In an effort to spread the word out about this site, hopefully gain more readers and as a direct result of the “I have a shuffle to give away, but how?” post that was made earlier this week, I think we have come up with a great little giveaway contest. First, I would like to thank everyone who participated with the ideas. I will be using most of them in the near future for more giveaway contests (This has been way too much fun to do only once). Second, I would like to say a special thanks to Wess Daniels for this excellent idea (which he got from Paul Stamatiou by the way). So here’s the scoop…

The challenge:

To get the word out about iBAM, Digg it and write a review for a chance to win the shiny new Shuffle.

Rules:

The contest is simple, there are three ways to enter (yes, you can do all three for three times the chance)

1. Write up a simple review for iboughtamac.com on your blog, your trackback to this post will be your entry. Posts that just link here without a review will not be entered (I will read them all), it must be a legitimate review. However, if your trackback doesn’t show up in the post, feel free to link to your post by commenting here as well but it won’t increase your chance to win if you do both. One entry per site/review/trackback.
2. I have Dugg this post so that I can add additional entries in to the drawing for those who digg it. Please be sure I can contact you though (through Digg or otherwise) in case you are the winner.
3. Join the iBAM mailing list. All email addresses (all current and future will be entered into the drawing. Must be a legitimate address (or I can’t get a hold of you).

That’s it! Three chances to win a shiny new iPod Shuffle.

The contest ends March 12th, 2007 so on Monday, March 12th at 11:59pm (AZ), I will take all the trackbacks, diggs & emails, put them in a hat (or box, or spreadsheet) and randomly select one entry from the mix to award the brand new 1gb Blue iPod Shuffle to. I will post the results as soon as I have confirmed with the winner.

Disclaimer: I reserve the right to remove any or all entries and conduct this contest as I see fit. I am an honest person with no hidden motives. I have one iPod Shuffle, it’s blue, it’s new and I want to give it away to one lucky person. Please don’t try to “abuse the system”. This is a friendly promotional exercise to help spread the word about iboughtamac.com. You don’t need to ruin the fun for anyone by exploiting some sort of loophole. I’m not the state lottery. I’m just a guy trying to spread the word about my new blog site. Please be considerate, Thank you!

Okay, back to the post… I have to admit, this had been a very educational experience and quite a lot of fun. I’m really excited to see how it all comes out. I think I am more excited to see reader participation than to give away the Shuffle as I have really learned a lot from the comments you have all made while visiting. I thank you in advance for the reviews, diggs and emails and I sincerely wish you all the best of luck.