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You know I am not one for a lot of talk unless there are Swedish twins and Vodka involved so let us cut to the chase. Round 8, our final submission round of the year is going down next week, November 5.

Spread the word so we can add a ton more amazing sites for the final batch of 2008.

This Wednesday the crew will get together and go over some of the submissions live so you can get a feel for what we look for in submissions to 9rules. It will go on for at least an hour so there will be plenty of quality information flowing throughout. Make sure to be there.

In my last post it seems that some people actually believed that only 10 sites submitted to 9rules for Round 7 and therefore only 5 in Round 6. Sarcasm is sometimes lost online or you just don’t know me or the fact that 9rules rocks the boat. I won’t report the number of submissions, but it’s not even close to what people are thinking in the previous comments.

When I say twice as much as Round 6 I mean it and Round 6 was a large number. With that out of the way enjoy your weekend.

Thank you to all of the blogs that submitted during Round 7. It was an increase from the amount that submitted in Round 6 so we are very pleased. Instead of 5 blogs, 10 submitted this time so our popularity has doubled over the years. Next week we will be doing a livestream going over some of the sites that were submitted (anonymously of course) and you should expect announcements in the upcoming weeks.

Now get back to writing.

If you follow the blog circles you may know that many blog networks are dying. It’s a shame, but it happens to businesses across all industries. The great thing about 9rules is that we don’t pay you and you don’t pay us. We just mutually help each other out like those cool small fish that eat on the backs of whale sharks. You guys can be the whale sharks.

If you have been here before you know the routine. If you haven’t well you have 24 hours to submit your site and the form is pretty easy. You don’t have to jump through hoops. Submit, go to sleep, think about going to work, then just go back to sleep because that is what bloggers really do.

After you submit don’t stress about when we will announce the sites. We have a good routine and handle it fairly quickly. Just subscribe to our feed to keep up to date and life will be good. Focus on making your blog the best it can be and we will focus on making 9rules the best it can be.

Submit away!

Good luck to all of you whale sharks.