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The Free iPhone Giveaway Results Episode

October 2nd, 2007

So, I wanted to raise the bar on giveaway videos a bit and take advantage of the eyes that are watching these kind of videos. For those that have always been interested in making these kind of videos for their own kind of blogs, I just want to point out some key things that you should keep in mind when making your video:

  • Remember your Brand - I used my Banner Image along with reminding people they’re on MrGaryLee.com
  • Take Advantage of the time leading up to the Desired Message/Announcement - I used the time prior to the announcement to help Prija promote BloggingTheMovie.com and also my new site - CreativeTrafficBuilders.com.
  • Don’t Over Edit your video - We were lucky enough to finish this video in 2 takes. In the world of video blogging, it’s best to present as genuine a broadcast as possible and that’s best shown with unedited video such as this.

So, I know it’s been a long time since the contest actually started and I realize the contest should have been over a little bit earlier than this, but a lot has been going like switching jobs, moving to a new part of town and coming up with the idea for this video, so I hope all of you can be understanding of this. In any case, the important thing is that the contest is now officially over and we have picked a winner - (watch the video for the winner) - a really great blog that talks blogging and other techy stuff. Feel free to visit her blog and congratulate her!

I wanted to give a special shout out to people who have helped with this contest, the video and promotions:

Ms. Danielle - www.msdanielle.com

Prija - www.bloggingthemovie.com

Nate Whitehill - www.natewhitehill.com

Jon Lee - www.jonlee.ca

Darin Carter - www.darin.cc

Saman - www.samanathon.com

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Jeff Kee - blog.jeffkee.com

Derrich - www.derrich.com

Derek Semmler - www.dereksemmler.com

JM - www.jimimorrisonshead.com

Also, don’t forget to visit our new Internet Traffic Building site - www.creativetrafficbuilders.com - See you there!

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  1. October 2nd, 2007 at 09:14 | #1

    Very exciting contest… well run… congrats to the winner… maybe i’ll make it into the next one

  2. October 2nd, 2007 at 09:18 | #2

    nice post..

  3. October 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 | #3

    Very entertaining, nice one ;-) Good luck with your new site(s),

    Jez

  4. October 2nd, 2007 at 15:09 | #4

    it was fun…we’ll definitely do another one soon. this time, with a better lighting set up ;)

  5. October 2nd, 2007 at 18:47 | #5

    :cry: I guess I actually have to go buy an iPhone now! :cry:
    Thanks for the love though!

  6. October 2nd, 2007 at 19:43 | #6

    Ahh I was hoping to win… oh well, congrats to the winner!

  7. October 2nd, 2007 at 20:02 | #7

    nice plug prija

    real sneaky!

  8. October 3rd, 2007 at 08:30 | #8

    That was pretty funny ;-)

  9. October 3rd, 2007 at 12:52 | #9

    Funny video and nice bait. keeps me thinking..

  10. October 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 | #10

    I just got one for myself the other, no more IPhone contest for me

  11. October 3rd, 2007 at 17:36 | #11

    OMG!!!!! I won an iPhone!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe it!!! *slaps self*
    Thanks so much Mr. Gary!!! Thanks for bringing back the trust in blog contests. I’m gonna blog blog blog about it! Goodbye Nokia E61 i :p :p :p

  12. October 3rd, 2007 at 18:22 | #12

    Congrats!

    Check out MyBlogContest.com for more blog contest info.

  13. October 4th, 2007 at 15:51 | #13

    WOW danielle has a sexy voice… that’s pretty much all I picked up from this video. Who won the ipod again???

  14. October 7th, 2007 at 19:23 | #14

    Cool video :) Very professional.
    Congratulations to the winner.

    Also, congrats on the new site - I’ll be watching. I might even offer to do a guest post ;)
    Oh, one more thing - I don’t want to go all Jeff Kee on you but Ms. Danielle is hot! ;)
    I look forward to more videos.

  15. October 19th, 2007 at 16:11 | #15

    You definitely are welcomed to write a guest post hannes . . hope things are going well!

  16. October 22nd, 2007 at 20:39 | #16

    I’m just always a bit too late for these contests! Maybe i should subcribe to your blog… ~Click For Nick, Make Money, Save Money

  17. October 25th, 2007 at 06:22 | #17

    coool!

  18. February 13th, 2008 at 11:41 | #18

    Ack, the banner image went missing on my link!

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