{"id":539,"date":"2008-02-29T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=539"},"modified":"2008-02-29T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:36:00","slug":"andy-beals-marketing-pilgrim-a-groovy-read-and-a-chance-to-win-goodies-like-the-ipod-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/andy-beals-marketing-pilgrim-a-groovy-read-and-a-chance-to-win-goodies-like-the-ipod-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Beal’s ‘Marketing Pilgrim’ — a groovy read, and a chance to win goodies like the iPod Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across a bloke on Twitter called Andy Beal. He's an internet
marketing whizz, running the site, Marketing Pilgrim.<\/p>\n

He runs contests every now and again. This one —
http:\/\/www.marketingpilgrim.com\/2008\/02\/new-contest-win-an-ipod-touch.html<\/a>
— gives people the chance to win an iPod Touch.<\/p>\n

He's a cunning fellow. And practices what he preaches. He's generating
tons of link love to his blog by encouraging people entering his
contest to spread the word.<\/p>\n

If I win just by entering, I get an 8gig machine. If I tweet the link
on Twitter, I get the 16gig machine. And if I tweet AND blog the link,
I get the big daddy… The 32gig iPod Touch.<\/p>\n

This is great for Andy, cos it gets a specific link out to a lot of
sources. So when Google and Yahoo and Technorati crawl the web, they
find that Andy Beal is one majorly serious player. So his search
ranking skyrockets.<\/p>\n

Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\"Share\"<\/a>\n