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2008 Reflections Contest: Twitter Time! YOUR #1 Worst Business Mistake of 08

By Ayat Shukairy on January 12, 2009 10:25 am
Comments (24)
Posted in (Business)

ipodtouchThe New Year is 2 weeks in, but our resolutions for change are still in full swing, or are they? Well, let’s rehash all the feelings we had when the “ball” dropped at 12 am January 1st, 2009 – what was last year like, and why is this year going to be any different? Don’t answer yet, because your answer can actually qualify you to win a free Ipod touch!

Over the next three weeks, we will be holding a weekly twitter contest.

Each week, we will ask you to “tweet” your reflections on a specific topic. Our judges will then select one winner each week to receive a free Ipod Touch.

3 winners, 3 weeks; keep visiting our blog every Monday to find out the latest “tweet” requested. Winners of the weekly contest will be announced on the Wednesday after the weekly contest is closed.

We are privileged to have some great judges for this contest. The judges include:

· Chris Garrett – of chrisg.com, and a frequent blogger at The Invesp blog

· Ann Handley – of Marketing Profs

· Mack Collier – SMO guru

· Anita Campbell – of Small Business Trends

So this Monday, remember, follow and then tweet to either @khalidh or @ashukairy with the hashtag #worst08 the “YOUR worst business mistake of 2008.” Multiple entries will not be accepted. Everyone is qualified to enter only one tweet per week. Go

Again, this Monday (January 12th, 2009), is the first of 3 contests for a chance to win a free iPod Touch. You have until Friday January 16th for this week to tweet YOUR #1 WORST BUSINESS MISTAKE OF 2008 to either @khalidh or @ashukairy with the hashtag #worst08.

Submissions for this week will be accepted until Friday, January 16th, 2009 @5 pm EST. and First winner will be revealed on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009.

 seo-book Update #1: Aaron Wall from SEOBook is sponsoring the contest and giving away one month free subscription to the SEOBook training program. In my opinion, this is absolutely the best SEO training program available. So, a 2nd winner will receive a free one month subscription to the SEOBook training program.

chrisg Update #2. Win a free guest post from Chris Garrett himself! We are honored that Chris agreed to write a guest post for one of our winners. So, a 3rd winner will receive a guest post from Chris!

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Update #3: We are giving away yet a 4th prize to a 4th lucky winner. Receive a free copy of our Landing Page Optimization: The complete guide.

Update #4: You can read the contest rules by going here.

 

So, now it is your turn! Follow @khalidh or @ashukairy and tweet either of us YOUR #1 WORST BUSINESS MISTAKE OF 2008 with the hashtag #worst08.

Best of Luck to all of you!

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24 Responses to “ 2008 Reflections Contest: Twitter Time! YOUR #1 Worst Business Mistake of 08”

 
SATISH -- Technotip.org Says -- January 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Great contest to start the year with..

Ipod Touch will surly make our year(2009) successful !

 
SATISH -- Technotip.org Says -- January 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Great contest to start the year with..

Winning an Ipod Touch will surly make our year(2009) successful !

 
Celena Says -- January 12th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

OK, so I want to win an ipod touch, but I don’t know how to twitter anything…I thought I was up to date on all this stuff, but I feel like an old lady! What a good idea:-) Ayat, good work on all of this, I never realized how much work you are doing! Keep it up!

 
Ayat Says -- January 12th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

@celena twitter is pretty straightforward. The more you engage users, the more people will actually follow you. Start by following me ;) @ashukairy . Good luck!

 
Tukang Cari Info » Win a Free Ipod Touch! Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 8:21 am

[...] The 1st week contest started on January 12th, 2009 and will be closed on January 16th, 2009 @5 pm EST. The winner will be anounced on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009. Further instruction about the topic and the contest can be read on 2008 Reflections Contest: Twitter Time! YOUR #1 Worst Business Mistake of 08 [...]

 
koerni Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am

great contest

an iPod Touch surely give a nice incentive for 2009

Good luck

 
K-IntheHouse Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 10:02 am

Thanks for the great contest & the innovative idea using Twitter! I just sent in my tweet.. and I hope not to repeat that mistake I did in 2008. In fact, I better not. :-)

 
Ayat Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 11:14 am

@K-IntheHouse, we can only hope not fall into the mistakes of last year…but that’s the most difficult part, right? There has to be a ton of initiative to change old practices and embrace the new – companies are struggling with this more with the economic downturn (you tend to stick to what you know when things are “bad”). Anyways, good luck to you in 09 and in this contest as well :)

 
The invesp blog weekly contest: Enter for a chance to win a free iPod Touch! - DevHunters.com l Webmaster Forum - Web Advertising - Web Design - SEO Forums Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

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Win iPod Touch at Invesp Blog 2008 Reflections Contest | Indo Contest | Find the Latest Blog Contest on the NET Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

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indocontest Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

Thank for contacting me.
Blogged at:
http://www.indocontest.com/win-ipod-touch-at-invesp-blog-2008-reflections-contest/

 
My Blog Contest » Blog Archive » Win a Free iPod Touch weekly contest Says -- January 13th, 2009 at 11:08 pm

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  * NEW * User Submitted Contests / Giveaways — 1/14 — Enter Now!! Says -- January 14th, 2009 at 12:15 am

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  ** ALERT ** Sweepstakes / Giveaways Ending TODAY — 1/16 — Enter Now!! Says -- January 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm

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da_evil Says -- January 16th, 2009 at 12:46 am

hi,
i followed u on twitter But Can U tell me What TO tweet back

 
Michael Carnell Says -- January 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Excellent contest. Just did the twitter. Actually made me think for a minute for what I would consider my worst. Now that was a scary soul searching! Thanks for making me think.

 
Ayat Says -- January 16th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

@da evil tweet your worst business mistake of 2008 to @ashukairy or @khalidh with hashtag #worst08

@Michael Carnell It does require a bit of soul searching indeed! good luck! :)

 
Cross-Culture Tweets - Week 3 of 2009 Says -- January 18th, 2009 at 6:27 am

[...] @DR4WARD – Have you seen this competition to Tweet and win some fun prizes “YOUR worst business mistake of 2008.” [...]

 
Sha Says -- January 18th, 2009 at 9:17 am

Agreed with satish – What a great contest to start in this Ox-picious year. In fact it make me revisit my old twitter account.. thx for the cool ideas ;)

 
TWITTER CONTEST#2: YOUR Best Decision of 2008 | The Invesp Blog: E-commerce and Landing page Optimization Says -- January 19th, 2009 at 5:59 pm

[...] you for all of last week’s twitter contest 2009 entries. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009. And for all of those who [...]

 
Twitter contests at The Invesp Blog | Blogaways.com Says -- January 21st, 2009 at 2:29 am

[...] contests, with all three resulting in three lucky winners each receiving their very own iPod Touch! The first contest has just wrapped up, but you’ll definitely want to stay tuned for the last two [...]

 
Twitter contests at The Invesp Blog | Blogaways.com Says -- January 21st, 2009 at 2:29 am

[...] contests, with all three resulting in three lucky winners each receiving their very own iPod Touch! The first contest has just wrapped up, but you’ll definitely want to stay tuned for the last two [...]

 
TWITTER CONTEST#2: YOUR Best Decision of 2008 Says -- February 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm

[...] you for all of last week’s twitter contest 2009 entries. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009. And for all of those who [...]

 
tweeter Says -- February 15th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

Lol! this must be exciting..is the contest still open?or when will the contest last? Well, the price is exciting.

For those who want to know more about twitter–how to tweet, you may refer to the link i provided. It really can give important ideas. thanks.

 

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