A belated CONGRATS to everyone who participated in Blogathon! Woohoo! :D

Quickly, a blogathon.org post of import:

Hey bloggers and sponsors - don’t forget that today is your last day to sponsor one of the bloggers who participated in Blogathon this year. After 5pm PDT, we’ll be closing up sponsorships, and emails to sponsors will go out first ( Read more... )

There are a few more blogathon.org blog posts to share in these final hours before the thon starts! I won't be cross-posting everything that gets posted during the 'thon itself (I'll be too busy with my own posts!) so if you want to see the contests and encouragement from the admins, be sure to check the blogathon site tomorrow ( Read more... )

Here's Sheana's post regarding comments and CAPTCHA:While this isn’t a hard and fast rule, it’s one of the most important things you can do to make sure you have a successful, fun Blogathon - turn on your comments! In order for our monitors (who are going around today to introduce themselves) to be able to get in touch with you, cheer you on and ( Read more... )

What are you...
eating?
doing to stay awake?
doing to keep busy?

First, there was another blogger/charity spotlight, this time focused on people blogging for Literacy and Education.

Sheana posted an important note reminding us of the rules ( Read more... )

That's right -- as the subject says, Blogathon starts in less than 48 hours! Are you excited? Have a plan for what to talk about (or a plan to wing it)? Been getting support or are you struggling to find sponsors ( Read more... )

Just as soon as I hit "post," another one goes up! This one's pretty awesome, though:We hadn’t planned to open up the Blogathon store this year, but in light of recent emails we’ve received inquiring about schwag, we went ahead and updated all the items for the 2009 Blogathon ( Read more... )

Registration ends tonight! If you want to participate and haven't registered yet, do it now!

Now, onto the blog posts:

First, on Monday, a 'thonner was on the radio in Victoria, BC! If you caught the broadcast, comment here!

Second, there were two more blogger spotlights: Medical, Health & Awareness and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender. ( Read more... )

Whew! We're at T-5 days 'til the event! If you're not checking the blogathon site and the forums, you should be!

There are just under three days left to register for the event! No new registrations will be taken after 5:00 pm PDT on July 22nd. You have to register to officially participate! The site keeps track of your sponsors and sends them a ( Read more... )

How are you guys encouraging people to sponsor you? I am having a hard time. By this time last year I have over four hundred dollars. Right now I have $80.