Win Prizes - The Triple Crown Contest!

[Evan]

The Triple Crown

In baseball, a batter who (at season's end) leads the league in three major categories -- home runs, runs batted in, and batting average wins the Triple Crown. In the popular imagination, the Triple Crown is often thought of as the epitome of excellence in batting. The batting Triple Crown has not been achieved since 1967 and has only been won 15 times in baseball history - twice by Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams.

The EvanCarmichael.com Triple Crown

The EvanCarmichael.com Triple Crown honor is a quarterly award that goes to the VIP Author who leads the field in expert articles posted, forum posts created, and referred articles generated.

Articles

* If you are not an author on EvanCarmichael.com you can register here (it's free)
* Make sure to use the same email as your Entrepreneur Forums account so you can get credits for your posts

Forum Posts

* Continue posting at index.php

Referred Articles

* Encourage your expert colleagues to join and post articles
* Make sure to use the link provided here so you get the referral credits for their articles

Achieving first place in any of these three categories will earn you:

* A spot on the contest page!
* A free pack of our Entrepreneur Heroes trading cards!
* Your own EvanCarmichael.com trading card!
* And a special surprise card insert!

Achieving first place in all three of these categories earns you the Triple Crown and some additional bonuses including:

* An Elite Series Award with engraving that is an elegant combination of polished chrome with K9 optic crystal base. This unique award is valued at $250.00 USD for the ultimate in bragging rights!
* Your own Personalized 3D Caricature Bobble Head!
* Your picture will be featured prominently with a link to your website on EvanCarmichael.com's homepage for the following 3 months!

Good luck and happy posting!

[GT Bulmer]

Hi, Evan:

This looks like a great contest for VIP authors with networking influence. I think it should do well. Thank you for making this contest available to the community.

GT

[Evan]

Thanks GT - and thank you for already purchasing a 3-pack of the Entrepreneur Heroes trading cards! You got in even before my family!

[David Hurley]

Those Entrepreneur card decks look great... Very neat to get them out in time for Christmas!

[Evan]

Thanks David - we're not going to hit the Christmas season but they will be available in early 2010. It's going to be a very exciting launch!

[GT Bulmer]

The Triple Crown
... Referred Articles

* Encourage your expert colleagues to join and post articles
* Make sure to use the link provided here so you get the referral credits for their articles ...

Hi, Evan:

As David said, the Entrepreneur card decks look great, so I wanted to order while I was thinking about it ... some things get lost on my list pretty quickly if I don't deal with them when they're up front.

Here's a question for you. Regarding the referral of colleagues to the article directory, which link are we to use to assure referral credits?

GT

[Evan]

Hi GT - if you log into your author account you'll see Referral Program as one of the options on the left side. If you click on that you'll get the link that will tie people to your account.

[GT Bulmer]

Hi GT - if you log into your author account you'll see Referral Program as one of the options on the left side. If you click on that you'll get the link that will tie people to your account.

Hi, Evan:

Thanks! Guess I should have thought of looking there.

GT

[MichelleJ]

Hi Evan

This looks like a great contest should be interesting to see how everyone does.

MichelleJ

[Alan Mater]

Hi Evan,

This sounds like a fantastic acknowledgment, and I look forward to seeing who wins the prizes.

[GT Bulmer]

Hi, Evan:

A question about the Triple Crown Contest statistics: is there a place where you list the names of the leaders in each of the three categories?

I see on my Author Dashboard that:

- the leader with the most Approved Articles has 38; (personally, I am more than three dozen away from that mark!)

- the leader with the most Forum Posts has 51; (an update will likely show the person has 55 or more by now). I am not the current leader, but I am on the leader's tail!

- the leader with the most Referral Articles has 290; (personally, I am almost 300 away from that mark).

It would be interesting to know who the leader (or front runners) are in each category, if that info is available or appropriate for publishing.

GT

[Evan]

Hi GT - it updates once per day so the forums lead will be updated early tomorrow morning.

I think it's an interesting idea - the only place to see it really is in the forums but we can create it for the other sections as well.

Let me play around with the idea with my team! I'll get back to you!

[GT Bulmer]

Hi GT - it updates once per day so the forums lead will be updated early tomorrow morning.

I think it's an interesting idea - the only place to see it really is in the forums but we can create it for the other sections as well.

Let me play around with the idea with my team! I'll get back to you!

Hi, Evan:

Thanks for considering it.

Perhaps it can become a topic thread in your "Ideas and Updates" section: Triple Crown Contest Updates

You could post an update once a week listing, say, the top two or three contenders in each category. And in between times, forum members can make comments or engage in relative discussion.

Also, if you want to place a note or a link elsewhere on your site, it can point back to the forum thread ... thus, potentially drawing more traffic into the forum ... and, perhaps, generate even more interest in the contest.

Just some thoughts.

GT

[Evan]

Hi GT - another great idea! That could be a fantastic way to run it! Thanks so much!

[GT Bulmer]

Hi GT - another great idea! That could be a fantastic way to run it! Thanks so much!

Hi, Evan:

Thanks for the comment, and you're welcome. (... But I realize I was probably just using my mental powers to read your mind. )

GT