Due to a generous grant from our sugar-daddy’s at the Sam Adams Alliance, blogivists.com is proud to announce the Blogivist of the Month Award.

Every month, on the first of the month, we’ll be giving away $250 to a blogivist with consistent and exceptional content.

What specifically are we looking for? Pretty much the same criteria we use for editor’s choice…with a few additions.

• Message: blogivists is a blogging community for individuals who love liberty, freedom, individualism, etc. If your blog doesn’t reflect those values, yeah…it’s not going to get picked.
• Personality: this isn’t some wonky policy paper; it’s a blog. Be punchy, witty, sarcastic and personable. Use humor and irony.
• Structure: posts written in a reader-friendly format (as opposed to the ominous block of text) sit well with us. Pictures and video a bonus.
• Readership: we got your Firestats, and yes, will be checking them. Of course, this isn’t just a simple traffic race; other factors weigh heavily. For example, we’ll see if your blog is generating buzz by looking at the number of comments and incoming links.
• SEO Practices: we want you guys to become popular so hopefully you’re blogging in a way that boosts your search-engine optimization. Tagging. Linking. These things give you google juice.
• Consistency: …is key. So regardless of whether you post 3x a day or 3x a week, keep it consistent. Your readers will thank you.
• Timely: nobody wants to read last week’s news. Or even yesterday’s news for that matter. Try to keep your blog as up-to-date as possible.
• Content: original content beats recycled; substantiated content beats unverified; original substantiated content takes the cake.
• Avatar: perhaps, most importantly…you need an avatar! I mean, how are we going to showcase your blog on the homepage if we don’t have an avatar to do it with? Learn how here!

True to its title, only bloggers on blogivists are eligible for the award and employees of the Sam Adams Alliance are not. All blogivists are automatically entered.

The first Blogivist of the Month will be announced November 1st for the month of October.

So…what are you waiting for? Go blog!