of images, The WWW Observer is one blog that you know you’ll never have a hard time with.

And like I’ve already mentioned, the content is pure quality and you actually get something from it. One of my favorites is SEO Guide: How to Optimize a WordPress Blog. People talk about SEO all the time, but many of them don’t really know how to properly optimize their blog for the search engines. By reading and memorizing the SEO Guide, you can learn how to start on getting your blog ranked in the first positions for all your top keywords.

Another favorite of mine from The WWW Observer is the page consisting of helpful sites and programs that will make you money, Excellent Money Makers. The best thing about this page is that it’s updated all the time as the author learns of more great services, so by checking back you can constantly get new information and tools on how to make money online. How handy is that?

If The WWW Observer hasn’t already given you enough, check out the It’s Almost Summer! contest, where over $500 worth in prizes are being given away. There are many ways to enter, and different options give different amounts of credits. The more you do, the more credits you get, and the better chance you have of winning. You can join the contest, subscribe via email, leave comments, spread the news about the contest, and answer the weekly riddle to participate. All those things are very easy, and considering the high value of the prizes that are given to three different winners, you have nothing to lose! You have until March 31, which is the day the contest ends. Don’t miss out on this one - I know I won’t!

If you want to advertise on The WWW Observer to expose your site and get more visitors, I’d definitely recommend it. You already know that The WWW Observer has a great design and plenty of awesome content, but did you know that it gets over 500 unique visitors a day, has a PageRank 4, and places ads above the fold? And considering how inexpensively those ad spaces are priced, I think it’s a great deal. Some choices are the well-placed peel away ads, 468×60 banners, 125×125 banners, text advertisements, and sponsored reviews.

Last but certainly not least, you can subscribe to The WWW Observer so you’ll never have to miss out on any of the quality posts - I’ve been a reader for some time now and devoured the content each day. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as well! Will you be the next to subscribe to The WWW Observer?

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This post was written by PabloPabla, a Malaysian lawyer who inter alia, blogs at Blogsreview.Net. He believes in seeing things from various perspectives. Kudos and brickbats are most welcome.

No two man are alike. All of us are born different, unique and with our individual talents and gifts. Blogging is no different. Each blogger is unique in his or her own ways. It’s just that they don’t realize it and perhaps, have missed out certain simple ways to show their uniqueness. Let me share with you five tips on how to make yourself become a unique blogger.

1. Site

A great majority of bloggers use blog themes which can be freely downloaded from various sites. Having downloaded that free blog theme, spend a bit of time modifying and tweaking it so that it would look different from the one you just downloaded. A small difference (eg. changing background colour, moving the sidebar from left to right or vice versa, creating new icons or RSS feed buttons, etc) is still a difference nonetheless and executed properly and thoughtfully, can be a refreshing sight for your readers. If you are still using the theme on the as-is-downloaded basis, it is time to show a little creative side in you.

2. Favicon and Avatar

Go one step further and make a favicon and avatar for yourself. This becomes your identity which would be useful to make you noticeable especially when you comment at other blogs which enables the Avatar functions. It is also an expression of the image which you wish to project to others about you. You can generate your own favicon at Favicon Generator and Gallery.

3. Writing

Spelling and grammar aside, you should stick to your own writing style. Everyone expresses his thoughts differently and you should do likewise. Just be yourself and treat blogging as a conversation which you are having with someone you know. Better still, imagine that you are writing to a penpal (do penpals still exist in this age?!?) because when you do so, you are more likely to be at ease in expressing your ideas, rather than the daunting thought of writing for the world audience at large. From feedback that I get, most of my regular and loyal readers read my blog because of the way I express myself. They may have heard about the same tips or ideas elsewhere but the method of delivery is uniquely mine.

4. Originality

People are interested in your ideas and what you have got to say. This holds true especially with socio-political blogs. I have seen some bloggers merely pasting a long piece of news from another source and merely adding a sentence or two on their thoughts. That, to me, is a waste of my time and an abuse of reader’s trust. Supposing your next post is about the latest debate between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama and you copied the news clipping from CNN. What have you got to say about the debate? Was it a good debate? Who did you agree with and why or vice versa? What further points would you add? What’s your prediction of the next round of voting in light with the debate? I think you get the drift.

5. Confidence

It is not at all difficult to be unique if you realise how easy those tips are above. The bigger hurdle you may be facing is probably a lack of confidence in your uniqueness. I personally think that if you blog with confidence and being assured of what you are expressing to others, half the battle to uniqueness is won. Blogging with confidence means knowing why you want to blog, knowing what you are blogging about and enjoying the whole process of blogging as a means of expressing yourself to the world.

Now is the chance for you to show your uniqueness. How else do you think a blogger can express his unique blogging voice to others? I would love to hear your comment.

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