Win a Free $400 Review From John Chow – You Can’t Miss This

December 5, 2007 - Written by Gyutae Park  

John ChowWant to explode your site’s traffic for the holiday season rush? Many Internet and technology-related sites have experienced exceptional results by receiving a paid review from JohnChow.com, a blog that has over 14,000 loyal RSS subscribers and generates over $27,000 per month in revenue. In fact, you can view some of the John Chow review case studies below:

Winning the Web was just recently reviewed and to maximize exposure I am giving away a John Chow review free of charge. A review usually costs $400 through ReviewMe but I’m literally going to go ahead and buy it for you and your website of choice. This has never been done before on any site so you don’t want to miss out on this great opportunity.

Here’s how it’s going to work

For the next 2 weeks, I am going to display a scrambled word/phrase, adding 1 letter at a time in 11 upcoming posts. These letters can only be viewed in a feed reader so you must subscribe to the Winning the Web RSS feed. The 11 scrambled letters, when unscrambled, make up a phrase/word. Be the first to guess what it is, and you win the John Chow review.

Recap on how to win

  1. Subscribe to the Winning the Web RSS feed.
  2. Look for letters at the end of upcoming Winning the Web posts.
  3. Unscramble the 11 letters and be the first to figure out the correct word/phrase.
  4. Win a free John Chow review to advertise your site.

Some rules

  • Letters will be added to the scrambled message in random upcoming posts on Winning the Web. You must subscribe to the RSS feed to view it.
  • To take a guess at the unscrambled word/phrase, you must comment on this post.
  • You can guess what the word/phrase is at any time in the process, but only 1 entry per person (by website & ip address).
  • You must enter the web site you want reviewed when commenting on this post.
  • Winner will be announced Friday, December 21, 2007.

Hint

  • The unscrambled code is made up of 2 words (11 letters total) and is a ‘thing’.

I will also be providing additional hints randomly in upcoming posts. So it’s important that you subscribe to the feed and check back often. Good luck!

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Update (Dec 8th) : Due to the strong response and participation levels of this contest, I am going to go even further and add an additional prize. What’s the prize you ask? A John Cow review! ($200 value). JohnCow.com rose to fame as a unique John Chow copycat but now has over 800 RSS subscribers and offers a winning perspective on making moo-ney online.

The John Cow review will go to a random commentator on all Winning the Web posts in December. However, the winner will be announced via RSS feed so it’s still important to subscribe. The winner then has 24 hours to claim the prize. Otherwise, a new winner will be chosen.

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213 Responses to “Win a Free $400 Review From John Chow – You Can’t Miss This”

Tevin Anderson on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I’m subscribed. I look forward to following your blog.

 
The University Kid on December 5th, 2007

Wow, nice contest. I subscribed to your feed a long time ago, but read off the site more often than not. Will take a look! :D

 
sean on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I’m subscribed

 
Jason on December 5th, 2007

I’m subscribed as well. Hopefully my website is finished by the time this contest is over, in case I manage to win :-) .

 
Tyler Cruz on December 5th, 2007

Hmm.. I can’t subscribe… I get the error:

“The feed does not have subscriptions by email enabled”

Any ideas?

 
Tevin Anderson on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

PS Congrats on the publicity push! Shoemoney and John Chow plugs in the same day! Good work. Shoe’s blog brought me here, your contest is brilliant. You’ve won over a devoted reader.

- Tevin
B2M

 
Jack on December 5th, 2007

subscribed! :)

 
charles on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I subscribed to your feed Gyutae when I won your first blog audit contest. Way to go Gyutae. :)

 
Jagat Jyoti Saikia on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Great idea I should say… I owe my first online dollars to the Great John Chow… I am planning to write a review worth $50 in my blog for free in praise of johnchow.com.
Looking forward to your feeds…

 
Sarat Chandran on December 5th, 2007

I subscribed as well! :)

 
Venkat on December 5th, 2007

Subscribed to your feed!!

 
Bhavika on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Hello,

Interesting contest:) I’ve subscribed to your feed.

Cheers!

 
Maher Saleh on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Subscribed amazing contest and great offer!

 
Nathan on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I subscribed to your feed.

 
Domain Name Tips on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Great idea and great promotion. First time I have heard of your site so already working ;) .

I subscribed to the feed and ready to give it a go.

Couple questions…I assume the “one entry” is for the whole 11 days right? We can’t make a guess/entry after each new clue right?

And as far as needing to post the blog/site that would be reviewed if won, are we able to choose an affiliate product for him to review instead? I was actually hoping to have that done on his blog soon but just too broke right now lol.

Anyway, great idea and congrats on the traffic, feed subs, and new readers already!

 
knupNET on December 5th, 2007

I’m in!!!

 
Affiliate Confession on December 5th, 2007

I’m subscribed. When do the secret letters start? Next post? Tomorrow?

 
Ritu on December 5th, 2007

This is an intersting concept to get people to subscribe. Ofcourse, I am subscribed :-)

 
bmunch on December 5th, 2007

I have subscribed. Can’t wait to see those jumbled little letters.

 
Turk Hit Box on December 5th, 2007

I wonder if it’s aston martin :) 11 letters, 2 words…

 
Sneezy Melon on December 5th, 2007

Subscribed! :D Interesting concept BTW…

 
Brennan Heyde on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I am in as well

 
MyBlogContest on December 5th, 2007

Great blog contest!!

I blog about this blog contest here
http://myblogcontest.com/win-a-john-chow-review-400-value/

 
Gab Goldenberg on December 5th, 2007

It seems I find your stuff everywhere Gyutae. On my blog, Sphinn, elsewhere. Great contest!

Added to G reader!

 
Collin LaHay on December 5th, 2007

Very clever. I am already subscribed. =)

 
Coupons on December 5th, 2007

Excellent idea, I’m in :)
Looking forward to read about the success of this promotion strategy.

Nuno Oliveira
Coupons.FM

 
Prakash on December 5th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email
 
Babak on December 6th, 2007

How do you put the specific content (letter) in the feed and not in the regular blog? Is there a plugin? code? Thanks.

(sorry put comment previously in another post by mistake)

 
Gyutae Park on December 6th, 2007

Thanks to everyone for participating. This should turn out to be a great contest. May the best descrambler win!

@Tyler Cruz
Thanks for pointing this out. This issue has been resolved and you may now subscribe by email.

@Domain Name Tips
Yes, one entry is for the whole 11 days not after every new clue.
If you win you can have John Chow review anything you want. Just be warned that he is usually very blunt and this can actually hurt you.

@Turk Hit Box
Hmmm… is that going to be your final guess? :)

@Babak
I use a Wordpress plugin called Feed Footer to do this.

 
Blog Contests on December 6th, 2007

Hello,

Just blogged about your blog contest post here.
http://www.bloggingcontest.com/win-a-johnchowcom-review-worth-400/

Also you can always submit any future contests to http://www.blogcontests.com without waiting for some one to write about it.

Great contest! Count me in!

 
Contest Beat on December 6th, 2007

Hi there

I blogged about your contest here – http://www.contestbeat.com/win-a-400-johnchowcom-review/

All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!

Regards, Matt.

 
Nick on December 6th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Nice work with this site! What a cool contest idea.

 
Gyutae Park on December 7th, 2007

Thanks for the contest links.

 
MvpsWorld on December 7th, 2007

The Word is winjohnchow!!!!!! I WON!!!! xD

 
Jehan on December 7th, 2007

Hi! Erm…is the answer ‘Free Reviews’?

 
ashu on December 7th, 2007

I susbscribed to this post in my iGoogle, but I am sent back to this page every time i click on it…how do i go the RSS feed and see the letter?

 
NSpeaks on December 7th, 2007

I am entering this contest and the website to be reviewed in case I win is the one I used in commenting this: NSpeaks.com

 
Apoorv Khatreja on December 7th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Subscribed! The prize is exciting! Who would want to miss the chance of winning a John Chow review?

 
Submit Your Contest on December 8th, 2007

Blogged about your contest at http://www.submityourcontest.com/win-a-review-at-johnchowcom-worth-400  /

SYC is a new contest blog blogging about contests. Hope this sends you some extra entries.

SYC

 
Joyce Babu on December 8th, 2007

I too would like to enter the contest. Please add me to the list. Thanks.

 
John Chow on December 8th, 2007

Sign me up for the cow review. I want to hear what that copycow has to say about me.

 
McBilly on December 8th, 2007

Wow Gyutae! Another great idea. Let me in on that Cow review. Hehe. Great picture too, really cute cow. Haha. I can see that your blog’s growth has been explosive! Good job buddy! :D

 
Neil Duckett on December 8th, 2007

Sign me up Gyutae, would love a review from either of them.

 
charles on December 9th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Wow this is getting too interesting. Moooo Wow.. ;) Good job Gyutae

 
Macca on December 9th, 2007

Nice way to get more traffic in! Kudos.

 
DotDriven on December 9th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

And yet another cool addiction. Only need a few more top bloggers to see this and offer up prizes for pretty much everyone in the industry to hear about the winners. Very cool.

And lol at chow wanting to win the cow review! Although I would love to win, I vote to let chow have it heheh.

 
A Blog about Nothing on December 9th, 2007

Great contest.Very original idea(s)! I hope you’ll write a post detailing how it affected your blog income, traffic, comments, etc, etc, etc

 
NSpeaks on December 9th, 2007

Great Contest Prize addition in form of review at johnCow.com!

I wish I win..!

 
Laura on December 9th, 2007

I’ve subscribed. Great idea!

 
Roberta on December 9th, 2007

What a great idea to get new RSS subscribers and commenters. Creative :)

 
bmunch on December 9th, 2007

Woah, I love to have the Cow review more than the Chow (is that why he eats so much?)review.

Why? I have been reading the Cow regularly, an I am always entertained by them.

 
Gyutae Park on December 9th, 2007

Thanks for the continued support. This should get very interesting…

@bmunch
It’s ironic that although John Cow is the copycow, his style differs a lot from Chow. Both provide great stuff.

 
SunEGrl on December 9th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

Great contest, I’m looking forward to following to the end.

 
motorsportBABESau on December 9th, 2007

Well you got me interested! I am ready to have a few guesses. How do we submit our guesses though. By email or by comments?

 
Gyutae Park on December 9th, 2007

@motorsportBABESau
You are allowed only 1 guess per website/ip address. You can take your guess by commenting on this post. That way it keep things fair because everyone will be able to see who was first. All of this in in the rules section so make sure your read it thoroughly.

 
Bernard Griffiths on December 9th, 2007

nice contest..would love to win a johncow.com review!

 
Artur Kim on December 10th, 2007

Great contest, I’ve subscribed.

 
Jason on December 10th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I just hope John likes my blog when I win! :-)

 
Andy on December 10th, 2007

Nabbed the feed and here’s the comment.

I hope I haven’t missed any of the letters. I am a little late on getting in.

 
Sly from Slyvisions.com on December 10th, 2007

Subscribed. Looking forward to unscrambling those letters!

 
Danny @ MarketTreasure.com on December 10th, 2007 Subscribed to comments via email

I’m in as well :D