Big Sis, Little Blog Program Finalist

Welcome to Round 2 of the Big Sis, Little Blog Program. Please give a round of applause to all the applicants, it was really tough work weeding this down to 6. Thank you to everyone who applied. If I could mentor everyone, I would.  I was initially going to do 5, but it was a tough call, so here are the final 6. The winner will be up to you, a post will follow this one with the poll. Please vote for your favorites! Blogs are in alphabetical order.





Addicted to Heroines

About: I've gotten some good feedback (from Melissa Marr herself, eek!) but have only a few followers and almost no commenters, I need help, please.  Also, I don't know how to make it all pretty and stuff...


Genres: YA with kick-a** female protagonists

URL: http://addictedtoheroines.blogspot.com The Bibliophile's Lounge

About: I feel that I haven't reached my full potential as a book blogger. I also think I need help since I still have a lot to learn about book blogging.


Genres: YA Fiction

URL: http://the-bibliophiles-lounge.blogspot.com/ The Book Pimp Blogs

About: I just started this blog about 3 weeks ago. I love reading and recommending books to people who have similar interests to mine.  I came by my blog name honestly.  My friends and family call me the Book Pimp because I am always loaning them my favorite books. I've only posted 2 reviews on my blog, but have been putting my reviews on goodreads and amazon for about 6 months now.


Genres: contemporary and romantic suspense

URL: http://thebookpimpblogs.blogspot.com/   Daisy Chain Book Reviews

About: ...I am entirely new to the blogging community. I just started blogging a few days ago, and while I'm really enjoying it as I love reading and writing, I have no idea as to how to actually promote my blog. Where to promote, promotion tools etc - it's all so new to me.


Genres: Young Adult Urban Fantasy, coming of age novels, Gothic mysteries, historical fiction.

URL: http://daisychainbookreviews.blogspot.com/ Mel's Books and Info

About:I have had a blog for a while, but I have just really started getting into it.  I am also supposed to blog for my work, and mostly started my personal blog as a testing ground for that, but I want to do more with it.  I hope to use the tips I get here to improve my personal blog, but also the blog at work too.  I just want to do better. 


Genres: Teen Fiction

URL: http://bookgirl-mel.blogspot.com/

Wicked Readings By Tawania

About: I love to read, I belong to a bunch of review blogs and I got tired of just leaving comments, not seeing books that I like being reviewed. So, I decided to start my own blog, so that I could review the books I liked, voice my own opinions, and run promotions and contest for all my wonderful author friends that I have met.


Genres: Paranormal, urban fantasy, Erotic, and romantic suspense

URL: http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com

Big Sis, Little Blog Participants

The following blogs have signed up for the Big Sis, Litte Blog Program.  Later in the week, five blogs will be chosen and a poll will be placed in a post to vote for your favorite, "Little Blog".

Blog with the highest amount of votes:

A new blog design, complete with header, background, header styling, signature and button

Mentorship, your questions answered - a step-by-step guide to how to handle getting your blog up in the rankings

And I will provide a "hot" book for you to give away on your blog

Runner Ups will also receive mentorships from other "Big Sis" blogs, that have asked to participate. Exact number of Big Sis' has yet to be determined. (If you want to throw in your name as a Big Sis or Big Bro, please email me!)


YzhaBella's BookShelf
darklyreading
Paper Cut Reviews
The Door to Wonderland
Candace's Book Blog
Maybe Tomorrow?
The Bibliophile's Lounge
Literary Lolita
The Unread Reader
Addicted to Heroines
Literary Wonders
Cry Havoc
Ex Libris
Wicked Readings By Tawania
That's What I'm Talking About
Lynette's Two Cents Reviews
Bookish in a Box
The Book Pimp Blogs
52 Self-help Books
Not Now...I'm Reading!
Kaydence's Book Blog
The Fiction District
Daisy Chain Book Reviews
Bri Meets Books
Reading The Best of The Best
Mel's Books and Info 
Fiction Kingdom
Marie loves books!

Big Sis, Little Blog Program

I posted that I would do a design contest at 599 followers.  I'm doing something very different this go round. You can win a brand new blog design - the works - and a mentor-ship, to get that new blog up and running.

Introducing the Big Sis, Little Blog Mentor/Scholar-ship Program.

Quite a mouthful, but hopefully it will go well.  This idea started with me when I began reading back and forth posts regarding the Affiliates programs that are popping up everywhere in our book bloggyverse.  So first off I would like to thank Jamie @ The Book Junkie's Bookshelf & Natalie @ Mindful Musings for sparking my creative juices. 

It made me realize that there is some difference between the "big" blogs, and the little start-ups, but it has nothing to do with popularity, or anything of that nature.  It is just experience and knowledge.  The bigger blogs have been around the block, they've promoted their blogs incessantly and have made contacts throughout the bloggy universe.

So, for the latest design contest welcome to my mentor/scholar-ship program.

This is not a number out of a hat kind of contest.  This is first an application process and then the finalists will be voted on - sidebar polls on this blog.

Five applicants will be chosen out of all that apply and those five will be posted on a poll on this blog.  Winner with the most votes will be the winner.

The five finalists will be chosen by the quality of their reviews, originality, and tone of their blogs. I understand if the blog is "in the works" this is the point of this contest, to get you from "in the works" to "holding your own."

To qualify as an applicant, you must meet the following criteria:

• New blogger, or a blogger that hasn't taken off (under 50 followers).  Its ok if you have 0 followers, but you must have a blog
• You blog must be devoted to books.  It is ok if you do posts off topic once and awhile, but the main focus must be books
• You must also place a Big Sis button on the blog's sidebar that you are listing (directions and buttons below)
• Fill out the Application below

What the winner will receive!

• A new blog design, complete with header, background, header styling, signature and button
• Mentorship, your questions answered - a step-by-step guide to how to handle getting your blog up in the rankings
• And I will provide a "hot" book for you to give away on your blog

What a package right???!!! Questions, please leave them in the comments. I'm sure I'm leaving some things out, so I will update this posts as things come up.

The application process will go on until March 31st, 2010 (or if the number of applicants is overwhelming I might end early). The five finalist will be notified and posted soon after that.

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