About 15 years ago, my big brother won a month’s free rent at his garden apartment by winning the residents’ appreciation day hula hoop contest. Fifteen years later, I’m still letting that sink in. You know for a month’s free rent, whether rent was $650 or $6500, there had to be some stiff competition. My brother, at the time a 30-something divorced father and regional corporate bigwig, won a hula hoop contest. Our latent gifts and talents seem to emerge whenever there are cash incentives. It’s the American way.
Alison at Mama Wants This was the happy accidental winner of last week’s lovelinks virgin prize. She didn’t introduce her readers to lovelinks because of the surprise gift I’d offered—like so many of you, she was spreading the word because she loves her some lovelinks. That makes me feel yummy inside, but a promise is a promise. I’d offered a surprise, so I gave Alison one. I won’t tell you what I gave her unless she does. It’s a super cool super secret. Until it isn’t.
Speaking of super cool button badges—hey, were we not—we now have super cool button badges for each weekly lovelinks. Once you install it somewhere in your lovelinks post, you’ll be ready to link up, plus you’ll be very stylish. The super cool button badge is a lovely substitute for the required backlink. [EDIT] Thanks, Amanda, for troubleshooting the code. My super cool button badge is back in business]
Plus, there is also a badge for the winners! Last week’s winners have them installed on their blogs, you can get one for yours. Write a great post, link it up, show others some love, win lovelinks. It’s very simple.
IMPORTANT: I’m trying some adjustments this week. I’m closing lovelinks to submissions on the second link day at 9 pm U.S. eastern [-4 GMT] because I’ve noticed the poor blogs that get linked past that time rarely get any visitors, and they tend to get the least amount of votes. Compressing the linkup window should help get quality visits for everyone. You will still have the same 24 hours to vote. Voting will now begin at 9 pm U.S. eastern on Wednesdays and end 9 pm U.S. eastern on Thursdays. Winners will still be announced on Friday at midnight U.S. eastern time. This change should work out well for everyone, and it won’t drop your Klout score, double your Netflix subscription fee or exploit your privacy settings for nefarious gain.
Lovelinks #29 is open.
I’ve read about half the blogs so far & they’re all really good!!
You’re doing great. Thanks for jumping right in, Erika!
Congrats to Alison! That is one cool, long-awaited button.
Sorry I missed it this week – been crazy busy chewing up all the leftover Halloween candy while the girls aren’t looking. Will join up next week.
PS: Love your new button!
For a month’s free rent, I’d become an expert at the “Limbo” even if it killed me!
The button didn’t work for me either. I had to post the link. I wish you’d do a button for the whole blog that I can post on my blog anyways…
I will do the hoola hoop for you anytime!
OK, so this me officially popping my Lovelinks cherry. My blog is new & I hope y’all like it!
Erika, you need to add your link by clicking on the blue button underneath all the other thumbnails.
OOps! I was reading on my iPhone earlier… Makes me miss things!
I have nothing of value to contribute this week – we’re in quarantine here at Cookie’s house – but I will return when my head is thumping less dramatically to check out everyone’s entries! Good luck all!
Erica just reminded me that I should post my Best of the Blogosphere post (thanks E!). Lots of new blogs for everyone to discover. Check out the linked up posts as well – some really great content there!
You wanna know how I learned how to make a button that works? I copied someone else’s code and pasted my stuff into it. Sssh, don’t tell!
Second time linking up and I must say I do believe I’m hooked on #lovelinks.
I couldn’t get your snazzy button to work but I liked it so much I just copied the image and the URL! WOO HOO!!
I got the button to work. You have to go into the html and remove all the double parenthesis. However, the linky doesn’t recognize it at as linkback, so I had to do a regular text link as well!
Yay! I love buttons. I do have bad news, though. It’s not working on my site. Going to have to use regular linkies. Sorry 🙁
Hi Erica,
I’m linking up again.
Sorry but I could not get your button to work. I like it though.
Erica, the link isn’t working on one of the posts I linked. I don’t know how to take it down. Would you mind doing it for me? Thx.
Erica, I’m going to put up one of our judgiest, bitchiest posts just for you…complete with picture taken at our mall. Next time you’re at the playground and see pajama jeans mom, you may just whip the phone out and snap a few pix 😉
xoxo
Well, thank you (publicly) for the awesome prize.
People, Erica gifted me an awesome WordPress app – that of Clicky Stats. Now I can stalk each and everyone of you who visits – and know who doesn’t (insert evil laugh)!
Love IS rewarding.
Happy linking all!
Oh lord… you’ve gone and made your button so cool, I have to write a super awesome blog post in the morning about….. something. I don’t know what, but something. Dammit, Erica. You’re forcing me to find interesting things to write on my blog. *pout*
*Sigh* I guess this was inevitable.
Oooh fancy button! I couldn’t get it to work either, but that’s most likely because, despite today’s post title, I’m the stupid one.
I tried it with and without ‘code’ thingamajiggies around it, but couldn’t get anything coherent out of it, so I just linked as usual. Hope that’s ok!
Yay for buttons… except it wasn’t working on mine. I just used the link instead. Klout is ICK and I don’t have Netflix… am I the only person in America that doesn’t?
Oh AND Alison brought me here too, in her original email to peeps a few months back. She hearts lovelinks too!
YOU, o free fringed one, are super cool. And what’s the story about that freefringe name, anyway? Make it a blog post (nablomopo pressure is ON, baby)… thanks for the button!