Welcome to my six month giveaway contest! On September 29th, it will have been six months since Invest It Wisely began. I can’t believe that almost six months have already passed since I started blogging.
It’s been a great six months. I have gotten to know many great readers and fellow bloggers, joined the Yakezie, a great community of finance bloggers, and most importantly, I have enjoyed it every step of the way.
As a thank you to everyone who has helped me, supported me, and given valuable feedback along the way, I’ve decided to throw a six month blog anniversary bash! My site is where it is thanks to you, so I’d like to give something back. The contest is now closed; thank you all for your participation!
Sponsors
First, I want to give a big thank you to my very generous fellow bloggers who have decided to sponsor this event along with me. Thank you very much!
- Out Of Debt Again: $20 Amazon gift certificate.
- Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance: $25 Amazon gift certificate.
- PFFirewall: Ramit Sethi: I Will Teach You To Be Rich.
- Maximizing Money: $25 via PayPal.
- Frugal Zeitgeist: $25 Amazon gift certificate.
- Beating the Index: William J. Bernstein: The Investor’s Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between.
- Spruce Up Your Finances: $30 via PayPal.
I gave away a bonus prize for promoting these very cool bloggers; please see below for more details!
Prizes
Main prizes
- Prize #1 (approx. $140 value)
- Gary Vaynerchuck: Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
- Dave Ramsey: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
- Lowell Miller: The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth
- F. A. Hayek: The Road to Serfdom
- Henry Hazlitt: Economics in One Lesson
- $20 Amazon gift certificate (thank you Out Of Debt Again!)
- $25 Amazon gift certificate (thank you Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance!)
- $30 via PayPal (thank you Spruce Up Your Finances!)
- Prize #2 (approx. $75 value)
- F. A. Hayek: The Road to Serfdom
- John C. Bogle: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
- $25 via PayPal (thank you Maximizing Money!)
- $25 Amazon gift certificate (thank you Frugal Zeitgeist!)
- Prize #3 (approx. $50 value)
- Henry Hazlitt: Economics in One Lesson
- Burton G. Malkiel, Charles D. Ellis: The Elements of Investing
- Ramit Sethi: I Will Teach You To Be Rich (thank you PFFirewall!)
- William J. Bernstein: The Investor’s Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between (thank you Beating the Index!)
Bonus prizes
- BONUS PRIZE #1: $25 Amazon gift certificate.
- BONUS PRIZE #2: $10 Amazon gift certificate.
How to enter
The contest is now closed; thank you for your participation!
Contest entry details
The contest is now closed. Winning entries will be selected using Random.org. Winners will be contacted by email. In the case that shipment is not possible or is prohibitively expensive, a prize of equal value will be substituted less any applicable fees. Entries will be verified and winners will be contacted; they will then have one week to respond and to claim their prize. If their prize is not claimed, it will go on to the next person on the list. If you tweet, Twitter accounts must have at least 10 followers. If you link from your blog, blogs must be established and reputable. The links in this post include Amazon affiliate links. Finally, we reserve the right to reject entries that we consider fraudulent, spam, or otherwise as invalid.
Book recommendations
Additional thanks goes to those who recommended books for the giveaway:
- Dave Ramsey: The Total Money Makeover (The Wise Buck)
- Gary Vaynerchuck: Crush It! (The Wise Buck)
- Lowell Miller: The Single Best Investment (My Own Advisor)
- John C. Bogle: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (My Own Advisor)
- Burton G. Malkiel, Charles D. Ellis: The Elements of Investing (Andrew Hallam)
Good luck!
The contest is now closed; thank you for your participation!
What a great bunch of prizes! Hope I win. Thanks!
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Awesome contest! Cool site …
Nice giveaway. I can’t wait. I hope i can win!!!
Hey, thanks for spearheading this. Fun!!!
Those books seem very well-selected for the layperson, from the titles. Thanks for thinking about what might be helpful.
This is my first time in this site and I love all the great financial tips. I’ll definitely be reading this blog on a more regular basis.
Congrats on the anniversary! I’d love to see more self improvement and planning posts. Thanks for the opportunity!
Found you through a link on the Financial Samurai, looking forward to reading the blog.
really great contest, i hope i win
Looks like a great giveaway! I would love to be a winner in this event:) Going to look around the rest of the site as well. Thanks!
Great giveaway. Hope I win 🙂
just found your blog thanks to the saved quarter
Wrote about it on my blog too…. http://frugalzeitgeist.com/must-be-something-in-the-air-its-competition-week/
Nice… thanks!
What fun to have a giveaway at six months! You’re way ahead of where I was at that point.
Thanks, Kay Lynn! I’m glad to have met you and the other Yakeziers.
i love giveaways! more pleasE! just kidding =)
Just when you think you know everything about finances, you find out you don’t…that’s why I’ve been blog searching for some help and found your site. We’re hoping to move within the next two years but it looks like we’re “underwater” now..I’m hoping for more real estate news, tips, tricks and how-to’s so we can get our finances in order and buy the house of our dreams.
I hope to write articles that you find relevant and interesting, shel. There are also a lot of great fellow bloggers in the Yakezie network that have a lot of great tips and advice to share. Thanks for the feedback!
Financial Samurai led me to your blog — looking forward to more personal finance tips.
Thanks for all of the comments and entries, everyone. Keep them coming! There is still a bit more than a week to enter.
Hope I win!
Great giveaway!!!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Wonderful prizes! Thanks so much for this chance & this giveaway.
I’m a subscriber.
Thanks again
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/peg42/status/25047938275
Thanks
I hope I win!
some great prizes love the amazon and paypal. thanks
cool
Awesome, this looks like a really interesting assortment of books and goodies. 🙂
Not often that you see a small giveaway that could be life changing! thanks!
Awesome giveaway. Thanks so much for the chance.
Thanks for the great contest!
This is a great giveaway!
Hey Kevin, congratulations having so much success during your first six months! Thanks for offering these great gifts during your celebration.
I would like to see more posts about growing income in order to increase the income/expense spread.
Thanks for the suggestions and support, Khaleef!
I would love to win!!
Really like your site, I am a business major so plenty to interest me. Thanks.
In these tough economic times anyone could use these.
Anyone of these prize packs would be a great score!
Congratulations on being here for 6 months! Here’s to many years of great advice to come. 🙂
Congratulations on your 1st 6 months! Here’s to many years of advice to come! 🙂
I love that you’ve combine a great giveaway with great information. Glad I found your site, and glad it’s now in my google reader.
Thanks!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
Wonderful contest! Thanks for the chance to win!
Cool giveaway! Thanks.
Cool giveaway! Thanks. Hope i win!