The “King” of Article Content King for November is again Roseanna Leaton. No-one really challenged her at all this month, she won by over 400 points! Our first winner Liz Canham is still in second place, despite submitting very few articles this month. Perhaps Liz is taking a break.

Roseanna was delighted to win again. I received this message from her earlier.

“Hi Dan,
Just wanted to let you know how happy I am to win the King (Queen) contest again this month.  It’s great to win for a second month.  It has been exciting to have my profile out there on the front page and benefit from the inevitable brand recognition and traffic hits.

I enjoyed speaking with John and recording the interview and know that you are providing us with the opportunity to get our message out there via another media form.

The contest is a great encouragement as it requires not only content but also quality to be able to win.  It can be difficult to write articles on a regular basis but a competition is a great incentive, especially when the rewards are as good as the one which you offer.

It makes me feel that my articles are really valued.
Thank you.  I’m proud to have won again.”

It was a forgone conclusion that Roseanna Leaton would win the Top Author again this month. She was streets ahead all month with no real competition raised from other authors. I think that is mainly down to the rules of the site and the contest… we are not giving enough new authors a chance.

So we are going to shake things up a little.

This month is going to be a lot easier for anyone to win, because we are tweaking the contest rules and lifting the submission restrictions, for bronze crown authors.

Once you qualify as a Bronze crown author by having more than 15 articles approved (yes, 15 not 5 as it is now) you will be able to submit as many articles as you like, every day.

So to recap, the changes affecting the contest are as follows.

• This month only articles submitted in the last 30 days will count in the King contest.
• Once a Bronze Crown is achieved, authors will be able to submit unlimited articles, instead of the 2 per day we allow now, as long as they do not have any rejected articles.

The aim of the top author contest is to motivate more authors to consistently submit high quality articles. The rewards of winning extend far beyond the $100 cash prize. Roseanna is receiving a lot of recognition and traffic as top author of the site. It’s recognition well deserved. Roseanna is a true expert in her field. If you have not checked out her web site RoseannaLeaton.com you really should. There is something for everyone there and some great Christmas gift ideas.

Changes to the member profile pages…

You may have noticed that we have made some changes to the member profile pages. If not, visit your own profile page or check out Roseanna’s page as an example.

Down the left and right side of the page are movable, closable boxes that display the top authors in each category of the site. If you have a large screen resolution (below 1000 px wide) the page may look a little strange to you, but I guess you are used to seeing the Internet a little out of focus at this resolution? If the boxes are in the way, you can simply move them, close them or minimise them.

We have done this to give more traffic and recognition to the top authors on the site in each category.

22 top author spots are up for grabs every month. If you win one, you will leverage traffic from every members profile page! It’s a well known fact that people (web site visitors) like to click on pictures of people. If you end up in one of the top spots, you will leverage a LOT more traffic to your profile page. Your face will be on over 10,000 pages of the site.

Now that is something worth having!

It’s disappointing to see that some authors who have won these positions have not even bothered to change their profile image. It does not have to be a picture of YOU you know, it can be anything… anything but that default profile pic? Let people know who you are, or at least what your web site is. You WILL get more traffic if you use your face however.

We are doing our best to make this a fantastic site for article authors to leverage traffic from. Please do your best to use what we are giving you here. Click here to submit your articles.

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