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		<title>Big Manta&#8217;s BIG Contest: Winner Announced!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: This week&#8217;s winner has been selected and will receive a 2 month FREE PRO account at SEMRush valued at $100!
Thanks to everyone who participated and check back soon for the next contest!
I am excited to announce my first contest here on BigManta!
As we passed the 30-day milestone just a few days ago, I started [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin: 25px 0px 10px 20px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbigmanta.com%2Ffeatured%2Fbig-mantas-first-weekly-contest-enter-to-win-prize-worth-100%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbigmanta.com%2Ffeatured%2Fbig-mantas-first-weekly-contest-enter-to-win-prize-worth-100%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><h3><strong>UPDATE: This week&#8217;s winner has been selected and will receive a 2 month FREE PRO account at SEMRush valued at $100!</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Thanks to everyone who participated and check back soon for the next contest!</strong></h3>
<p>I am excited to announce my first contest here on BigManta!</p>
<p>As we passed the 30-day milestone just a few days ago, I started thinking that it would be fun to run a contest for the readers of the site (and we all know contests are an excellent way to spread the word).  I am going to start doing a different contest each Friday and give away something that will help you become successful (or more successful) online.</p>
<h2>This week&#8217;s prize &#8211; A free 2-month PRO account to SEMRush ($100 value)</h2>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px;" src="/images/sem-rush.jpg " alt="SEM Rush" />Earlier this week I was given a sneak peek on how <a href="http://bigmanta.com/out/SEMRush/">SEMRush</a> works and what it does, and they have generously donated a 2-month PRO account for this contest!  If you have never heard of this program before, you really need to go check it out.  Whether you&#8217;re involved with pay-per-click (PPC) marketing, interested in SEO, or want to perform analysis on your competitors, this tool allows you to delve into those areas.  With <a href="http://bigmanta.com/out/SEMRush/">SEMRush</a>, you can:</p>
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<li>See which terms are driving the most traffic to websites</li>
<li>View your competitors AdWords ads, cost per click, and keywords</li>
<li>See organic search engine ranking results</li>
<li>Export your findings</li>
<li>Track competition, trends, volume of keywords</li>
<li>Analyze individual domain names</li>
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<p>To be honest, I had not really seen <a href="http://bigmanta.com/out/SEMRush/">SEMRush</a> before this week.  However, after using it for a while I have to say that I&#8217;m extremely impressed and would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about their own (or their competitor&#8217;s) sites.  I played around with it quite a bit and would honestly recommend it to anyone trying to boost their SEO or pay per click, or see what other sites in their niche are doing.</p>
<h3><a href="http://bigmanta.com/out/SEMRush/">Click here to find out more about SEMRush</a></h3>
<h2>How can you enter to win?</h2>
<p>To enter this contest, you have several options:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://bigmanta.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d2e5c288f43b7579877ca6613&amp;id=fa5f1c8f20">Sign up for my newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=BigManta">Subscribe to my RSS</a> (by email so I know you subscribed)</li>
<li>Mention this contest on your own blog</li>
</ul>
<p>You can do any or all of the methods above &#8211; but if you do all 3, then you will get 3 entries in the drawing!</p>
<p>As an added bonus, anyone who has already subscribed or mentioned my blog in a post is automatically entered in the contest!</p>
<h2>Contest Deadline</h2>
<p>The contest will end next Thursday October 22, 2009 at midnight, so be sure to have your entries submitted by then! I&#8217;ll announce the winners Friday morning here on this post.  Good luck to everyone! <img src='http://bigmanta.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2>Spread the word</h2>
<p>It would be appreciated if you would pass this along (email, Twitter, etc) to anyone you think might be interested.  Thanks for following along so far, and I wish everyone the best of luck!</p>
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