Well, here we are, November 2009 and I am pleased to announce that we are giving away £100 in Prize Vouchers (paid by ColchesterBlog.co.uk) to be spent at one of the following local professional photographers – these vouchers can be used in conjunction with other offers if available, (each of which will be submitting an article about themselves this month):

• Craig Williams Photography
• Nick Strugnell Photography
• Proshoot Photography
• Rob Sambrook Photography
• Roshay Photography
• Storm Photography

*This list might be extended with a few more photographers (I am waiting to hear if they want to contribute an article this month).

Entering the competition is very easy

Either:

1) Subscribe to our newsletter by entering your email address in the subscription box on the right hand site of this page and then confirm your email address

and / or

2) Retweet this link: Follow and ReTweet

Please note, people living more than 30 miles from Colchester, Essex will not be entered into this competition.  In other words, this competition is only available to people living within 30 miles of Colchester.

Also, I have arranged for some local sports clubs to submit an article about themselves, and some local charities.  So far, I have had a fantastic response  from everyone about ColchesterBlog.co.uk.  In particular I would like to thank the people I met last week for the first time at Colchester BNI, and also at Colchester Connected Breakfast networking meetings.

Running a blog site is exciting, and it can be very random.  In our case though, we feel that it should have some structure.  So we have decided to introduce monthly themes.

So our first themed blog posts will start at the beginning of November, 2009.  And will include:

• Local Photographers
• Local Sports Clubs
• Local Charities

So we have just ten days to start preparing some content.

Our plan is to then add at least one new theme each month, so please send us your suggestions for us to consider.

Also, starting in November will be our monthly competitions.  The November competition will be a prize of £50.00 voucher (which can be used in conjunction with any other offers) to be spent at a local photographers.  Rules for this competition will be posted in the next few days.