Birhtday Contest: Additional Prize and Minor Changes

To all the followers of the contest "Simply The Best Birthday Gift", I have added a new prize for the most number of referred entries to this contest. A 7 day Ad Gift Card from Adgitize will also be given away. So to all those who haven't tried being an advertiser at Adgitize, you may now experience it. If you are not yet a member of Adgitize, then register here.

Last one sponsor for the major sponsors and it will be closed. I have also changed the minimum words in blog/site review from 200 to atleast 100 words.

So what are you waiting for? Start referring to get the sure win prize. Again I wish to thank the current sponsors.

Helping Others Gain PR

On my journey to find how you can gain PR or PageRank, I found an article that is really helpful. It seems being friendly and helping others increase their PR can help you increase PR as well. How? Gaining friends with high PR or not and them linking to your site will gain popularity to your site. Of course you still have to work on your site/blog's content - it will still rely on the quality of the contents of your site.

One thing for sure is that the people you help, mostly will help you as well. A fellow blogger told me (she wishes to be anonymous since in her site she is also anonymous) that her blog started gaining popularity as soon as she started helping others gain their PRs by joining their contests, being a sponsor, making blog reviews for other sites as prizes, etc... In return most of them will return this favor as well.

Now, I am glad I am doing this contest. I found some new contests and I'll probably join them as sponsor as well. But in the meantime, I'll concentrate on my contest.

Tomorrow, I'll be adding a new prize for my contest and probably close the major sponsors. I don't want to make it more harder for the contests entrants by making so many blog/site reviews.

How to Generate an RSS from Label

Do you have a certain topic or label in your blog that you want your users to have an information? This method is very useful specially if your blog is a mixed of articles with different categories. Let's say you want your users to be informed in case a new update has been made on their chosen category like new programs you have joined or new windows tips, new freebie application, new wallpapers, etc...

It is actually very easy.

First, here is what my normal RSS looks like:

http://xleontips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Now, choose a topic that you like to use. NOTE: It should only be one word, if it is two words, then you have to edit all those labels and make them one word. In my case, I used payment-proofs:

http://xleontips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/payment-proof?alt=rss

Now you go and try my link - HERE.

More Sponsors for the Contest

I would like to thank all the new sponsors that came to support us on this contest. From the looks of the prizes even I want to join this now (lol). So here is the updated prizes and list of sponsors:

1st Prize (Cash - $25)
$20 Paypal + 3000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review - XLEONTIPS
$5 PayPal + 5000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Pinay Mom
3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - Blog de Manila
3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - World Travel and Vacation 

2000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months - Online Mommy's Corner
Ad Space for 2 months - Obstacles and Glories

2nd Prize (Cash $15)
$10 Paypal + 1000 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review )

$5 Paypal + Ad Space for 1 month - Stay at Home Blessings 
3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Kaya mo Pinoy 

3rd Prize (Cash $5)
$5 PayPal + 500 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 weeks + Blog / Site Review )
3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Philipine USANA


Special Award for Top EC dropper
500 EC + (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month)

Major Sponsors:

• Baul ni Noel (XLEONTIPS' sister site)
• Stay at Home Blessings ($5 + Ad Space)
• Pinay Mom ($5 + 5000 EC + Ad Space) 

List of other Sponsors:

• Obstacles and Glories (Ad Space)
• Kaya Mo Pinoy (sister site Blog de Manila)
• World Travel and Vacation (sister site Blog de Manila)
• Philippine USANA (sister site Blog de Manila)

I would also like to remind all the entrants of this contest not to forget about the last requirement of this contest which is making a review of the major sponsor's website/blog. Make atleast a 200 words review for them. Thank you very much. Click HERE to see details of the contest

We are still open for sponsors to all those who want to promote their sites as well.

Tweaking Adventure for PR!

I am off on a new adventure and it's just right here in my own blog. It will be a tedious job but it will be worth it. I am one of those people who try to make their blogs raise PR. Currently, I am trying to study about it and it has come to my attention that Google raises a blog or site's PR according to the relativity of your posts. Stick to one theme or make your post relative to one another as much as possible. Well actually, it is one of the ways on how you can raise your PR. Why don't we tackle more about PR.

What is PR?

PR stands for PageRank. PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page's PageRank is calculated.

PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one. (reference: WebWorkShop).

Now I know what PR is, how can I check my site's PR?
The site's name is called Google PageRank Checker.

Wait, is PR important?
Well, if you are earning money from online businesses like affiliate marketing, SEO,or making product review through your blog or your website, IT IS IMPORTANT. Why? Of course if you like people to see your product - you'd prefer to advertise it where most people go or you'd prefer to put those ads on important sites.

Okay, that is it for now. I'm off to my adventure.

I Won't Drop!

I noticed how other bloggers try to put their Entrecard buttons and Adgitize buttons almost at the hard places to find. It takes up a lot of time to find so my only solution would be to NOT DROP! Yes, if I can't find it in 2 glances then I won't click on it. Here is what I do during EC dropping and Adgitizing:

1. While Adgitizing or clicking CMFAds spikes, first thing I do is find the EC and Adgitize buttons and then click on it. 
2. And while loading the other pages I clicked - I read their articles. Sometimes it takes me about 5-10 minutes to read the article when it really is interesting coz I click other EC and Adgitize buttons while reading it.
3. I also click CMFAds button when the article I read helps me - it's just my way of thanking the author.

So, how about you? Do you have any habits while Adgitizing?

To All Farmville Fanatics

I used to be a Facebook's Farmville Addict and when I watched this I told myself - this looks cool. Two talented Filipinos playing Farmville's theme song with electric guitar and piano. Very cool! I know you'll all like this. Enjoy!

Simply The Best Birthday Gift Contest!

My beloved wife whom I love so much, is going to have her birthday this coming September and to celebrate it I decided to have a contest. By the way, this is the first time I am conducting an online contest. All I need is to have the best and most simple birthday gift to my beloved wife.

Okay, here are a few pointers for the ideal gift:

• We can't go out of the country.
• We can't go out of town.
• We have a child that is so cute and cuddly - a 4 year old boy named Ize.
• Money is no object - hope I could say that but due to our tight budget and my company crisis, I would like to make it simple yet the best gift ever. Don't worry much about the budget - I already have a budget and I could add a few bucks
• There are no wrong answers here - I just need ideas.
• In case you need to know the age to base the idea, she is turning 33.

How to join:

• Blog about this contest along with your answer. Your answer should be the first thing to see in the entry and then the details of this contest.
• Grab the banner code above and put it on your site's sidebar.
• Follow our XLEONTIPS blog through Google Connect.
• Add XLEONTIPS and our major sponsors to your blogroll. (NOTE: Please don't use a NoFollow link, the link should be a DoFollow link. If you don't know what this means, it's okay because by defaul it is a DoFollow link once you made a link.)
• Subscribe to our Feeds.
• Go back here and inform us of your entry.
• Make a review of our major sponsors (at least 100 words) and post the link of the review here or to the major sponsor's list..
• Please post who referred you to this contest along with the link to your Birtday Gift Idea.

Here are the current prizes (Prize will change as we get more sponsors):

1st Prize (Cash - $25)

• $20 Paypal + 3000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review - XLEONTIPS 
• $5 PayPal + 5000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Pinay Mom 
• 3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - Blog de Manila 
• 3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - World Travel and Vacation
• 2000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months - Online Mommy's Corner 
• Ad Space for 2 months - Obstacles and Glories

2nd Prize (Cash $15) 

• $10 Paypal + 1000 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review ) 
• $5 Paypal + Ad Space for 1 month - Stay at Home Blessings  
• 3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Kaya mo Pinoy 

3rd Prize (Cash $10) 

• $5 PayPal + 500 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month + Blog / Site Review ) 
• $5 PayPal + Ad Space - Make Money Online  
• 3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Philipine USANA
•  Ad Space for 1 month - One Proud Mama

Special Prize for Top EC dropper 

• 500 EC + (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month) 

Special  Prize for Top Referrer 

• 7 Day Ad Gift Card at Adgitize

Major Sponsors:

• Baul ni Noel (XLEONTIPS' sister site)
• Stay at Home Blessings ($5 + Ad Space)
• Pinay Mom ($5 + 5000 EC + Ad Space) 
• Blog De Manila (12000 EC + Ad Space)
• Make Money Online ($5 + Ad Space)

List of other Sponsors:

• Online Mommy's Corner (Ad Space)
• Obstacles and Glories (Ad Space)
• Kaya Mo Pinoy (sister site Blog de Manila)
• World Travel and Vacation (sister site Blog de Manila)
• Philippine USANA (sister site Blog de Manila)
• One Proud Mama (Ad Space)

The contest will be running until Sept 30, 2010. On that day, the winners will be drawn randomly. Currently, we are looking for other sponsors. Cash prize / goods / merchandise / domain names sponsors will be added as one of our major sponsor and will get a blog review from joining bloggers.

Revitalizing Adgitize

I haven't Adgitize for a very long time and I think now would be a good time to be active once again since I have an hour to spare per day to Adgitize. AdHitz was also activated and hopefully it turns out great again. Of course this mean that my Entrecard will be up again.

AN UPCOMING CONTEST

There will be an upcoming contest for everyone to enjoy this coming days and it will be a weekly contest. I'll post the details tomorrow so stand by for it.

Got Paid: Again for Clicking

Okay, here is another payout from International Offers. They are my first ever GPT (Get Paid To) and the most honest PTC of all. Yes more honest than Neobux. They pay you to join programs and to click ads.

Join them and earn money online.

Got Paid: For Bloggin'

And here is another fast payout. Actually, I seldom check my other email that is why I was surprised to see another payout. You see I never even withdraw money from them and this is my first time having to receive a payout from them. It seems they pay immediately or as soon as they receive payment from the business who bought ads from your site. ASK2LINK, thank you very much.

Now I have proven their honest business, and their system really works. And that is just for my blogging. Thanks and here is the proof! I hope more business buys ads on my blog. Here is the proof!

Got Paid: for Clicking!

I clicked withdraw and bam! it's there popping on my mail! I got another payment from Neobux - just for clicking! Here is the payment proof guys!

Okay, I know it's not much - but hey it's 17$ bucks guys, it's something already! I earned it fair and square, thank to all my refs.

NEOBUX is still the most honest paying PTC on the internet.