Welcome, everyone, to the first Blog-Off for Babies, a competition between eight different bloggers to win some cash prizes and raise some money for the March of Dimes charity. We have a great group of people and blogs assembled and this should be a complete ton of fun. For details on the competition rules and schedule, read this post.
Today is the first day of the blog-off and the first topic is being given out, which I’ll mention in a bit, but first I thought I’d introduce the participants to you, the readers, so you can get to know them a bit. If you’ll notice, on the left-hand side of this blog there is now a “Blog-Off” section with links to each of the blogs involved so you can easily click over and read each of their entries.
The Participants
This Just In
Five Second Dance Party
Just My Mumbo Jumbo
Move Along
PhilosYphia
Pedantics Anonymous
Iowa City Quilter
Joining in the Fun
Just because you aren’t one of the bloggers in the competition doesn’t mean you can’t participate! Feel free to follow along, read all the entries, and comment on them. We bloggers LOVE comments and especially when you’re doing a blog-off, comments help you gauge how you did on the topic given. So chime in!
Week 1 Topic:
And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for — the first topic. Here goes!
Topic: Oprah has popularized the phrase, “Best Life” with a series of shows centered around so-called “experts” talking about how to have, “the best life”. What is your definition of a “best life” and how do you think you are — or are not — fulfilling your conception of it?
There ya go! Your topic for the week. Entries are due by the end of July 7th (Tuesday); voting can begin on Wednesday through Saturday night. So get writing and have fun!
If you go to my blog you can now download a choice of two (or heck, take ‘em both!) images for linking back to PhilosYphia and this entry.
Let all your readers know you’re blogging for babies!
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We have two more people joining the Blog-Off! Henry from “Pedantics Anonymous” and Rebecca from “Iowa City Quilter” have jumped in at the last moment, but are going to get up to speed in a hurry! They are both brand-new, virgin bloggers but wanted to get in on the Blog-Off as a way to jump into the world of blogging — nothing like diving in head-first.
Please welcome them and add them to your list of people to read, starting on Wednesday.
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[...] post is a contribution to Nathan’s fabulous blog-off. Visit the link for the rest of the participants and further information. A portion of the proceeds [...]