Break The line project

We have been taught to stand in line, but that was to discipline us. Unfortunately, that's what most of the bloggers are doing. They walk in a line like a pack of ants and are afraid to think out of the box or get out of the line. Especially, people starting their new blogs or sites are afraid of writing original posts ( some don't have them). They just copy content or at best, modify it in their own language. This makes the concept of blogging useless.
The "Break The Line" Project is an attempt to rectify this serious problem. The resource post (101 ways to create your original posts) will be created by everyone here and will benefit everybody. It will provide ways which can be used by people to come up with original blog posts. You can contribute to this project and gain form it while helping others.
Here are the details:

• MOTIVATION:

To create a "101 ways to create your original posts" resource with everybody's (including me and you) help.

• HOW DO YOU PARTICIPATE?

That's the beautiful part. All you have to do is drop a comment here stating the way you think can be helpful for generating original ideas. Look at some collected ideas: 101 ways to create your original posts. I and the active readers will discuss and add the suitable ways into the resource post.
Here is what an accepted comment will look like:

101 ways to create your original posts:

1. Way One - Submitted by Person1(Link to his blog)
2. Way Two- Submitted by Person 2 (Link to Person 2's Blog)

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You can also elaborate on the suggested idea at your own blog and link it back to the comment or the resource post ( if accepted).

• WHAT DO YOU GET?

Apart from the recognition in the Blogging community, you grow along with the project(HOW?), with the following benefits:

1. Backlinks
2. Technorati Rank
3. Traffic Traffic Traffic
   
4. New friends who can help you in Blogging
5. Loyal Readers interested in your niche, since they were attracted from an idea you gave in the first place.
6. Of Course, I will be giving you many backlinks through the Best-Blog-Basket.

Please, read How Do you Grow With The project? to get more and more of the above six things.

• ANY RULES?
  

1. Try not to post duplicate ways since it is most likely, it wont be added to the resource post.
2. You can add many ways as you want, each giving you one link.
3. Even if your comment is not selected, you will get a linkback from the post on "People supporting "Break The Line".
4. After every 10 ways collected from the project, I will post them in a separate post, making it easier for navigation, giving you additional backlinks. You can do the same, interlinking is the best way to boost your Technorati Rank.
   

• How can you support it?

1. Spread the word. There isn't any chance that we can create 101 ways by ourselves, more the people participating, more popular you get.
2. Here is an icon you can use. Feel free to modify or create your icons. Do inform us if you think your icon is better. :)
   

Keep Blogging!

Blog A Tool Contest

Its time for a blogging contest @ B-B-B (Best-Blog-Basket). It is pretty similar to other contests. You have to blog about a blogging tool. The prizes will help you increase traffic for your blog and your technorati rank; best of all your relations in the blogging community. Please read all of the instructions before submitting your entries. Only new posts will be accepted. Posts written before today's date will not be eligible for this contest. Thanks for your understanding.
The full list of submissions are posted here.

• Topic:
  

As we keep blogging, we think of new things which can be done to improve our blog. Everyone strives to get the best graphics, best content, newest setups and what not. In your pursuit as a blogger, I am sure you must have come across many tools which would have helped you in your blogging endeavour.
The contest is pretty simple. All you have to do is: Write about one tool, which you think has made your blogging life a heaven. It might be any tool: online or offline, hardware or software; it might even be a book. All that is required is, it should have helped you and it should be helpful to the readers.
Possible examples of tools: Newsgator, any cool widget, a new plugin (like stumble), a book, a forum,a template, a site, a software, a new mouse etc. You might add anything you think is appropriate(above mentioned criteria) and blog about it.

• The Prizes:

Let the best tool win! I will decide which tool is the best based on: how helpful it is;if you have mentioned its best use in your blog or not etc.

1. All participants get 2 linkbacks from my blog.
2. 10 top entries get a chance to write guest blog entries on my blog. (They should obviously be sensible and not full of meaningless links, but they can contain links back to your blog when relevant.)
3. Two entries get the ad space on my blog header for 15 full days.
4. Two other entries will receive:
   

• A review from my blog along with the backlink.
• An honest and thorough feedback about their blog from me ( I assure you I will prepare my feedback after many visits). I will explain its relevance: I will tell you the viewpoint of a new reader be it on your graphics, content, site layout. I will be a part of the experimentation you do on your blog for 10 days, if you want.

• How to participate?

Step1: Write the blogging tool post.

• You must state your tool clearly and its use(s). You can add anything else you want.
• If you don't have a blog where you can write a post you can mail me your entries at: mp3mohit1@gmail.com
• If you don't want too much hustle, you can add your post in the comments, but you will lose the two backlinks you could have got. I assure you, it wont affect my decision.
  
• You can write it in your first language. I encourage that.
• Please consider putting a link back to this post on your post so that your readers know you’re participating. You don’t have to do this - but it’d be appreciated to help grow the discussion/contest.

Step 2: Inform me about the post:

• Drop in a mail .
• Make sure to include your name, title of the post, URL of the post you have written.
• Deadline: 3 Weeks from today, 15 Th April 2007
  

Step 3: The links you get:

• One in the total list of submissions for viewing all the entries.
• In a daily post on the entries received on a daily basis.
• Selected entries get more links.
  

Step 4: Link Link Link

• You can post your own winners list by surfing through the contest entries. This will help you get to know new blogs and establish new connections in the blogging community.
• The amount of interlinking potential amongst the contestants is huge and its upto you to make the best out of it.

Step 5: The chosen entries will be announced on the 16Th April.

Acknowledgment

I have launched a Predict To Win: Cricket Contest recently,I am trying to get more and more people participate in it; to make it more exciting. Some of the blogs have helped me out in this endeavor. I am sorry to the readers, who feel this is shameless promotion, but even if I started a good contest, I had to publicize it. Who knows maybe you came through one of the below blogs :).Below is the list of blogs:

• Existential Ventures:This is a blog run by Eric, I have gotten pretty close to him recently. We are participating in the Million Dollar Race he is organising. Looking forward to that.
• Blogger Lounge: I have learnt a lot from this blog. This blog even taught me about backlinking, when it comes to rapid traffic, this blog is the King.
• Esofthub's web finds:"100 SEO Factors that affect Google Page Rank", these are the kind of topics this blog discusses. I cant explain it better than that, because that is perfect.
• Ja Kel Daily Dot Com: "Turning Page Views Into Profits","Top 10 Methods to Find New Readers". He always tries to help you make money.
• Blogging Sports Network:By Far the best review post for this contest. He has a blog related to cricket. The categories on the blog are: Auto Racing, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Other Sports. The blog is all about sports and is a must stop for sport fanatics.
  
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• Your Blog.

Please help me promote this competetion. You will definitely get your name in the above or a similar post. Just do the following:

• Participate in the contest

OR

• Give a brief description of the competetion to help you blog readers participate too. Looking forward to your co-operation.

If you have done any of these drop me a mail(see page footer) or a comment to this post.

Humor Contest: One piece

Luffy, one of the best comic anime. Here is a clipping from one of the chapters:
(you will have to click it to read).

Now here is the contest description:

• What do you get?

1. Irrespective of whether you win or not you get a link back to your blog.
2. One winner gets the blogspace ad for free (2 days).

• What do you have to do?

1. Tweak the dialogues and make it more humorous, anything is allowed(except obscenity).
2. Add it to the comments to this post and I will pick one every two days. Every participant will be backlinked from this post.

What are you waiting for, its fun and it will help your blog prosper.

PS: If you backlink to this post, my backlink would be more valuable to your blog (more links a blog has, more weightage its links have in SEO).