Katdish and I are not fans of the blogger.com blogging system.
She and I have some choice words to say about blogger but I’ll be very British and reserved and just say I’m not a fan.
Blogger is great when you’re starting out blogging, it really is.
The problem is, it has its limitations, quirks and annoyances and at some point it’s time for blogs to grow up and move on to better… MUCH better things.
Yes, I’m talking about WordPress.
In response to our feelings about blogger, we have decided to run a joint giveaway.
I run a website/blog hosting business (newbloghosting.com) and a blog design service too. Katdish is BRILLIANT at the aesthetics of blog design and knowing what will work and what won’t. So together:
We’re giving away a year of free self-hosted wordpress blogging! Including site design by Katdish and me for one lucky winner.
We have three prizes to give away:
3rd prize – One year of free blog hosting + a standard license for Standard Theme
2nd place prize: One year of free blog hosting, a domain name (.com or .net) and a standard licence for Standard Theme
1st place prize: One year of free blog hosting, a domain name (.com or .net), a standard licence for Standard Theme plus site design by @Katdish and Peter Pollock
Total value of all prizes: $775
- Entry is easy. Simply leave a comment on this blog post and/or on the one at Katdish’s site and you get one entry into the prize draw.
- Get an extra entry every day by tweeting about this giveaway and adding the hashtag #nomoreblogger
- You can also gain additional entries for the next ten days by visiting our sites and checking for our daily entry opportunities.
All entries will be numbered. At 12:01 CST on February 28, 2011, we will close entries and use the random.org random number generator to pick our three winners.
The giveaway is not just open to blogger users. Anyone who wants an awesome new WordPress blog can enter!
If you don’t need blog hosting, you can still enter and then give the hosting to a friend, if you win.
If you’re already a customer of New Blog Hosting and you win, we’ll add a year to your renewal date!
Standard Theme
You may have noticed there that we’re giving away a copy of Standard Theme with each prize.
That’s because the very awesome John Saddington (Twitter | Tentblogger | Landing Page) has kindly donated three standard licences for this theme which was recently listed as one of the top eight Premium WordPress Themes.
Enter today and in two week’s time, you could be the proud owner of a new self-hosted, totally fabulous WordPress blog!
What a great idea, Peter. This is a fantastic giveaway!
limits, quirks, annoyances?? Yes, yes, and YES!!! I too shall be veddy veddy British and hold my tongue.
Ready to make the switch – would LOVE to win!
You know I’m in on this one. Sign me up baby!
I’m praying that you and Glynn Young win.
Ha! Thanks Perkins.
Michael, please start praying that I win. Thnx.
Peter, I will not attempt to unduly influence you by asking you to go to my site and look at how pathetic I am at all this.
No, I will not do that.
I hope I win!
I am indeed quite weary of blogger – and also my slow dial-up connection – would love the sense of “newness”
Peter, it’s great that you would give this to someone. (And Kat too.) Says a lot about your heart. (Don’t enter me in the contest, give it to someone who really needs it.)
I’m in!! Great idea!!
I stick with Blogger because I’m too scared to try anything else. ha. But I’ll get brave and sign up for your give-away. Thanks.
I want to win just so I can give it to a blogger, um, blogger.
My husband wants a blog, badly. this is an awesome giveaway. Sign me up. I dislike blogger too. I hate commenting there as well. I don’t want to give you a blood sample just to leave a comment!
This sounds like like a kolossal Katdish konspiracy (and an entry in the Katdishionary), with ko-konspirator Peter Pollock. Seriously, I look at almost two years of stuff on Blogger and say, how to switch? Do I have the courage?
Glynn, if I win, I shall regift it. There you have it.
Thanks for pushing me for all those years to move from Blogger to WordPress. I am loving WordPress!
What fun … a makeover! I’m in.
I like this idea. Been playing around with WordPress but not sure how it all works.
Visit Tentblogger.com to learn all there is to know about WordPress.
If you have specific questions, drop me an email (using the link at the top of the page) and I’ll help you understand anything you need! (about wordpress, that is:-) )
Peter, congratulations to you and Katdish, you guys are awesome!
Awesome giveaway, Peter. You guys are awesome. I agree with all the @tentblogger stuff, too. Most of it I’m saving for when I have TIME. Ugh.
Thanks for thechabce to win this — not yet sure what to do if I won but hoping it’d bring God glory somehow! For those of is who don’t win perhaps http://www.posterous.com is a viable option?
http://www.posterous.com/philsawa
I’ve been thinking about making the move. One of these days. Thanks for the opportunity to make that day sooner than later!
I’d love to win so I can give this to my bro!
There’s life after blogger? Niiice!
You and Katdish are very generous to be offering this.
I could always use another blog, and want to move to WordPress, so this is a perfect giveaway for me! Thanks for running it!
Sign me up!
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This is a great giveaway. I’m currently on blogger and thinking of making the switch! Thanks for offering this prize.
I’d love to win the giveaway!
Nice contest!
I want to win! =]
Ready to win this!
I’ve thought of contacting you about hosting anyway . . . I’ve been reading your blog quite a bit and would LOVE to win this! Thanks for the opportunity!