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	<title>Comments on: Extending Contest Deadlines &#8211; Is It Fair?</title>
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		<title>By: Krsitin T.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krsitin T.</dc:creator>
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		<description>The first contest I had was bad.  There were 7 entrants, and I had 3 winners so I really considered extending the deadline.  However, I think that if you consider your blog your personal business, and I am trying to, then it is not a good idea.

I expect businesses to have consistency and fairness in their business practices, and if I were promised something within a specified time frame I would expect that business to follow through.  It doesn&#039;t set the tone for a blog who cares about readers to change the details just to get more traffic.  I can understand doing it, especially if you&#039;re like me and have very low traffic and need more.  Nevertheless, you should keep promises you make.  The next giveaway I did, I made sure to have a much longer entry period so that I could promote it more widely and get more traffic.  There were more than 6 times the entrants as the first giveaway. That still isnt&#039; much, but it was better than before, and I&#039;m glad I held my stance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first contest I had was bad.  There were 7 entrants, and I had 3 winners so I really considered extending the deadline.  However, I think that if you consider your blog your personal business, and I am trying to, then it is not a good idea.</p>
<p>I expect businesses to have consistency and fairness in their business practices, and if I were promised something within a specified time frame I would expect that business to follow through.  It doesn&#8217;t set the tone for a blog who cares about readers to change the details just to get more traffic.  I can understand doing it, especially if you&#8217;re like me and have very low traffic and need more.  Nevertheless, you should keep promises you make.  The next giveaway I did, I made sure to have a much longer entry period so that I could promote it more widely and get more traffic.  There were more than 6 times the entrants as the first giveaway. That still isnt&#8217; much, but it was better than before, and I&#8217;m glad I held my stance.</p>
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