Sohaib Thiab – The Story of an Internet Entrepreneur

Marketing Pilgrim has announced their SEM Scholarship for 2007. This years prizes are awesome!

• A full conference pass to the Search Engine Strategies conference held in San Jose, this August.
• The winner’s article will be published in the industry print magazine, Search Marketing Standard.
• Enrollment in a “Certified Search Engine Marketer Pathway” course at SearchEngineCollege.com
• One month of industry coaching and training from search marketing expert Andy Beal.
• One year of AdWatcher.com service (ad tracking and click fraud monitoring) and one year of AdScientist.com service (bid management).
• One year subscription to WebmasterWorld.com.
• One year premium membership to SEOmoz.org.
• A free web analytics account from CrazyEgg.com.
• A one year Bizwatch account from BizResearch.com.
• A one year subscription to the SEO project management site, SoloSEO.com.
• A copy of Aaron Wall’s “SEO Book.”
• A copy of Jennifer Laycock’s book, “Small Business Guide to Search Engine Marketing.”
• A copy of Andrew Goodman’s book, “Winning Results with Google AdWords.”
• A copy of Kim Krause Berg’s books “Please Ring Bell for Service” and “How to Quench Your Web Site Visitors’ Thirst.”
• A cash prize ($100) courtesy of Cre8asiteforums.com.
• Link-ninja sword (wooden), throwing stars (rubber), clock, t-shirt and $100 cash courtesy of WeBuildPages.com.
• More prizes to be announced.

The contest is simply an article writing contest, contestants submit their articles (400 to 1000 words) that may cover any topic in the SEO, PPC or SMO (Social Media Optimization) fields, the readers will decide the top 5 articles and then a panel of experts will decide which is the best article that deserves those prizes as well as the recognition. All articles must be sent on April 6, you can read the full details here.
I think I am going to give this a try, not sure what subject I’ll be writing about, do you have any suggestions? I am going to think about it this weekend and hopefully come up with an interesting idea to write about, writing the article itself is usually easy, its the unique idea that matters the most, as well as the useful info. that will benefit most of the readers that will make a difference when it comes to voting.