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I would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter into the Unconventional Marketing business card design contest. I enjoyed seeing all of the different kinds designs and concepts that people came up with and entered. I would also like to say that it was a hard choice between a couple of the options, and I don’t like people going away empty handed so I am going to give 2,000 Entrecard credits to every who entered. I will be giving away prizes to everyone even though only one winner was chosen. Without further adieu, the winner is…

Jason from Blogtomic.com with this design:

The reason I chose this design was the simplicity that it offers. I really like the attention being primarily on the Name and Logo. Another aspect I liked was the vertical layout of the card design which is more unique than the average business card design. Thank you Jason and I have $50 coming your way.

Here are the other designs:

This was my close second choice. Designed by Chris Truman, taking the original design and reworking it to look much better. I never claimed to be a graphic artist. Had I the ability, my first design might have looked a lot like this. 

Nadeesha Cabral of ROCKFUSE.com. Thanks again for the entry, I like the use of color and images.

Margaret Norkett of kemar-k9s.com. This was another one of my favorites, simple is key for me and Margaret kept the design simple and focused on the logo and name.

Achmad Zaenuri added some flare to the original design and changed up the font. I like seeing new fonts with the same design and the effects that it has.

Chelle Stein of It Might Be Love made the design even more simple and I love simple. She also had the business card in a PDF file already set up to to be printed 10 to a sheet. Nice! Thanks for making the comparison printing easier.

Last but not least… the honorable mention by Joe from FOOLSVILLE.net.

Honestly, I think that I am going to take a Rubik’s Cube and modify it to something like this. I might change the sides to have different colors of the same logo. Although if I do go through with this, I just might have to learn how to solve one of these puzzles.

Once again, I would like to thank everyone and let you know you won’t go away empty handed and congratulations to Jason for winning the $50 prize.

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All entries for the Unconventional Marketing business card design contest must be in by 12-noon Sunday the 15th, tomorrow! (Central Standard Time) If you have any question about the contest leave you comment here or visit the contest post to learn more about the details.

P.S. You can enter more than once and each entry will count separately.

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The date is drawing near and the top 10 finalists for the next Top Affiliate Challenge are about to be picked. I have been rooting for Ty Hurd of Ty’s Blog since he started on his quest. I have gotten to know Ty over the last several months and believe he has what it takes to win the next Top Affiliate Challenge. The show begins filming and starts airing in July online. If you missed the first season, now is the time to get into the show from the beginning.

The second round of videos that contestants did really upped the ante, and Ty’s newest video was not lacking in any way on creativity mimicking the Discovery show Mythbusters. The producers of the Top Affiliate Challenge awarded him with the highest base rating from which he has maintained first place. Here is the link to the video. Once again I encourage everyone to check out the Top Affiliate Challenge and to give Ty your support and give him a vote of 10.

*Don’t forget about the contest for the best business card design for Unconventional Marketing worth $50, you can enter more than once.

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Lately, I have been designing and redesigning a business card for myself and the Unconventional Marketing Blog. I have to admit that I am not a very good graphics artist. So I am going to offer $50 one week from today to the person who designs me the best Unconventional Marketing business card. Here is the current one I have. I know, don’t laugh too hard…

If you would like a shot at winning $50, you have one week to impress me. Some design requirements:

• Must contain the logo UM, can be varied but I do want UM and in the color red
• Must contain at the very least the UM logo and my url: joshwhitford.com
• Must be to business card dimensions 3.5 inches wide by 2 inches high
• Must be at least 300 dpi
• I do like modern, sleek, glossy and creative
• Send entries to Josh@JoshWhitford.com

Good luck, and I can’t wait to see what people come up with. I will post a picture of the winning business card and will link to and endorse your services in the post.

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I watched the last Top Affiliate Challenge and had a blast watching each episode. I did learn some interesting affiliate marketing ideas, but more importantly there is now a reality show for geeks who don’t pay for cable television. If I am going to watch TV it is either going to be at the gym or online.

The neatest part about this next challenge about to take place is that one of my blogging buddies is in the top 10 to be selected for the next challenge. Ty Herd of Ty’s Blog is currently number 4 in the running to be chosen. He is a character and will bring some interesting knowledge and style to the show. I would encourage all of you to check out the videos at the Top Allifaite Challenge website and to also vote for Ty. I gave him a 10 and probably will each day the contest is running. I think it is really cool to be able to have someone you know get onto a fun show like that. Maybe I will try next time ;).

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