May 3rd, 2007 pkuan
This week’s winner…
…for the most web traffic introducing the world to our Macau Insider Blog:
(drum roll)
Kevin Poon
Mr. Poon was quite successful in introducing our website to his readers. It seems he has quite high traffic of his own and after a brief summary of the site from my colleague, that interest is perhaps fueled in (large) part by the innate human desire for copulation. It seems the aptly surnamed Poon provides some catchy clips (click the links beneath the smiley faces). Here’s a tame slideshow for those who want to catch my drift.
Anyway, thanks Kevin. Enjoy your stay at Grand Waldo Hotel; great hotel on the new Cotai Strip.
The click-counters have been reset to zero and we begin anew. We have lucky draw winners next week and blog traffic winners the week after. Get involved!
May 2nd, 2007 pkuan
The Envelope Please
Apologies to all. I’ve been remiss and have yet to post the winners from last week’s contest. My hospital sojourn began the eve that we drew winners. The inserted metal spikes and artificially knotted shoulder tissue prevented me from getting to the computer. In fact, I’m sling-bound for another 5 weeks, so this is a one-armed post. Anyway, we’ve got a few winners that will each receive a 2-night stay at Macau’s Mandarin Oriental:
For the lucky draw portion of the Top-Dog Blog Competition, the winner is the Singabloodypore blog from, well, Singapore. The blog comments on “Social and political issues related to Singapore and South East Asia.” It’s a good read and updated daily. They cover a bunch of issues and their readers get involved in the banter. Check it out.
For the King of Fortune Lucky Draw Competition the winner is Pete C. based in Beijing. As many of you bloggers know, I sent many of you emails or left comments in your blog, letting y’all know that we started our Macau Insider Blog. Anyway, a bunch of bloggers didn’t want to get involved with the Top-Dog Blog Comp, but signed up for the King of Fortune Lucky Draw Comp. Pete is one of those guys. He’s one of the writers of the hilarious Sinocidal blog. They’re too “big and successful” to affiliate with little upstarts like us. (To be granted a footnote in the mighty pages of their blog almanac is like a gift of scraps from the King’s Table.) Anyway, in deference to their chuckle-inducing prose, I mention them here. Read!
The blog traffic winner of the Top-Dog Blog Competition is determined tomorrow.
April 25th, 2007 pkuan
…A Medical Holiday Destination
For anyone fancying a little nip and tuck or wholesale surgery, Macau is not yet the place to patron. Not that the medical services are bad, just that Macau hasn’t ramped up the infrastructure, staff, and “holiday packages” (buy one boob job, get the 2nd free). That being said, last September I was falsely diagnosed with one of those unwanted maladies in the corporeal hinterlands. Neither the type of “positive” report card one wishes to see nor lending confidence to successfully remedying more “serious” medical concerns. Thereafter, I’ve exclusively relied on the good services of bilingual Hong Kong Adventist Hospital. Tomorrow eve at 7:30 sharp, I’m having my left arm reattached to my torso and thus dear reader, I will be away from this monitor and plucky keyboard for a few nights. Chicken noodle soup will be warmly appreciated for anyone in the area. Anyway, the bated-breath wait should be short-lived as I hope to be back next week (idyllically with both arms).
The blog contest is freshly underway and already I’ve been introduced to some good blogs: Witty, profound, and lewd. You can check them out on the sidebar to the right and also in the contest landing page. We draw first winners tomorrow. Good luck. Talk soon.
April 20th, 2007 pkuan
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.
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