That’s what you call an anniversary giveaway!
David Airey, a logo designer in Edinburgh, is celebrating the first anniversary of his graphic design blog by holding a massive $4000 prize giveaway. Although the blog has only been going for a year, it has been very successful, which has meant that many people have sponsored prizes.
The Gold award contains
- Logo design from David Airey.
- Custom WordPress theme design from Nate Whitehill of Nate Whitehill dot Com.
- Personal marketing / advertising plan from Maki of Dosh Dosh.
- One year’s hosting and blog setup from John Boardley of I Love Typography.
- Signed copy of Blogging Tips by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress.
The Silver award is
- Logo design from Tara Roskell of Graphic Design Blog.
- Website critique from Randa Clay of Randa Clay Design.
- One hour SEO consultation with Lyndon Antcliff of Cornwall SEO.
- $60 of books from Amazon courtesy of Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.
There are many other prizes; for details of how to enter, see David’s $4000 Blog Anniversary Prize Draw post.
David’s was one of the first blogs I started following when I joined MyBlogLog back in February and he was the first comment on my blog. In the comments on his Boost
Your Technorati Favourites by 200% in 10 days post, David gave me some very useful advice, which led me to give my blog layout a makeover in March of this year.
Best wishes for future successful years David.
[Edited 2nd October to remove logo design links at David's request]
Posts 
![[Valid RSS]](http://blog.ijhedges.com/wp-content/themes/ijhedges/images/valid_rss_80x15_2.png "Validate my RSS feed")
Powered by FireStats
September 5th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Thanks Ian!
You know, it’s a pleasure and an honour to have posted your very first comment.
The tweaks and changes you’ve made to your blog since then have certainly improved the functionality.
Keep it up!
September 5th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Thanks David,
Now all I have to do is remember other tips you have posted about like using images in the posts. I always forget that one.
Regards,
Ian
September 5th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
It takes time to find / create suitable images, but I definitely feel it adds to the readability.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I am so insecure I don’t think it’s a post without an image. I assume the reader might be interested in the image, if not the content.
Do you know why this site never remembers me and I have to fill in the info every time I come by? The box is ticked but it just doesn’t happen. I don’t have this problem on other sites and I do appreciate it.
regards
jmb
regards
jmb
September 7th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Hi jmb,
I’m looking at why my blog doesn’t remember you. The first thing I thought of is deleting the cookies in your browser for my blog site.
Regards,
Ian
September 8th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Hi Ian,
One thing you might like to modify is how there’s no option to ‘unsubscribe’ from email notifications.
I can’t remove myself from this comment thread via the email responses or here on your site.
Cheers.
September 8th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Sorry about that David,
I’ve had to remove your notifications manually. It’s a ‘feature’ of the software.
Regards,
Ian