About HEROES cast, it worked but not completely. I have made contacts with 2 of them, one of them twittered me which gave me like 200 votes in an hour! I was hopping that other will follow her but they didn’t But I’m happy, because I have arranged an interview with one of them for the future.

Biggest mistake was that I have not managed to arrange DVD ( 15 copies, I was surprised myself what you can get just if you ask!) and graphic novel giveaways for November. But that was my mistake because I should have contacted sponsors earlier.

Thanks for the advice, I’m already working on SpoilersGuide.com – my new site. I know that HeroesTV is not a long term project but I learned how my niche works and have made some great contacts which helps a lot!

Daniel forgot to include my comments on your blog in his blog post above… So, I am posting it here. You are one of my favorite contenders in the contest. You work in a niche that is difficult and alot of untargeted traffic can drop in your blog. But still you managed to increase your subscribers by more than 100%. Plus, approaching the cast of HEROES was a clever idea. I dont know how much it actually worked for you. You have good experience in surviving in what I call a ‘vertical niche’.

I wish to see you making more money and getting good traffic… and you can do that easily with a niche that holds more monetary value. A niche that has more sub niches in it. You have a great potential and a bright future. You talk like an expert and it shows that you have good experience in Blogging and Internet Marketing.

To your success!
Ricky
KeywordCountry.com

Great people here competing well……

I love techzoomin yar….because he is with simple explanation and great view…

If the contest worked perfectly last season Daniel would not have changed the “rules.”

The way I understood the contest one point was to be given for the most RSS gain while the other points up for grabs were to be based on EFFORT and creativity and not outcome:

“ … even small bloggers have a good chance now. The voting session and the points awarded by the judges will be related to the blogger using the most clever and efficient strategy for gaining RSS subscribers. The only requirement here is creativity, so small bloggers could easily beat the big guys if they are smart enough. In other words, it does not matter if you started the competition with 7 subscribers and ended with 30. If your strategies were clever, you could still get the votes from the readers and from the judges.”

There was no doubt that those who had a large subscriber base and high traffic would outperform the small start-up blogs. But by making the majority of the points available based on creativity and clever ideas that sent a strong message that the winner should not be based on numbers and stats alone.

Modeling the competition after the original American Idol show seems to conjure up an idea of someone who not only performs at peak levels but is well liked and adored by the public and the judges. Someone who represents the blogging world in a positive light.

Another commenter said that Raguh branded his blog and not his name so I looked up the term idol – icon, statue, god, deity, hero, star, pin-up. Was this not a competition about the bloggers themselves? Voting should reflect the “Blogging Idol” in this competition because that’s what is fair.

I really digged Suzanne’s strategy of reaching out to Gurus with her video with super clever approach!

Why didn’t I think of that?! ha. Great work Suzanne!

To Raghu (happyschoolsblog): I know you’re passionate about what you’re doing and I’m glad of our friendship. Looking forward to see your success along the way!!

To everyone else: MUCHO LUCK!!

*My personal favorite that I have discovered from the contest is PICDIT.com!

=)
love,
vanae