Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 by Andy Beal

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New Contest – Win an iPod Touch!

UPDATE: Here’s the winner.

My goodness, it’s been at least a couple of weeks since we had a Marketing Pilgrim prize giveaway. Let’s correct that right this minute.

Having just bought myself an iPod Touch, I can tell you that it’s a thing of beauty. I mean, just look at it!

Its the ultimate pocket gadget:

  • Internet connection via wifi
  • Full web browser
  • Music
  • Movies
  • Photos
  • Maps
  • Email
  • The list goes on!

It’s so nice, I want to give an 8GB iPod Touch away to a lucky reader and the contest is going to be dead-simple to enter.

All you have to do is subscribe to Marketing Pilgrim via either daily email updates or our RSS feed. If you love getting the latest breaking internet marketing news–and some opinion along with it–you should really consider subscribing anyway. Now you have an added incentive!

Sometime between now and March 1st, I’ll post a message at the bottom of one of our posts. This message will only be visible in the email or RSS version of the post–so you must subscribe. :-)

When you see the secret message–trust me, you won’t miss it–simply email it to contest AT marketingpilgrim DOT com. Simple huh?

One lucky entrant will be picked at random.

BUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER!

How would you like to upgrade that 8GB iPod Touch to a 16GB or even the HUGE 32GB version?

  • If you link to this contest via a Twitter message OR a blog post AND get picked as the winner, we’ll upgrade you to the 16GB version.
  • If you link to this contest via a Twitter message AND a blog post AND get picked as the winner, we’ll upgrade you to the 32GB version.

The contest is open to all, one entry per person, and I reserve the right to make up rules as I go along. ;-)

Thanks for reading!


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88 comments on “New Contest – Win an iPod Touch!”

  1. Susan Cellura Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Andy, I’ve posted on Twitter and my blog. Cheers!
    Susan

  2. Win an iPod Touch (courtesy of Marketing Pilgrim) | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    [...] Beal, down at Marketing Pilgrim is running a competition giving away an iPod Touch (I so want one of these!) All you have to do is subscribe to the [...]

  3. Sam Davyson » Marketing Pilgrim Have A Competition On Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    [...] Competition link. [...]

  4. helmi Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    i’m putting this up on my friendster blog? is that ok? i just need to write about this competition, and put in the link right?? please respond. thanks. and good luck to everyone (including myself) :)

  5. Andy Beal Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    @Helmi – that’s fine, thx

  6. Zim Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    Is this contest open worldwide?

  7. Andy Beal Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    @Zim – it sure is. One of our previous winners was in Australia. :-)

  8. Zim Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Ok! I’m in :)
    Thanks

  9. Andrew Miller Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    I hope previous winners are eligible to win again…

    Do you look at anything other than subscriber count when reviewing results from these contests? How do you determine ROI? Any correlation between subscriber count and dollar value of the prize?

    For the record, your Feedburner chiclet is at 8,779 now. I’ll be interested to see how you do.

  10. Mobile guy Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    I would prefer an iPhone.

  11. Win an iPod Touch - Blog Contests, Link Contests, Any Contests Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    [...] Pilgrim is offering a Free iPod Touch to one lucky contestant, and all that contestant has to do to get a shot at winning is subscribe to the Marketing Pilgrim [...]

  12. Utah Wedding Photographer Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Wow. What a contest. I will definitely sign up now!
    I’m going to let me wife sign up too. She is never lucky at winning anything. LOL.

  13. Andy Beal Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    @Andrew – there are a number of things that I look at when running these contests. I could spill the beans, but that would take the fun out of it. ;-)

    @Mobile guy – if you win, and you’ve twittered or blogged it, I’ll get you the iPhone instead – that goes for anyone else.

  14. Erz Says:

    February 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Subscribed to your feeds and here’s my blog post:
    http://erz.tech36.com/2008/02/ipod-touch-giveaway/

    Thanks!

  15. Shonzilla Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 12:04 am

    Hi Andy,

    I’m happy to promote your informative blog so I’ve twittered about the contest and my Tumblr should pick it up soon. I would be even happier to nail the iPod touch or Phone. ;-)

    Apart from the RSS subscription I have already, is there anything else I should do (with you blog)?

    Cheers
    Shonzilla

  16. Cesar Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Great contest but is it only for US people? I don’t live in US. An Ipod touch is really cool but I don’t think I can win.

  17. Andy Beal Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 8:48 am

    @Shonzilla – thanks, you’re all set.
    @Cesar – it’s open to all.

  18. From The Contest Queen » Blog Archive » ‘Round and ‘Round Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    [...] Marketing Pilgrim is holding such a contest. You can win an iPod Touch. [...]

  19. Carolyn Wilman Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    http://www.contestqueen.com/fromthe/2008/02/13/round-and-round/

    Blogged about you here.

  20. Nate Moller Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Subscribed via email notification, posted on twitter, and plan to blog on it later at http://mollermarketing.com. Already had subscribed for the RSS feed before.

    Will be fun to hear about how many new subscribers you get from a competition like this and what that does for the company.

    Great stuff.

  21. Andrew Miller Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    Currently 8,824 subscribers. Up 45 since yesterday, which is a 0.5% increase. I didn’t get a pre-contest count so the total lift is most likely higher.

  22. Marketing Pilgrim Subscriber Contest | eCommerce Small Business Startup Consulting & Self Motivation Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    [...] and online marketing. Since I’ve subscribed to their blog via an RSS feed, I found this new contest they are promoting to get more subscribers. Here it is: All you have to do is subscribe to Marketing Pilgrim via either daily email updates or [...]

  23. Andy Beal Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    @Andrew – we started it yesterday, so you saw the first lift from it. :-)

  24. Jay Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    I subscribed via daily email updates.

    Pick me, pick me, pick me.

    jay@cascadestaff.com

  25. Indo Contest » Win an iPod Touch from Marketing Pilgrim Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    [...] Pilgrim is offering a Free iPod Touch to one lucky contestant, and all that contestant has to do is subscribe to the Marketing Pilgrim RSS [...]

  26. A Contest Blog » Win an Ipod Touch from Marketing Pilgrim Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    [...] Marketing Pilgrim is giving away an 8gb Ipod Touch. All you have to do to enter is subscribe to his rss feed. If you’ve linked to this contest by twittering or blogging and you win he’ll upgrade you to the 16gb Ipod Touch. If you’ve linked to the contest by twittering and blogging and you win he’ll upgrade you to the 32gb Ipod Touch. Very cool of him, don’t you think?! A message viewable to feed subscribers only will go out between now and 03/01/08. Email Andy the secret message and your name goes into the drawing for the prize. Good luck! Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

  27. valmg Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    I subscribed by email and blogged you at http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/02/new-contest-win-an-ipod-touch. html
    Great contest!

  28. Jake Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    Great contest. Subscribed! Good luck with your subscribers. :)

  29. Sandra Says:

    February 13th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    I have you now at my RSS feeds, can’t wait to keep updated!! I put you in my Yahoo RSS

  30. gRegor Says:

    February 14th, 2008 at 1:58 am

    BLOG’D!
    http://gregorlove.com/gregorlog/847/
    And twittered. Link is in the blog.
    Recursion! Sort of.

  31. Dale Ng Says:

    February 14th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    I have you now in my Google RSS Feed Reader. Would be nice to have an iPodTouch.

  32. Relainer Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    glad i found this site. time to keep track of my emails

  33. BunnyMoney Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 12:40 am

    Cool contest! Hope I win. Blogged about it here http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.com/2008/02/win-ipod-touch.html

    Thanks!

  34. Bendz Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 12:49 am

    Subscribed via e-mail

  35. Maggie Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    What an awesome contest, here is my blog entry. http://margaretyu.blogspot.com/2008/02/marketing-pilgrim-ipod-contest. html

    I also wrote a message on Twitter. My username is biosci.

    Thanks!

  36. 1 Million in 365 Day Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Subscribed! Cool contest. Good luck to everyone!

  37. Mary Jean Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    I have subscribed via email. I would love to win this! Thanks for this contest.

  38. Alexis Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    I hope I win! But good luck to everyone.

  39. Azam Says:

    February 15th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    Subscribed for the email updates.

    Also, posted a Blog:
    http://zammu.blogspot.com/2008/02/check-out-this-contest.html

    And Twitter message:
    http://twitter.com/azam91

  40. iPod Touch in a subscribe-to-win contest. | Contest Hub Says:

    February 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am

    [...] Don’t forget to check full details. [...]

  41. Contest Hub Says:

    February 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Hi!
    I have blogged about your blog contest on ContestHub.net
    Please inform me about your further contests to let more people know about them.
    Here is the link to my blog post: http://www.contesthub.net/index.php/2008/02/16/ipod-touch-in-a-subscri be-to-win-contest/

    Regards, Contest Hub.

  42. danandmarsh Says:

    February 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Hey there, I subscribed and confirmed by email, and I also blogged of this awesome contest!
    http://giveawaycity.blogspot.com/2008/02/marketing-pligrim-win-ipod-to uch.html

  43. Evansmaster » Blog Archive » Win an iPod Touch from Marketing Pilgrim! Says:

    February 17th, 2008 at 4:14 am

    [...] the Marketing Pilgrim’s Win an Ipod Contest and just subscribe to the blog either by daily email updates or RSS feed. And wait for the secret [...]

  44. James Evans Says:

    February 17th, 2008 at 4:34 am

    Done! I subscribed daily email updates and RSS feeds. And blogged, at http://evansmaster.co.cc/win-an-ipod-touch-from-marketing-pilgrim/

  45. James Evans Says:

    February 17th, 2008 at 4:36 am

    And a twitter message also

    http://twitter.com/evansmaster

  46. Faizal Says:

    February 18th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    subscribing to the feed via email, wish me luck! :)

  47. Kristen Says:

    February 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Already have you on RSS so signed up to e-mail updates too. Twittered about the contest and my post goes up tomorrow.

    Thanks

  48. Win an iPod Touch « Contests galore - win money and other cool prizes! Says:

    February 19th, 2008 at 2:37 am

    [...] an iPod Touch Posted on February 19, 2008 by – Host : Marketing Pilgrim URL : New Contest Prize : 8GB iPod Touch End Date: 1st March [...]

  49. My Blog Contests » Blog Archive » Yet Another iPod Touch Says:

    February 20th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    [...] for contest prizes. Not to say that its one of the best music players around. Marketing Pilgrim is running a contest and is giving away an 8Gb iPod Touch. To enter the contest, you must subscribe to their RSS Feed. [...]

  50. Great method of link bait from Andy Beal | SeoUnique Blog Says:

    February 20th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    [...] a stumble that lead me to Marketing Pilgrim where I saw an attractive piece of possible link bait. New Contest – Win an iPod touch – obviously I was expecting the standard “post a link” strategy but Andy has created [...]

  51. Shrihari Says:

    February 20th, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Hi,
    I’ve blogged about your contest here : http://myblogcontests.com/2008/02/20/yet-another-ipod-touch/

  52. Cecile Says:

    February 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Blogged about it and Twitter’d it!

    http://www.theshoppingduck.com/2008/02/20/win-and-ipod-touch/

  53. Huge Mistakes Says:

    February 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    I’m definately in.

    This is very cool

  54. SteveRosenbaum Says:

    February 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    Still salivating over how much I want a Touch :-)

  55. Suresh Says:

    February 23rd, 2008 at 7:15 am

    hey ,
    i have sucribed to ur email updates and i have written about this conteest in my blog too.. here is the link

    http://www.worthtovisit.com/2008/02/win-ipod-touch.html

    hope to win it…

    Thanks

  56. JG Howard Says:

    February 23rd, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Tweet Tweet- Done
    And a blog post at jghoward.com

    I so want that 32gb ipod touch!

    You’re a genius, Andy

  57. Mike Montague Says:

    February 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    The touch is so sweet. Awesome contest prize!

  58. Win a IPod Touch!!! | Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 1:44 am

    [...] guys and gals go on over to Marketing Pilgrim .com and subscribe to their RSS feed and you could win an a very cool IPod Touch. Be sure to read the [...]

  59. Sparky123 Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    Hi here’s my blog entry:

    http://justanotherbloggery.blogspot.com/2008/02/contesting-ipod-touch- by-marketing.html

    Also subsribed via RSS/email/both can’t remember :p

    Cheers and good luck everyone!

  60. betty~simply southern Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am

    hello!
    Subsribed via email and blogged about the contest ..thanks for a great contest,i’d love to win this…
    have a great week.

  61. suicidalsam Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    hi

    here is my blog post for this contest.
    Win an iPod Touch

    also subscribed to your blog feed via email. hope i am the lucky winner (finger’s crossed)

  62. Matt Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    Hi.

    Here is my Twitter post:
    http://twitter.com/speedmikey22

    and here is my blog post:
    http://mikesblog202.blogspot.com/

    Do I now qualify for the 32GB?
    Thank you so much for this awesome giveaway!

  63. Andy Beal Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    @Matt – we’ll qualify the winner, when we pick them. ;-)

  64. Matt Says:

    February 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    Ok, thanks!

  65. Free iPod Touch (Not Spam) :: SleevelessArts Says:

    February 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    [...] Tired of seeing that message all over the internet? This time, you don’t have to do anything except subscribe to a blog. The winner gets an 8GB iPod Touch. If the winner has a post on their blog or in Twitter, they get a 16GB Touch. If the winner does both, they get a 32GB iPod Touch.Click Here [...]

  66. Matt Says:

    February 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    So there’s no way I’ll be able to miss the message, right? It’ll be pretty obvious?

  67. Andy Beal Says:

    February 28th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    @Matt it should be ;-)

  68. Azam Says:

    February 28th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    It could be any day now. I’m all eyes.

  69. yingz Says:

    February 29th, 2008 at 12:49 am

    am I entered into the contest?

  70. Andrew Miller Says:

    February 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    9,031 readers today. Looks like a net increase of 252 (~2.8%) subscribers over the course of the promotion. I’m not sure what the blog’s average growth rate is, but I think it’s safe to assume you grew your readership by about 2%.

    Was it worth it? On the surface, it’s hard to tell if 252 new subscribers are worth the $299 retail price of an 8GB iPod Touch. The prize could be as much as $499 if the winner blogged and Twittered a link to this post. The value of each subscriber would have to increase dramatically to provide a positive return.

    In addition to the increase in subscribers, we can also assume this post generated several hundred backlinks (843 in Y! Site Explorer today) from various blogs and Twitter. Most of them might not count for much, but there is definitely some short-term value there when viewed in aggregate.

    However, the more telling statistic could be how many of the new subscribers are still around in another week or so, after the contest is over.

    Of course, Andy has other ways to recoup his investment. If only a few of them click on one of the affiliate ads, buy his new book or sign up for trackur.com this could turn into a winning proposition pretty quickly.

    Well done Andy. We can only assume that the promotions are successful based on your internal metrics because you keep running them. Either that, or you refuse to believe one of my favorite mantras, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein

  71. Andy Beal Says:

    February 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    @Andrew – thanks for the analysis. Don’t forget the long-term compounded benefits from continual contests like this. ;-)

    Also, looking at Feedburner, we actually hit a new high on Monday of 9,429.

  72. hill_mie87 Says:

    February 29th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    I need the iPod Touch, real bad!

  73. photojunkie » I finally got myself an iPod Touch Says:

    February 29th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

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  74. International Freebies » Blog Archive » Blog Contest: 8GB iPod Touch Says:

    March 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    [...] Marketing Pilgrim is giving an 8GB iPod Touch away. All you need to do is subscribe to their feed by email or RSS feed, and spot a secret message [I found it today!] that you have to email to Andy. [...]

  75. Mike Says:

    March 2nd, 2008 at 3:10 am

    Nice competition. Although i read your blog for a long time, i’ve just found i didn’t have you on my reader till today. But i have you now :)

  76. yingz Says:

    March 2nd, 2008 at 3:51 am

    may i know why is my comment still under moderation? something wrong?

  77. Curious Says:

    March 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    So did anyone win yet?

  78. Andy Beal Says:

    March 2nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Announcement coming soon. :-)

  79. jackjack Says:

    March 4th, 2008 at 1:35 am

    i want to win

  80. jackjack Says:

    March 4th, 2008 at 1:36 am

    soon

  81. Jasmine Says:

    March 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am

    I would like this i pod touch because my friend and I will enjoy having the latest things out.
    From: Cliniqe and Jasmine

  82. Mary_Freebies Says:

    March 9th, 2008 at 9:30 am

    Have you announced the winner yet?

  83. Andy Beal Says:

    March 9th, 2008 at 9:35 am

    @Mary – yes, http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/the-free-ipod-touch-goes-to.ht ml

  84. Shreeganesh Says:

    March 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    I like Touch I-pod Because this is very ataractive & I like all Eletronics item. I Want I-pod

  85. charlie chalifoux Says:

    March 13th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    i love the new ipod touch i thing it better than psp apple the best brand

  86. jen Says:

    March 14th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    I love the Ipod touch, too bad i didnt win it. thanks for the chance though

  87. viper Says:

    March 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    i like ipod (be2ethen allah ra7 afoz)

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