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Canon IXY Digital 1000 Competition - Winner

Dec 11th, 2007 by Neil

Towards the end of last month i made a spur of the moment decision to buy a new Canon Camera. This left me with the issue, “What do i do with my existing camera?” ….. hold a competition of course.

What are the benefits / reasons behind me holding a competition?  There were 2 main reasons; 

1: New Readers - the competition was a good way to draw new readers to my blog by getting the message out through other blogs. 

2: Existing Readers - keep those people that come back and visit my blog regularly interested and encourage them to become regular commentators.

The result of all this was a very positive one. I had a total of 302 entries in to the draw for the Camera. I sold some ad space, i had a good increase in subscribers to the blog and a few key rankings within the blogging domain rose favourably, namely my Alexa Ranking and also my Technorati Ranking 

Canon IXY Digital 1000

Will i hold another competition again in the future? You bet i will, in my opinion, and now experience, it’s a much better return on investment for your advertising dollar than a once off review from another site. When will i hold another competition, i don’t know, i would definitly suggest in the not too distant future or at the VERY least, the same time next year when the new Canon Camera is out and i need to upgrade.

All that’s good and well from my point of view but the bit you’re interested in is who won the camera. The 302 entries were plugged in to Random.org and the randomized result saw … “Mike from No APR Credit” come up the lucky winner. Congratulations Mike i’ll be in touch shortly to arrange delivery!

Thanks to all those who subscribed and who blogged about the competition, i appreciate it and hope you’ll be part of the next competition!

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Comment by Richard
2007-12-11 20:12:44

Congrats, Mike!

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Comment by gLf
2007-12-12 01:15:14

Congratulations! waiting for your next contest!

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Comment by John Cow
2007-12-12 01:24:42

boo, hiss, rigged! Don’t you know we were supposed to win?

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 07:32:01

I actually was dreading your name coming up Cow, that would have been a comments nightmare for me!

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Comment by Contamination
2007-12-12 02:08:45

So what’s the next competition going to be? Free T-Shirt with your domain name on it?
(I’d be in for that!)

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Comment by tnchick
2007-12-12 02:46:52

I had hoped it’d be me. LOL

Congrats to the winner!

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Comment by Kotsengkuba
2007-12-12 03:12:47

I thought it was me!? :P

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Comment by Mike
2007-12-12 06:39:35

Wow!!!!!
First time I ever won something online!!!!
Mike

btw: there is a small typo on the link… it should be http://www.noaprcreditcards.com
no biggie

ありがとう！！！　カメルを待ってるよ。
マイク

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 07:34:25

No probs Mike, i`ll fix it. Can you please send me an email with your postal details and i`ll try and get the camera off to you tomorrow.

My Kanji is limited but i can make the rest out.

Congrats on winning!

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Comment by Mike Huang
2007-12-12 09:33:21

DARN! When i saw the name “Mike” I thought it was me :(

-Mike

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 10:02:08

Sorry to get your hopes up Mike!

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Comment by mariam
2007-12-12 13:49:25

Nice contest, Neil! You’re well on your way to the big time!

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 16:18:03

It certainly generated some interest Mariam … the desired effect was achieved.

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Comment by Ambo
2007-12-12 14:02:31

Neil thanks for the contest. congratulations to mike. happy holidays and more power neil.

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Comment by Shanker Bakshi
2007-12-12 15:56:26

See how much dumb we are, we are enthusiastically participating in his competition which he is running to give away his “SECOND HAND” house hold things. Should I say Nice Win Mike???

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 16:02:48

Shanker, all along i said i had upgraded to a new camera from my old one, it’s in perfect condition as Mike will be able to comment when he gets it.

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Comment by -Paul
2007-12-12 16:26:13

Shanker, might want to proof read your comments if you are going to have a crack at people. I’m sure Mike will be well happy with a near new 10 megapixel camera. Plus Neil has to pay shipping. I think Neil deserves applause not criticism. I guess in the future you won’t be applying for any more competitions unless it’s brand new gear.

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Comment by Jeff
2007-12-12 16:35:49

I was going to run a competition for my 2nd hand Dell M90. 2.16ghz, 4 gig ram, NVIDIA FX2500 512meg graphics, all the bells and whistles. As it was a company write down it has basically zero value and I thought it would have attracted a nice amount of hits. But as Shanker points out guess nobody would be interested in “SECOND HAND” house hold things…… so I might as well just shelve it in the cupboard or dump it in the trash….

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Comment by ms danielle
2007-12-12 17:58:45

damn i totally missed out on this contest… hmm… luckily i already have a trusty canon sd500! woohoo canon!! :D

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 22:30:49

Can`t beat a Canon Danielle ;>)

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Comment by F1Wolf
2007-12-12 20:59:27

I do not understand why somebody has a problem with the prize being second hand … especially when Neil was open about it from the very beginning… There are people buying and selling second hand things, what’s wrong about giving one away … Perhaps some people are jealous they did not come up with the idea first :-)

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-12 22:32:56

Neither do i, i thought it was clear from the beginning but obviously not. Like you say, i could have sold it for $300ish so what`s the big deal.

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Comment by Mike
2007-12-22 04:35:06

Hi Neil,

I got my camera on Wednesday via EMS. (EMS is the fastest way to send any package internationally). The shipping fee was a pretty penny. More importantly, the camera was in excellent condition! Thank You.

Wishing Neil and Neil’s readers a warm and happy holidays! Good luck in 2008.

Mike

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Comment by Neil
2007-12-22 07:15:50

Glad to hear that Mike! Enjoy the camera.

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Comment by lady
2008-01-06 13:49:10

waaah! i am too late. hey, im subscribing to your blog for more contests. congrats mike!

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Comment by Neil
2008-01-06 16:09:30

Good to hear, will have something to announce shortly i hope.

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