Who Won The 4th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest

Almost 2 months after its first entry appeared on JobMob, the 4th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest has finally come to an end. So who won?

Contest numbers

As I'd hoped, this year's contest was the biggest and best one we've had on JobMob to date.

Here are some numbers that tell the story:

• 24 guest posts were submitted by bloggers from Israel, the USA, Germany, The Philippines, Australia, Jordan and South Africa
• The articles were shared with 1011 retweets, 506 Facebook shares and generated 109 comments
• Almost 200,000 people visited JobMob during the contest

Thank Yous

As usual though, the numbers don't tell the full story.

I had a great time meeting many new people and reconnecting with some old, interviewing Jason Alba, interviewing & being interviewed by Keller Rinaudo, and you can tell from the comments that many of the bloggers also enjoyed themselves. And of course, the articles will live on in the JobMob archive, continuing to help people for a long time to come.

So a big Thank You to all the bloggers.

Another big Thank You goes out to all our sponsors, whose prizes & promotional efforts helped get the attention of so many terrific contestants. More about them further down.

And now, on to the winners:

The Winners

All contestants won at least these 2 prizes:

• 1 year subscription to JobSpice, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

There was so much effort on the part of the bloggers to promote and have their articles promoted on social media (as you saw above) that I decided during the contest to add an extra prize as a surprise for the blogger who had the most success with their article on social media.

Social media grand prize winner

Hannah Katsman

Hannah wins:

• US$25. Sponsored by Jacob Share and JobMob.

#5 grand prize winner is…

Melvin Dichoso

Melvin wins:

• Unlimited access to 1 of the 4 webinars about job search. A US$50 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 year subscription to JibberJobber Premium, a US$99 value. Sponsored by JibberJobber.
• 1 year subscription to JobSpice, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

Thank you to our 2nd Bronze Sponsor: Dan Schawbel

“Dan Schawbel is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding LLC, is a world renowned personal branding expert. He is the international bestselling author of Me 2.0, and the publisher of the Personal Branding Blog.”

#4 grand prize winner is…

Kristen Fife

Kristen wins:

• Unlimited access to 1 of the 4 webinars about job search. A US$50 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 year subscription to JibberJobber Premium, a US$99 value. Sponsored by JibberJobber.
• 1 year subscription to JobSpice, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

Thank you to our 1st Bronze Sponsor: Brazen Careerist

“Brazen Careerist is a social network for Generation Y professionals. You come here to build a network of your peers, find jobs, and be recognized for your ideas.”

#3 grand prize winner is…

Hannah Katsman

Hannah wins:

• Unlimited access to the same 4 webinars as the grand prize winner. A US$200 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 year subscription to JibberJobber Premium, a US$99 value. Sponsored by JibberJobber.
• 1 year subscription to JobSpice, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: JobSpice

“JobSpice is an intuitive online tool that makes creating and publishing a well-designed, custom resume easy and fun. In the last six months, JobSpice has been featured on NBC, PC World, and Fast Company, and has gained tens of thousands of “Word converts” from across the globe.”

#2 grand prize winner is…

Yehoshua Paul

Yehoshua wins:

• US$50. Sponsored by Jacob Share and JobMob.
• Unlimited access to the same 4 webinars as the grand prize winner. A US$200 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 year subscription to JibberJobber Premium, a US$99 value. Sponsored by JibberJobber.
• 1 year subscription to JobSpice, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

Thank you to our Gold Sponsor: Jason Alba and JibberJobber

“So what is JibberJobber? Is it a job search tool? Is it a networking tool? It is more like a personal relationship manager that allows you to do everything you need to do to manage a job search and optimize your network relationships – for the duration of your career!”

And the #1 grand prize winner of the 4th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest is…

Nettie Feldman

Nettie wins:

• US$150. Sponsored by Jacob Share and JobMob.
• An autographed copy of I’m on Facebook — Now What??? Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 copy of the LinkedIn For Job Seekers DVD, a US$50 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• Unlimited access to 4 webinars about using social media for job search, blogging for job search, and more. A US$200 value. Sponsored by Jason Alba.
• 1 year subscription to JibberJobber Premium, the job search tool/personal relationship manager/job search organizer, a US$99 value. Sponsored by JibberJobber.
• 1 year subscription to JobSpice's resume builder service, a US$20 value. Sponsored by JobSpice.
• A copy of the Personal Branding Magazine. Sponsored by Dan Schawbel.

Congratulations to Nettie, Yehoshua, Hannah, Kristen, Melvin, Shoshanna, Kimba, David, Jonathan, Rob, Kate, Kelli, Leslie, Mohammed, Rita, Peggy, Marina, Doug, Melissa, Ed, Kelly, Joey and Theunis.

I'll be in touch over the next few days with instructions on how to claim your prizes.

Official Contest Results

Which article was your favorite? Read it again and then congratulate the winners in the comments below.

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