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Gary Arndt, blogger and photographer, has been traveling the world since 2007, and has already visited over 60 countries and territories. He uses his blog's comments box as a contest entry form to attract more people to read about his adventures.
Process: He posts a Tweet on Twitter with the following message:
"I'm giving away 5 copies of 'Lost on Planet China' this week. Just leave a blog comment to enter: http://bit.ly/1htb9"
Check out his call-to-action page.
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