One thing was that people were fake subscribing. Which obviously means that my subscriber count was really high, but I would rather have loyal readers rather than readers that just subscribe towards the end of each month.

Second I was getting complaints about no more free designs. If you guys didn’t notice, I haven’t released a single free theme for a long time. I cannot make more than one free design during a month because of my busy schedule.

Third reason is that as the New Year is starting, there are some projects that I want to launch and Pimp My Blog will be taking my time away from that. So all to all Pimp My Blog is no more.

But you might be wondering what will be substituting that. I mean it might not be as good, but I will try to release more free themes. But the better reward is that I will be launching a Premium Theme Service. So I will be giving away one to three themes away each month to Balkhis users.

So do you want to know what else is planned for next year? You will see in my next post.

Otooo

Simon has been an active reader on my site for a long time, and he was last month’s top commentator. I think he deserves the winner spot for September 2008.

With the rule changes and all the picks will not be random from now on. A must requirement though is you still have to be subscribed to Balkhis via email.

So why don’t you subscribe yourself for this month’s drawing. Keep commenting as the more I notice you the higher your chances are. Don’t send me an email please please please. Because I have received a lot of those saying I should just pick them over the others. I won’t name anyone. OK, so simple way of getting noticed is commenting and commenting and more commenting…

Today I will be at University of Florida Football game against LSU (Louisiana State University). So tomorrow you will see my pictures with face paint and others… hopefully If you are coming to the game send me an email

So I think I will stop the random picks!!! Yes, it sounds fair to me because I don’t want to give this opportunity to those who will not use it. Because some people are undecided with what they want. Like last month’s winner had multiple mind sets change. So if you get pick remember, you only get one chance to explain. You cannot come later on and say you want an entirely different thing. The rules I will be changing for the future.

The following rules are:

Must be subscribed to Balkhis.com via email. Which is kept the same. So if you haven’t subscribe, subscribe right now because this is a must.

Next factor that will play is you need to explain to me why you need the pimped blog. So I will be strongly considering my top commentators for the pick now because I would rather reward my active users then the ones who just subscribe and never come back again. Trust me I will know with the email who is active and who is not. So Top Commentators will be a heavily focused.

If you are interested in checking out the video for the last month’s pimped up blog then watch it below:

I shall be drawing within the next few days.

indocontest [at] xxx. com

I don’t know who is this person… or at least I don’t remember him. On his blog his name is Indo. So it will be nice to know another one of my reader I am sure we are going to come up with something exciting. He have 24 hours to get back to me, so hopefully he will get back to me within that time

For those of you who are new here and don’t know what pimp my blog contest is then you should read the pimp my blog page.

A short summary of Pimp my Blog is I pick one of my rss email subscribers randomly through the random generator and give them the opportunity to get a complete redesign of the blog. Note: That I don’t redesign new blogs, so it must be an already established blog. I just take your stuff what you have right now and make it look good. Some new add ons here and there but you get the idea of what I am saying right.

Anyways, if you didn’t get picked this month then you know what to do right. Since this is a never ending contest, subscribe to balkhis via email for next month. And you might get picked. Trick to get extra entries is be in the top commentators. So subscribe via email to Balkhis:

O by the way, I wrote a guest post at Jason’s Blog, The University Kid, so do check that out.

As of right now, the design is not live on the site as he is still modifying some what of it to make it work completely with his site.

But that doesn’t stop me from posting the video up.

Keep checking out Life is Colourful for updates to see how his new design will look when he puts it live.

I will be conducting the drawing on September 5th which is a Friday because it will be when week ends and you guys can check up Balkhis easily. So make sure you subscribe via email.

Enjoy the video

sizzler_chetan@xxxxxxxxxx.com

Edit: Due to no reply within 24 hour the new winner was picked

lifeiscolorful@xxxxxxxx
We will see which blog will Chetan like to get pimped. He have 24 hours from the time when I send him an email. If I don’t get a reply a new winner will be chosen.

I will update you guys later in August around Mid or Late August with the complete design. Ofcourse it will have a pimped up look. If you guys have any suggestions how a blog design should look I am open to all those.

Well since this is a never ending contest, so you can always be a winner next month. Subscribe to Balkhis via email through feedburner.

No I will not spam you because I hate spam as well.

Don’t wait subscribe now. And you can be the next winner.

Pimp My Blog is growing big every day. I get more and more inquiries about this topic. Also the email subscriber has gone to a higher level. I am trying to do more of web 2.0 faster loading blog templates.

Well check out Nick’s Site at Nickthrolson.com

Watch the Video of his site getting pimped:

Youtube here because Revver is too slow in approving

I will be doing the drawing for July winner in a few days. This time I will not reveal the date because some people are cheating the system by subscribing in the drawing days and than unsubscribing. But it will be done in the first week of August 2008.

Entry method is simple.

Subscribe to Balkhis via email. Make sure you comment alot. Top commentators get more entry than others.

The winner of the Pimp My Blog Contest gets a completely pimped design for their wordpress blog.

Winner was chosen via a Random Generator, each email was assigned a number.

Winner for June 2008 is nickthrolson@xxxxxxxx.com

The email has been sent to the winner already, and I will be waiting for the reply. If for some reason the winner backs out or decides that they don’t want a design then I will redo the drawing.

Don’t you wish you could be the winner of the pimp my blog contest. Well all you need to do is subscribe to this blog via email. And wait for next month’s drawing. You might be the lucky winner and get a completely unique wordpress theme. Don’t miss out Subscribe using the form below now.

I will update you guys when the design is done with the videos that displays the extra features.

Get your Blog Pimped now and spread the words.

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Guru asked for a theme that looks simple for his dad’s blog. He wanted the prominent color to be gold. Apparently I didn’t come up with what he wanted, but according to him, He liked this new idea in a different way. Once he said he likes it, I asked for his permission to begin coding. Then It took me a while to code it because I was very busy with personal matters as well as expanding Uzzz Productions and taking on more clients. The work was partially coded by one of Uzzz members.

I will not keep bugging you guys, so enjoy the video

I will do the drawing on July 2nd, right before I watch the movie coming out that day Hand Cock starring Will Smith, so make sure you get your emails in the list and make it verified.

Subscribe via your email now

You could be the next winner in the drawing.

Just a review for those who don’t know what Pimp My Blog is. This is a traditional contest that is held at Balkhis every month where one of my email subscriber to this blog recieves a customized wordpress theme for their blog. The blog will contain a link back to my contest page with a cool Pimped Logo.

Two blogs have been pimped so far in this contest.

April 2008 Pimp My Blog Winner – Vol Car Blogs

March 2008 Pimp My Blog Winner – Simon Emery

If you want your site to be custom designed by the Uzzz Group which works under my supervision. Sometimes I personally design your sites also You can look at our portfolio here

Use the form below to subscribe via email to this blog and enter the chance to win. People in my top commentators get more than one entry.

Also the mini-contest at Balkhis will also come to end on June 2nd 2008, so if you want to participate in it be sure that you do.

Today I am heading down to Redmond to see how Microsoft Office looks. Lets hope everything works out. Will keep you guys updated. Don’t forget to enter both contests and win.