First, I would like to thank the sponsors who have been more than willing to help setup BloggersBB Launch Contest.

Sponsors

Blue Shore Host may be new in town, but the service and the support they provide questions their age. Are they really relatively new or are they actually an experienced and old crew? We think it is the latter just trying to act young and energetic! What better than to have an enthusiastic team that delivers top-notch hosting?

Hosshost is truly no joke. Their support is no joke either. It is a serious web host that strives to deliver and the configurations they deliver at the prices listed just surprises us.

SequenceHosting is an offshore hosting company (based in UK) that strives to provide quality and affordable hosting to clients all over the world. Not overpricing their services and keeping the resources just right for bloggers is really a plus!

SharkSpace is an established web hosting company that already has a reputation that most hosts can only dream of. Offers a true 24/7 support and has been an advertiser on ahnternet for nearly a year already. Quality hosting that you know you can depend on.

WPWebHost is a hosting company especially for WordPress users. It is an established brand among the WordPress community. Many of BloggersBB’s fellow bloggers use this service and rarely have we seen downtime in the blogs!

CustomTwitterBg can help you boost your appearance on Twitter. With Twitter becoming an integral asset in today’s online presence for an individual, you want CustomTwitterBG to help you design your Twitter to something that resembles you more. They even offer free backgrounds!

DesignFXpro has a stunning portfolio of mascots and logos. If originality is what you want, you really can’t go wrong with them. Honestly, check their portfolio out, because you will be amazed…

Logo Nerds offers mascots and different level logos to suit your budget and needs. Another designing company that just never fails to impress!

TwitArt helps you personalize your Twitter account even more! At the forefront of the industry, Twitart customizes both your background AND your avatar to make your Twitter account, really, you.

TwittGround can rejuvenate that dead and inactive Twitter account of yours into a fascinating Twitter account. If you are an active Twitter user, why not get your Twitter account a change and some popularity through a high-quality custom page? TwittGround does it for you.

The prizes we have to give out our quite fascinating too!

Prizes

Winner
Whoever has the most points by the end of the contest wins:
- BloggersBB VIP Membership
- SharkSpace’s Hammerhead Hosting 1 Year ($107.40)
- ahnternet Complete Blog Solution or Blog Report ($47.00)
- Additional Prizes below!

Runner-Up
Whoever has the second most points by the end of the contest wins:
- BloggersBB Premium Membership x12 months
- WPWebHost’s Freedom Hosting 1 Year ($80.00)
- Additional Prizes below!

Oustanding 3-5
Whoever has the third, fourth, and fifth most points by the end of the contest wins:
- BloggersBB Premium Membership x6 months
- HossHost’s Hoss Hosting 1 Year ($84.00)
- Additional Prizes below!

Additional Prizes!
From first to fifth, winners may choose one of the following prizes in order.
- Custom Twitter Page from TwittGround ($150.00)
- Custom Twitter Background from TwitArt ($78.00)
- Custom Mascot from LogoNerds ($97.00)
- Custom Professional Business Logo from LogoNerds ($47)
- Custom Mascot from DesignFXpro ($100+)

Excellence Awards
This isn’t points based. This is about quality. How much substance did you contribute to BloggersBB? It really is all about quality here rather than quantity. If your one post is simply brilliant, you win!
- BloggersBB Premium Membership x3 months
- Blue Shore Host’s Personal Hosting 1 Year ($39.99)

Lucky Duo
We will pick two (2) random members who participated in the contest. They will win:
- BloggersBB Premium Membership x1 month
- SequenceHosting’s Starter Hosting 1 Year ($12.00)
- Custom Twitter Background from CustomTwitterBg ($59.00)

All winners get free blog installations/migrations and modifications.

How to Participate?

Participating in the contest is fairly easy. All you have to do is become a member of BloggersBB, subscribe to this blog to receive your updates on fantastic internet marketing and blogging tips and of course, the winner announcement, and make a blog post about this contest and sending a trackback to this post. The trackback will be your real confirmation ticket into the contest, so you really want to make sure you get that in! This sets you up for the bare minimum and in running position for the “Lucky Duo” prize.

To win the contest that is bundled with premium accounts, awesome web hosting, Twitter backgrounds, and custom mascots and logos, actively participate in the forums! Posting, referring people, and simply participating in our smaller events will earn you points to win this.

For full contest details, check out the Official Contest Details page.

I have a few sites which I really do hold on tightly. I also do have a lot (or maybe too many) of mini-sites optimized and monetized to grow money. I recently sold off my soccer site to re-launch it under a different name this coming summer. Hence, I don’t have a single website (aside from this blog) right now that I consider to be a “major” online project for me. I plan on making BloggersBB that one.

BloggersBB will be kicking off the new decade with a contest. More details regarding the contest will be released on this blog this blog on the 1st. However, I thought that I might as well share with you guys some of the plans I have specifically for BloggersBB this year. I feel that whenever I set goals for my websites, I can direct the site a little bit better. This is one of the reasons why I never set monetization goals aside from things like, “I’m going to reach $100/month for a certain site.” Anyways, to the goals.

BloggersBB 2010 Resolutions

Reach 1500+ Registered Members: I know that member counts don’t really mean much because members’ activity matters more. However, I would still like to set a target of 1500+ registered members for BloggersBB this coming year. That is a little over 4 registrations per day. This pace probably isn’t possible and easy at the beginning stages of the forums life, but I’m sure correct promotion will help pick up the registrations.

50,000 Posts: Past experience in running forums tells me that depending on the community’s topic of interest, posting rate will differ. 100 posts a day will equal 36,500 posts in a year. I hope to make BloggersBB have more talk going on and hence, set a goal of more than 100 posts per day. 50,000 posts equals out to be about 136 posts per day and I feel that this is perfectly possible as long as I stay active in the forums and continues to promote it.

Two Major Contests: Contests will be a big portion of BloggersBB and I will certainly work within my boundaries to run some sort of a contest every month. However, I plan to run at least two major contests/competitions this 2010. The first one will be the launch contest which the full details will be released on January 1, 2010. The second will most likely come sometime during the middle of the year or a little later on. If there is something special to celebrate, that probably will be when the contest/competition is run. If you are interested in sponsoring any sort of prizes for bloggers and webmasters, feel free to get in touch with me.

Black Label Development: Black Label is a special group status in BloggersBB which I plan on working on pretty hard this coming year. It will be the core of the “blogging course” or “academy” which I plan on developing. More details regarding this will follow. I hope to have at least 50 members in the forums by 2011 as Black Label members. Of course, these would have to be 50 happy members who are extremely proud of their Black Label status.

100% Reinvestment: This is more of a promise than a goal. Whatever I earn from/through BloggersBB, I intend to put everything back into the promotion and the development of BloggersBB. Developing a successful community doesn’t come for free. All funds earned will be saved and invested into areas such as promotion, custom modification development, script upgrade (or purchase, as I’m not liking vBulletin 4.0 right now), and server costs.

Hopefully, things will work out perfectly and I will overachieve what I have set today, a year from now. How can I achieve it? I need the help from you guys!

BloggersBB will have a launch contest this Friday, January 1, 2010. We will be giving out over $1000 worth of prizes. If you are a blogger or a wembaster, I would like to encourage you to join as there will be prizes for everyone.

Anyways, back to the pre-launch deal!

So, we’re going to be *officially* launching on the 1st day of the new decade. HOWEVER, the forums are actually open right now!

What does that mean?!

You can jump start on the contest now!

Head on over to the contest page and see how you can take part over 10 days before everyone else does!