Competitions (or contests) and giveaways are a great way to interact and have some fun with your current readership while at the same time gain more subscribers and additional readers. Beginner Blogger had its first Contest/Giveaway last month, which was a great success.

Today I thought I’d showcase some of the bloggers that currently have  contests and giveaways that I’ve found around the blogosphere that you may like to enter. There are some great prizes going around so check them out! (Please note these aren’t affiliate links or anything like that. These bloggers aren’t even aware that I’m doing this! )

Derek from lifenotion.com

Derek is giving away a Flip Video Camera(!). To enter you have to write a guest blog post.

Click here to enter

Senthil Ramesh from Novice Bloggers

Senthil is giving away 2 125×125 ad spots for whoever has the most comments at the end of the month.

Click here to enter

Erica from Erica Says

Erica is giving away a bucket full of prizes including:

• a 1 hr private comedy coaching lesson from Jordan Cooper
• 2 months advertising from Rhys Wynne who runs The Gospel According to Rhys blog
• Several other prizes!

To enter all you have to do is comment on the post! (There are other ways to gain additional entries)

Click here to enter

@blpro from BloggingPro

Is giving away 4xclub memberships to Elegant Themes. All you have to do is add @blpro to twitter and tweet the instructions given!

Click here to enter

Contests that just came in:

Aminul from aisajib.com

Is giving away 125×125 ad space for 2 months. To enter you have to comment with quality comments. You have till now till Valentines day (14th February)

Click here to enter

These are just a handful of many contests that I’m sure are around the blogophere for the start of January.

What contests and giveaways have you entered lately? Are there any contests that I may have missed? What’s your favourite type of contest to enter?

Let everyone know in the comments below!

It was a very small competition for a very short amount of time during a very low if not the lowest part of the year traffic wise. Having said that the competition exceeded my expectations! You can expect many more competitions from me in future.

For those that missed out that subscribed you will automatically be entered into future contests in future if you stay subscribed. For those that haven’t subscribed I recommend you do so below so you don’t miss out on winning in future. As well as being in the draw for prizes you’ll also receive information, tips and 1on1 engagement not found here on this blog.

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Thanks to all those that participated. I still have a few google wave invites left, so if you would like one just let me know either my commenting below, emailing me or contacting me on twitter @beginnerblogger.

Hope you all had a very merry Christmas, are enjoying some time off and getting prepared for a big 2010!

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish you all a very safe and happy Christmas! I hope you’re relaxing, spending time with the family and getting ready for a big 2010. I know I am!

Free Giveaway

It’s not much and I’m sure most of you have Google Wave already but I am going to give away 10 Google Wave invites. I think this will be a big thing in 2010 along with the help of 3rd party applications to go along with it. So if you’d like an invite just leave a comment below and I’ll send the invite to the email you leave in the comment form.

Prize Giveaway

In addition I’m putting up for grabs a 125×125 ad spot on my blog for 2 weeks which can link to your blog.  If you don’t have a banner for your blog I will create one for you! To qualify for entry all you have to do is subscribe to my email list below or already be on my emailing list. I will draw the winner at 12PM Brisbane, Australia time, Monday 28th December (GMT+10).

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So what did you get for Christmas? What was a great gift that you got for someone else? How are you celebrating Christmas?

Whatever it is you’re doing and wherever you are – I hope you’re having a great day

Merry Christmas!

Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com