If you want to attend the conference but you don’t have the financial means to do so, it’s not too late to apply for a sponsorship. We’ve got two to share with you. The first one is due tomorrow, so get writing!
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Win a Hand-Lettered Mini Journal With a Maya Angelou Quote!
It’s been a while since we had a giveaway, hasn’t it? It’s not every day that we come across generous people who want to share their beautiful – and useful – work with others, but Emily of EmDashPaperCo is giving away one of her hand-lettered mini journals. Not only will it be very useful to any writer, it also has a a very apt quote, which I hope will serve as inspiration.
Emily runs a store on Etsy. She has an English BA and MA, is an avid reader, and a lover of the written word in all its forms. Doesn’t that sound familiar? She describes her craft as centering “on the visually pleasing arrangement of words on a page, incorporating her love of words both as tools for communication and as works of art in themselves.”
I don’t know about you, but I would love to have this particular piece of work in my bag!
That looks nice, doesn’t it? Here’s more information about the mini journal.
• Hand-lettered individually — NOT printed or mass-produced
• Moleskine’s “pocket” size, measuring 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
• Ruled pages
• Soft, flexible cardboard cover
• Contains 32 pages (64 front and back)
• White acrylic calligraphy ink
It’s small enough to take with you wherever you go, so you can jot down your thoughts for all those lightbulb moments.
To discover more of Emily’s work, you can find her via the following venues:
Twitter: @emdashpaperco
Facebook: Sparrownestscript
Instagram: http://instagram.com/emdashpaperco
How do you get the chance to win?
Just follow the instructions in the widget below. You can tweet every day to earn more entries, and you have to be a US resident to qualify. We will choose the winner at random on Friday, February 22, around 10PM EST. Good luck!
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Who Wants to Guest Post on a Splashpress Media Site?
Do you have “professional blogger” on your business card? Whether your card is real or imagined, if you consider yourself to be a blogger, then we at Splashpress Media have something for you. We are relaunching Performancing, a service which aims to provide a home for people like you. Whether it’s SEO, premium link building , or social media you are interested in, Performancing can help you with that.
Performancing has been around for a while now, but we are taking things to a whole new level with this relaunch. In line with the relaunch, we are giving you a chance to showcase your writing skills on our sites. If you do not know it already, Splashpress Media has a host of web sites covering various niches. One thing that they have in common: a wide reach that will certainly give any guest blogger exposure!
For this guest posting opportunity, we are opening up the following sites.
- Blogging Pro
- BloggerTalks
- EatonWeb Blog Directory
- eXtra for Every Publisher (XFEP)
- Froodee – a lifestyle channel
- Freelance Writing Jobs!
Interested in having your work discovered by our wide audience? Here’s how you can win this contest.
Step 1: “Like” the Performancing page on Facebook.
Step 2: Copy & paste the following, and then tweet it:
I want to write a guest post for @splashpress! Enter here to get the chance: #contests
Step 3: Leave us a comment on this page to let us know you tweeted and liked the Performancing Facebook page, and paste the link to your tweet in your comment. (Note that our comments are moderated, so your comment may not show up immediately after you click the “Post Comment” button.)
A winner will be selected at random on Wednesday, February 29, around 10 PM EST.
Important: You can enter the contest once per day between now and the 29th. Also, please be aware that the winner will have to write content related to the site and follow guest posting guidelines that Splashpress has in place: FWJ guest posting guidelines.
Good luck!
Win Codes for Chapters – Notebooks for Writing!
What is your most important writing tool?
Many years ago, the most common answers would probably have been “notebook” or “notepad” and “pen” or “pencil”. I wouldn’t be surprised if majority of modern answers include laptop, desktop computer, and iPad (or any other tablet for that matter). This is especially true for those of us who use the Internet as the main means of carrying out our work, isn’t it?
If you own an iPad, and you would like to have a handy app that will help you write down your thoughts in a more organized way, we have something for you this week: Chapters – Notebooks for Writing.
This is an app which basically gives you an electronic version of the good old notebook. As with many things electronic, you get a lot of advantages. With Chapters, you can create many notebooks, each designated for a specific task. You can create a personal journal, a travel diary, a notebook for a specific client, and so on. More than that, each specific notebook is also searchable! If you want to look for a particular entry, you can easily do so without having to flip through the pages of a traditional notebook.
I don’t need to emphasize how convenient a tool this can be for writers, do I?
There is an added feature, which is perfect for those concerned with privacy. If other people use your iPad, you can always lock notebooks so that no one but you can view their content. This is great for personal journals and other sensitive material. Other features include:
- Autosave
- Write comfortably in any orientation
- Protect private notebooks with a passcode
- Simple bullet list support
- Turn on word count if you need to know how much you’ve written
- Adjust your text per notebook (shade, font, size)
- Pick a background color to color code your notebooks
- Pick from a few paper colors
- Fast search with contextual snippets
- Rename each notebook by tapping its title
- Add photos from your photo library, float them on the page
- Resize and rotate photos, slide them around
- Export any notebook entry via email with a single tap
- Create a PDF version of a single entry (or all of them)
- Optionally show timestamps on each entry
- You can export the text of an entire notebook easily for safekeeping
- Use the calendar to look for entries, tap to read
- Create backups that will let you restore in case you lose your data
- Mark entries with timestamps
Do you want one already? You can purchase the Chapters from the iTunes Store for $3.99, or you can join our contest! We are giving away THREE codes for the app, courtesy of Steven (the developer). To learn more about Chapters and other work by Steven, you can visit Slide to Rock.
So how do you get a free code? Here are the steps.
Step 1: Copy & paste the following, and then tweet it:
I want to win a code for Chapters – Notebooks for Writing from @FreelanceWJ and @slidetorock! Enter here: http://spla.us/zUwHXt #contests
Step 2: Leave us a comment on this page to let us know you tweeted, and paste the link to your tweet in your comment. (Note that our comments are moderated, so your comment may not show up immediately after you click the “Post Comment” button.)
THREE winners will be selected at random from the commenters on or around 10:00 pm EST on Thursday, February 16. Winners will be notified via Twitter, after which we’ll send the code through DM. Don’t forget to thank @slidetorock if you win!
Important: You can enter the contest once per day between now and the 16th.
Good luck!
Heidi Horchler, You Won a Blog Search Engine Platinum Listing!
As promised, we have chosen a winner for the Platinum Blog Promotion Package on Blog Search Engine. We used a random number generator to determine the lucky person: Heidi Horchler! This is her comment/tweet.
Heidi, you can see the features/links to your blog as follows:
Please check within 24-48 hours for two more links: EatonWeb and a banner on the Blog Search Engine home page. Don’t forget to rate your blog write up so that you’ll get more exposure.
Congratulations!
Win a Platinum Listing Package at Blog Search Engine!
Do you have a blog? Who doesn’t these days? One of the things about blogging is that you really have to work on keeping your blog alive. You have to bring value to your readers, and more than that, make sure the word gets out about your blog.
While you can rest on your laurels and be content with the readership you already have, why do that when you can continuously get more exposure and attract new followers? This is the idea behind Blog Search Engine, a blog directory under the wings of Splashpress Media, the same group running our beloved Freelance Writing Jobs. Blog Search Engine is a PR6 blog directory which can help bloggers of all kinds to gain more exposure for their pride and joy.
The blog directory is being relaunched, complete with a new design and new packages – from Basic to Platinum. In line with this relaunch, Blog Search Engine is running a contest wherein the winner will get a Platinum Package worth $99.99!
This package gives you a full description of your blog and a backlink, which every other package offers. On top of these, you also get the following perks:
- Bloggy Award Review (PR5)
- Link on http://xfep.com/uber-blogs/ for 3 Months
- Featured link on Eatonweb blog portal (PR6)
- Featured Blog display banner for 15 days (BlogSearchEngine.com)
Doesn’t that just make you excited about what such a package can do for your blog? Sure, $99.99 is not to be taken lightly, but with the contest, you can get everything for free! Here’s how to win.
- Tweet about this contest and include a link back to the following URL: http://bit.ly/rqPTDL
- Copy and paste the full tweet you sent into the comments section on this page.
The contest will run until end of day 11/11/11 and the winner will be announced no later than 11/14/2011.
What are you waiting for? Hit that Tweet button now!