I was a little angry when the TV show Glee acted as though they were bringing it to everyone’s attention the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow could sing. This is a fact I have been aware of since her movie Duets came out. The song Groovin’ Together was even on the radio. I know that this movie didn’t do all that well, but I thought it was a known fact that Gwyneth could sing.

Despite all of that I did enjoy her performance as a substitute teacher on the show Glee. Her name is Holly Holliday and she fills in when Mr. Schuester is sick. After she is there for a few days she attempts to steal his job. Of course this is the show Glee and Gwyneth is required to sing. Her best performance was C! ee-Lo’s “Forget You” and she sang the song with him on the Grammy Awards.

I’ve seen advertisements that she is going to be coming back and may even have a romance with Mr. Schuester. I always enjoy the music that is performed on Glee and we like to sing along.

I watched this episode of Glee omy TV from www.Direc4U.com. I try to record several episodes of this show to enjoy watching as a marathon. Sometimes I get impatient and watch the show during the same week instead of waiting.

First, the prize pool has grown to $12,201! Seriously… and it’s not just prizes like the iPod Touch from Shoemoney, a 6 month pro membership to SEOmoz, or exclusive blog themes from Unique Blog designs (whose portfolio’s includes well-known bloggers like John Chow and Zac Johnson). The prize pool also includes straight CASH from very well-known networks like PepperJam. It’s a massive list of REAL money and AWESOME prizes like you’ve probably never seen from a blog contest before.

Second, the big names he’s managed to get to donate to this contest amaze me. This contest has completely convinced me that Gyutae is a master marketer because his blog is only six months old! I’m still scratching my head wondering how he’s managed to come on the scene and gain such a big following in such a short period of time. He’s obviously gotten noticed by the big names too since they seem to be supportive of his blog and this contest. I’m sure he used his powers of persuasion and detailed his master plan to garner some fabulous exposure for everyone involved.

And finally, and this is something I’m truly admiring, he has taken blog contests to the next level in a genius sort of way. Most blog contests are designed to gain RSS subscribers and traffic, which hopefully translates to more readers and an overall following. Contests seem very effective towards that end since they’re fun and everyone loves winning free stuff. Most blog contest holders ask that you leave a comment and subscribe to their RSS feed to enter. While Gyutae also includes these basic requirements, he has managed to turn this opportunity into much more for his blog and those who’ve donated prizes. What he did was add “clues” as a way for those who enter to gain more points towards winning the cash and prizes. While not necessarily genius in and of itself, the clues themselves involve taking actions such as stumbling the contest post, blogrolling him, following him on Twitter, and even signing up for some of the sites that donated prizs like PepperJam. He’s creating a massive buzz for his blog, increasing subscribers, generating traffic, building links, and getting referrals with this contest by adding these “clues”. Pure Genius!

If you haven’t gotten in on the action yet, you’ve got about a week left to enter. The drawing for the winners happens on Monday, March 31. Good luck to everyone!

Here’s the insane list of prizes:

WordPress Themes

- Two licenses for the Revolution Theme ($160)
- Two licenses for the Premium News Theme ($200)
- Two licenses for the Purple Fever Theme ($100)
- One hundred accounts to the Themes Club ($500)

Blog Tools

- Three licenses by FruitfulTime.com ($90)

Blog Analysis

- Full Video Review By Marcus Hochstadt ($700)

eBooks

- SEO Book Donated By The Net Fool

Blog Advertising

One Month

- Two 125 x 125 on Wayne Liew ($30)
- One 125 x 125 On Blogger Noob ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on EZ Money Online ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Affiliate Gossip ($15)
- One 125 x 125 on Rhyan ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Jim Karter ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One 125 x 125 on Life is Colourful ($30)
- One 125 x 125 on BLJConsultant ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Resell Rights World ($5)
- One 125 x 125 on Viking Blogger ($25)
- One 125 x 125 on Dot Com Mogul ($10)

- One 468 x 60 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- Five 16 x 16 on Blogging 4 Cash ($10)
- One 150 x 150 on Blogging 4 Cash ($5)
- One Text Link On Mr Javo ($7)

Three Months

- One 125 x 125 on The WWW Observer ($75)

Blog Reviews

- One Review By The University Kid ($60)
- One Review By Yimto ($20)
- One Review By The WWW Observer ($35)
- One Review By Bloggeries ($25)
- One Review By Neotrepreneur ($10)
- One Review By Life Is Colourful ($40)
- One Review By DaBlogger

Consulting

One hour consulation with The University Kid
Thirty minutes consulation with Neotrepreneur

Design

- One Custom Done 125 x 125 Ad By Affiliate Gossip
- One Custom Done Sketch By The Pencil Sketch And Art Blog

Entrecard Credits

- 2000 Entrecard Credits By Xavier Media
- 1750 Entrecard Credits By Mixed Market Arts
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Toast & Egg & Me
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Confession
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Yimto
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Site Hoppin’
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Neotrepreneur
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Affiliate Gossip
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By BLJ Consultant
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Resell Rights World
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Happier Life
- 1000 Entrecard Credits By Article Snatch
- 800 Entrecard Credits By Kirushanth
- 750 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Student
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Bud Calabrese
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Mr Javo
- 500 Entrecard Credits By ImpNerd
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Life Is Colourful
- 500 Entrecard Credits By Money Making Blogs

Total: 15,800

Cash

$100 Paypal by The Profit Hustler
$30 Paypal by Viking Blogger
$15 Paypal by Final Fantasy Fan
$10 Paypal by The WWW Observer
$5 Paypal by Affiliate Gossip

Miscellaneous

300 Stumbles + 300 Reviews from Niklas
$50.00 In Stumble Upon Advertising By Mixed Market Arts
Twenty Pages By One Buck Wiki
Domain Monetization Package By Domains Earn 4U
One featured, three regular links from The SEOTree Directory

WOW! That’s a whole lotta stuff, right? I’m throwing in my hat for this contest because I’m hoping to win the advertising. I’d love to increase the exposure and readership for this blog, but instead I would use the advertising to promote my My Power Mall Giving Center. Because of the crazy hours I’ve been working I haven’t been able to promote it as much as I’d like and it would help me reach the goals I set in January. If you remember, I’m trying to 1) sponsor a Hope Child through World Vision ($35/month) and to 2) become a monthly donor to World Wildlife Fund ($15/month). For only $50 per month, I’ll be helping a child whose life has been devastated by HIV/AIDS and I’ll be helping to conserve our environment and save endangered species! I’ve had a few sign ups since so far, but not as many as I thought I’d get considering there is no cost to join MPM and all you have to do is shop online through your mall for stuff you want anyway. Winning the advertising from TUK’s Ultimate Blog Contest would provide my Giving Center with the added exposure I need.

Best of luck to all who enter!

John Cow was crowned the winner (of course, he milked the Internet all last year!) and I won the choice of a WordPress Hoodie or T-shirt! So, I picked the hoodie after I did a lil happy dance. I can’t wait to rock my hoodie!

“Congratulations” to John Cow for taking the win and to the other winners of the random draw contest:

• Affiliate Confession – 750 Entrecard credits
• Charles from Nierva.com – 750 Entrecard credits
• Kiwipulse – WordPress hoodie/T-shirt
• RobG – WordPress hoodie/T-shirt