My “Giving Thanks” Web Design Giveaway

by Brendan Wenzel

Update: You can view the results by clicking here.

Hello everyone! In celebration of Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season, I have decided to throw a small giveaway as a THANK YOU to everyone that has helped me get this far. Since my specialty is web design, I figured I would give away a few designs. Here are the prizes of this giveaway:

  1. A custom blog design using Thesis 1.6 as the framework ($495 Value)
  2. Twitter AND YouTube background ($134 Value)
  3. Twitter OR YouTube background ($67 Value)
  4. Twitter OR YouTube background ($67 Value)
  5. Twitter OR YouTube background ($67 Value)
  6. UPDATED: (8) Eight Google Wave Invites

The giveaway will end at 11:59 PM on Friday December 4th, 2009. At which time, 5 13 people will randomly be picked to win a prize. Even someone with only 1 entry can win over someone with 400 entries. One prize per entrant.

Here is how you can get entries into the giveaway:

  • You will get 1 entry every time you send me a tweet with @BrendanWenzel
  • Get 20 entries each time you comment on this post. UPDATE: You receive 20 entries for a comment on any post on my blog.
  • Get 40 entries if you make a video on YouTube and put your link for this contest in the description (Get your link below)
  • Get 10 entries for subscribing to my YouTube channel.
  • Get 1 entry each time you tweet or share your link, that you get by using the form below, on Twitter and Facebook. Plus, get an extra entry every time someone clicks on your special link.

And that’s it. Now all you gotta do is fill out this form below to get your special link to start getting entries. Good Luck!

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  • Awesome contest man..

    Let everyone win! Could be awesome to win a design!
  • Cool Contest! :D I've signed up; hopefully I can help you to promote your blog and end up winning! ;)
    .-= Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..5 Ways To Bring Old Posts Back To Life =-.
  • It's like amazing - you will get like lots of exposure.. so that's like win-win :)

    Awesome idea mate! have an awesome Saturday!
  • Yeah, very true. I agree that it's a really cool idea; I've never seen a contest like this before but it's a great idea! Also, you were the one that referred me lol.
    .-= Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..5 Ways To Bring Old Posts Back To Life =-.
  • LOL quite funny actually ;)
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • trin
    would be a great win . thanks for the contest.
  • You're welcome. Thank you for joining it.
  • nice contest cant w8 maybe i win any of the prizes! LOL Have an Great Day!
    .-= HollywdTM´s last blog ..WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 Review =-.
  • Oh.. I forgot my twitter - HollywoodsTech
  • Do we need to include our Twitter IDs? Mine is @teenius :)
    .-= Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..5 Ways To Bring Old Posts Back To Life =-.
  • You should do it under the submit button - then you will get a entry ;)
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • oh my name on youtube.com/hollywdtm

    i just sub you
    .-= HollywdTM´s last blog ..WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 Review =-.
  • LOL! Took me ages to find that "Twitter username" thing :D
  • I need to point that out. Working on it now.
  • Jennifer Wilson - Agent Soluti
    What a creative idea for a contest. Like DaneBlogger said it's a win win.

    Thanks Simon | Teenius for the tweet that lead me here. It's great to meet you Brendan. You have a great site. I'll be visiting often. :-)
  • The pleasure is all mine Jennifer.
  • No problem Jennifer, glad you found the contest. Even if I don't win it's a fun task and will be enjoyable (although that blog design will come in handy for my new project - lol :D )
    .-= Simon | Teenius´s last blog ..5 Ways To Bring Old Posts Back To Life =-.
  • Also fun to see how many points you actually can get, it really. Enjoyable contest!
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • I have now written a blog post about it.. Just use the "latest blog post" to see it ;)

    Enjoy Brendan, awesome idea on this :D
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • Jennifer Wilson - Agent Soluti
    Hey Brendan!

    It looks as though I'm showing up in the results twice (AgentSolutions and @AgentSolutions). I guess I messed up on my last comment putting the @ symbol before my user name. Is there anyway to change that one and combine it with AgentSolutions. If not, no worries.

    Sorry for the confusion. :-) Your contest is off to a wicked start.
  • It's no big deal really. As long as you don't win twice, we're all good.
  • Adam
    Hey Brendan,

    Another cool contest!! Always enjoy them!! Thanks
  • Love the gratitude and thankful spirit man! that take's you a long way and opens up more abundance in your life!
    .-= David King´s last blog ..Drive website traffic fast and free =-.
  • So if you win the Thesis, is it you who are designing the theme?
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • This is a great contest idea to share like this. I connected to you through Anthony Robbins.

    Best regards
    .-= Tom Bailey´s last blog ..Being positively unreasnable with yourself as a way to help the world? - How do you feel about that? =-.
  • Brendan - this is an awesome contest man and I like the spirit of giving.
    .-= Kamal Calloway´s last blog ..Why every entreprenuer needs S.M.A.R.T. goals? =-.
  • Congrats Brendan,
    It's a great thing to give and not many people are doing it.
    .-= Emmanuel´s last blog ..5 Rock-Solid Reasons to Start a Blog Today =-.
  • Emmaniel is definitely right! if everybody was doing this - it would a whole lot more funner! man!
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • Yes, Mikkel, the world would definitely be a lot more funner and better. ;)
    .-= Emmanuel´s last blog ..5 Rock-Solid Reasons to Start a Blog Today =-.
  • Hey!

    LOL! I just woke up and decided to make a very short video about this ;)

    You can watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIjEdtPFUfQ

    Enjoy, Brendan awesome contest!
    .-= Mikkel "DaneBlogger" Juhl´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Design Contest (Win a Design) =-.
  • Jennifer Wilson - Agent Soluti
    WOW...Looks like things are heating up here with the contest. Nice to see there are a bunch more people participating. You've really started something great here Brendan. :-) I've thought of a similar contest I could offer my readers.
  • Hey Jennifer, I would highly suggest throwing a giveaway or contest. The plan was to make a case study out of this and provide advice on what I learned.

    To run the contest, I am using a plug in for Wordpress called Contest Burner. Automates every thing and makes the process very simple. Bill offers a free download, but the premium version gives you the control that you need for a real giveaway. Let me know if you have any questions about it.
  • What a great idea! I love passing good things forward! You've inspired me as well. Time to come up with an idea of my own. Thanks for the nudge.

    Terry
    LovingVisions.com
    Small Business Web Solutions
  • You're welcome. Please let me know if I can help at all.
  • Is the contestburner plugin worth the $? Just curious, I downloaded the lite version but wanted to know if it was worth the extra money for the full version. I downloaded something similar and well it turned out that it didn't help much. By the way I like your theme, it is very clean. Something almost unheard of in the blogging community.
    .-= Taylor Darcy´s last blog ..Windows 7 Review =-.
  • In my honest opinion, having the ability to have more than one contest is worth the cost. I plan to have multiple contests/giveaways, so the premium license will come in handy. Plus, I believe the ability to automatically send Tweets directly from the blog makes it easier to use for the visitor. The level of automation is awesome. I love what Bill has done with ContestBurner.
  • Brendan,

    I am a huge fan of your design work and can't get enough of it. So I HAVE to comment here and do everything I can to win this, because I know it's worth 10 times what you charge even if I were paying for it.

    Here's to me winning - and your exceptional work.
    Russell Yermal
    .-= Russell Yermal´s last blog ..How to become a POWERHOUSE Networker =-.
  • Well, thank you very much sir.
  • Leif Eriksen (@JellyPA)
    Great contest! I, too, like the feature to automatically send tweets. With Twitter's retweet function still screwy, and power twitters RT function in limbo, it is nice to click one button to send the link to my followers.
  • Brendan,

    Can you tell me which plugin you use to "Digg" this and to "Retweet" this. I was looking all over and couldn't find the exact one you were using. If you could let me know I would appreciate it.

    Thanks,

    Taylor
    .-= Taylor Darcy´s last blog ..Google Chrome OS =-.
  • Sure thing. The plug in right underneath the title is the "Digg Digg" plug in. You can find it easily by search Digg Digg in the plugins area of Wordpress. Thanks for the question.
  • Hey Brendan,
    This is such a great idea. I hope I could come up with something like this on my blogoversary, at least the viral value 'coz I'm not into web design. Maybe I could invite you to be a sponsor. ;)

    Goodluck to your contest and I hope I could win!
    .-= Mathdelane´s last blog ..Mobilize Your Blog with Mippin WordPress Plugin =-.
  • Well it looks like we have a friend competition going on here for Brendan's work.... We'll see who rises to the top :)
  • Man I need to win this thing my site has been uh..normal? for too long and needs to be spiffed up =/. Anyone know where I can get a design for around $100 bucks? lol so broke!
  • Here is what you do that $100. Think of what you can make money on right now. Right this very minute! As long as someone knows you can do it, they should be willing to pay you for that right now. Now, take that $100 and tell people that you can do it through direct marketing. After you make your huge ROI, hit me up and I will design your blog. haha Seriously though, do what you do best!
  • 1entry for tweet nd 20 entry for commenting here ;) good contest hoping to win something
    .-= Lucifer´s last blog ..The Importance of Your Domain Name =-.
  • Hi good contest... I am very happy to participate in this...
    I tweeted with my username : deepikasuren
    i dugg with my digg username : deepikasuriya
    i subscribed to your YouTube Channel with username : deepikasuriya
    i have shared this in friendfeed with username : deepikasuren
    i have shared this in delicious with username : deepikasuren
    i have shared this in stumbleupon with username : deepikasuren

    And i am also trying to share this in all my social bookmarking sites... Let me hope for the best to win this contest...
    .-= Deepika´s last blog ..Contest#2:Win Two Google Wave & Orkut Invites Through This Contest =-.
  • Cool contest. Lets see whether I win, Trusting on my luck. I am also having a contest on my blog for Google Wave Invites
    .-= Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..Simple Tips for Wordpress Newbies – Part I =-.
  • Derrick
    Awesome blog & Contest. HOPE I WIN!
  • Derrick
    Forgot to Put Twitter Name in! AWESOME BLOG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Thats a good gesture.
    Hope i win some.

    Subscribed on your youtube channel too. :)
    .-= Viswaakshan´s last blog ..The plight of the indecisive =-.
  • Steven Vargas
    Impressive work, Brendan. Thanks Russell for introducing me. I'll be checking out everything to see how I can improve on my design for websites and blogs. You guys rock. Keep it flowing, man...
  • great idea Brendan! I've shared it on facebook and Twitter! You did great work on my Juggling Secrets course dvd's and header image and I know you'll do great work for the winners of the contest. Just remember, my birthday is Dec 3rd ;-) haha
    .-= Chris Hughes´s last blog ..Accomplish More by Setting Deadlines for your Goals =-.
  • What a great contest! I'd love to have a custom Thesis theme for my blog.
  • My site could surely use a re-vamp!

    Thanks for this.
  • Hey! Great Contest! I put it on Digg. Maybe you will have a good turnout! Thanks,
    Kewl Kat
    .-= KewlGadget 4 Great Gadgets´s last blog ..Multi-Directional Drive Car – The Nissan Pivo 2 =-.
  • IV
    Hello Brendan, this is a great concept for a giveaway. I will throw my hat in for a chance to get a great design.
  • check out
  • Love the new blog design! it's hard to read the right-hand side widgets though... Keep rockin bro!

    DBK
  • That's because I'm not done yet.
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