Wow… another month has come and gone! Since it’s the last day of the month I guess it’s time to recap the month gone by, and tomorrow we will announce the winners of Making Money Online Dot Com’s “Who Comments Most” competition for August.
But before I get into those things, I want to remind everyone that you have 2 days left to get into the Tuan Nguyen Interview Contest where you have a chance to win a custom Banner Package (which includes 5 different size custom banners) for just reading my interview with Tuan and then just leaving 1 Comment… that’s it. I cannot believe the small number of people that have entered so far, as there is no easier contest to join that I have seen, and the prize is AWESOME! Plus, the odds of you winning this contest are way better than most contests I have seen online. If you haven’t yet… please go read the interview and leave a comment right now so you can be instantly entered.
So what other stuff has happened this past month…
I got interviewed twice in one month. Now that was definitely cool, as the only other time I have ever been interviewed for anything was when my oldest son was in second grade. He had to interview me for a school project, which was cool…but it wasn’t the same, as he was forced to interview me. At least with these two interviews, no one was forcing them (I hope).
Here are the two interviews I did…
- Famous Blogger Club Interview – This is one of several interviews Hesham Zebida from zebida.com is doing on “up and coming” bloggers. It’s a nice simple 5 question interview. If you get a chance you should go read all the interviews he has done so far, as it is a great way to learn a little more about some of your favorite bloggers.
- The Money Cult Interview – This was very cool for me too. I got to be Jared’s Guinea Pig and do his first interview. Jared is looking for more people to interview, so if you are interested you should shoot him an email.
On top of those interviews I shared a little bit of how I got started online in my post, “I Used to be a Dotcom Millionaire, Well at Least on Paper”.
Here are a few other post were pretty popular, at least by the amount of comments they received:
- Making Money Online Dot Com’s First Big Milestones
- Make Your Blog More Interactive
- Learn How To Create Your Own Fun Gravatar
- How to Get More Comments
As for September, we have lots of great posts planned. We have a couple of interviews lined up already with 2 really successful Online Entrepreneurs that should make for really good reads!
As for contests, we have at least 2 that we will be running next month, but there could be more…
- One is going to replace the “Who Comments Most” contest. It is still going to be a commenting contest, but we are going to make it MUCH EASIER for people to have a chance of winning.
- We are still planning on giving away MrBlogging.com, but we are still working out the details. So please stay tuned… the contest will start soon.
Last thing… this morning I read a post from Brian of SEOMkt.com about a contest Keller Hawthorne is running over at Fresh eVenture called the Best WordPress Design 2009 Contest. She is offering several great prizes, so I thought we would give it a shot. Do I think we have the best Wordpress design for 2009? Absolutely not, but our design is okay, and I have no idea how many people have entered, so we might have a shot to win something. Also, it’s just another great way to get our name out in front of a larger audience, so you might think about doing the same. If you want to enter you have until Midnight Eastern Time tonight. Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about the contest a little while ago myself. Here is a link to the submission form.
Alright, that’s it for the update! Thanks again to all of you that have visited us this last month and we hope to see you back here in September.















bbrian017 on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 1:16 pm
I had a track back from you earlier what happened it says page not found…
p.s. I also noticed in your topic title you made a typo on the word recap and spelled it reca.
I seen both your interviews CONGRATS your money cult interview was really cool. I also liked your other but not sure what one I found more interesting. I actually mentioned you and suggested you on my FBC Interview!
I’m really happy things are working out so well for you.
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Doug Dillard on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 1:24 pm
As for the typo and the backtrack… I changed the title 3 times after I submitted it and that is probably what happened. I cannot fix it now, as I submitted the link over in Keller’s contest form and have commented on other sites that are using CommentLuv… and if I change it now all those links won’t work. Oh well… at least the title is fine.
Thanks Brian… I am glad things are going well for you as well. It just proves hard work and dedication pays off eventually!
bbrian017 on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 1:29 pm
Hey you know you might get a lot of web traffic from that typo it will be interesting to see what happens. The reason I say call me Brian is because Bell is not my last name it’s Belfitt.
Hard work does get us far but I learned a lesson today I thought I would never forget so I’m kind upset with my self at the moment. I’m trying to fix the situation well see how it turns out. I hate how easy it is to burn bridges in blogging.
I’m so busy I actually forgot about the free banner competition! Did I still have to do anything to be qualified… perhaps I’ll go post that question on the actual topic.
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Doug Dillard on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 1:45 pm
As for the contest, besides leaving a comment on the actual interview page (which gets you 1 entry), you can get more entries by doing any of the following actions:
- Twitter the contest. (1 Entry)
- Twitter the interview. (1 Entry)
- Stumble the interview. (1 Entry)
- Vote for the Interview on Blogengage (1 Entry)
- Write a post about the contest and interview with links to both. (4 Entries)
- Subscribe to our newsletter. (3 Entries)
Wednesday Night Sept. 2nd at Midnight (PST) is the deadline!
Extreme John on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 3:36 pm
How the heck did I miss your Money Cult Interview? Well either way now I know about both so I can give them a quick read through and compare.
I actually just saw something come through on my Blackberry in regards to the Wordpress Design competition, I need to check that out as well.
One last congrats on the blog milestones bro and I wish you a lucrative and exciting September

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Tycoon Blogger on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 6:18 pm
Good recap, I only missed one of the posts but read all the others during the month. I am waiting for the details for the contest, I want Mr.Blogging!!
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Jared P Little on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 7:55 pm
Doug what a great month. Thanks for all the Press. Your killing it that’s why I interviewed you.
I was just looking at your site earlier tonight and and said Wow. Keep up the good work.
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Typhoon on Wed, 2nd Sep 2009 5:32 am
The contest in which you enrolled yourself is really a good one and will be voting for you there.
By the way sorry for asking out of the topic; Who is Mark Smith? why he doesn’t blogs here? Eager to know …
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