* Post updated at 30 Sept @ 8:30 am PST. To all the participants, please take note of the  update. Thanks.

Hello fellow bloggers! Together with the Blessed Virgin Mary’s birthday, I am also celebrating my birthday this month. I want to celebrate my first month of being an independent contractor for a respected professional based in U.S. I want to celebrate this very special occasion with you through a very captivating contest. My first contest, The 10 x 10 Contest, was a failure maybe because the prizes were not so captivating.

Itching to know what this very captivating contest is all about? Well then, this captivating contest is almost the same as most blogging contests. The more points you have, the more chances of winning. It will be a way to help fresh bloggers improve their blogging skills. If you think I am having the contest only to gain traffic, backlinks, etc but it is not. In fact, this is a win – win contest with the prizes that I will be giving away. I win, you win.

This captivating contest will end when the year ends, that is December 2008. Winners will be drawn randomly through Random.org and will be announced on the last week of January 2009. Patience is a virtue and it really pays. Watch out because there will may be an update of more prizes every week or month (and maybe new rules and winners weekly or monthly).

There will be top three winners and some consolations but since there will be updates, I will just list the prizes for now. I will group them later when all the sponsors have been gathered.

Buzzing Out For Money Contest Sponsors

$50 Cash by Pweng Bee
$10 Cash by Virtuoso Master

1 - Year Free Domain and 1 - Month Blog Hosting by Virtuoso Master

3 - Revolution Wordpress Theme Designed by MaweSpace

1 - Get Featured Post by Life and You

125×125 Banner Ad for a month worth $20 by The WWW Blog
125×125 Banner Ad for a month worth $20 by Pinay SEO
125×125 Banner Ad for a month worth $40 by Life is Colourful
125×125 Banner Ad for a month by Blog for Beginners
125×125 Banner Ad for a month by WordPress for Beginners

1 Year Featured Link by Sikat Ang Websaytko! Pinoy Web Directory
1 Month Text Link worth $20 by Life is Colourful
3 Month Text Link worth $20 by Pweng Bee

3,000 Entrecard Credits by Pweng Bee
1,500 Entrecard Credits by PH Blogger
1,000 Entrecard Credits by Indo Contest
1,000 Entrecard Credits by SimplyWP
1,000 Entrecard Credits by John Doro

2 x 1 - Hour Consultation by The University Kid
2 x 30 – Minute Blog SEO Consultation by RockFuse

Special Prizes:

Blogger: Beyond the Basics

by Lee Jordan

The book aims to be a “complete” guide to working with Blogger. The focus is on more advanced, professional uses. You will learn everything you need to know to extend your blog and grow beyond the basics of using Blogger.

WordPress Complete

by Hasin Hayder

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to set up, customize, and market your blog using WordPress.

WordPress for Business Bloggers

by Paul Thewlis

This is a practical, hands-on book based around a fictitious case study blog, which you will build on a development server using WordPress. The case study grows chapter by chapter, from installing your local development server, right up to the finished blog.

These books are sponsored by Packt Publishing.

Bonus:

Each participant gets free eBooks entitled “Basic SEO for Wordpress” and “How to earn from GPTC sites” written by Chetan Bhawani. Feel free to contact Chetan if you want your free eBooks right away. Just let him know that you are a participant of this contest.

If you are willing to sponsor this very captivating contest, just buzz me. You can sponsor for blogging tools and products, webmaster resources, memberships, cash prizes, books and ebooks, advertising space and entrecard credits.

How to get points for the Buzzing Out For Money Contest

2 Entries - Comment on the contest post. Do not just comment “I have joined the contest. Here is my entry…” but comment about what you think and feel of the contest.

4 Entries per subscribed blog (mandatory this is one more problem ) – RSS Subscribe to the blog and the sponsors’ blogs. Your email address will not be spammed and you can opt-out when the contest ends.

2 Entries – Favorite this blog on Technorati.

2 Entries – Digg this post.

2 Entries – Stumble this post.

6 Entries – Be the top commentator of the week. Spammy comments are not allowed; make sure your comments are relevant to the post. I haven’t added a plug-in for this yet though but I will soon.

30 Entries – Post about the contest by October 15, 2008.

• Write a review of this blog with a minimum of 150 words and include a link to the homepage http:// www . pwengbee . com / 311- pweng- bee- is- captivating- capiz/ (remove the spaces of the URL) using the keyword “how to make money online” “captivating Capiz”. Why this keyword? It is for the Capiz SEO Contest that will be ending on October 26, 2008. So that if I win, I will share part my winnings here meaning there will be a bigger cash prize.
• Mention about the contest and COPY THE CONTEST SPONSORS LIST.
• Spread the word and invite your friends.

Note: The review will be checked for validity in terms of grammar, content and links. The more blogs you have, the more entries you get. Blogs that have pageranks get bonus points too.

20 Entries - Second post about the contest.

10 Entries – When your post about the contest crosses 10 comments.

2 Entries – Talk about the contest with a link to the homepage on any blog post.

10 Entries - Add this blog to your blogroll.

1 Entry - Drop a card on this blog. Please let me know how many cards you have dropped. I do not have the time to check your drops. Be honest.

50 Entries - Vote me on the Iloilo Bloggers Contest (mandatory) by December 1,2008.

• Iloilo Bloggers is having a contest where the most rated profile wins. The contest will end on December 8 and if you help me win, I will again donate part of the prize here in the contest. As I have said, this is a win – win contest.

3 Entries - Refer anyone, blogger or not, to vote and subscribe by email. They should make a comment here and say that they were recommended by you.

Cash prizes will be sent through Paypal only (time to shop on EBay, huh?). Sponsors are not eligible to join however if they have another blog that is not mentioned in the contest sponsors list, they can join. More bonus points if you add my banner on your blog.

Here is the code for my banner (remove the spaces of the URL when you place the code on your blog):

<a href = “http://www. pwengbee. com/” > < img src= “http:// www. geocities. com/ wacko_sponky/ 32954.jpg” /> </a>

I may not be always monitoring your entries since I am a very busy blogger. Drop me an email of your entries and updates at sheillamayb @ gmail . com. Read carefully before asking any questions. The details are self-explanatory and I will only post and entertain questions that make sense.

Good luck everyone. Happy holidays!