Comments on: Free Drinks at the Irish Blog Awards

By: icedcoffee | words » burn feeds

icedcoffee | words » burn feeds — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:57:23 +0000

[...] Cue Round Two “The person who gets the biggest % increase in FeedBurner subscribers between now and the Irish Blog Awards wins” [...]

By: People and Technology - Damien Mulley is the number one threat to Irish Productivity

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:47:57 +0000

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By: Naive by Design | And the Winner of €2,000 of Web Design Work Is…

Naive by Design | And the Winner of €2,000 of Web Design Work Is… — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:13:45 +0000

[...] …Paul Browne of FirstPartners.net! Using a sequence of numbers from Dublin-based Random.org, I put all the names in a spreadsheet and sorted by descending order. It’s funny that Paul ended-up on top as he’s the guy ultimately responsible for this whole thing. So well done Paul; you walk away with €2,000 of web design work and one of the ugly trophies pictured above. [...]

By: Naive by Design | Who Wants €2,000 of Free Web Design Work?

Naive by Design | Who Wants €2,000 of Free Web Design Work? — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:30:18 +0000

[...] The stunt ends today and one of my subscribers will get €2,000 worth of web design work. If you’d like it, all you have to do is leave your name in the comments some time in the next 24 hours and I’ll put you in the draw. I’ll announce the winner with an update to this post. Good luck! While I didn’t win the race, I did gain an extra 60 subscribers. But I’m not under any illusions; there’s nothing more appealing than free! While I’ve got you, I’d like to invite you to stick around because there’s lots to come in the next few months: [...]

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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:12:15 +0000

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By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:12:36 +0000

Everyone can expect a fairly big jump in their numbers over the weekend. Google will now provide feeder numbers for both Google Reader and Google Homepage subscribers.

Previously this only showed up as a single aggregate reader. You will now see the total figure

By: Irish Blog Award Bribery Shocker - Technology in plain English - Dublin Ireland

Irish Blog Award Bribery Shocker - Technology in plain English - Dublin Ireland — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:06:48 +0000

[...] In a shock turn to the Irish Blog awards, Damien Mulley has been revealed (allegedly) to be in receipt of a pint for his efforts in the ‘increase your subscribers on feedburner‘ award. Anonymous sources detailled his use of the Irish Blog Award feed (which increased it’s readers 32 times) to win this prestigious award, which is the premier alcohol based award in the Irish Blogosphere. [...]

By: David Doran’s Media Blog » Blog Archive » Learning Takes Time

David Doran’s Media Blog » Blog Archive » Learning Takes Time — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:38:38 +0000

[...] It must be the season for competitions and give-aways because as many in the blogo-sphere will know the second leg of Blog feeds subscriber race is soon to come to an end. (Oh, and Free Drinks are up for grabs) [...]

By: admin

admin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:58:00 +0000

6 Days gone … and most people’s feeds are *down* on last week. Ok, it’s Monday so things will pick up. We’ll wrap up this round tomorrow (as Damien pretty much has it in the bag)

There is an alternative to Beer on offer for Round 3. Any suggestions on how to award the (to be revealed) prize to be fair to everyone? Thomas has suggested %age *and* absolute increase. I’m thinking of ‘craziest offer to increase stats ‘(e.g. Richard and Eoghan). What do people think?

Will probably kick round 3 off towards the end of the week.

By: Damian O'Broin

Damian O'Broin — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:00:04 +0000

Hmmm. 50% increase on Friday and now a 30% drop. This is going to be interesting…

By: Irish Blog Awards » Blog Archive » Free SEO Consulting for all Blog Award Nominees

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:09:44 +0000

[...] Wow. Richard Hearne from Red Cardinal is offering a free consultation for all nominees. It’s about 15 minutes of his time but it can still be a good deal. There are lots of terms and conditions but none too sneaky. He is of course looking for you to subscribe to his blog feed too and link to his blog from your blog. This is known as linkbaiting but since both sides benefit, it might not be classed as spam. I’m reminded of something else … [...]

By: RSS Subscriber Competition - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion

RSS Subscriber Competition - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:07:53 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:37:58 +0000

Glad to see almost everybody’s numbers are up. I have a plan for this. After all, we’re not really in this for the pint (shock ! horror!).

@Thomas – I’m trying to keep the number really simple, yet fair. Maybe next time we can do ‘bigest spike in google visitors’ , although we’ll have to trust each other on that one.

@Phil – I’ll include you in the next round.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:06:02 +0000

This sounds like fun – count me in

By: theresa daly

theresa daly — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:43:01 +0000

Been out of the ring lately but this looks interesting. Lots of luck

By: iced coffee words » burn feeds

iced coffee words » burn feeds — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:50:02 +0000

[...] Cue Round Two “The person who gets the biggest % increase in FeedBurner subscribers between now and the Irish Blog Awards wins” [...]

By: Eoghan McCabe

Eoghan McCabe — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:12:52 +0000

Richard: “Holy crap. Eoghan really wants that pint.”

Not really, I’m just over-competitive. It’s a little problem I have. But if I do win the pint, I’ll enjoy knowing it cost me 2 grand!

By: Thomas Holmes

Thomas Holmes — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:25:40 +0000

Well I missed why you aren’t using just the raw increase in subscribers.

You could use raw subscribers and factor in %increase in some way.

i.e. starting out with a larger subscriber base makes it easier to increase raw subscribers through your existing subscriber network. So factor this in, in some way that balances out the chances of winning for the blogs with lower subscriber figures.

jeez my maths hat is pretty dusty these days…

By: admin

admin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:17:55 +0000

JC , Gavin : I’ll include you in the next round. Easiest thing is to stick the feedburner icon on your blog and I’ll pick it up from there.

Thomas: Yes %age increase is a bit dodgy. I’m open to suggestions on how to measure round (pint) 3.

By: Thomas Holmes

Thomas Holmes — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:36:35 +0000

Yeah, this whole percentage increase thing really isn’t the greatest measure…

For Tom to increase his subscribers at the same rate as Damien has done in the last two days he would need 9400 subscribers.

Not that it isn’t possible!

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:24:31 +0000

I’m sure that pint is mines although Richard will need to be dealt with accordingly.

Once I get my feed burner fully functional I’ll submit my site with zero subscribers, yes I am confident.

By: JC Skinner

JC Skinner — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:06:05 +0000

Sign me up, mate! With a measly six or seven subscribers (on a good day) I expect that by simply pointing a gun at the head of my extended family, I should be able to romp home here!

By: Who can get the most subscribers… | Stephen’s Thoughts

Who can get the most subscribers… | Stephen’s Thoughts — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:49:23 +0000

[...] Paul Browne is running a competition with a few of the guys that are going to the Irish Blog awards, to see who can get the highest percentage increase in subscribers. They are all using feedburner as the official subscriber count. I wish I entered the race, at the moment I only have 16 subscribers so should have an advantage over some of the bloggers like Tom Rafferty who have over 700. [...]

By: 2000 Euro worth of Design work , just to get Free Beer at the Irish Blog Awards. - Technology in plain English - Dublin Ireland

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:29:06 +0000

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By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:17:45 +0000

I think the ‘rules’ went out the window a while ago. Sure, I don’t even know how we decide the winner.

But one thing I do know, if we make a couple more comments here the central div might actually extend beyond Paul’s side bar

By: admin

admin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:05:35 +0000

Gavin,

Rules are: No biting , no eye-gouging , no photo-shopping, no double-subscribing but otherwise anything goes.

You in for the next round?

Paul

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:48:15 +0000

One question!

What are the rules?

By: Feedburner Silliness

Feedburner Silliness — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:34:30 +0000

[...] For the last few days a lot of Irish bloggers seem to have been competing to see who has the most subscribers to their feeds. *yawn* [...]

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:18:29 +0000

@Richard – Hopefully

By: How Would You Like a €2,000 Web Design? It’s Just One Click Away | Search Engine Optimisation Ireland .:. Red Cardinal

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:15:20 +0000

[...] Well what started out as a a friendly bit of banter over who would buy the pints at the Irish Blog Awards has suddenly escalated into serious contest that could even eclipse the Blog Awards themselves. [...]