GoMacau.com Blog Contest and Free 2-Night Hotel Stay Giveaway
We’re Giving Stuff Away in a Shameless Act of Self-Promotion
So last month the entire management team of my company marched into my office…er…cubicle and announced that the company was going to start a blog and I was going to write it. Apparently I’m “just the type to relate to energetic, web-savvy, independent-travelers”.
Me: “Sir, what type of blog do you want?”
Senior Executive #1: “Listen son, I don’t even know what a blog is. But you’re just the type to relate to energetic, web-savvy, independent-travelers. We want you to get out there and connect with your people.”
Me: Blank look masking disbelief and thinking “My people?! Who is this guy?”
Senior Executive #2: “Reports show that blogs are a real force right now. We’ve got to jump on that train. We don’t care what you say, as long as people like it and come storming back for more.”
Me: “Excuse me, sir, just let me make sure I understand you. I can write anything?”
Senior Executive #2: “Take the reins jockey! You’re our blog-meister! Get the specs from Marketing. We launch in a week.”
Me: “Yes, sir.” Me thinking… “Jockey! Blog-meister!” Hahaha.
Anyway, the best job perk is I can now cruise the web and view blogs without having to hover the cursor above the minimize screen button should anyone barge into my wee cubicle.
So as blog-meister, I’ve been charged with creating a popular blog about Macau. I guess that’ll more or less come down to whether there’s any interest in the drivel that spews forth from the keyboard. Luckily there is a lot going on in Macau and defo worth checking out if you’re in the region, so I should have a pretty robust pool of topics about which I can ply my new trade (see previous posts). To lend a helping hand, they’ve given me a few resources as well; namely a load of free hotel stays that I can give away.
I’m being judged on how web traffic increases over the next months, so I’m going to start a few weekly contests to award the hotel stays. The 2 contests are…
1) Top-Dog Blog Contest
The blog that sends my blog the most click-throughs every two week period gets a free 2-night hotel stay in Macau. All my blog partners are also put into a random lucky draw contest and every other week (alternating with the click-through prize) a winner is awarded a free hotel stay in Macau. So, you have a chance to win every week.
2) King of Fortune Lucky Draw
I want to give your readers and other random visitors the chance to win something too; so a free, two-night hotel stay in Macau will be given away every two weeks for Average Joe too.
Register for the contest as a contestant or a blogger.
What I give you:
1) Link to your website in my Blog Partners section
2) Chance to win transferable two-night hotel stay prize in Macau in either (1) blog traffic contest, or (2) lucky draw contest
3) Chance for your readers to win two-night transferable hotel stay prize in Macau in lucky draw contest
What you give me:
1) Link to my blog from your blog with one of our GoMacau.com icons
Check it out and join here: http://www.gomacau.com/game/en.
I’m very happy to answer any questions: Send me a comment.
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:48 am
Just stopped by today. Lucky me, there’s a contest involved! haha
Well, so I’ve done it. Don’t know if I’ll generate hits, but who knows? Free hotel stays are always good. =)
So my question is, when do they expire? I think the terms and conditions say must be booked within 60 days but can they be booked within 60 days for 6 months from now?
April 22nd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Hi Selena, thx for stopping by the blog. Nope, unfortunately the rooms don’t have 6 months validity. We took that into consideration when we came up with the prizes and that’s why we made the hotel rooms transferable. So if you win and can’t make it to Macau, you can give the rooms away to a friend, sell them on eBay, or whatever. Up to you. But you should try and come to Macau. Cool place. Thx for the comment
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
its a great idea and i look forward to signing up. i have been reading your blog lately and really enjoy it : )
April 24th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Defo becoming a fan of your blog!… and that was even before you were giving out hotel stays!!!
Btw, check out the blog below. It’s becoming famous within the young Portuguese community (+300 visits/day) and, knowing that you can also read “Sp-ortuguese” you’ll probably enjoy it. Anyway, it might also be a good contestant to your Top-Dog Blog competition.
Cheers mate
http://www.tugamacau.blogspot.com/
April 24th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I’m offering a free night at my gaff for the woman with the biggest tits who visits my blog.
It’s going to require a photo with a recent copy of the SCMP in it.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:21 am
Oooh, prizes!
April 25th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Got free hotel stay… cool! But air tickets got free or not?
April 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hi Neo. Nope. Unfortunately we don’t have free air tickets. We’ve given as much leeway with regard to time as we can with the hotel rooms. The other thing we’ve done is made the rooms transferable, so you can pass on the winnings to someone else in a lucrative exchange that no doubt leaves you ahead.
If you’re in this region of the world, check out cheap direct flights into Macau from Viva Macau, Tiger Airways, Air Asia, and a bunch of other airlines that service the big cities in this part of the world.
We’re a new company (less than 1 year) so we’re growing and forming new relationships every week. We’ve got meetings with a few airlines next month, so we’ll see what sort of promotions we can drum up with them.
Thanks for writing!
Lee
April 27th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hi there!Thanx for the invitation!whoahhh!thats fabuluous,although I need a plane ticket first to reach your place,LOL!
anyway,im more than glad to exchange links with you ^_^
dont you have any hotels in japan,too?
regards!!
ghee
April 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
P.S.
hey,I`ll mention your contest to my post a today.
maybe some of my readers might get interested,too and dig your blog for the contest.
ghee
April 30th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Hey Lee, I’ve won 2 nights too, thanks a million! It’s come at the perfect time as I need to do a visa run. I was going to HK but not any more! I’ll be arriving on May 13th, drop me a line and maybe we can hook up and let me buy you a beer while I’m in town - it’s the least I can do.
I’ve emailed the form off confirming my dates, but I haven’t heard back yet, could you jump on someone in customer service for me?
Thanks again,
TaiTai
January 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
can i ask what is the capital of macau and is there any affotunity job from you.macau is a great place