Social bookmarking, social networking, and Twitter are definitely ruling webspheres in 2009, aren’t they? In short, social media is the focus of most trend and traffic conscious internet entrepreneurs.

At the same time WordPress‘ influence as a force by itself is also on the rise. When you combine the hottest social bookmarking site concept with the coolest and greatest blogging platform ever (individual opinion applies here), what do you get? WpVote!

Visit WpVote now: http://wpvote.com/

Mind you, WpVote is a “Digg site for WordPress fanatics“, it is a social bookmarking site for any story related to WordPress only. WpVote is based on Digg’s voting system but totally powered by WordPress. WpVote has been totally redesigned since August 2008, and now integrates a function for users to share the stories they like through Twitter. So basically the formula for WpVote would equal:

WordPress + Digg concept + Twittering function = SUCCESS!

OK, maybe I have overhyped the success part or maybe it just too early to predict how successful WpVote will be. However, I am pretty sure that the owner’s decision to breathe a second life into the site and hang on to it is right, especially when the economy is bad, recession will devalue the price of the site in the market if he had chosen to sell it instead. Besides, as news related to WordPress continue to grow exponentially (again, am I boasting? you decide), WpVote will serve as a good repository for WP fanatics to find and read only the best and most popular stories.

How could WpVote improve further and become more popular?

I don’t mean to say that WpVote is currently not popular, it already has over 250 RSS subscribers. But I see the potential for this site, or rather this idea, to grow mainstream and attain at least a fraction of Digg’s popularity among web users.

For minor improvement, it would be easy for anyone on the street to suggest. Integrate more social bookmarking/networking buttons, promote it through established sites like Facebook (create a group or something), create a contest, a chain and viral twittering campaign, create press releases, give away some freebies, etc.

To achieve a major break though, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Jung should consider approaching prospectful investors, even big names in the web industry like Digg owner Kevin Rose and other internet entrepreneurs. Offer them a percentage of future profits or ownership or give the contributors a permanent individual page each at WpVote or something.

I think that’s about as much suggestions an insignificant (The)ContestBlogger like me could give. Good luck and I certainly hope to see a site gets its major breakthrough in my very eyes, it will be a great experience. Allow me to add some parting words to Mr. Jean-Baptiste Jung:

“You have stumbled upon a goldmine, now mine it the best way you could”

Life is Colourful is essentially a make money online (MMO) blog but there are various topics unrelated to making money online. There are posts about life, health, travel, shopping and even sports. I think it can more accurately be described as a personal make money online blog with blog posts relevant to MMO and its owner’s life experience and interests. I am very much attracted to the blog layout, it is clean (YAY, I like white!) and all the elements are well-arranged. However I think there are actually too many advertisements on display currently, that’s my only complain so far.

There’s really nothing else to complain about, especially not when Life is Colourful is running a contest with over $3000 in cash and prizes to be won. Without further ado, here I present the prize list of the contest:
Colourful Blog Anniversary Contest – Win Over $3000 in Cash and Prizes
Blogging Tools & Products, Webmaster Resources, Memberships

- A product to help you making money: Super Affiliate Blogger and WordPress Adsense Theme by Easywordpress ($194 value – 2 x $97)
- Two-year subscription to GoStats Pro [One of the web’s leading traffic stats providers] by GoStats ($180 value – 2 x $90)
- Five One-Year VIP Memberships to CreateBanner.com by Xavier Media ($175 value – 5 x $35)
- 100,000 [One hundred thousand] Tnx points by Tnx.net ($125 value)
- Two One-Hour Consultation Sessions by TheUniversiryKid ($100 value – 2 x $50)
- “Building An Internet Business From Scratch – Making $1,000 After 24 Hours” DVD by Marcus Hochstadt ($100 value)
- Two copies of Direct Response Templates for Salesletters and Salesstickies by Carl “Kidblogger” ($74 – 2 x $37)
- Two Copies of “TO DO List Software” by Fruitfultime ($60 value – 2 x $30)
- One 30 minutes of blog consultation by The Net Fool ($40 value)
- Blog Bundle Pack 2 [Specially designed for Bloggers] by 1 Cool File ($20 value)

Cash Prizes

- $30 cash prize by Capitalist Guide ($30 value)
- $25 cash prize by Autoline Reviews ($25 value)
- $25 cash prize by Health and Fitness Center ($25 value)
- $20 cash prize by Leisa Watkins ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Travel Tips ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by New Homes Section ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Social Networking Sites ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Quality Vista ($20 value)

All prizes shall be given through Paypal

Books and eBooks

- Three copies of “Work Smart, Get Rich!” eBook Donated by The Net Fool ($45 value – 3 x $15)
- Autographed Copy of “The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth” book by Leisa Watkins

Each participant of this contest will get dollar eBook from TheUniversiryKid along with his consultation time.

Advertising Space

- Four 3-months textlink at Life is Colourful ($360 value – 4 x $90)
- Four 3-months textlink at Finance Blog ($180 value – 4 x $45)
- One Greenland Country Ad Space at Buy a Nation ($125 value)
- Full Set of Advertising Space by Roman Dock ($125 value)
Two 125 x 125 ($20 value – 2 x $10)
Three 468×60 ($30 value – 3 x $10)
Five Textlinks ($50 value – 5 x $10)
One Full Review ($25 value)
- Four 3-months 125 x 125 banner slots at Article Rewrite ($120 value)
- Ten Featured Links at Piggy Web Directory ($100 value)
- Ten Textlinks worth $10 bid each at BYDY Link Bid Directory ($100 value)
- Four Express Link Submissions Forever at Mad Mouse Directory ($51.80 value – 4 x $12.95)
- Two Featured Link Submissions for One year at Mad Mouse Directory ($49.90 value – 2 x $24.95)
- One 125 x 125 at Winning the Web by Gyutae Park ($50 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Life is Colourful ($50 value)
- Five Featured Links at Directories.bz ($50 value) * These apply to directory submissions only, Flippable.
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Massive Net Links Directory ($30 value)
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Internet Stromer Directory ($30 value)
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Internet Ahead Directory ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Blogging Fingers ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at New Homes Section ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Sueblimely ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Life is Colourful ($30 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Finance Blog ($30 value) * These apply to Finance service reviews, Flippable.
- One 125 x 125 at Dot Com Mogul ($25 value)
- Two 125 x 125 at Vincent ($20 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Lightnings Blog World (value $20)
- One 125 x 125 at The WWW Blog ($15 value)

Entrecard Credits

- 2500 Entrecard Credits by Life is Colourful
- 2000 Entrecard Credits by Sueblimely
- 1000 Entrecard Credits by Lightning Blog World
- 500 Entrecard Credits by Vincent

Total: 6,000

There’s various ways to earn entries in this contest. Winners for prizes will be drawn randomly, having more entries give you more chances to win. I am not revealing the ways to earn the entries here, you would have to read the original contest post to participate. Good luck, the contest is ending on 14th July, this is an updated deadline, you should check out the additional guaranteed prizes as well.

Ashley Morgan of Upstart Blogger is giving away a 3G iPhone for its June contest. With the tag line “Successful Blogging Made Simple”, jazz trumpet player Ashley Morgan plans to help bloggers in their quest for success, i.e. making money online, achieving fame and publicity or just getting a sizeable number of readers through Upstart Blogger.

Apparently, besides giving out great prizes almost every month and free WordPress themes for download, Upstart Blogger is a great blog to read, there are content about making money online, online traffic, web hosting, blogging software and affiliate marketing.

Upstart Blogger also has a most special blog design and layout. It does not look like any other blogs, its design is unique but not excessively out of place. I am certainly attracted to its design, Upstart Blogger really walks its talk about the importance of having a good blog design to attract visitors.

If at the end of this review, you are still not tempted to visit Upstart Blogger, I wonder if you would change your mind if I were to mention that Ashley is also sort of a philanthropist? Many bloggers nowadays are focused on making money and don’t care about anything else. Ashley is totally different, he does not hide the fact that he wants to make money online, yet he also tries his best to help those in need. So if you are considering signing up for web hosting, please visit Upstart Blogger, you will be able to get some very good deals (discount coupon, free domains, free hosting for a few months, etc.) and possibly help those in need. Hope you find Upstart Blogger interesting