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Contests, contests, contests!

September 7, 2011

Contests are coming to a ‘lil HooHaa.

Over the past several months, I’ve been putting aside things I knew I could give away in contests. They might be things I’ve picked up elsewhere, won at events or something else. Some people have donated things to me, knowing I’d be having some giveaways.

Some of the items I will be giving away might include:

  • Geocoins
  • Pathtags
  • T-shirts
  • Disc golf items
  • Autographed/game-used baseball cards
  • Signed photos (mainly mine)
  • Author-signed books
  • Geocache containers (such as micros etc.)

I am working on other things, too. I might get some gift cards for things like iTunes or something else. I believe I have a couple of DVDs I have put aside, too. I am working on a few other things.

The reality is, many of these items will be random and can be of interest to a wide variety of people. So I hope, no matter what the prize, you, the readers, will get into these contests and join them.

The best part for you? It’s free!

There will be several ways to enter and win. Many will include working the social media (twitter, Facebook, your own blog) or commenting on my posts. Some might require doing something else — though none will be too hard. I don’t want to scare people away. I want to attract new and old readers to visit my blog on a regular basis. There will usually be a small task to do to enter the contest (usually something in the comments section), but after that there will be easy ways to earn more entries into the contest.

I am going to aim to to a contest once every two or three weeks (depends on my supply of things to give away!). The rules will be quite simple. The time frame will be from noon on a Sunday (the post will be published at noon) and will run until the following Sunday at 12:01 a.m. (In other words, just after midnight!) That gives me time to figure the winner (and any runner-ups if there is more than one prize) and have a blog post ready by noon on Sunday to announce the winner.

The times will be strictly enforced. People will have a full week to do whatever they need to do. I would encourage you to do things early, however, so you don’t forget!

Once the contest ends, I will have use a random way of selecting the winner (it might be a video of me pulling a name out of the hat or it might be me using something such as Random.org, which allows one to put a lot of names in and it randomly picks the winner.

Some notes:

  • If you are someone who would like to donate something to the contests, I would love the donation. It can be anything. If you have ideas on the contest to go with the item, I would be more than happy to listen to the idea.
  • I will be paying for all shipping charges. Some of the smaller things (geocoins, pathtags etc.) will be open to everyone and anywhere. But if I have larger items, I might make it for the United States and Canada only, just because it might be cheaper on the wallet and worries.
  • Full rules will be in EACH contest post. I might change little things, pending on the contest. So make sure to look at the rules!

The first contest will be announced this Sunday. Make sure to check back here. Better yet, like the blog on Facebook to get updates! (There is a Facebook “like” button on the right side of the page, toward the top).

I am also always taking ideas for these contests. With a lot of things to give away, I’d like to make sure I have some cool contests. Keep checking back for your chance to win!

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog [at] gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook by clicking the button on the right side of the page!

Filed Under: contests, My world Tagged With: baseball cards, blog contest, books, coins, contest, contests, disc golf, disc golf items, geocaching, geocaching containers, geocoins, pathtags, photography, photos, t-shirts, travel bugs, websites

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A quick hitter

September 5, 2011

Men’s champion Nate Doss has his photo taken by girlfriend and fellow disc golf professional Val Jenkins after Doss took the ceremonial plunge for winning the Vibram Open.

Just a quick one today. I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

I spent most of today processing photos and crafting a story for a magazine about the Vibram Open, a major disc golf tournament I volunteered at this past weekend.

It was pretty cool seeing a lot of the top professionals in action. Quite wild. I took a lot of photos while there.

You can see them all in a set on Flickr.

***

Another note for something I am working on with the blog — contests!

This weekend I got a bunch of things donated to give away for some contests. I have some other items I have put away for contests as well. Now I need to start having contests.

That’s where you can some in!

Can you let me know some ideas you might have for contests I can hold on the blog? I don’t want them all to be hard, but I also don’t want people to leave a silly comment or re-tweet the contest. While the goal is, of course, to grab some new readers, the reality is I want to hold a few cool contests, too.

Ideas are appreciated. Drop a comment or an e-mail!

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog [at] gmail.com. Also, please “Like” HooHaa Blog on Facebook by clicking the button on the right side of the page!

Filed Under: Disc golf, My world, Sports Tagged With: blog contest, blog contests, contest, contests, disc golf, disc golf tournament, nate doss, vibram open

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