When I launched this week’s “Lists” Group Writing Project I suspected it would be a good one – but I didn’t realize that it would be quite as distracting for me as it has been.
I love lists and so when I awoke to close to 50+ submissions (there are now 65) in my inbox this morning I knew that the temptation to read them all would be great – it was too great…. and I’ve spent most of my day reading the wonderful array of lists that you’ll find below. As I’ve read I’ve bookmarked quite a few in delicious and digg and I have a feeling some will do well there.
Each blogger who has submitted a post is in the running for one of five great prizes from Blake Schwendiman, The Umdum.com Web Directory, URLTrends, The Gold Pages Directory and Earners Forum (see below for full details of each of the five prizes).
Before I share the first round of submissions (there’s still time to participate – you’ve got til Thursday) I wanted to answer four questions that I’ve been asked numerous times:
- One entry is allowed per blogger (not per blog)
- Yes you can use the image above if you wish
- No you don’t have to link back to ProBlogger to be involved (but it would be appreciated to help spread the word about the project)
- Posts should be new posts and not existing ones (as it says in the original invitation to submit) – I’ve allowed a few old ones in to this point but no more! :-)
- To enter follow the procedure outlined in this post
Now – without further ado – let me share the first round of submissions with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have today! (the full list of submissions will be posted here.
- 10 Steps to a Happier Mealtime with Kids by Be a Good Dad
- Just Visiting: Ten Tips for Being an Unforgettable Houseguest by Caryn
- 5 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Workout by Eric
- AAA list of 11 important advantages to list writing by Darren
- 10 Things: Married vs. Single by Jaclyn
- Amusement Park Rules by Greg
- Top Ten Favorite posts on Random Stuff by Random Good Stuff
- Finding Tip and Creating Balance by Tasra
- How to Find the Perfect Man by Sarakastic
- Five Common Musicianship Problems – Why Ones Do You Want to Overcome? by Graham
- The Top Ten Important Aspects of a Game by Yehuda
- Top 10 Crowdsourcing Companies by Daniel
- 5 Reasons Why AdSense Link Units Work So Well by Gleb
- The Ultimate Mac List for (Free) Apps… and more by fcodc Frank
- 3 Best Unforgettable Matches since I Became a Football Fan (since 1994 til now) by Dmt
- Your Credit Card Can Earn You Money by Mooiness
- Ducky Moments in time by Lisa
- Top 7 Freebies I’ve received by ricemutt
- 10 Ways to Immediately Start Saving Money by junger
- Why I Tithe by Nneka
- Top 10 Firefox Super Extensions by jdanyiko
- 10 steps to improve your ESP, healing and psychic abilities by Jacob
- The 10 Best Money Moves You Can Make by FMF
- The Top Ten Hybrid Cars by Mike
- Photo Project by Pass the Torch
- “Pahk ya cah Hahvahd Yahd,” or, Regional Linguistic Pet Peeves by Andrew
- 5 Simple Steps to Get the Most Revenue out of Ad Space by Markus
- 10 Reasons Why a 20-Year Old Hates Driving by Paul
- Taking the muse for a long awaited walk by Benjamin
- Get your post listed on 25 sites in 10 Minutes by Sante
- Five things I would do if I had $20,000 by Patrik
- Jumpstart your Real Estate blog (or any other blog for that matter) by phd
- How to be a Better Sports Radio Caller by Bruce
- A Short List of Lists by Joe
- The Best and Worst of the Red Wings by Christy
- Five Ways to Make Yourself Miserable by Rick
- 7 1/2 pieces of Blogging Software I have used by Stanley
- Lists for Math Teachers and Other Educators by Damon
- How to Ruin Your Corporate Blog: 100 Tips by 10 Bloggers by Easton
- Some of the Worst Filler Songs of All Time… by D.T. Kelly
- 5 Ways MyMoneyBlog Can Make You $100 by Jonathon
- Five ways to get beyond an artistic block by Laurie
- How Not to Lose Your Ass – Customer Satisfaction by Charlie
- Essential Books for Bloggers by Darren
- Hunter Valley Night Caching by Jason
- Listmaking – The “Old School” Way by PJ’s Past Noon
- Seven Ways to Communicate Value with Your Blog by Nathaniel
- Health and Disease Prevention: 10 Important Phytochemicals by Trisha
- Should I Add Your blog? by George
- College Planning, Suffering, and the Avarice of Ray Charles; The Top 5 Things My Kids Have Said That Still Make me Laugh by Debra
- How I Set Up WordPress by Dominic
- Your Very, Very Best Money Saving Tips by NCN
- What to Bring on a Roadtrip with Kids by Kerri
- Top 25 Romance Movies by Ashwin
- 7 Things to do at the office under the Radar by Tom
- Top Ten Reasons you Should not blog by Josh
- Fifteen easy ways to save fifteen bucks by John
- Top 10 Things I’ve Learned from Problogger by Retrospector
- Something Funny, Something New by Janice
- Love to Learn from Blogging by Chris
- 10 Ways to Make Your Digital Photos Last Forever by Michael
- Why Starting Over is a A Good Thing by PhoneBoy
- Business Needs Passion by Anna
- Stupid Things You can Do by David
- Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog or Website by Michael
Stay tuned for the next round of submissions from the next 24 hours this time tomorrow. Now here are the prizes on offer:
The Prizes
This week’s group writing project is proudly sponsored by the following companies and individuals. Five random participants (it’s not a competition) in this week’s project will receive one of the following gifts (‘listed’ here in no particular order):
- The Umdum.com Web Directory have donated a Sinic Eye and Brain Massager (just what every ProBlogger needs). They’ve also kindly offered every participant in this week’s group writing project a free listing in their directory. Thanks to Loren Baker for this donation.
- Blake Schwendiman has donated a $100 gift voucher from Amazon to be used in any way that they see fit. Thanks Blake!
- The Gold Pages Directory has donated $500 in digital cash that can be spent on products and services or withdrawn to a prepaid ATM card and used as cash. The Gold Pages Directoryis the largest online currency/digital gold directory on the web and is now three years old. Thanks to Mark Herpel for this donation.
- URLTrends have kindly donated a Premium upgraded account worth $90 that will help them track their search engine ranking over time. Thanks to Joel Strellner for this donation.
- Earners Forum have kindly donated a new Dell PC and LCD monitor – to the value of $500. Earners Forum is a great place for discussions around all kinds of topics of earning money online. Thanks to Lee Dodd for this donation.
