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	<title>Upstart Blogger &#187; Search Results  &#187;  giveaway</title>
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		<title>Getting the most reader &#8220;bang&#8221; for the blogger &#8220;buck&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/reader-bang-for-blogging-buck</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Modern Super Momma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increase Traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Promotion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have found that I have a limitation when it comes to promoting my blog&#8230;TIME.  Not only am I having to balance the amount of time I spend promoting my blog on Facebook and Twitter, connecting with other bloggers on group sites, and providing guest blogger content (ahem&#8230;) with my blog writing itself&#8230;I&#8217;m also trying [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to say thank you in more ways than one</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/time-to-say-thank-you-in-more-ways-than-one</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/time-to-say-thank-you-in-more-ways-than-one#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been truly humbled by the support offered to me over the last few days. And, since my recent competition was such a great success, it&#8217;s time to raise the bar and give away some really expensive, and really valuable, stuff to say thank you to everyone involved.
Over the next 3 days, starting with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bought and paid for</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/bought-and-paid-for</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seven months ago I bought Upstart Blogger for $14,500.  As of today this blog has generated an income level that has broken the $14,500 barrier.  
Upstart Blogger is now bought and paid for.
It&#8217;s a big milestone for this blog and for me personally, and I&#8217;m thrilled to be able to share the news. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free 3G iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-3g-iphone</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-3g-iphone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m giving away a free 3G iPhone.  Yes, I know I said I would tone down the giveaways, so this will be the only giveaway this month.  Last month was something of a giveaway bonanza with a MacBook Air, domain names and iPhones being thrown around all over the place.  This month [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>74</slash:comments>
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		<title>And the winner is</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/and-the-winner-is-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/and-the-winner-is-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are the results of the most recent Upstart Blogger competitions. I&#8217;ll begin with the five free iPhones.
In no particular order, David Hampton, Patricia Dean, Jenny Morton, John Hislop and Mike Lodge. I&#8217;ve contacted you all directly and as soon as I have your address details the shiny new iPhones will be on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Upstart Blogger income statement for May 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/upstart-blogger-income-statement-for-may-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/upstart-blogger-income-statement-for-may-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although the giveaways have only brought in temporary traffic they have worked in terms of income.  Traffic for May 2008 rose to 37,498 unique visitors generating 84,561 page views and an income of $2860.  Technorati rank is up a little at 69 from 72 for April.
I&#8217;m pleased with these figures and encouraged that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Extending the competition deadlines</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/extending-the-competition-deadlines</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/extending-the-competition-deadlines#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in an effort to keep you all in the loop, I posted a quick message about the court case and my involvement as a witness. As a result of the time and energy that this matter is taking I have decided to extend the deadlines for all competitions and giveaways that are taking place [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A sure fire way to bring fresh readers to your blog</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/a-sure-fire-way-to-bring-fresh-readers-to-your-blog</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/a-sure-fire-way-to-bring-fresh-readers-to-your-blog#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May was always going to be a make or break kind of month. Ok, maybe that&#8217;s a little dramatic, but a lot of lessons about what does, and more importantly what doesn&#8217;t, work were learned in April.
The plan for May was, and still is, a three pronged traffic attack.

Content
Giveaways
Redesign

I expected the giveaways to bring in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free iPhone number two</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-two</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-two#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed the free iPhone number one click here to read the full instructions of how to get involved with this giveaway.
Today I&#8217;d like you to take a look at another work in progress blog project, one that I&#8217;ve been talking about for a while without finding the time to finish it&#8217;s design [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free iPhone number one</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-one</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-iphone-number-one#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are more details on the five free iPhones giveaway.  Since this is five giveaways in one, and I don&#8217;t want the same person to win all five iPhones, the rules are little more complicated than the free Mac Book Air giveaway or the five letter dot com domain giveaway.
Many of you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Great news from Google and Technorati</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/great-news-from-google-and-technorati</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/great-news-from-google-and-technorati#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After last months traffic dip I was a little concerned about Googles recent Page Rank update.  I needn&#8217;t have worried.  Google increased my Page Rank from six to seven.
With the usual cheating and scamming blogs complaining once again about having their Page Rank dropped I&#8217;m over the moon with this news.
Add to this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Giving away an established money making blog with existing advertising revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/giving-away-an-established-money-making-blog-with-existing-advertising-revenue</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/giving-away-an-established-money-making-blog-with-existing-advertising-revenue#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds crazy doesn&#8217;t it?  Taking the time to build a money making blog, attracting paying advertisers and then giving the whole thing away, including hosting, to someone else.  Well, that&#8217;s today&#8217;s giveaway.  Effectively free income, free money, a free blog.  Whichever way you look at it this one is gold dust.
Last [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free Mac Book Air and five free iPhones</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-mac-book-air-and-five-free-iphones</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/free-mac-book-air-and-five-free-iphones#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April wasn&#8217;t a great month for Upstart Blogger, as you will see when I release the income statement in a couple of days.  A botched Wordpress installation brought the site crashing to its knees and, if I&#8217;m totally honest, I tried to launch too many new blogs in too short a space of time. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>150</slash:comments>
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		<title>Only five days left to win a free MacBook Air</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/only-five-days-left-to-win-a-free-macbook-air</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/only-five-days-left-to-win-a-free-macbook-air#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget, this month&#8217;s giveaway is a shiny new MacBook Air.  And all you have to do is write a linking review of Upstart Blogger on your blog and leave a comment here.
Good luck!
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Link to Upstart Blogger and win a free MacBook Air</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/link-to-upstart-blogger-and-win-a-free-macbook-air</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/link-to-upstart-blogger-and-win-a-free-macbook-air#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Link to Upstart Blogger in February 2008 and you could win a free MacBook Air, the stunning and amazingly thin new Apple laptop.  Hot on the heels of last months giveaway of a free iPhone I decided to up the game a little and offer something even more desirable this time around.
The rules are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>WordPress Theme: Upstart Blogger July07</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/wordpress-theme-upstart-blogger-july07</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/wordpress-theme-upstart-blogger-july07#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress Theme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had several requests to release the previous Upstart Blogger design as a WordPress theme. The design was never intended to be released publicly because there's too much hard code in the theme files. Personally, it's not one of my favorite designs so I'm not interested in investing the time necessary to clean up the code. Even if you're not interested in using it, though, it might be worth taking a look to see how I've done some things (included MooTools, for example). I'm going to make the theme available for download, <strong>BUT</strong>...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Marc Grand d&#8217;Hauteville Wins July iPod Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/marc-grand-dhauteville-wins-july-ipod-giveaway</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/marc-grand-dhauteville-wins-july-ipod-giveaway#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The winner of the July iPod shuffle giveaway is Marc Grand d'Hauteville of <a href="http://www.mgdh.com/">MGDH</a>. A communication and graphic designer, Marc is using the Modicus theme for <a href="http://blog.mgdh.com/">blog.MGDH</a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.upstartblogger.com/marc-grand-dhauteville-wins-july-ipod-giveaway/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WordPress Sandbox Theme: Upstart Blogger Takimata</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/wordpress-sandbox-theme-upstart-blogger-takimata</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/wordpress-sandbox-theme-upstart-blogger-takimata#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wordpress Theme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.sndbx.org/2007/07/29/submissions-have-closed-judging-begins/trackback/" title="Trackback URL for your post">Sandbox Designs Competition</a> has now closed, so it's safe for me to post my entry to the competition, Upstart Blogger Takimata.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.upstartblogger.com/wordpress-sandbox-theme-upstart-blogger-takimata/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>DreamHost Helps Elliott B&#228;ck Win June iPod Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/dreamhost-helps-elliott-bck-win-june-ipod-giveaway</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/dreamhost-helps-elliott-bck-win-june-ipod-giveaway#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?futurosity" title="DreamHost">DreamHost</a> still sucks, but it helped Elliott B&#228;ck win an iPod in the June iPod shuffle giveaway.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Giveaways</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/giveaways</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/giveaways#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Giving things away is fun and it generates good traffic.  Everybody wins.  iPods, iPhones, Mac Books, the list goes on.  All free and all happily given away to Upstart Blogger readers.
For the latest offers and competitions take a look at the &#8220;Giveaways&#8221; category.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can I Give You an iPod shuffle?</title>
		<link>http://www.upstartblogger.com/can-i-give-you-an-ipod-shuffle</link>
		<comments>http://www.upstartblogger.com/can-i-give-you-an-ipod-shuffle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 21:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been getting a fair amount of traffic lately, thanks to steady downloading of my WordPress themes and Pligg templates. And I&#8217;ve had great fun checking my referrers, surfing and seeing my work in use. It&#8217;s a cheap thrill to see how people have adopted my designs, or modified them extensively to express their own [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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