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Anyone down for the underdog?

I have decided to do something that I’ve never done before and I need your help, A LOT of help. Seems to me that as a people, we all love the underdog. Our beloved movies are about overcoming, conquering, achieving the unthinkable. Well, guess what? For the first time in, I think, my life…I am the underdog and I decided to pull out some Sun Tzu and fight for a Blogger’s Choice Award this year.

Yep. Little old first year, well beginning second year, blogger is ready to kick it into high gear. Wait, did you say that you don’t know what the blogger choice awards are? Well, not until I started seeing this badge everywhere.

I read a lot of blogs that have been nominated and I started to think…”my blog/my writing/my story is better than theirs. Why wasn’t I nominated? I mean Hottest Mommy Blogger, Best Parenting Blog…I should have a little honorable mention or something, right?

So, I instead of complainin’ or hatin’ (neither of which I do), I decided to do some research, check out what the pros are doing and put together a campaign/a strategy. My strategy is inspired by one of my favorite cartoon characters, Underdog.

Now, I may not a lot about blogging as a business, but I know a little somem somem about marketing. I got with a team of people on how we are going to do this and the first step they told me to make it plain.

1. I need everyone reading this post to take 2 minutes to vote for Dahgurl as the Best Parenting Blog and/or the Hottest Mommy Blogger. Click here , sign up (yes, you have to sign up before you can vote) and once you verify your sign up via email, then go to the main page and locate the Best Parenting Blog in the left hand navigation bar. Then just vote. It’s so simple and if you want to leave a comment, that would be great too!

2. I want you to leave me a comment and tell me what YOU would like to see more of at Dahgurl. Now, so far, I’ve heard

• more pictures (I’m going to put the Flick widget back up…still trying to find a theme that works for all of my content. Suggestions?)

• more book suggestions (same deal with my amazon links…I’ll get that together too) and
• some blog tour/blog carnivals (will be starting these in a week or so)

What else? We did the podcast (that’s what we’re doing over at TalkShoe and we would love for you all to join us EVERY Tuesday night at 9 p.m. right where you are, on the phone or on the computer) and I have been asked to take some of our chats on video over at YouTube. Would you like product reviews? News Stories? Celebrity Gossip (I think I would have to draw the line there)? Apparel?
Let me know your thoughts and ideas for bringing this underdog from obscurity to the virtual red carpet. The countdown will begin in the sidebar tomorrow along with a little reminder to sign up and vote. Let’s add a little flavor to the Blogger’s Choice Awards.

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