Many of you chose to participate in my recent Thesis Theme giveaway, in which one of my lucky readers/commentators would win a copy of Thesis theme, as well as a 30-min consultation with me.
Well, the time has come to announce the winners and that’s what the video below is all about.
However, even if you don’t care about who won the giveaway, I’d love for you to stick around for a valuable link building tip at the end of the video.
And here’s the link to the giveaway one more time: Thesis Theme giveaway.
My winners are:
Danielle Parsons of DanielleParsons.com - she is getting both Thesis theme and a 30-minute consultation with me.
Noel Addison of NDIC.com will have the pleasure of my company for a 30-minute consultation with me as well.
Marketing Takeaway
Blog promotion is one of biggest challenges that any blogger faces as they grow their audience and business; it can make or break your blogging success.
This giveaway proved to be a win-win experience for both Traffic Generation Cafe promotion and my readers, especially those who won of course.
Now that I had my feet wet with this kind of blog promotion, I am thinking of making it a regular thing - more benefit to you, my readers, and, hopefully more exposure for my blog.
Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Are you going to do something similar on your blog now that you have an idea of how I did it?
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hello Ana, what a brilliant idea of yours to have that contest and congrats to you for making it.hope your still have time to do that again for others to join it too…
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Thanks for the oppertuynity Anna, congrats to the winners, hope this helps to take your blogging career to the next level.
Wow! Just read this. I am one of the winners.
Thanks!
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You are indeed!
cool video…
didn’t know you were a pretty woman ^^
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It seems I missed something. What contest? I’ll go back to have a check. Looks attractive.
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Aw… sorry you missed it, Sunny. I guess you should visit more regularly. LOL!
Great idea, Ana, and I do have some plans for a contest. Your daughter’s lovely, BTW!
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Thank you, James! She’s the light of my life!
OK…your blog development freaks me out…how on earth did you do THAT with your comment email system thingy???
What I mean is:
You have a CommentLuv “Policy” announcement…hold on, I’m guessing it’s CommentLuv Premium? (Darn Beta testers! I’m so trying not to be jealous….)
BUT you also have an offer box in your comment email! C’mon! Spill the beans, Ana, you’re holding out…
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Are you talking about the email that my commentators get when I reply to their comments?
No secret; the plugin is called “ReplyMe”. You can modify it whichever way you’d like to.
Congratulations to Danielle and Noel! So, Ana, now that you’ve dipped your toes in the blog promotion pool, you’ve given all of us a chance to see that it’s not too difficult - or doesn’t have to be.
I’m always thinking of promos - but I overthink them right out of happening. You know, games, memes and whatnot. Time to regroup.
Cheers,
Mitch
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Indeed, Mitchell. We hope to see you hosting an awesome giveaway soon! LOL
Congratulations on your successful contest, Ana…. Nice video - Emma will be blogging soon
All the best,
Mavis
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As soon as she stops confusing her “B”s and “D”s, she’ll be on her way. LOL
Congratulations to the two winners!
Caring and sharing ,that you, Ana!
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I have never had a giveaway content before, Ana. How often do you do this and what exactly is your goal? To attract traffic???
Just curious.
Mark
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Traffic is one of my goals and the other is to give back to my loyal readers.
This is my first contest.
Thanks for another great tip Ana & well done with the giveaway, it looks like it really paid off!
take care,
Alan
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Thanks, Alan.
Congrats to winners! Happy to see video and love to say that thesis is the best theme to blogs.
Hi Ana,
I’m glad for the winners
but sad for me 
I must say that even if I didn’t win, I learned a lot about SEO just by watching the video in the original giveaway post. Some of the things I’ve added to my blog, such as SEO Scribe, and All in one SEO, accomplish some of the things you mention, but not all.
We’re all looking forwad to your daughter’s blog.
Lou
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Maybe next time, Lou.
I’m glad you learned a lot though!
First of all, congrats to the two winners! And nicely done by your daughter picking out the winners as well. I hope you do more of these types of videos in the future Ana. Was pretty neat to see you, and get a personal one on one interaction.
-Jean
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Hi, Ana,
Your blog is quite invaluable to me when it comes to traffic tips… and more power to your elbow. I also want to congratulate Danielle Parsons of DanielleParsons.com. You’re indeed lucky… and hope you’ll fully utilize thesis theme. The feature in thesis is just awesome, and I plan to upgrade my blog to thesis soon. For now, I’m pre-occupied with crafting content for my relatively new blog.
Pro bloggers, including Ana do emphasize the need to concentrate on content creation as it’s KING. I came to realize that… and crafting content for my blog is no long difficult for me like in the begining. It’s now a hobby. Because, I’m still doing 8-5 job, I make sure I write one article for my blog after the close of work. It’s no longer a work to me, but a hobby.
Hey, is your blog relatively new like mine? Are you finding it difficult crafting a post? Just keep doing it. Chances are that the more you do it, the more easy it will become.
Ana…keep up with your good work. It’s nice to hear you talk on your video here.
I’m signing off!…
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Thanks for stopping by, Alphonsus and yes, Thesis is awesome.
My blog is about 2 years old already. I don’t find it hard to craft posts, because I am so passionate about what I do and I have many ideas waiting in drafts.
Congrats to the winners! I hope you both make good use of the valuable prizes. Ana thanks for allowing me to participate in the giveaway.
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Great…Big Congratulation to Danielle Parsons and Noel Addison…Luck one.
Thanks for sharing video…give my big hug to your LITTLE ANGEL..cuttie one.
Hi Ana, Watched the video. You made the whole affair so domestic and no one would have a different opinion that your cute little girl outsmarted you in innocence and won all accolades. Best wishes to you both.
She certainly did, Sreekumar; and thank you for bringing a smile to my face by focusing your comment on my daughter!
Congratulations Danielle and Noel. Thank you Ana and your Daughter for the simple but clear honest way to run your Blog. Nice video.
Gonzalo
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Looking forward to implementing the Thesis theme and helping my team and affiliates learn about creating a blog that grows. It is amazing how we keep learning as we grow older.
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Not older - wiser, Danielle. LOL
CONGRATULATIONS!
Great giveaway and congratulations to the winner!
Great Comp Ana
And congrats to all the winners. Just shows I should really be a bit more active over here!
So sorry Ana for not being a better blogger, will try and be a bit more active. I have actually been reading one post about email marketing and vetting your subscribers list.
It is really interesting and I will be using the tactics to clean up my list this week
Craig
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Thanks Craig.
You’re not a bad blogger, maybe just a quiet one! LOL!
Hi Ana
Even though I didn’t win, thanks for the chance to get involved.
Congrats to the winners!
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Congratulations to the winners! Sally
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Hi Ana,
Congratulations on a successful promotion. I too think that the Thesis theme is one of the best out there, and has pretty good SEO built right in, including speed. I would encourage all of your commenters and readers to check out Thesis. There is also a fair collection of free skins that are available and this list continues to grow. Reading through your site always gives me some good ideas, and this post is no exception. Keep ‘em coming.
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Will do, Gustav - thanks for coming by.
Oh! Congrats to Danielle Parsons.
I didn’t win?
Well, someone needs it more than I do. I must purchase the thesis theme before the end of this month though.
Ana, YOU ROCK!!!
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Hi,
You are an expert in SEO but I am an expert in Giveaways. Maybe we could help each other . Here’s my GIveaway links..so you can at least learn from those! http://stillblondeafteralltheseyears.com/category/giveaways-over-50/
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I am pretty sure I did pretty well with mine. LOL
Hey Ana,
Great video. You are right, the post was a perfect example of a link bait post. This gave me a lot of great ideas for my site. I am planning on doing a redesign with thesis anyway. Do you have some tips on some of the good skin designers out there for thesis?
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Oh never mind. I just found your recommendation for awesome skins under your toolbox link at the top of your blog. You have a ton of great resources there.
Their new product skin looks really nice.
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Yes, I think Hesham did a great job designing that one.
If you need the name of the person who does all the design and technical support for my Thesis, shoot me an email, Damon; I will get you the name.
Hi Ana! I enjoyed the link building tip and the live video so I shared it on twitter! Thanks again! Btw you look gorgeous
Happy rest of the day!
That’s so sweet, Joanna. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Congratulations to your winners, Ana! Sorry I’m not a Wordpress fella, or I betcha I’da won!
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Nice kid
I like this theme,looks good and it’s very functional.Maybe I can win next time.
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Congratulations to the winners! I love the old fashion way with the hat..8)
That is a great example of a great giveaway and link bait post. I have yet to do one and will definitely give it a go.
That is a great contest Ana. Who wouldn’t like a free thesis theme? I enjoyed your video presentation, your Daughter seems very sweet.
You are very right in the fact that creating win-win situations for both you and your readers is the right way to go. I gave away free coaching sessions on my blog before and it worked out well for bringing new eyes to my blog. I used my newsletter, FaceBook and Twitter to promote the free give-away.
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Thanks Justin and yes, she’s the sweetest thing in my life!
That’s a great way to promote and I enjoyed the contest thoroughly.
Congrats to the winner I have Thesis on all my blogs and love it. I really like the layout of your blog.
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