Article writing contest - Need your help

[THF_Martin]

Okay. So I have decided that after Christmas I will be running a contest on my blog where people can submit articles to that related topic and each article gets them one entry into getting a cash prize via Paypal (this seemed like the easiest option) basically, the contest would run for a month or two and the more articles they submitted (that got approved and posted) meant the more chance they had of winning.

The questions I have to ask you are:
- Do you think this idea will be effective and get me a lot of decent content?
- What should the cash prize be if I want a good amount of articles from each user and a big competition.
- Any other suggestions?

Basically I want to know, what price would give you enough effort to write multiple articles for The Online Money Box? I would be much appreciative of any comments about this idea. Thanks.

 

[milksheikh]

I think it actually might give you good content.

 

[THF_Martin]

That was the idea 🙂

 

[minotechonline]

I would make it something high enough so people will submit at least 3+ articles each. If you are intent on putting one 1st place prize than it should be like $100 but in the process I would assume you would be getting dozens of articles and in turn you just netted an article for every 2 bucks lol.

Or if you want to be better maybe make a 1st 2nd and 3rd place prize of $50 $25 $10. That way people who don't think they have a shot at 1st will still be motivated for a shot at the other 2 prizes... hope I helped a bit. I'm not sure the size of your audience so the cash amounts can be altered obviously.