I thought about selling this great info as an e-book for $7.99 a pop, but seeing as I love my readers and it is still the holiday season I’ve decided to make available “How To Win 50% Of The Blog Contests You Enter” to all of How2Blogger’s readers.

So, just follow the instructions carefully and you’ll have no problem winning 50 percent of the blog contests that you enter just like us here at How2Blogger. Who knows, perhaps you’ll end up with a brand new Wii before the year is out!

How To Win 50 Percent Of The Blog Contests You Enter

1. Enter a contest and win.

2. Pick a second contest like The Big Bald Blog’s Contest in which you could win an IPod Touch as well as a number of other goodies simply by blogging about it and subscribing to their feed. Or enter How2Blogger’s Super Sexy Holiday Contest in which you could win $100 bucks cash money. Dude, you could even enter both!

Now, looking at the math involved here, you should see that we’ve entered a total of 2 blog contests and won a total of 1 contest. With my handy dandy calculator I have divided the total number of wins (1) by the total number of entries (2) giving us a blog contest win percentage of 50%.

Here’s the formula you can use to figure out your win percentage:

Wins (1) / Entries (2) = 50%

You might have thought winning 50 percent of the contests you enter would be really tough, but in reality it couldn’t be any easier.

Good Luck!

Ok Kids - it’s time for round 3 of the links from How2Blogger’s Holiday $100 Contest. If you haven’t entered yet, you still have 10 days left! We’ll be drawing for the cash on the 29th - so get your entries taken care of soon! Like today would be good. Or tomorrow. Whichever, just get it done.

The following enterprising people have already entered and not only have a chance at the cash money (as Wilmer Valdesomething says), but have also earned themselves a free back link right here on the almost huger than your momma How2Blogger blog.

• WickedlyCoolBean entered with How To Move An Apartment To A Home - In The Most Inefficient Way Possible.
• Erin of the Durtbagz blog wrote How To Design, Participate, And Win The Durtbagz Sign Contest.
• Mr. Gee talks about How To Get Traffic To Your Blog.
• Chet of BenchwarmersBlog wrote about How To Save $100 Bucks.
• Matthew of BlogAboutYourBlog talks about How To Win Different Blog Contests.
• WitchyPoo wrote a unique post about How To Achieve An Altered State.
• Stacy Moore contributed a great holiday recipe: How To Yummy Candy Coated Cereal.
• Kelly also did a cool recipe: How To Make Russian Tea Cakes.
• Nick of RoadtoBlogging wrote a great review of a great site called: How 2 Blog About Anything.
• BetShopBoy wrote a holiday survival guide - a must read if you’re running out of holiday steam: How To Survive The Holiday Season.

Some great entries this week - there’s still time to write yours if only you’d stop procrastinating! What’s more important - getting your holiday shopping done or entering this contest!?

Don’t answer that. I’m a little sensitive.

Generally, thank you notes should be written on cards and sent with a lick and a stamp, rather than a click and ‘publish.’ But - today we’re making an exception. So in the future, try to do as I say, not as I do.

When should you send a ‘Thank You’ note?

• You receive a gift
• You win an awesome brand new Nintendo Wii
• After a job interview
• You are on the receiving end of a random or unexpected act of kindness
  • Your neighbor shovels your drive
  • A friend offers to babysit for free
  • The girl at the Jack In The Box drive thru hooks you up with a free Christmas Jack Antenna Ball! (Yup, it’s okay to be jealous)

What are the seven elements of a Thank You Note?

1. The Salutation - Dear TrueBlueTitan,
2. The Thank You - Thank you so much for randomly drawing my name as the winner of your super duper contest featuring the Nintendo Wii.
3. Highlight the appropriateness of the gift or favor - I don’t know if you know this, but my mother is Korean, and Japan (where Nintendo is from) is not very far from Korea. In fact I looked on a map today and it’s like half an inch away. How perfect!
4. Tie the appropriateness of the gift with the gift giver -Your internet entrepreneurship blog is really rad, just like the Wii.
5. If the gift was money, talk about how you will spend it. Or write about how you are going to use the gift - Hopefully my blog won’t suffer too much as I plan on spending many hours this holiday season at the Wii bowling lanes.
6. Write a line to update the gift giver on your life - Timmy got his leg out of the cast and I’m no longer suffering from that nasty head cold so things are looking better.
7. Sign the Thank You Note - With Thanks, How2Blogger.

Don’t be sad if you didn’t win a Wii yourself. Not all of us can be winners. Well, actually you still can be, lucky for you. If you want a Wii - you could still win a Wii over at Contest Beat or if you’d rather just have some stinking cash, say $100 bucks, well I’m giving that away in my own little contest!

Well I might be getting a little old for Christmas wish lists. But if I were going to make one it would probably go something like this:

1. Peace on Earth

2. Goodwill to all.

3. A Free Nintendo Wii.

In that order. I mean, I wouldn’t want a Free Nintendo Wii unless there was peace on Earth. Though I wouldn’t turn down the Wii, but if it happened I got 3 first, then 1 and 2, or even 2 then 3 followed by 1 or 3 then 2 then 1, it would be alright. So you see, if I got the Free Wii first, then I would definitely use it to promote 2 and 1. Of course.

Free Wii.

Say it. Go ahead, it’s fun.

Free Wii.

See what I mean?

Ok. Usually you only get a once in a lifetime chance like a Free Nintendo Wii well, once. But today, you get two chances at a once in a lifetime Free Wii.

How To Have a Very Merry Christmas With A Brand New Nintendo (Free) Wii

1. Go to True Blue Titan. It’s the blog of internet entrepreneur Rob Schultz (I don’t think any relation to Charles Schultz, but I could be wrong).

2. Subscribe to his RSS feed and leave a comment on a post. Create a screenshot of your RSS subscription to show Rob you subscribed.

3. You can even blog about the contest if you’d like, but it is not a requirement to enter.

4. Let Rob know you entered and voila! You’re well on your way to having a very merry Christmas.

5. But wait! I said 2 chances - that’s right, you still have another opportunity for peace on Earth and a Free Wii!

6. Head over to Contest Beat. They are sponsoring a Free Wii contest as well.

7. Write a blog post about the contest as well as their contest sponsor - CellforCash who allows you to recycle old cell phones.

8. That’s it! How easy is it to win a free Wii! So easy. You can even subscribe to the RSS of Contest Beat for a bonus entry.

So, there you have it - A very merry Christmas with peace on earth (and a brand new Free Wii!).

If you’d like a hundred bucks to buy games for your new Free Wii, then enter How2Blogger’s $100 dollar contest!

Well here they are, the much anticipated second round of entries from How2Blogger’s Super Sexy Holiday $100 ‘How To’ Contest. So, put the kids to bed and comb your hair - and if you haven’t entered yet for your chance to win 100 smackers, you can do it right stinking here.

• Erz from Blog Paradise starts us off with How To Hold A Successful Blog Contest. Good stuff if you’re looking to recreate the overwhelming success of How2Blogger’s contest for yourself!
• Beth of AFrogToKiss is sneaky trying to use possums and lingerie to distract the How2Blogger - How To Seduce The How2Blogger Into Giving Me $100.
• Anthony of A-Train Finance has some great financial tips and advice included in his entry: How To Not Get There Faster: A Short Story and ‘How To’ Post.
• Bubbles is back with two more ‘How Tos’ on two of her blogs Blissful Parents and Idiocracies of Language. They are
  “How To Get Your Children Brand Free” and “How To Rob A Bank - A Surefire Way To Get Caught.”
• Navjot of Nspeaks entered the contest with a funny post “How To Lose Your Blog’s Reputation In 30 Days.” Just in case you ever wanted to blow up your blog.
• Kotzengkuba of Serial Blogger wrote “How To Gain Back Links and Increase PR Without Spending” - some great was to invest in your blog without taking out your wallet.
• BunGirl of you guessed it - BunGirl - shows us “How To Make Your Photos Talk For Free.” Yes, you can make your photos talk if you’d like - that could be interesting…
• Sweet Mummy wrote a very in depth article about decorating your Christmas Tree during the holidays. “How To Purposefully Decorate Your Christmas Tree.”

If, for some reason you could use an extra hundred bucks and a back link then enter the contest too! If not, well, then congratulations.