BLOGtober Fest was such fun so we’re at it again with another Blogging and Social Media Challenge.  The blogging portion of the challenge will be pretty similar to BLOGtober Fest but we’re throwing in a few Social Media challenges this time.  We hope you will join us for six days of ThanksBlogging!

(Imagine a super cool ThanksBlogging Graphic right here!  I’m only human and haven’t gotten it done yet but knew you wanted to see the challenge topics.  The graphic will be released on Sunday along with a grab code so you may use it in your posts!)

Why should you participate in a blogging challenge?

• We provide the daily ideas for you! No thinking about WHAT to write, you just have to write it.
• The LinkyTool will make your blog post visible to other participants and site visitors hopefully generating a bit more traffic.
• You will have the opportunity to visit other blogs and leave comments and hopefully find a new friend or two!
• Involvement in the community of Arkansas Women Bloggers can lead to lots of great opportunities! We have several Arkansas businesses watching our site and looking for people who stand out and are involved in AWB.
• Prizes!  We can’t tell you what the prizes are yet but there WILL be prizes awarded to a few lucky participants!

Each day of the Blogging Challenge we will have a reminder post for the daily topic and a link up tool where you can submit your post.  In addition to entering your own post we want to encourage you to visit 2-3 other bloggers that have also linked up and leave a comment on their blog.  Hopefully you will find a new favorite blog while you are looking around! Each post is meant to be broad so that you can be creative on how you address the prompt or how you fit it into your blogging niche.  We can’t wait to read all of the wonderful things you write!

Here is a sneak peak at the prompts for each day of ThanksBlogging:

Monday, November 12 – Outside the Walls – Take a photo of something you are thankful for. Edit your photo using PicMonkey. (Check out our tutorial if you need help.)
Tuesday, November 13 – Thanksgiving Memories
Wednesday, November 14– I am thankful for…
Thursday, November 15  – Facebook Linkup – Link your blogs Facebook Fan Page and promote two fellow bloggers to your fans. (If you don’t have a Facebook Fan Page this is a grreat excuse to finally make one!)
Friday, November 16 – {Foodie Friday} Share your best way to use ham or turkey leftovers or your favorite pie recipe.
Saturday, November 17 – Twitter Linkup – Link your twitter feed and promote two fellow bloggers  on your Twitter Feed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I have to participate in EVERY day of the challenge?
A: No, but…you must do at least three of the challenges to be eligible for prizes.  Remember you can write your posts ahead of time and schedule them.  Then you just have to enter your linky info.

Q: Is there an official hashtag?
A: Please use #AWBChallenge  and @arwomenbloggers.

Q: Can you give us more space to write in the LinkyTool?
A: Yes! I have increased the space from 15 to 25 characters.

Q: What if I forget to link my post?
A: No problem! All LinkyTools will be open until  Tuesday, November 20th.

Interested in joining? Please sign up below.  You must be signed up here to be eligible for any prizes and must be a registered member of AWB. (You can register for AWB here.  Not sure if you are registered? Check our blogger directory to see if your blog is listed.)