Luxury Self Catering Weekend Give-Away Competition worth €1175!
Competition Closed thanks to everyone!
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who entered and for all the feedback. The competition is now closed and the winner will be contacted shortly.
Competition 2.0! In an attempt to create a simple and transparent competition we created a bit of a stir, we never meant this to contravene search engine guidelines or offend. Based on community feedback we are revising the competition. We have slightly altered the rules for entering. Original rules can be seen here.
We’re offering a luxury self catering weekend give-away at Glengarriff Lodge - a self catering destination with a conscience (it’s part of our conservation project).
What’s the deal? Well we need help to promote our site online so we are unashamedly looking for links to spread the word. Our site is a wordpress blog and we thought we’d try and engage the blogging community to help us…
Here’s how it works:
- You write a blog post which links to our homepage.
- In the same blog post you link to one friend who you think might be interested in the competition.
- You come back and post a comment on this blog post, letting us know where to find your entry.
- Competition closes on 11th March 2008.
- A minimum of 25 unique entries is required to hold the draw. If there are less than 25 entries on March 11th, the closing date will be extended.
- A draw will be held and the winner, picked at random from the entries, wins a weekend 11th April 2008 in Glengarriff Lodge - worth €1175!
- Our general Terms and Conditions apply, also there is no cash alternative, and the dates of the weekend are at the discretion of the owner.
In short, link to our homepage
tell one friend by linking to them in the same post
and you could win a luxury self catering weekend in this amazing location.
Use no-follow if you feel it’s appropriate - see Google Guidelines here.
Here’s sample code for the link just in case you need it:
<a href="http://www.glengarriff-lodge.com">
Glengarriff Lodge </a>
And here’s the no-follow version:
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.glengarriff-lodge.com">
Glengarriff Lodge </a>
Apart from the chance of winning this amazing prize, why should you link to Glengarriff Lodge?
The concept behind Glengariff Lodge was to create a luxury destination in Glengarriff with every modern convenice and comfort, which was also eco-friendly and sustainable, and as testified to by our rave reviews, Glengarriff Lodge is an incredible place to stay already, but we need your help to get the word out about Glengarriff Lodge so we can continue to build on the successes of our project to date. This luxury accommodation, in breathtaking surroundings, steeped in history shouldn’t be kept a secret - help us spread the word!
Glengarriff Lodge is a historic location, which was originally chosen as a retreat by the Earls of Bantry. In it’s hey day it hosted the society luminaries such as Thackeray & Wordsworth and we’ve been working on the house and grounds for several years now to restore it to it’s former glory. The house is on a 50 acre estate which is now a pet conservation project of mine. We are hoping that the luxury self catering business at the Lodge can help fund the creation of an ecologically sustainable business, which will include the conservation of the ancient oak woodlands.
February 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
[…] Full details of the competition are on the Glengarriff Lodge blog […]
February 15th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
[…] Glengarriff Lodge, Luxury Self Catering in Cork, are running a competition for bloggers for a weekend break in the Lodge. Full details can be found on the Glengarriff Lodge Blog. […]
February 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Done.
February 16th, 2008 at 9:39 am
[…] John Prendergast from Aonach just let me know about a competition a friend of his is running. It’s pretty damned impressive: Glengarriff Lodge near Bantry in West Cork is giving away a Luxury Self Catering weekend worth €1175 to one lucky blogger who mentions it! The location looks gorgeous and the Lodge is interesting because the aim was to be both luxurious and eco-friendly/sustainable. […]
February 16th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Hey Guys, Great idea for the competition! I gave ye a mention over at http://tinyurl.com/2rtfwz
February 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Linked here http://www.tomrafteryit.net/dont-enter-this-competition-i-want-to-win/
February 16th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Thanking Conor for alerting me to this competition … you can find my contribution here
http://sallygardens.typepad.com/sallygardens/2008/02/could-you-do-wi.html
February 17th, 2008 at 1:17 am
http://url.ie/981
February 17th, 2008 at 2:44 am
SEO and Linkbait, Good or Bad?…
The Irish blogosphere has been buzzing with the talk of SEO and linkbaiting lately…
Eoghan has been saying that SEO is a load of crap while at the same time a lot of people are calling his posts nothing but linkbait, which is a popular SEO techn…
February 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Done by me as well. I’d love to win this - looks gorgeous!
http://smellywardrobes.blogspot.com/
February 17th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Clever idea for a competition… Linked back to your site at:
http://patrickjames.info/blog/?p=372
February 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Linked to here, Trackback didn’t seam to work?
http://www.weeno.ie/blog/seo-and-linkbait-good-or-bad/
February 18th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Great idea.
The place looks gorgeous, I look forward to winning:)
February 18th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Hi Guys, the lodge looks fantastic and the competition is a great idea. Mentioned it over here
http://thatfridayfeeling.blogspot.com/2008/02/via-conor-just-heard-about-this.html
Hope it takes off for ye!
Curly K
February 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Heavily highlighted over at : http://cp1302ger.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/luxury-self-catering-at-glengarriff-lodge/
February 18th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Linkbait it is, but at least it’s positive in spirit. Hope it works out well for you. And yes, count me in to the competition!!
http://brightspark-consulting.com/blog/?p=449
February 18th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Hey,
Place looks fab, linked here.
http://www.manicmammy.com/2008/02/18/glengarriff-lodge-competition/
February 20th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Linked from: http://www.dennisdeery.com/2008/02/20/a-good-play-for-web-traffic/
Great idea folks!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
That’s done now guys at:
http://famron.blogspot.com/2008/02/glengarrif-lodge-spread-word.html
February 20th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Hi,
You can check out my entry here:
http://blog.cjwriting.com/2008/02/20/luxury-self-catering-weekend-give-away-competition-worth-1175-glengarriff-lodge/
Cheers,
Calvin!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Here’s my link…
http://allsandm.blogspot.com/2008/02/anything-for-free-stuff.html
Regards,
JL Pagano
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 am
[…] ١ I actually heartily approve of the way Glengarriff Lodge have reviewed their competition entry criteria (or the wording thereof) after the negative feedback they got. Fair play. […]
February 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Now! http://brianbarry.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/shameless-non-printmaking-related-post/
February 26th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
[…] This is my entry into the competition to win a €1175 luxury self catering weekend. All I have to do is write this post, or be guilty of som plagerism( thanks Darran), mention Luxury Self Catering, link to their website and link to a friend who might be interested. Done, done and done! I was thinking their criteria for this comptition is quite strange and then as I was pasting in the links it hit me. This is brilliant marketing. This is Search Engine Optimization like none before. […]
February 26th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
http://url.ie/9lz
Hope its what i need and i hope i get a break from this tough college life
March 10th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Done - This is my entry.
Great idea! Love the site…
Keith Hurley
March 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Congratulations to the winner of the draw - Calvin Jones
Thanks to everyone who entered the competition.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
[…] I entered a competition on the internet in February, then promptly forgot about it – until I answered the phone in late March to learn I’d won the prize of a weekend in Glengarriff Lodge in April. Fantastic! […]