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Win a Macbook AIR – Comment Contest

macbook AIRI love contests and had the idea for a comment contest for a while. Basically every at 11:55PM CST a automated job would randomly pick a commenter as the winner for that day. The daily winners will win a free ShoeMoney T-shirt and we will ship it anywhere in the world that we can legally. Winners will all be notified by email and also posted on the contest page. You must reply to the email within 48 hours. Most of the emails are getting flagged as spam or bulk email due to the contest wording so make sure you white list shoemoney.com if you plan to participate.

Then at the end of the month we would have a drawing for a grand prize which the system would automatically choose from all the daily winners.

I somewhat soft launched the comment contest system last week and as you can see some days have more then 1 winner.

A couple of companies noticed also and asked about sponsoring the grand prize. I tried to fend them off for now saying it was in beta and I was not sure what we were going to do for prizes.

acsThen Neil Patel made me a offer I could not refuse. He said he would give the winner a Macbook AIR for the months of July and August. So on September 1st we will draw from all the daily winners and the winner will receive a Macbook AIR courtesy of ACS Consulting.


Again open to anyone anywhere in the world as long as its legal for us to do so.

Hopefully if it works out we will continue the contest after september 1st ;)

Good luck!



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  1. Jennifer Hill

    I am really enjoying my new shiny Apple that I won in this contest, It is makes work a pleasure.
    Thank you in Advance
    Looking forward to your email

  2. Alex I.

    Very cool giveaway!
    Good luck everyone!

  3. Soumya

    This is an awesome giveaway. As a college student i know how expensive laptops can get. The screen on mine stopped working suddenly and now it’s hooked up to an olad CRT monitor. Oh well it was cheap $10 fix. This would be an awesome thing to win though!

  4. Mary

    this is a great idea

  5. mark

    i need macbook for my studies i just graduated this year and i’m going to collage so i need macbook.

  6. martin

    i think that music is awesome and i think that when things gets hard relaxs with some music lol

  7. Eilis

    i think this is a great idea, and a very generous one too.
    I would realy love to win this laptop because it would be realy ideal for me to talk to my relatives far away and to keep in touch with them.
    I would be very greatful if i won this.
    Thank You! (:

  8. ashley clifford

    wow this is awesome. i cant believe it actually hmm so yeah a free computer would be nice i need one for when i start school in the fall! I just cant afford them. thanks

  9. Jeremy

    i think you are doing an awesome job, when i saw you were having a contest with a labtop for the winner i thought this was great because i need a labtop for school and they were just so expensive

  10. komal

    dear sir i really need this laptop for my study
    please i will be thank full to u if i win this i need is 4 my collage for my project and all please sir i am a computer but its broken
    it be realy nice of u to pick me
    thax for reading it sir
    plz sir this is my last hope to get the laptop 4 me study

  11. TriNi

    I don’t even know what a macbook is but it looks sexy ;) lol.

    Besides I’m lucky number 400! Do I win? huh huh huh? Do I do I?

  12. Stephanie

    i really need this. pretty please. ((((((:

  13. Stephanie

    i realllllllly want a macbook air. please randomly choose me!!! (:

  14. Naomi

    Think of something quirky to get attention or tell the the honest, blatant, truth.
    Hmm sadly I prefer the latter.

    I commence my studies next year and my sole purpose is to teach in Africa as my backgroud incorporates numerous cultures and I have only so much as heard of the hardships of third world countries.

    Anyway, I would love to receive a Macbook! As opposed to the internet cafe in town with all the sleazy, sleazy tourists. *shifty eyes*

  15. Hein Win

    HI , this is Hein. I would like to have a Mac books. It’s very impressive. All of my friend got a laptop, I’m the only one guy who doesn’t have laptop. Deliver the Macbook Air to me in Australia.

  16. mary lu

    me my kids 1 teen and two bang babies love computers, we don’t have one, we use one at a lifeskill center i volunteer at, my goal to get notebook, as we are always on the go and when we get home it’s down time, i need something that fits in my bag and we can zip away…lol the macair book looks like the ticket, how much does it cost?

  17. PandC09

    The Macbook Air is one of the most advanced compact laptop computers of our time. One of the Coolest features is its ability to wirelessly connect to another Mac or PC and utilize its optical drive!

  18. Mariah

    The mac book air will be awesome to have around so i can study on it and play around ILOVE MAC BOOK AIR

  19. Brianna Boshque

    I really need a macbook air! My family loves to go on vacations, but we can never check our emails because of not staying places where there are computers available. Our computers at home are very slow, but we cannot afford anything right now because well we are in a tight squeeze on cash, also a shirt would be great too because it shows we are a part of this cool contest! -Boshque Family. :)

  20. paul

    i love the mac book air it is awesome i need it

  21. paul

    i am a def. nominee for a free mac book air because i have never had anything of my own and i needed to share it with people but with it i will be more independent and it would just really help me.

  22. Veronika

    You know, I fell in love with Macbook Air at the first sight. I really want to have but it’s not easy. Would you like to give one to me???. Terima Kasih

  23. Goggo

    I wanna win this fabulous mac book air. I love it.

  24. kimmy

    i hope i win the macbook ;)

  25. asma

    v.interesting good luck everyone

  26. bhavna

    the contest is great and so is the prize…..i would love to win a mac book air

  27. bhavna

    is the contest still open????

  28. Darren Craft

    . mac please . crossed .fingers . and ah. 1 . 2 . 3. hit it.

  29. Joann

    WOW, I would give up my old PC for a Mac any day…

  30. Gavan

    Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes,playing a poor hand well

  31. Welder

    i need a macbook, i’m a student struggleing to make it

  32. Christopher

    Count me in if it isn’t too late.

  33. Char

    Thank you for the opportunity to actually win something

  34. Char

    Wow…I definitely need an opportunity to win a prize. Winning something would certainly boast my winning-confidence, which as of now is rock bottom :(

  35. Sim Ji Hee

    You gave me a notebook to me.
    Because I don’t have notebook.
    And I drop by shoe money all day~~~

  36. Sim Ji Hee

    Please give it to me..
    ……….
    You gave me a mac book, I will be so happy.
    ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜplease.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  37. Simjihee

    I WANT TO THIS SO MUCH ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ
    I LIVE IN KOREA.
    BUT I HAVE NOT A LOT MONEY
    SO I DID’NT HAVE A NOTE BOOK.
    BUT I NEED IT.
    BECAUSE 3MONTH LATER,I GO TO UNIVERSITY.
    SO I NEED IT…………….
    PLEASEE

  38. Cris A.

    Thank you.

  39. meethere

    I am not able to win even a single daily prize.. no luck for macbook then :(

  40. Bill

    There’s no more room for comments, since Chetan and Zak Show abused the system and commented numerous times. I think they shoud be disqualified.

  41. TEKFIRM

    Is it open in Quebec ?

  42. Knorr

    Good luck to everyone, I just wanted to add that I visit the website often and that I really want to say thanks for all of the great content and material you share on your site! Keep up the great work, and I am happy for you and all of your success.

  43. reid

    I really love reading the stuff on this website, I don’t live to far from Omaha, I wish I could get the chance to meet up with you sometime and talk business. I’m trying to plan for my future!!! Thanks for creating and sharing such great material! Good luck everyone!

  44. Geiger

    I WIN AGAIN! YAY

  45. Lucy Harrison

    YAYYYYY i have always wanted one of these gorgeous laptops : )

  46. Lucy Harrison

    YAYYYYYY i have always wanted one of these gorgeous laptops :)

  47. Tim S

    Amazing! What a great idea!

  48. archel

    oh!!!!that was great.. I wish i can have one of those prices that is giivng away..i want to have a laptop coz I haven’t got one…

  49. Wild-Bill

    MacBook Air?? Whoa! Now that’s a nice giveaway. I’d love to win one. My 12″ Powerbook is on its last legs….

  50. Random commentator

    I think it’s a shame that this competition is inspiring so many unintelligible comments. The spirit of the competition – I thought, was to initiate some real discussion. Having said that – I am also a culprit. ;-)

  51. kevinl

    that’s crazy! gimmeeeehhh!

  52. Abel

    Count me in for the Mac Air too! Thanks!

  53. Geiger

    Great! Now look at all the new comment whores!

  54. Imran

    What a fantastic contest! Hope I win something :)

  55. 1 Million in 365 Days

    Well I have some clothes on right now. Not that many as I need more Air!:)

  56. erin

    sweeeeet! gimme a free shirt!

  57. Matt J

    Nice contest, I would do some pretty extreme stuff for a Mac book Air and here all i have to do is leave a post. Ha

  58. Julia

    I’d even make out with a stranger for a mac book air! ; P

  59. Dave

    Nice contest. Id love a shot at it!

  60. Randomly Writing

    So my Firefox (3.0) blanks out after you scroll through 80% of the comments. And my Explorer (7.0.5730.11) doesn’t seem to show the names of anyone commenting. These are some interesting side effects of having too many comments. It also appears that a lot of people dropped out of the race after day one.

  61. 54Bytes

    Nice contest you got there. The page doesn’t even (completely) load for me.

    Good luck all.

  62. razvan

    This is the only blog i am reading. i hope i will earn at leas a t-shirt because i am a big fan of shoemoney

  63. crunkeee

    Oh yeah, I’m in!

  64. Chris Jacobson

    I’m in! w00t!

  65. Barbara Baker

    What an awesome giveaway your having…I could really use the grand prize but would also like to have one of your T-shirts…that would be pretty cool too. Actually, if you gave me anything, it’d be a good win :)

  66. Jason Brown

    Shoemoney…you sure do know how to cause a stir with a quick write up. I call it “the money post”!

  67. JoshN

    hurray macbooks!

  68. Jermaine

    Sign me up! SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) has been wanting my Macbook and this will definitely get me some points!

  69. DavidC

    That is awesome! wouldn’t mind owning one :P

  70. Jkl123

    anyways… please choose me!

  71. Jkl123

    Oh I really want a macbook air! last year my macbook was broken on purpose… by my dad as a punishment … for buying an iphone… even though i got permission from my mom! and it was out of my own saved money! it was pretty depressing …. now there is no mac in the house… because both parents use windows…. its been such a terrible long year without one… and theyre like… we ca make an agreement… and its the most retarded thing! its called the “happy agreement” and they expect me to pay 1/3 of it… out of my allowance and I cant even get a job yet! they can be stupid like this sometimes! Im drooling in my mind looking at all of the macbook airs in that pic.!

  72. Rob

    Nice Idea.

  73. Enrique Flouret

    Mi first big prize contest ever!!!

  74. DotDriven

    I usually do as well. But at least it’s easy to enter lol

  75. Kartik Talwar

    Hi
    This is my first comment on shoemoney.com and i really need a personal laptop

  76. zk

    Neil Patel ROCKS………

  77. RacerX

    PS…I do miss the old comment section that linked from the commentor to their page. I found some great blogs that way…

  78. Nick

    I need a replacement for my old Mac powerbook!

  79. RacerX

    #322 Woot! Last wins right? ;)

  80. Anuj Seth

    Awesome contest!

    Will anyone scroll down to the bottom of the page to read this comment? I guess I am 321 on the list!! ;-)

  81. Shailendra

    Do you read all the comments, specially comments on the post like this (contest) or let them in however.

  82. Zak Show

    WTF! 320 comments! Im wondering why this post is not jumped to the most commented list in the top?

  83. Ken

    “No purchase necessary?” – I’m in!

  84. Marko

    Same here, im in! :)

  85. Tom

    Nice contest you are running shoemoney!
    Good Luck to everyone, and myself :p

    Kind Regards

  86. Tom

    Uh, cool… I’m in. Been reading the blog for a while, only commenting occasionally. Will undoubtedly pick up the pace now.

  87. Winning Startups

    Sign me up! I need a replacement for this crapbox Dell I’m currently using.

  88. That One Caveman

    No kidding. That’s a serious prize! This is definitely one way to get a huge comment count.

  89. Kyle

    Dang, 300+ comments and your page is broke (on my screen at least). I had to disable css to see the comment form. Count me in though……!

  90. Surfer Sam Life's a Beach

    Apple is growing market share every which way but loose. In the Top Affiliate Content, my money’s on shoe’s team.

  91. Randomly Writing

    I really enjoy it when the Haves throw a bone to the Have-Nots. 200 comments a day for a little less than 2 months? Should be very interesting.

  92. Michael

    Shoe, your precious baby is a true blessing and thanks be to God that she is doing much better. Keep your head up and love your family everyday for love is the glue that holds a life worth living together.
    Peace out!

  93. Bernard Griffiths

    hmmm pretty interesting, always wanted to try a mac.

  94. Moneybites

    lol, damn straight, back off, its mine!

  95. nyst.wysrt

    Thanks for the effort! Even I know that I won’t win the MacBook Air.
    d[-_-]b

  96. Game Tester

    Sweet!

  97. M

    are you worried that giving away such nice prizes will lower the quality of the comments when there are some who deliberately post a seemingly professional/sensitive/thought provoking/heartfelt comment just to get their hands on one of the really hot prizes

  98. ES

    Whew, what a beauty! I’d like a shot at it.

  99. meethere

    wooho..
    count me in..
    I have no clothes :( :D

  100. Walt

    …this will confirm whether I have a charmed life or not.

  101. Andy Blackburn

    I’d rather have the shirt ;)

  102. balibuddy

    waks! mc air for me 3x . good luck for the contest ….

  103. Myron Allis

    Shoemoney your awesome! Hope the little one is doing good!

  104. feel reality

    basically every _____ at 11:55PM CST a automated job. I’m assuming that was supposed to be day? Or is it Tuesday? Or is it Tuesday in the year 2040?

  105. Protestant

    I’m all in!!!!!!!!! Nice contest Shoe. ;)

  106. Ali

    i love prizes

  107. M

    Somehow my comment’s not showing up…

  108. Tyler Ingram

    Wow I don’t think I have had to scroll so much before just to comment. But I just remembered there is a link at the top to go directly to the Add Comment section.

  109. Luke

    Wow, I was just playing with a Macbook Air in Best Buy for the first time yesterday. Sounds like it must be fate! ;)

  110. VS

    MMA is garbage… start watching boxing

  111. knupnet

    What a great idea. Good luck and I’d love this :)

  112. Forumistan

    Very inovative Jerremy! Good Luck on the Contest.

  113. letrodectus

    great contest Shoemoney! And the grand prize is sooo tempting :) I would love to get the t-shirt as well :)

  114. Archie Pennies

    This is the coolest contest I have seen all summer. Every one is giving iphones but a Macbook Air… definitively the best contest.

  115. M

    Is there basis for worrying that giving away such lucrative prizes will lower the quality of the comments when there are some who deliberately post a seemingly professional/sensitive/thought provoking/heartfelt comment just to get their hands on one of the really hot prizes, whereas they usually wouldnt give much thought to it?

  116. amber_s

    very interesting indeed. i now cross my fingers…hard

  117. Devil May Cry

    Good luck, folks! May the best man win! ;)

    Steve

  118. Scott

    NIce idea … XXL – How many people still use PC´s here?

  119. jk

    I’m so gonna win this.

  120. Tim Christie

    Well I guess if you are going to give a way a laptop then it might as well be the Macbook AIr. What a competition. Lets hope I win

  121. The Favicon is Essential for Website Promotion

    LMAO, Man the comment rate just tripled!

  122. A Juggling Mum

    What a great comp!!! I hope it gets you lots of new readers :)

    Rachel xxx

  123. bbx

    Oooo.. I wanna win this!!

  124. Bruno Silva

    Well Well… My size is an L :D

  125. Funky South

    jee this contest will drum up alot of interest…you should post sum traffic stats shoe !

  126. Movies

    some kind of script he written in php…I’m also interested to know if it can be integrated with wordpress

  127. Olli

    Good Luck and have fun ;-)

    greetings olli

  128. Dick

    I think that the excitement surrounding the competition will be great. Contests on popular projects – is always fun.And victory is not the main…

  129. Hakasuro

    Cool, i live those contest und hope your contest robot will do the right thing :-)

    Greetings from Germany

    Hakasuro

  130. Flo

    Really cool! I love winning contests ;-) .

  131. purposeinc

    By the way Shoe, great idea on the contest. It is such a simple idea, yet totally unique and creative. Well done!
    dk

  132. purposeinc

    I think I am too late in the day, and missed the cut off. If I do win though, I am going to donate my mac air to Neil. :)
    dk

  133. FavBrowser

    Good luck

  134. Deineshd

    Thats cool ,Contest and Macbook.

  135. Darren

    Great contest idea Shoe. Congrats with your new baby :)

  136. Marko Novak

    I wouldn’t mind winning this macbook air. I just need some luck.

  137. Get Rich With PPC Coach

    Very cool idea for a contest. I think you can judge what this will do to the comments count just by looking at this post:)

  138. exgrafix

    Great contest shoe. Hope I am the lucky one to grab the Air. Good luck to everyone!

  139. melvin

    this is insane because i cannot imagine the no. comments…

  140. Mario

    Cool, I hope you can deliver that Macbook to Croatia ;)

  141. Mark

    I’m in!

  142. Mark

    Thanks! Count me in!

  143. Ranked Hard

    Filling a blog post to the brim with longtail keywords…always good. Why not say people have to comment 3 times a day in order to be eligible to win.

  144. Matt

    Nothing beats free.

  145. muchio

    …shipping overseas will cost more than t-shirt itself :) . Anyway, I enjoy reading Shoe’s “ramblings”, so I’ll place my bet.

  146. Craig

    Hopefully users from other countries will win, since you do not ship any shirts to Canada or others….

  147. Shaun Carter

    This is a great opportunity, thanks for pitching in the laptops Neil!

  148. Chetan

    That was hard work in that contest where you had won a macbook air :) And here it going to be luck which has to play a role :) Lets see Alan!

  149. Jeff

    I love the chance to win, but I keep reading Shoemoney even if he doesn’t give me things. And since he never has (other than info), I have proven my point.

    That’s got to be the worst sentence I’ve ever written.

  150. Stanley Tang

    Cool stuff shoemoney

  151. DealDasher

    Can’t say no to free clothes and a possible chance to win an awesome laptop.

  152. Dayne

    Awesome, about time you had a contest. I’m in!

  153. SEI Design Group

    Jeremy – don’t forget the nice item we sent you for T-shirt Friday this winter :-) Fingers crossed for the MB Air!

  154. Deelip K

    wow.
    Mac book air.
    I haven’t even touched it yet.
    I hope to win.

    Thanks
    Deelip K

  155. Steve Watts

    Awesome prize. Better go buy an Australian charger because that lappy is coming to me :)
    Any more info on posting rules, selection process etc?

  156. Edgar

    this is just a great idea,, I hope I win …

  157. River Girl

    Oh, I love that black shoeshirt, but a Macbook Air in time to take to BlogWorld would be heaven!

  158. Frogdancer

    Been lurking for a while, but thought that this was a pretty good time to de-lurk. That’s a very generous offer from ACS Consulting. The boys and I would be rapt to be so lucky!

  159. Michael

    Count me in Shoe!

  160. Michael

    Awesome contest. It’d be nice if I won a Macbook :3 I’m in!

  161. Martin Jones

    Just curious, what you’re using to automate the selection process.

  162. Omar

    good look for all but i want that Macbook :)

  163. Fadli W

    One MacBook Air Please…

  164. Fadli W

    Wow… this is the easiest contents I have ever join.. Good luck for you, and of course me… (if I win…)

  165. Jay

    Pick me…… it would go nice with my new iPhone!

  166. Suzie Cheel

    This a brilliant, and what a novel idea for getting for getting more readers and subscribers, I may even borrow this. As Lightening says simple is good as I learned a while back. Complictated confuses people. She know she didn’t enter, clever girl

  167. LayupDrill

    Great Contest…would love to get a MacBook Air!

  168. Collin - Feed Flare

    Count me in Shoe :)

  169. Affiliate Confession

    Winning another MacBook Air would be too cool, I’m in!

  170. otherdeb (Deb Wunder)

    Please include me! Thanks!

  171. top-affiliate-networks

    Nice!
    Me too!!

  172. Suzie Cheel

    This a brilliant, and what a novel idea for getting for getting more readers and subscribers, I may even borrow this. As Lightening says simple is good as i learned a while back

  173. Ashley Smith

    Perfect I need new clothes and a laptop :)

  174. SEO Services (yes that is my url)

    You realize you are going to get a massive amount of b.s comments for a few months I gather.
    e.g I want a cookie… I mean Macbook Air.

  175. shamess

    Haha. It’s awesome how when the free stuff comes out, everyone starts to comment. Maybe I should give something away on my blog…

  176. Jaseem Umer

    Having about 200 comments on a post, how are you going to find the winner, Shoe? Want to appoint me for the job? I’ll help you to find the perfect winner for Macbook Air (Hopefully that is me).

  177. Jonathan

    Nice competition Shoe. Would love to get my hands on that Macbook air, while a t-shirt would be great also.

  178. Nicholas

    First time commenting, but I’ve been reading all along! I appreciate all of your posts.

  179. Kathy

    Can I get a PINK Macbook AIR? Oh, never mind, any color will do! LOL

  180. Samer Bazzi

    Big bucks no wammie, big bucks no wammie, STOP!

  181. allen stern

    pick me pick me im cool pick me

  182. Amirulcyber

    thanks for your article.it nice.

  183. KushMoney

    Another chance for me to finally get a macbook air. Thanks to the sponsor and shoemoney. Keep up the good work guys.

  184. Jeff Finch

    What a great prize. Could really use it!!

  185. Rich H

    I guess I will be commenting more often now.

  186. Josh

    Rock on – great idea for a contest!!!!

  187. Lightening@Lightenings Blogworld

    Thanks for providing a contest that doesn’t require people to jump through hoops in order to enter. I like nice and simple. :)

  188. Andy

    I’d love to have a free shoemoney shirt, can put it on display with my Azoogleads shirt :-p

  189. Miguel Verissimo

    I hate to add junk comments, but I can’t let this one pass. count me up!

  190. Erica DeWolf

    Extremely Generous! I hope I win!

  191. Tamsyn

    Very cool idea, a Macbook Air would be amazing!!

  192. Rick

    This would be nice. But it will never happen with my Luck!

  193. Joe

    I am IN! WOOOO Macbook AIR

  194. Nick Throlson

    Hope You Get The Guniess World Record For Most Comments In One Post! Count Me In

  195. Internet Marketing in SLO

    I’m more interested in the stats that come of this contest than the prizes…although a shirt would be cool.

    :thumbsup

    -S

  196. Philena

    I’m afraid of Mac, I know, beat down by windows. So I figure, if I enter I’ll probably win just so I have to change my entire life.

  197. Hannes Johnson

    OK, cool… so all you have to do is comment? Sounds good – I’m in :)

  198. yuga

    One Macbook Air please! Thank you!

  199. Terry Tay

    My eyes might be deceiving me, but I think I see the name Terry Tay on the box ;-)

    Sounds like a great contest that is sure to boost commenting on your blog Jeremy!
    ~Terry

  200. Marketing Navi

    Interesting way to draw large audiences and comments.

  201. Logy Laps

    As if we need yet another reason :)

  202. Sohan

    your blogs getting a lot more replies already! good idea. did you make the plugin yourself? wouldn’t mind doing this on my blog.

  203. Donace

    indeed i think better spam prevention methods would be needed now! but sounds like a brilliant contest and link bait:p

  204. Darren

    Wow this sounds like a great contest… very cool of a large company to sponsor the giveaway!

  205. Michael

    Great idea! I love my MacBook Pro, but you can never have enough computers!

  206. Shannon

    Awesome way to get readers to stay involved. I have herd great things about you,but today was my first visit. Just added you to my Google reader

  207. ShoeMoney Suport Line. haha

    Sign me up Shoe!!! What ever I can do to help, let me know. Would love to add to this and help. Just let me know
    BodyConcept.com

  208. dktrooper

    What? A Macbook AIR? Can’t believe this. Of course I’m very very interested into this. Going to post comment regularly then ;)

  209. Melvin

    This is good Jeremy… But I just wonder, as the number of your comments skyrocket so as the junk comments and those who do not add value… what do you think?

  210. Randomly Writing

    A good contest is easy when you have awesome prizes to offer! Love it…

  211. Tim

    That’s awesome. Thanks Shoe!

  212. Michael

    I’ve been thinking about doing just this for quite awhile now! I’m looking forward to how it turns out for you, Shoe. Should be a huge increase in quantity of comments… but it will be important to keep the quality up to par with what you need. Otherwise, readers will become more and more annoyed with frequent “me too” commentary. Time will tell!

  213. Robert

    Hey Shoe,

    Wow, I thought the T-Shirt was a great gesture considering the cost involved, but now the possibility of winning a MAC. Kool!

    One thing though – Does the Mac come with Instructions? haha

  214. Movies

    there are many people who only reads the feeds and not coming to the website…some of them will actually visit the website from now on because of the contest. Also, there are people who only visit the blog a couple of times per week to see what’s new…now, they might visit it daily

  215. Turnip

    I think this is a great idea for a contest!

  216. Diogo, D-Iglesias.com

    Great contest ! Good luck to all

  217. chris

    my prediction? more comments and more visits to leave said comments. nice shoe :-)

  218. sean

    cool! what a great idea.

  219. Nadiya

    I’ve been an avid reader of your work and am always inspired with the knowledge that you share. Awesome on the news of your baby!

  220. Kieran Hawe

    Contest are awesome….btw congrats on the baby

  221. Pedro Sttau

    ..and this is how you captivate an audience. I would love to find out the ROI on something like this. I’m guessing that this will bring back a lot of people who posted in the past, and will turn a lot of “lurkers” into posters, but how would all of this translate into profit? Somehow I have no doubt it will. :D

  222. suman

    congratulations to me, for winning the mac book air ;-)

  223. Luisana

    why doesn’t my name show up?

  224. Luisana

    I really want one!

  225. Anah

    Hi Jeremy,

    Obviously, I am one of your rss subscriber and your comment contest is pretty neat. MBA whoohoo-really cool. Anyway, I’d like one of your Tee. I already have a macbook air but won’t say NO with another one LOLS.

    Happy Sunday!

  226. Nick

    Sweet, I could use a new Mac.

  227. Lyndon

    Cool contest! At least you’ve made it pretty simple to win. Leave a comment and you’re entered. I’ve seen some contests lately, with some many rules and stipulations; Einstein couldn’t figure out how to win them.

  228. Sam

    Damn, sweet deal you have here shoe… ive been wanting a mac for the longest time.
    They are so sexy.

  229. rich

    schweet!

  230. Mike

    If you’re going to kill dupes before picking a random commenter, it might not be a bad idea to post it to cut back on spam.
     
    Then again, looking at the comments so far, I’m guessing there are already people posting one-liners under multiple email accounts in case you do kill dupes first.

    Still cool of you no matter how it works out!

  231. Web Hosting Rebates

    That’s odd – what browser are you using? I see “Zak Show Says:” on all of your comments, even though you don’t have an avatar displaying. Weird.

  232. Web Hosting Rebates

    Yeah, I wasn’t calling you out on this. I’ve got no problem if people actively comment on a blog and add to the conversation. In fact, I think that’s wonderful. In addition to the posts here, I enjoy reading the reaction people have to them, and the reactions people have to each others’ comments as well. I just don’t like when people comment EXCLUSIVELY because they have something to gain from it.

    I view blog commenting as a way to draw traffic to your site, but also as a way to affirm and thank the author of the post… and I believe the best way to thank them isn’t to say “thank you” explicitly, but rather to further the conversation that they have begun. Anyway, that’s my take on the valued comment vs comment spam situation.

  233. Andrew

    Nice idea, I hope I win!

  234. David Dunn

    Wow – nice idea Jeremy! I’d love to win the Macbook AIR and the shirts aren’t too bad either :P (just kidding). I will be commenting more often :-)

  235. OnlineGodfahter

    That is an awesome idea for contest. Really nice thinking Shoemoney :)

  236. Shane

    This is a great contest Shoemoney. I have been entering hundreds of contests on blogs over the past couple of months and sadly have not won a thing. So perhaps the universe will shine it’s abundance light on me down here at the Southern tip of Africa and send me a Macbook Air. I’m also pretty sure that the automated winner picker script will recognise the benefit of having me walking down a Johannesburg street wearing a Shoemoney t-shirt too. Here’s to the law of attraction…

  237. KingMyron

    MacBook Air you say. I say frickin awesome. I have a question though, does multiple comments get you multiple entires for that day? And can you win more then one day?

  238. portlandia

    DANG! Timing is suboptimal as I was thinking about getting a MacBook Air to blog the Democratic Convention (I am a delegate from Oregon). But I can also take my elderly 12″ aluminum PowerBook – not as light, but fairly small. I’m in for the contest, what the hell.

  239. Daniel

    wow that’s awesome! Hope I get to win something.
    Thanks for the awesome contest Shoe!

  240. RB!

    Great idea; what script are you using, is it your own?

  241. Matt

    Nice one… I’m in from NZ!

  242. Zak Show

    Yes, for sure my friend :)

  243. anty

    Wow, two MacBook Air are a real motivation to be active on your Blog. Good to see that you figured out how to ship internationally :)

  244. Martin

    I guess you can ship it to Spain! :-)

  245. Ray Ebersole

    What a great idea and great way to increase readership! I could use the MacBook Air, but a shirt is just as good.

  246. TixXio

    Great contest…hope I’ll win one of these days

  247. Josh

    That’s a lot of commenters, wow. Quite a neat idea, with the automated script and everything.

  248. Think Like An SOB

    Yeah baby I am in! Never used a Mac, but would give it a try.

  249. Chetan

    And we get encouraged when these kind of contests are launched.. They just add value to our comments ;)

  250. Kevin Boss

    Awesome contest idea

  251. Kenny

    Cool. I really could use a new laptop for college.

  252. Abhijeet

    Awesome !! I hope I win the contest ! :)

  253. Robot

    I never win these sort of things, but here I am, posting.

  254. Boah

    Awesome, good way to keep visitors too.

  255. Text Lingo

    cool contest, i could use a new computer….

  256. Patrick

    Awesome idea. Thanks for the contest.

  257. Zak Show

    Me too, I was at the top commentators list many time before the contest is live. I love commenting in others blog.

  258. Lawrence

    I need to win this – so i can sell it to fully fund my startup

  259. corey

    speak for yourself! my pc just died and i’m on my girlfriend’s laptop!

  260. ajaz

    Great contest, unbelievable prizes.

  261. kkim

    I like free.

  262. Scorpiono

    Sounds cool, count me in!

  263. big jason

    i hate mac people but i’ll take a mac book air for testing ;)

  264. Ash

    Great competition. Nice sponsor too :D

    Good luck everyone!!

  265. Amit Bhawani

    Apple should also sponsor this :p because they get more advertising than the current sponsors :)

  266. Planet Comic Book Radio

    Tis gonna be an interesting month for Shoemoney

  267. Wcnktm

    Great Contest Plugin. Will you publish this plug in for wordpress community?

  268. Eric

    Awesome competition – definitely will get people to join the conversation.

  269. santhosh

    Great Contest. The best way to honor your readers.

  270. Chris Rhoad

    Spandex are a privilege.

  271. santhosh

    Wow!! Great ShoeContest. Great way to honor your readers.

  272. Amanda

    Apple > than my POS Dell… here’s to hoping! :) I love this idea btw great for the readers to become more involved!

  273. Movies

    @Shreedhar, I believe you can participate in the contest. Shoe said that he will ship the prizes everywhere in the world where it’s possible to do so. This isn’t a contest only for a part of the globe or only for some countries.

  274. Movies

    as I understand it, 5 minutes before the midnight the system (a script) picks a winner from all comments from the posts made in that day. Correct me if I’m wrong

  275. world of warcraft map guy

    Won’t this drastically decrease the quality of comments? Or do you think that everyone already comments just to get their URL linked to?

  276. Movies

    you’re a lucky guy…be sure to take a picture wearing one of them and share it with us somehow when you will get it.

  277. Dj

    Great news :) Count me in …
    This is gonna be a long long chain of “woow, count me in” comments :D

  278. Movies

    he is the most popular in money-making field…at least, I don’t know any other that outranks shoe

  279. Gaurav

    This is just effin publicity stunt…. but i like it :)

  280. Eric

    Winning the MacBook Air would be a great excuse for finally getting rid of the last Windows machine in the house…

  281. Israel

    This is cool, but are you making sure to fend off the commenters that post more than once? Will the system be filtering out duplicate commenters?

  282. Movies

    Awesome contest Shoe!

  283. Rekzai

    I would definitely wear a shoemoney shirt if i won it

  284. Chetan

    Still, its not the only reason for which i comment here.. I used to comment here before the contest too as i just love interacting with other Shoemoney readers here..

  285. Scott

    That’s a great prize for one lucky punter!

  286. Zach

    This contest is truly a breath of fresh *air*. =)

  287. Rasim

    Great competition… However, now there are more useless comments. :(
    :)

  288. Markus Langenfeld

    Wow! Very nice prizes and a neat idea.

  289. Scott

    I can always use a new t-shirt and a laptop would be heaven!

  290. Bryn Youngblut

    Sounds awesome, I’ve been considering getting a macbook air.

  291. Chuck

    Aww, i missed the soft launch. oh well, still a good idea!

  292. ChipChup

    Shoemoney for President! ;)

  293. Darcy Elliott

    We’ve been doing contests on our site lately and have fun running them. Good luck with this idea.
    Darcy

  294. Greg Ellison

    A very cool contest. I want in.

  295. damien Anderson

    Hi SM$!

    What a great way to incentivize genuine comments for articles!

    Damien

  296. Steven

    Free is always a good price

  297. Chad Van Norman

    Are you going to be coming back to the TAC set before the show ends?

  298. Jarret

    Hmm, wonder how many comments you are going to receive until the end of August for people wanting just to win the Macbook Air and not necessarily commenting because they have an opinion.

  299. ThomasSchmidt

    Awesome idea! Even i would only win the t shirt it’s worth it to participate!

  300. Eric

    Woo maybe I’ll win!

  301. Gabe

    Sounds like a good time to start commenting.. Something I’ve never done on any blog.

  302. browie

    I would love to win a prize.

  303. Big Dave

    That macbook air would rock Hope I win! Congrats on the new baby!

  304. Rhys

    Great competition! :)

  305. Zak Show

    Well, I think Im in the top commentators list and you can check all my comments, you’ll find that Im trying to add a value and post something useful. I try to the max to avoid these 5 words comments. Anyway I got your point :) Thanks for making things clear.

  306. AffiliateObsession

    Well, I guess we all have a reason to comment now, don’t we? Awesome idea and great fun of course.

  307. Zak Show

    I don’t see that and I don’t see even others commentators name. All what I can see is the date, the time and the comment. For every comment expect these commentators that use gravatar. Anyway thanks man for the gravatar info, I’ll test to see how it will work.
    Have a nice day.

  308. McBilly

    Indeed. You need to register at Gravatar.com and upload a picture / avatar that would be shown here and on a lot of other blogs too that use the gravatar plugin. :)

  309. Francesco

    That is a great idea. I wonder if you will share the system you are using to draw the daily winner, it would be cool to add to my wp!

    Francesco

  310. petnos

    WOW! This sounds really good. I am not a lucky man all in my life but who knows maybe today my luck will be change its way dramatically:)

  311. Yogesh Sarkar

    Shoe thats a fantastic idea for a contest and a cool prize as well.

    One problem though I would like you to know, when one click on Comment on this post to win a shirt in your rss feed, person gets taken to the homepage of your blog. I am not sure if it intentional but it is somewhat cumbersome to then find the post to comment on.

  312. McBilly

    Haha. Yeah. It is so very tempting Charles!

  313. Web Hosting Rebates

    I didn’t say it’s a crime. It just doesn’t add value to the conversation when people post stupid one line comments like, “great post shoe.” Really, what’s the point in posting that? On a post like this, I suppose it’s fine, because Jeremy is offering up a contest idea. For people to say they like the idea makes sense. Most of the time, however, it’s really annoying.

  314. McBilly

    So you finally decided to go with the Macbook AIR! Pretty good choice Shoe! Great idea for a contest! :)

  315. Zak Show

    Jeremy is a great blogger because he really know how to make money online and that’s why people love to read his blog to find new tips, tricks and news that can help them out with their online business :)

  316. Web Hosting Rebates

    Really?? Come on man. When you comment, your name is listed. Don’t you see where it says “Zak Show Says” – that’s identifying you as the commenter. As for the avatar – you have to use gravatar.com

  317. Zak Show

    It’s not a crime or spam to comment in a blog to take the top commentators spot! Am I wrong?

  318. Joe

    I never win anything like this, but how cool would it be to win a Macbook AIR to break the streak? Thanks Jeremy and thanks ACS Consulting!

  319. Ryan

    And people wonder why you are such a popular blogger.

  320. Zak Show

    yep, it will be shipped worlwide as J told me in the other post. and it’s also mentioned in the post.

  321. Keith

    Sweet contest. Some of the legalities come in how each state, country, whatever interprets a lottery.

  322. Web Hosting Rebates

    Great contest idea and a great prize being offered! This should have some great positive implications for your site – encouraging people to visit the site, instead of just reading the RSS feed, encouraging more active commenting, and making the blog a more interactive environment. The downside as I see it, is that the “signal to noise” ratio is going to get thrown out of whack. You already get a lot of lame comments from people looking to score a “top commentators” spot, and now that will be heightened. Hopefully I’m wrong on this and people try to genuinely add to the conversation, but I’m doubtful.

  323. Web Hustler

    great contest shoe… also great to see other sponsors getting involved. hope i win something… :)

  324. Zak Show

    I have a question and sorry if it out of the topic. Why I don’t have my picture in the comment avatar space even I have mybloglog profile open and cookies enabled?

    And how the system will pick me if my comments are anynomious, Nobody can know that Zak Show is commenting as I don’t have something referring to it in my comment space.

    Im not asking for something but Im confused about this from long time ago and I think it’s the right time to make it clear for me :)

  325. Chetan

    I think you missed it, as i checked that and also shoemoney pinged me on twitter and asked to check the bulk folder, and i found it in the spam box.

  326. wuttrain

    I love mac air!!!

  327. Chetan

    Yep! Anyways congrats to you too to win a t-shirt in the contest :)

  328. Zak Show

    Chetan, You’ll be able to open a Shoemoney T-shirt store soon :P JK!

  329. Zak Show

    Awesome Idea and great easy contest, I love it! And I hope that I can win something!

  330. jim

    Oh, I remember reading a news article recently about how a specific state’s department was suing a contest (offline) because “games of chance” (where winning depends on chance and no amount of skill) are considered gambling and subject to restrictions in certain areas. That’s why so many contests say “Void where prohibited” as a blanket disclaimer. You might want to put that somewhere.

  331. Ben

    This is some great news for all of us ;) I like the idea of a contest!

  332. Christian

    It’s a great contest idea with a grat price!

  333. jim

    hahaha you would know, having won three shirts so far! :) in all seriouness, she’s very responsive and courteous

  334. John

    Now that is a great prize and so easy to enter.

  335. jim

    That’s awesome man, great to see Neil/ACS is sponsoring the comment contest. That Cheta fellow isn’t going to need to do laundry ever again at this rate. :)

  336. Charles

    Wow again. so tempting. wish wish wish. Hope i will be lucky this time. :)

  337. Make Money Talks

    Just one question, i saw my name on daily prize winners for 09.july.2008 but i never got any email, i just checked my inbox (nothing in spam two). Is this going today (emails) or i miss chance to get tshirt because “48 hours gone”? Thx!

  338. Glenn

    Awesome contest idea, I love it!

  339. Jonathan Radande

    Believe it or not, this is my first time entering some type of contest online. Hope to win.

  340. Make Money Talks

    Looking great, t shirt and air mack would be nice prize!

  341. Jim Symcox

    I noticed you mention this on Twitter so obviously we’re getting cross-fertilisation going on…

  342. Shreedhar

    Hi Jeremy,
    I had been watching ur blog since a month now and am really impressed with the design and ur presentation.
    By the by congrats for ur baby .
    Only thing that bothers me is since I am from india I cannot take part in any offers or competitions which u sponser.
    well better luck me next time.
    regards
    xtacash.com

  343. Chetan

    Yep this idea is really unique and the script is also his own, selecting one winner daily automatically. And Susan Baron, from Shoemoney Media Group is good at replying to winner’s emails :)

  344. sohail

    m i the luck one……….nice idea:)

  345. Tom

    Wow Shoemoney, talk about a way to increase comment activity on your site. You will now have people coming back day after day and making a daily comment just so they can win a shirt and/or a bigger prize. Is there any criteria about the quality of the post? Also, can a person win more than once and thus have multiple entries into the bigger drawing?

  346. Dana Mark

    Your brain must never stop trying to come up with new ideas. This idea will obviously get a lot of people interested. Thanks for offering a contest where a lot of people can at least win something, like a cool t-shirt! I love free t-shirts.

  347. Hyder

    So does the amount of comments you leave UP the chances of winning?

  348. Ingoal

    Awesome! Good to see that you always find someone willing to put up the cool stuff….MAC Book Air…I would LOVE to have one…but a t-shirt would be a good start, too ;-)

  349. Felix

    Awesome contest Jeremy!
    love you :P I always wanted a macbook air

  350. Ryan J. Parker

    Very cool Shoe. I doubt this’ll add much spam, seeing as how the top commentators typically do that plenty enough. ;)

  351. FreeKill

    Awesome idea. The fact that it is entirely automated definitely helps you maintain it over the long run…

  352. Dorm Room Biz

    Awesome contest Jeremy! I’m sure you will see a lot more people commenting daily on the site!

  353. Jeff

    Very cool, I always wanted a AIR, but can’t justify buying one…winning one however that is a different story.

    And great idea on the contest every day. That is one awesome way to get people talking on your site

  354. Eze

    Count me in. :) Im Dying for a Mac Air, though dont have enough money. Hope i Win.:)

  355. Steve

    Sweet. Count me in.

  356. Eze

    Hope i Win…I am Dying for the Mac Air…don’t have enough money though :( here is a great chance. :)

  357. Tagliaerbe

    OK, let’s try.
    (i have already the Black T-Shirt… but i’d like to receive the white one! (and the Mac Book Air, of course :-D )

  358. Cigar Inspector

    Sounds like a really good idea. Jeremy always comes up with something more original :)

  359. Enkay Blog

    LOL, I’d actually be happy with a ShoeMoney shirt as I already have one but its 2 sizes too large!

  360. Ian Fernando

    shoe hows life – hope everything is great with your new born and too bad we could not chill more while at TAC – but it was great while I was there

  361. Eze

    I am dying for a Mac Air…Don’t have enough money though :( I hope i win it here. :)

  362. Hendric

    I´d love a macbook air and would also hoist your shirt as a flag in the himalaya on my roadtrip

  363. Pyjammez

    Awesome :) I’d love a mac book air.

  364. josh

    Very nice. I wonder how many comments a person would need to leave to gain a statistical advantage…

  365. Dustin

    Great contest! T-shirt would be awsome! So would a mac book air to go along with the new iPhone 3g! Thanks for the contest Shoe.

  366. wickedn

    wow chetan, you must be damn lucky. 3 wins in 4 days. Btw, why are there 3 winners on the 10th?

  367. pascal

    I hope that I have chance to win :)

  368. Umar in Dubai

    Hmm… would love to have that toy… for free

  369. Hendric

    I would love to win both!
    I would hoist the shirt as a flag in the Himalaya on our roadtrip from Germany to Australia! :-)

  370. sohail

    wooow m i a lucky one :) tell me i m

  371. Sumesh

    Wow cool – I want one too. I wonder if there’s a shipping charge ;)

  372. Wouter

    Do you have a bigger chance of winning if you make more comments?

  373. SEO writer

    I would like to win your Tshirt. My birthday soon, so your Tshirt could be a great surprize for me!

  374. Wesley

    Great price, I’d love me some macbook air :)

  375. EntreBlast

    This is cool. Will be commenting more often. :)

  376. Start Blogging

    Awesome! I have horrible luck but maybe I can win one day!

  377. ThomasSchmidt

    That’s a really good point starting commenting. I would never comment if there wasn’t this contest. Sounds like an opportunity to me! Great!

  378. Wouter

    Cool contest, saw this post via twitter, I’m going for the tshirt, but a MacBook Air would be nice too! :)

  379. varun

    Nice contest Jeremy. I am also joining in..

  380. Daniel

    I hope anywhere except Iran, Iraq, N. Korea, and such is ok…
    By the way: won’t this contest lead to excessive spam? ;)

  381. Chetan

    No, i won already and Jeremy assured that they are going to be shipped internationally :)

  382. Kevin L

    That’s what I call a “call to action.” Comments should go way up. Most other gurus would make you join their list. Nice change of pace doing it this way…less junk mail.

  383. Greenovni

    I think this is a pretty cool way to generate more traffic to your blog and reward users who interact with you. Great Idea!

  384. Zealot

    Great contest, and greater picture….it looks like you standing over an Apple hamster cage after a long weekend. “Look dad..they had BABIES!!!’

  385. Joan Dajer

    A Mac Book Air…. men you take this thing seriously…i will watching the site…..

  386. shamess

    Anywhere legal? Is that just Canada and the US? A lot of competitions are restricted to just those countries (I’m not sure why though…).

  387. Chetan

    Winning prizes(whatever it might be) is always fascinating :D And am lucky in this case.

  388. Casey Yandle

    Great contest to have! You always have great original ideas!

  389. Chris Bartow

    Just when I read that I need a Mac with an Intel processor to use the SDK for the iPhone, you announce this. I guess I need to start spending more time on your site. ;)

  390. Christian Flickinger

    I think the Shoemoney tshirt is more valuable than the macbook air (but MBA is still freaking sweet)! :-P

  391. Chetan

    Am already on a spree :D Luckily won 3 t-shirts already :) Thanks.. Would try to be active whole of the contest.

  392. Hoo

    Hey Shoe,

    Go ahead and deliver the Macbook Air to me in Korea :) .

    Thanks in advance.

  393. InfiniteMac

    Great Contest and the grand prize is even sponsored by an amazing company! Thanks a lot Mr. Shoemaker, no doubt, I’m participating.

  394. Rich Hill

    Shoemoney is King of Contests too!

    Thanks for the chance.

    Rich Hill

  395. underworld

    Nice competition – you know I should blatently win the macbook air – because then I would sell it..lol jokes!

  396. Stefan

    Very nice! You have small numbers for Shoemoney Tshirt ?

  397. Ryan.

    Great! I love it. I would love to win a Shoemoney Tshirt or a Macbook Air or Both!
    Thanks Shoemoney

  398. Artur Kim

    Good luck to everyone! (:

  399. AffiliateSupportTeam

    Very inovative Jerremy! Good Luck on the Contest.

    Btw, I see three Mac Books AIR in that picture, are you keeping one for yourself ;)

  400. funkysouth

    oh the sexy apple. drool drool

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