Welcome to the opening of registration for the 4th annual WordCount Blogathon, which takes place May 1-31, 2011.
The WordCount Blogathon is an annual event that brings together professional writers and anyone else with a blog for the purpose of improving what they do by posting to their respective blogs every day during the month of May.
Why blog 31 days in a row?
It’s hard to blog 7 days a week, and for 11 months out of the year I don’t. Unless you’re running a hyperlocal news site or making 100 percent of your income blogging, I don’t recommend posting once or more a day 365 days a year.
But there are plenty of reasons why it pays to become obsessed with blogging for a short time:
- To gain experience to look for paid blogging work.
- To gain expertise in a subject you want to write about for paid markets.
- To build traffic.
- To establish yourself as an expert.
- As part of building a personal brand.
- To help promote a book, e-book, e-newsletter or other product or service you’re selling or hoping to sell.
- To start a blog – or a second or third.
- To improve your SEO skills.
- To make money from advertising, affiliate programs or other blog-based enterprise.
How to register
To sign up for the 2011 WordCount Blogathon, fill out and submit the registration form below. Once it’s in, you will receive the 2011 WordCount Blogathon participant badge to display on your site – it’s that easy!
If you make it all 31 days, your name will automatically be entered into a drawing for writing-related prizes that will be held on the last day of the blogathon.
If you’d like you can add yourself to the 2011 WordCount Blogathon email list to receive announcements related to the event. You can also join the WordCount Blogathon Google Group, to exchange questions and answers and other information related to the event.
Don’t forget to sign up for the WordCount RSS feed to receive 2011 WordCount Blogathon update posts along with other WordCount posts directly to your email inbox or blog reader.
Once you’ve signed up, watch your blog reader or this space for blogathon updates every Monday until the event starts on May 1.
If you have general questions, leave a comment here, email me at wordcountfreelance@gmail.com, or catch me on Twitter, @michellerafter.
You can follow the 2011 WordCount Blogathon on Twitter using the hashtag #Blog2011.
Registration for the 2011 WordCount Blogathon will continue through 11 p.m. Pacific time on May 1 – leaving stragglers just enough time to sign up and write their first post. After that, registration will be closed. Late comers can participate on an unofficial basis but won’t be eligible for raffle prizes.
Thanks again for visiting, hope to see you in the Blogathon.
REGISTRATION FOR THE 2011 WORDCOUNT BLOGATHON IS NOW CLOSED. SORRY YOU MISSED US!
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