[thebestsean]

I have started a fan mail contest for my site. It goes from October 3rd to Novemeber 3rd.

Here is a quote from the contest page.

Quote:

Official Contest: Fan Mail Prize: $50-$200 (depending on participation) Summary: Send a fan mail that is better than any others I receive and you win. To determine if the fan mail you sent me is good enough to win or at least good enough not to piss me off, follow these guidelines. The most important part of your email will be knowledge of Sean and his site, closely followed by how much you have contributed. Contribution in order importance is: getting more traffic to my sites content, telling other people about this contest, submitting decent content, and using your imagination to think of other things to do. In Depth: I hate having to dumb it down, it’s painful. If you don’t want to read this I don’t blame you, just use common sense. What I expect: 1. Decently written email, to the point but not short 2. Showing that you spread the word of the contest without spamming (forums, your blog, ect) 3. Citing of specific parts of content you like and don’t like, with explanations of why 4. Demonstrating that you spent time and put thought into the email What would be good: 1. Submission of halfway decent content with the email 2. An effort to increase the popularity of my site/content 3. Showing interest in what I show interest in 4. Being an active member of the site forums I can’t go on, just think about what I want and give it to me.

I do realize that this is the first contest my site has done and that I have no trade ranking. So I have come up with a list of reason why this isn't a scam. I have worked on my site for over 6 months, I thought that this contest would be a great way to get people to go through my content and hopefully get hooked on it, this is the first of many contest to come and if I scam this one time I will get practically no participation in any of the follow ones (product design, best original content, ect). Also the fan base that I will build up will be destoryed if I were to not pay.

[Blake1]

Wow, cool. I was browsing around this site and saw this deal so I registered to post

cool offer dude, I would love to win.

Question: how long would you want your fan mails to be?

[thebestsean]

Just meet the criteria and don't be too wordy or annoying.