Kick Off Second Quarter With A $100 Giveaway

By Pinyo, on April 1, 2008

To celebrate a successful first quarter and kick off second quarter, I am going to do a simple giveaway as a way to say thanks to my readers and other bloggers.

$50 Amazon Gift Card For One Lucky Reader

All you have to do is leave comments on any post (not just this one). Each approved comment is equal to one entry, so the more you comment the more chances you’ll have of winning the gift card.

If you are not a subscriber yet, I encourage you to subscribe via Email or via RSS feed. This way, you could‚ get new posts and leave comment daily.

At the end of April, I will use a random number generator to pick one winner. I will contact the winner and send the gift card via email, then announce the winner on Moolanomy.

$50 Worth Of Advertising On Moolanomy

The second giveaway is for my fellow bloggers (sorry, other types of site are excluded). For a chance to win, just link to Moolanomy and send some readers my way.Ã‚ At the end of April, I will randomly pick 5 winners from April’s top 10 referrers and show their 125×125 banner on my sidebar in May.

These 5 banners will fill only one spot, so each banner will appears about 20% of the time.

In the mean time, please feel free to look at the deals, specials, and freebies page I created. There should be something there for everyone.

Again, thank you for all your support and I wish everyone a prosperous second quarter.

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47 Comments

Minimum Wage
April 1, 2008, 6:46

$100 giveaway, hmmm, speaking of 100, check out Google todasy.

Seems the Google founders and Richard Branson are concocting a 100-Year Plan to colonize Mars.

No, really…
Mrs. Micah
April 1, 2008, 7:33

Woot! I like the idea of the random number generator for comments. It may keep down the comment wars where everyone is trying to top everyone.
paidtwice
April 1, 2008, 7:53

I like gift cards. Mrs. Micah does not. So please forward all her entries to me.

Thanks
jim
April 1, 2008, 8:03

Wanted to pass along my congrats on another successful quarter man!
Jay
April 1, 2008, 8:42

Congratulations on a successful quarter…please enter me in the $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway…thanks a bunch.
Pinyo
April 1, 2008, 8:51

Thank you everyone.

@Minimum Wage — Is that an April Fool’s joke?

@Jay — You automatically get one entry every time you leave a comment.
FFB
April 1, 2008, 9:03

Ohh, Ohhh….Comment. Comment. Comment. That’s three I dropped. Hope you approve them all!

Happy April Fool’s and thanks for the contest.
David
April 1, 2008, 9:21

What a great contest idea! I’m an email subscriber to your blog!

Has anyone seen the new Gmail feature? The ability to send emails into the past!
Newb
April 1, 2008, 10:30

Good idea. I need to post more because of this.
Bunny B
April 1, 2008, 10:39

Ooo.. I’d love a $50 Amazon GC! Pick me!!
Vered
April 1, 2008, 10:57

Cool. And useful! Thanks.
HB
April 1, 2008, 11:49

Nice start to the quarter.
deni
April 1, 2008, 12:09

Nice way to generate traffic Oh, well, i’m in…If it’s not a joke. If it’s a joke, then – a good one!
Rob
April 1, 2008, 12:49

Sure this is not an April’s fool day trick?

Count me in if it’s not.
Pinyo
April 1, 2008, 12:58

May be a bad day to announce this, but this certainly is not an April Fools trick.

At the end of April, someone will win the Gift Card, and 5 bloggers will get the ad spot. In fact, I am giving out the ad spot for March top referrers and already informed the winners.
John
April 1, 2008, 15:45

I enjoy reading your blog. It’d be great to win the card. Blog on!
JSB
April 1, 2008, 17:05

Hopefully it’s not a joke. I need to read more.
Pinyo
April 1, 2008, 18:22

@John – Thank you!

@JSB – Definitely not a joke. For the whole month, 1 comment (or trackback) = 1 entry and I will announce the winner in early May.
Shani
April 1, 2008, 18:31

This is a wonderful way to start out April. Congrats on a very successful first quarter!
Christine
April 1, 2008, 22:19

Yay for a great 1st quarter!
FIRE Finance
April 2, 2008, 7:59

Count us in for the free give away $50 (Amazon’s gift card).
Pinyo
April 2, 2008, 8:08

@Shanti and Christine — Thank you.

@FIRE — Any time you comment or link to Moolanomy in April, you get one entry. So the more you do it, the greater the chance.
Jill
April 2, 2008, 14:21

Awesome, I have many books in my shopping cart at Amazon that I’ve been dreaming about.
PT
April 2, 2008, 14:23

I’ll be working on getting you that traffic, Pinyo…not sure if I’ll even show up just yet…but I’ll shoot for it.

Great idea on the comment giveaway. I’m sure I’ll post a few times this month so I’m good there. Thx!
Pinyo
April 2, 2008, 19:21

@Jill – Don’t forget to subscribe because you can keep commenting through the whole month to increase your chance of winning.

@PT – Thank you. I appreciate it even if you send only one reader, and I will try to return the favor when I could.
shawna
April 2, 2008, 19:23

Sweet prizes! count me in!
Kris
April 2, 2008, 22:03

Great contest. I love reading your blog. Count me in! Thanks!
Make Friends, Earn Money
April 3, 2008, 11:41

Nice touch Pinyo, that’s a great way to reward your loyal readers and we really appreciate it!
Pinyo
April 3, 2008, 19:45

Good luck everyone.
StackingPennies
April 4, 2008, 8:22

I always read your blog through RSS, but I”m going to have to remember to comment LOTS this month
Pinyo
April 4, 2008, 8:39

@SJ — That’s great. Linking to me also count (twice) for both the Amazon gift card and the chance for free advertisement.
Keya
April 4, 2008, 12:21

cound me in
Thomas Palmer
April 6, 2008, 9:52

Awesome! I just found this site from your Get Rich Slowly newsletter guest article. I am definitely adding this site to my bookmarks.
HS@ourdebtblog
April 7, 2008, 13:15

Hey I have so much debt that I could use a giftcard! count me in! I love your site!! keep up the good work.

HS
Lacy
April 9, 2008, 4:42

What a nice contest idea! I like it! So, I guess I’ll have to comment some this month
Pete
April 9, 2008, 8:43

I could use a $50 gift card! who couldn’t?
Rebekah Stevens
April 9, 2008, 10:09

awesome job! nice site!
MSMomsmoney
April 9, 2008, 10:38

Please enter me in your $50 Amazon drawing!

Thanks so much!
Easton Ellsworth
April 12, 2008, 8:15

I wouldn’t mind a little shot at that gift card. Thanks Pinyo!
Andrew
April 12, 2008, 9:15

This kind of deal is what makes this site a little better than the other finance blogs. You offer deals! Thanks. =)
Kim
April 13, 2008, 15:10

Nice site and very generous of you!
Mary_Freebies
April 20, 2008, 13:04

Nice giveaway. I am definitely in.
Mark Krusen
April 21, 2008, 5:12

Free just happens to be in my price range. Love your post.
The Happy Rock
April 26, 2008, 20:41

Just entering.
hank
April 28, 2008, 11:31

Wootwoot! Sign me up! Always nice to dump a few extra perks to the loyal readers…
plin
April 29, 2008, 7:19

hooray, this should make up for my dismal month of car troubles/repairs. Thanks!
SmileyGirl
April 29, 2008, 12:03

Hey I’ll join in on the fun. And I always love to link to a great site! You are the top link in my “Money” section now. Take a look and sign me up!

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