Today's Bonus Topic, "Budget Planning" 2nd Entry
Budget Planning For A Baby:Having A Baby On A Budget
Today's Bonus Topic, "Budget Planning" 3rd Entry
Budget Planning For A Hurricane: How To Hurricane-Proof Your Home On A Budget
Another hub for the contest - Also answer to a hubpages question
Stock Market Trading: Best Trading Strategies in the Stock Market
My first entry for Todays'Bonus topic
http://hubpages.com/hub/Budget-Planning
I've got weekend winners to share with you!!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21ST: BUDGET-FRIENDLY HOLIDAY TIPS
• Staff Pick winner: Les Trois Chenes
for Tips for a Budget-Friendly Holiday in S W France
• Daily Drawing Winner: bobmnu
for From My Home to Yours - Very Personal Gifts
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22ND: CUTTING COSTS
• Staff Pick winner: akirchner
for Saving Money: How To Save Money When You Paint
• Daily Drawing Winner: chrispreynolds1
for Great Ways to Save Money--A solution to save a ton of money you didn’t even know you had
I want to say something - Saturday was the BEST DAY of the contest so far in terms of quality. There were some REALLY amazing submissions! Like, killer good! Here are some of the other finalists for Saturday's Staff Pick. Note their great titles, long-tail topics, and helpful info punctuated with useful photos, tables, videos, etc...
http://hubpages.com/hub/Ryanair-Low-Cost-Carrier
http://hubpages.com/hub/Ways-to-Save-Mo … hool-Lunch
http://hubpages.com/hub/cutting-costs-l … ustainably
http://hubpages.com/hub/wedding-reception-on-a-budget
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Make-The … Your-House
I bow down to your superior Hubbing skills!
Sunday's winner will be announced this afternoon.
The final winners of week 3 have been chosen:
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23RD: BUDGET PLANNING
• Staff Pick winner: akirchner
for Cutting Costs: How To Save Money On Car Repairs
• Daily Drawing Winner: MadeInCanada
for Income versus Outcome
People's Choice voting for week 3's Hubs is up - go to the contest page and cast your vote!!
Finally, I want to give a shout out to the cutest entry of the contest thus far: Chuck's Simple Budget Planning for an Individual or Household
GREAT PHOTOS!!
Wow! The repeat winners are kicking @ss: KeithTax, sid_candid, Les Trois Chenes, akirchner, Analana
✰★ ✰★ ✰ Congrats to all ✰★ ✰★ ✰
Published 60 hubs for the Money Grows on Hubs Contest - Not a single draw.
Congratulations to all the repeated winners. Best of luck for more repeated wins.
Soni I have noticed that - you are a very productive writer and your hubs are excellent. Wishing you all the best and hope you get a win soon, and if not, may your hubs pull you in small fortunes from adsense
Hello Izzy, actually I won four daily doubloon drawings in the September's Hubpages Marks the Spot Contest, but every time is not the same. Might be possible that this time I am not so lucky or there are double or triple contenders for this contest than the Sep 2010 contest. Anyways, this way or that way, we will be rewarded in the long term.
Soni, I have noticed that also, and I share the same sentiments as Izzy. I have published a lot as well, 115 for this contest so far. I have done the max per day and got ahead like you were in December. I have published every day on the bonus topic as well, making those 115 entries translate into 154 (at least) valid entries into the contest so far with the bonus 3 entries per day. Maximum of 7 entries every day to try to go for the random wins.
I haven't been posting links here, there are just too many. I know people can go to my profile and click more, and see the pages of entries. I wish you and the others that have been working so hard some luck in the future. Surely with the random wins people could have a chance at least. Keep up the excellent work.
Oh my God. You have put in 115 entries so far and have not got a chance for a single draw. That's is unbelievable. Okay we will never lose hope. We will keep on doing more and more work. A day will come when we will get rewarded. I am pretty sure now that there are many more people who have put so much effort for the contest in hopes of winning a prize draw, as it is not about money that comes in but it is about praise and appreciation and a sense of satisfaction that a writer feels when he is awarded and rewarded.
@Oceansunsets, your hard work will definitely pay off in the long term. Best of luck for translating your 115 entries into 154. Now I have to think about writing another hub for the contest.
You have a great positive attitude Soni, keep up the excellent work
You know, I was just thinking about this last afternoon - I've seen SO MANY entries from you, soni2006, and oceansnsunsets as well! I think one big difference in this contest is that EVERYONE publishing in the PF category is entered for the drawing, even if they don't realize they're participating in the contest.
In our last contest, people had to make an effort to get their Hubs entered in the DDD, so they had a better chance of winning. The odds just aren't as great this time around, and I'm going to change our next contest so that only those who TRY to enter in the contest will be entered in the DD.
There's still a chance for you to win, though! Don't give up hope!
Also, just one note for you oceansnsunsets - there's actually a maximum of five entries per day, so you might want to focus on combining some yet-to-be-published Hubs to make them better overall resources - you'll have the same chances of winning (and fewer chances of being disqualified) and you will also have a better chance of winning a Staff Pick prize
Actually the contest clearly states that you can get three "additional entries" writing one of your 5 hubs in the bonus category. If this is not so, you have made no mention of it since the beginning. Thats the way it has been on the other contests as well.
There is no way to misunderstand the word "additional"
Hi Simone, thank you for that. My understanding is that you can have five per day, which is what I have done from the beginning, and that if you do one on the topic of the day, that one counts as 3. Thus the seven entries per day even with just 5 hubs per day. That means you get seven actual entries every day if you do five hubs and one or more is the topic of the day. This is what the rules state.
So Soni for instance has done a lot more than his 60-70 or so as well. Its just a numbers game I know for the random drawings. People that put in 7 entries every day or more (like soni did some days! wow) should have a better chance at the random drawings every day, half of all the wins in this contest for the 50.00 per day anyway.
I know that you have been referring to above and on other days about long tail topics is referring to the staff choices, etc. I have participated in 2 other contests on hubpages, and never had a chance at the staff picks for even really long hubs and what I thought were my best hubs.
Its a great contest in that you can do good topics, and do at least the minimum and get genuine entries. I have entered over 120 now, but really 168 according to the rules. I am covering a wide range of subjects which I am enjoying very much. I can't be disqualified unless I am just not staff picked, right, if that is what you mean by disqualified?
So, I understand that you are saying some are joining hubpages, winning on one hub on their first day without even realizing they are in the contest, which I think is cool for them. I and some others are just incredibly unlucky this go around I guess, that every day my 7 don't seem to have a chance.
Even if you throw out my extra entries on the bonus topics, I have 5 legitimate hubs every day that meet the requirements. I assumed nothing had changed.
That all said, I appreciate this opportunity and I know the competition is fierce for these contests! Learning a great deal from other hubs is just bonus and sharing what I have learned in the past and ongoing. Not complaining, and just wanted to respond to the others experiencing what I was. Thanks to hubpages for allowing the contests, as they really get people to write a ton of hubs!
Oops, I didn't make one of the points I was starting to make, and that is that the quality of the hubs and the long tail topics and thus the winning staff picks only account for half of the daily wins. The whole other half are for random drawings of qualifying hubs.
Yes, absolutely!
And I understand what you mean now - you were speaking about entries for the DD instead of Hubs entered in the contest
Actually, Bonus Topic Hubs get not two, but three EXTRA entries in the contest, so with five entries in a day, one of which is in the Bonus Topic category, you're actually getting eight entries in the contest! At least your chances are better than you thought they were, eh?
Then also after putting 8 entries for many days, people were not able to get through the draw of lots and that happened by luck. Anyways, we learned a lot from this contest and previous contests. I hope more people will win next time. Thank you Simone. Thank you ocean.
Actually my luck is not going so well for this month as I was not able to secure admission for my daughter in a prominent school in Delhi today even when I picked the admission forms from the box on my own at the school premises . Bad luck this time, but I will never lose hope. I still have submitted forms in 10 more good schools in Delhi for my daughter. Wish me good luck friends.
Hi Soni,
I am so sorry that your daughter could not get admission is a prestigious school in Delhi. I am sure she will soon get admission in good school and excel in her academics. My best wishes to you and especially to your daughter.
You have been one of my inspiration at hubpages along with a few other great hubbers. I know you are a tough man and losing hope and being disappointed is not you quality. Best Of Luck! Happy Hubbing.
Thank you so much Sid. I am really glad that you learned something from me and was able to win 4 or more entries for this contest as I did it last year in September with the Travel Contest. I wish you good luck for your writing career. I am really amazed to see your loads of entries for the contest. May you win more entries. Best of luck friend.
Thank you so much Soni for your good wishes. I have won 3 entries till now in the contest. I was busy in December so could not write a single hub for the contest. All my hubs are written on daily basis for the contest day.
I'm wishing you luck, Soni. You know, I'm just trying to enjoy writing a hub on bonus topic because the satellite signal in our place is very poor and more often than not, I get negative reception.
Anyways, I'm just happy to contribute on personal finance and my hubs are getting good score and impressions...and the bonus, Simone is checking my hubs (LOL!!!) and leaving comments on it. At least, I got her attention (LOL!!!)
P.S. Don't worry about your daughter, she'll get through with it. Maybe, you can apply my suggestions on personal finances when someone in the family is entering college.
Soni, so sorry to hear about the situation with the school and your daughter. I do wish you the best of luck with the other attempts with the other schools you mentioned. As for hope, you are a bright spot of encouragement, and definitely rise up to the challenge on hubpages contests and writing hubs, etc. Keep up the good work.
Here's one for the bonus topic today.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Frugal-Living-A … Money?done
Hey, ya know what? This official thread--er whatever--has a lot more useful information than the official MGOH contest page. A link or mention somewhere near the top of that would be very useful to folks entering that contest. Just a thot. Now it looks like I've got a lot of skimming to do to catch up!
That's a good suggestion, Howard S! I thought about doing that, but then so many links are posted that it gets kind of hard to follow, pus there are a LOT of posts... I figured sharing only the formal rules on the contest page might keep people from getting overwhelmed @_@
Today's Bonus Topics, "Frugal Living Advice And Tips" 1st Entry
Frugal Living Tips: How To Be A Frugal Car Owner-Best Tips For A Frugal Car
Today's Bonus Topics, "Frugal Living Advice And Tips" 2nd Entry
Frugal Living Tips:How To Create A Frugal Budget
Learn how to escape from debt and be free
http://hubpages.com/hub/debtors-common-mistakes
Today's Bonus Topics, "Frugal Living Advice And Tips" 3rd Entry
Frugal Rich-How To Be Rich By Being Frugal
Today's entry is for low-income families struggling to make ends meet.
Confessions of a Welfare Recipient - Assistance for Low-Income Families
http://hubpages.com/hub/Confessions-of- … e-Families
Second entry for today
Saving Money - How To Save Money On Your Electric Bill
http://hubpages.com/hub/Saving-Money-Ho … ctric-Bill
WINNERS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 24TH: FRUGAL LIVING ADVICE AND TIPS
• Staff Pick winner: Analana
for How to Save Money with Homemade Beauty Products
• Daily Drawing Winner: graceomalley
for Tips for The High Style/Low Cost Lady
Congrats, you two!
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Today's Bonus Topic, "Mail and Shipping" 1st Entry
Shipping Food:How To Ship Perishable And Non Perishable Food
Today's Bonus Topic, "Mail and Shipping" 2nd Entry
Creative Uses Of Junk Mail: How To Make Best Use Of Junk Mail
Today's Bonus Topic, "Mail and Shipping" 3rd Entry
Tips For Shipping Animals Overseas:How To Ship Animal Overseas
I've got two sets of winners for you today - one for Day 23 of Money Grows on Hubs, the other for Week 3 of the contest!
The daily winners first:
• Staff Pick winner: Jill Kostow for Confessions of a Welfare Recipient - Assistance for Low-Income Families
• Daily Drawing Winner: Analana for How to Get Cheap or Free Shipping Supplies
And for week 3:
• The People's Choice Award goes to akirchner for for her guide on painting
• The Best Hub prize goes to Les Trois Chenes for her for budget-friendly guide to the city of York!
Great Hubs, all of them!
What? Analana won AGAIN ?!?
Analana is a great writer but I can't believe she keeps getting picked.
Believe me, I was just as surprised as you were. I don't think there were very many hubs published that day, so the chances of getting picked in the daily drawing were a lot higher.
Hahaa- it's true that there were less entries that day! Looks like mail and shipping doesn't get folks so fired up @_@
It's a tough topic, so kudos to you for your entry ... and keep up the good work!
Today's Bonus Topic,"Bartering and Negotiations" 1st Entry
Debt Settlement Negotiations:Credit Card Debt Negotiations-How To Settle Credit Card Debt With Negotiations
Today's Entry: Career Advancement Tips - Advancing in Your Career can Increase Your Income
http://hubpages.com/hub/Career-Advancem … dvancement
Hi, Simone! Please check my hub on Bartering. Just finished it hours before the deadline amid fluctuating signals from the satellite.
Very cool - and I'm glad you were able to get it in despite the technical difficulties! What a drag!
Today's Bonus Topic,"Bartering and Negotiations" 2nd Entry
Negotiating A Salary Increase: How To Negotiate For A Pay Hike
I will write a hub now, I will definetly get selected in your staff picks. Just give me 24 hours to write a beautiful articles in personal finance and seo optimized.
Today's Bonus Topic,"Bartering and Negotiations" 3rd Entry
Negotiate For A Better Internet Connection: How To Get A Better Internet Connection Provider
More winners!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26TH: BARTERING AND NEGOTIATIONS
• Staff Pick winner: Johnny Parker
for How to haggle: get the best price, best deals and bag a bargain
• Daily Drawing Winner: Sabah Karimi
for How to be Smarter About Budgeting
I also want to give honorable mention to these Hubs, which were amongst many other amazing entries this day!
http://hubpages.com/hub/negotiating-salary
http://hubpages.com/hub/Personal-Financ … e-packages
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Save-Mon … Techniques
http://hubpages.com/hub/Bartering-Your-Garden-Produce
Congrats to the winners; props to everyone who entered!
Entry for today:
Self-Employment - Determination and Hard Work Pays Off
http://hubpages.com/hub/Self-Employment … k-Pays-Off
Hi,
Every body!
this is a good place to know other people,i am a new comer,so,i am not familiar with this website.
Manage your Financial documents by using Personal Finance Kit:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Personal-Financ … -Documents
Today's Bonus Topic "Personal Finance Software" My Contribution
Financial Planning With Home Finance Software: How To Manage Expenses With Home Finance Software
Todays Entry
Read this to see just how much your bad habits can be costing you,
Save Money with a Healthier Lifesyle - How Much are Bad Habits Costing You?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Save-Money-with … -Lifestyle
This topic crossed my mind too. You did a good job Jill!
Thanks, I figured it would hit close to home with a lot of people...Sorry I beat you to it. lol
Last winners before the weekend!!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27TH: PERSONAL FINANCE SOFTWARE
• Staff Pick winner: Analana
for How to Deduct Charitable Contributions from Your Taxes
• Daily Drawing Winner: oceansnsunsets
for Advantages to Managing Your Personal Finances with Computer Software
Congrats you two!
Thank you Simone and Hubpages, I am so excited to get a random drawing!
Congratulations to Analana for the Staff Pick!
Today's Bonus Topic, "Insurance" 1st Entry
Cyber Insurance-How To Secure Online Data And Transactions With Cyber Insurance
Today's Bonus Topic, "Insurance" 2nd Entry
Green Car Insurance-Save On Car Insurance By Going Green
Today's Bonus Topic, "Insurance" 3rd Entry
Fraud Insurance Companies-How To Identify A Fraud Insurance Company
Today's Bonus Topic, "Insurance" 4th Entry
Exotic Pet Insurance-An Insurance For Your Unique And Adorable Pet
Today's Bonus Topic, "Insurance" 5th Entry
Marriage And Insurance-Changes To Your Insurance After Marriage
http://hubpages.com/hub/House-Insurance … rance-Tips
House Insurance: Is The Best Policy The Cheapest? Grab Some Home Insurance Tips!
http://hubpages.com/hub/Avoid-The-Pitfa … n-Shopping
How To Avoid The Pitfalls Of Bargain Shopping, Best Tips To Purchasing Products
http://hubpages.com/hub/Waterstones-Gif … e-Internet
Waterstones Online Gift Card And Internet Hell - Why Do Waterstone's When You Can Amazon?
Today's Bonus Topic, "Bargain Shopping" My Entry
Bargain Shopping Calendar-How To Bargain Shop Month Wise To Save Money
My one and only entry:
The Best Easy way to make money online
I think my last hub for the contest:
Multiple Ways of Making Money with Investments
http://hubpages.com/hub/Multiple-Ways-o … nvestments
Today's Bonus Topic,"Income And Making Money" 1st Entry
Unique Ways To Make Extra Money-How To Make Extra Income With Odd Jobs
http://hubpages.com/hub/Want-to-make-mo … money-fast
I don't know if it is optimised in search engine traffic but might get hits on the off keywords... last hub for the contest.. Its been fun and a great learning experience!!
http://hubpages.com/hub/Income-and-making-money
What can I say? I took a different perspective again!
Today's Bonus Topic,"Income And Making Money" 2nd Entry
How To Introduce Your Child To Family Business:Things To Consider Before Involving Your Child In The Family Business
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