It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for — registration for the 2013 WordCount Blogathon is now open. Register for the 2013 Blogathon here.
The 2013 Blogathon takes place June 1-30.
Whether you’re a veteran of Blogathons past or discovering us for the first time, you’re bound to have fun in this community event, where bloggers are challenged to post on their respective sites every day in June.
That’s right — we’ll be blogging for 30 days straight. No, we’re not crazy. As the past five Blogathons have shown, blogging every day for a month is a great way to:
- Launch a new blog
- Take an existing blog to the next level
- Get back into the habit of posting regularly
- Get more comments
- Add widgets, plug-ins or other tech features
- Learn how to promote yourself on social networks
Details of the 2013 WordCount Blogathon
As in years past, we’ll get the ball rolling with a Blogathon kick-off chat on Twitter on Wednesday, May 29, at 10 a.m. Pacific time/1 p.m. Eastern time. Use #blo2013 to join us, and to follow the Blogathon on Twitter through the weeks before and during the event.
This year’s Blogathon will have theme days (that are 100% optional), a guest-post exchange and a wrap-party on July 1. As in years past, we’ll have a raffle drawing during the wrap party for everyone who made it all 30 days for fabulous writing and blogging related prizes.
How to Register for the Blogathon
Register for the 2013 Blogathon here.
When you sign up, you’ll receive the 2013 Blogathon badge to put on your blog. If you’re not a WordCount newsletter subscriber, you’ll be put on the mailing list to receive weekly newsletters during June and monthly updates the rest of the year.
NEW! This year, we’re adding a WordCount Facebook page, which replaces the Google Group we previously used for Blogathon participants to share links and cheer each other on.
Still Seeking Blogathon Sponsors
We’re still soliciting sponsors to donate writing and blogging-related prizes for the Blogathon raffle. The raffle will be held during the July 1 wrap party on Twitter. In the raffle, winners are randomly selected from bloggers who successfully posted 30 days straight.
Companies can choose from 2 sponsorship tiers. The deadline to sign up as a Blogathon sponsor is Monday, May 27. Let us know if you’re interested so we can send you more information; contact WordCount Blogathon Manager Jan Udlock at fivejd@comcast.net.