With a title like this, one has to sit up and take notice. 
Due to me writing less posts these days (though, hopefully keeping the quality levels up… ) I have more time to work on promoting this blog. I do want to take this blog onto 2,000, and then more readers, even though I have been slacking.
However, I’ve always recommended PASSIVE promotion rather than active promotion… yes, if you slaved on your site eight hours a day for a year, you’d probably have a mammoth site at the end of it… one you’d be throughly sick of working on though. The paycheck would be nice if you sold it off, I guess. 
I’ve not run a ’standard’ blog contest on here for a long time… and am looking at doing so again. I’m looking for one or two companies to sponsor prize(s), and for it to run a month.
Prizes should be around $200 – $1,000+ in value, and I’d prefer tangible items… however, high quality digital ones will work too. If no one contacts me with anything decent through this post, I will email a few ad and affiliate networks… however, I wanted to give a chance to those that read this blog first.
What will your sponsorship net you? This will be an entirely easy contest, meaning more likely than not a shitload of people will participate. Which is only good for you and your brand.
Your company will get…
Ad space on this blog for the duration of the contest. Both a 468 x 60 ad and 1-2 125 x 125 ads, along with a link in the RSS footer (which goes out to 1,000+ readers every single time a post is written). Ads on this site are in highly visible location, which means your ad will stick in the minds of some of the coolest readers around.
A mention in every single post over the duration of the contest. More exposure for your brand.
People completing a ‘task’ should you ask them to… I’ll make it one of the contest entry tasks, and if it’s easy enough, you’ll get people doing it. Again, more exposure for your brand.
Bloggers linking to you (and me!). More exposure for your brand (you’ll notice a common trend in this post, if you look carefully.. ).
Basically, the end result is a tonne of exposure. Win for your company, win for me, win for those that read this blog. The advertising on this blog and the long term branding you will get is far more valuable than any contest prize sponsored (unless it’s a $50,000 odd valued prize, in which case that might not be true).
I’d prefer to have only one, maybe two maximum sponsors, as this means the maximum amount exposure for each one… high quality and value prizes too, please. Contests with ad slots and eBooks are nice, but they’re getting kind of boring now…
if you’re interested, send me an email. You can send it to admin[at]theuniversitykid[dot]com - don’t delay! 
October 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Well, I can’t sponsor, but I can participate once you have sponsors
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October 7th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Well..I have this program I made called..Make 10,000,000 with only 2 hours work per year. I value it at $26 and could probably offer you a couple of copies..
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Adam (9 comments) Reply:
October 10th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Danny how come you haven’t signed me up for this program yet? I would really enjoy making 10,000,000 per year while only working 2 hours.
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October 7th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Yep, I’ll have to be a participant for now, still not spinning big enough money yet
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October 7th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I wish I could contribute myself but I guess I will be stuck as particpant
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October 7th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Still in baby stages at all of my ventures.
Maybe in a year or so…I would be happy to participate though!
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October 7th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I can’t wait to participate in this one!
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ethan - mycollegedebt.org (14 comments) Reply:
October 7th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
fancy that – we share a name…
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October 7th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
That is crazy cool Jason! I wish I had anything to offer really, but my design skills are still in the new phase and, well, I’m just not “out there” enough not to be considered in the “high quality” zone yet!
Best I can offer is a spot on the ol’ blog advertising the contest for you :p
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October 7th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Your RSS count dropped from 1,000 + to 680 today bud, what happened? I have almost as many as you now…
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Jason (702 comments) Reply:
October 8th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Feedburner screwup. DB has zero now, apparently.
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Hehe, I guess a few links over my blog won’t make the cut
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I don’t have that kind of cash but I’m sure looking forward to winning it
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I am with Simon, wish I could sponsor, but I can win, right?
Good stuff, you do always have some pretty cool contest.
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Yea I don’t have that kind of money to sponsor it, but I hope I can win it
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
I’m still a newbie internet marketer so I’ll be a participant.
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Hey Jason. You’re feed count dropped to 680. I checked it with other services and they all show 680. How could that happen?
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October 8th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Yes, all of you guys can participate. That is a given!
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October 8th, 2008 at 7:28 am
No takers = no contest?
Haha.
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October 8th, 2008 at 9:22 am
That’s sounds like an awesome contest. I’d sponsor it, but I’m nowhere near in funds to providing a prize pool of that multitude. I’d sure like to win the prize though
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October 8th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Hey good post Jason.I wonder why your feed count is suddenly 684
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October 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
@shannon,
The RSS subscriber counts are never stable, they rely on a funny method of looking at the number of ip’s that pulled the feed from feedburner itself, so the number tends to fluctuate if a lot of readers didnt open their reader today. but yeah like Jason said this is likely to be a DB screwup.
@jason,
wish i could sponsor mate, but still in little leagues so ill stick to participating for the moment..
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October 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Feedburner looks to be corrected now.
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October 8th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Thats a wonderful article. Yeah feedburner seems to be playing with your feeds
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October 9th, 2008 at 3:56 am
I can’t sponsor now. Waiting for the contest to participate..!
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Trying to put together a contest on my own blog. I’m sure I’ll be up for one of these pretty soon, not too sure how soon though. Good luck on the contest and I’ll be looking to participate
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October 9th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I would like to sponsor but I don’t think I have enough to provide enough especially if you are looking for only two sponsors. Have you tried Market Leverage? They are always sponsoring contests.
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October 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am
I will agree with ben. Can’t sponsor but will participate. hope you get some good prizes lined up.
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October 10th, 2008 at 4:59 am
sponsorship!! seems like a good idea to get some exposure
will buzz ya with details..and few questions
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October 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I suggest you to call out for startup affiliate companies instead. They may be more receptive to accept it..
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October 10th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Yeah, the only thing with the blog contest is that you have to have some money to give away!
But otherwise than that, this is a good idea 
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October 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Jason, have you had any luck in finding sponsors? I mean all of us keep saying sorry we can’t.
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Jason (702 comments) Reply:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Had a few contact me over instant messenger, some decent stuff. We’ll see, will try and negotiate for something that will rock you guys
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October 11th, 2008 at 5:26 am
So you’re looking for more physical products…got anything in mind?
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October 12th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Dont worry about doing fewer posts, you are certainly not letting the quality slip, so you can rest assured?!
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October 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
I wish I could contribute myself
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October 22nd, 2008 at 4:28 am
That’s a cool and useful article. Step by Step instructions for beginners …. Thanks and keep us the good work!
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October 23rd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I will agree with ben. Can’t sponsor but will participate. hope you get some good prizes lined up.
Monica
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October 26th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Another contest? Coool.
Nice chance for promotion.
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November 1st, 2008 at 12:32 am
Did you ever get some sponsors for this? I know you will, I just want to know who!
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Blogging Tips (5 comments) Reply:
November 4th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I am sure he will get few sponsors for this contest too
I cant sponsor but I am def. gonna participate
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November 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Sure i would be interested but i dont think ive got the game to play with you big ballers.
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November 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Any luck finding sponsors?
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