NOTE: This contest is closed. 

2011 is coming to an end, and I am excited for what the year 2012 will bring!

One of the highlights of 2011 for me was starting my blog in July. It’s been an awesome experience, and the feedback I’ve gotten from you all, my readers, has been very thoughtful and appreciated.

January 2012 will be the 6th month anniversary of my blog, and as the anniversary approaches and I grow more comfortable in the world of blogging and sharing my voices and services, I look forward to taking my blog in new directions and providing you all with more content, relevancy, and better ways to connect with myself and with each other.

To that end, I want to invite you to provide some input and feedback about my blog and services by participating in my 2011 Blog Reader Survery . The survey will take less than 5 minutes. Please answer as truthfully as possible. Your feedback will provide help me to become a better blogger, listener, writer, and service provider.

And, of course, I wouldn’t let you take a survey without getting something in return! Not only will you get the satisfaction of helping me do bigger and better things in 2012, but I will randomly select a survey participant to win two pairs of beautifully crafted earrings by Taja Lindley of Colored Girls Hustle, a cultural arts initiative that empowers, affirms, celebrates, honor, and adorn the bodies, talents, and well-being of women and girls of color. All survey responses are completely anonymous.

Directions:

1. Complete the 2011 Blog Reader Survey.

2. Leave a comment below letting me know that you’ve completed the survey. You can sign in and use your actual name or a screen name, Twitter screen name (and let me know if you’re using a Twitter name). Leaving a comment is the only way I will be able to select a winner. If you’re not interested in the gift, that’s cool. Simply complete the survey. 

3. Check back Friday, January 13th, 2012 to see if you’ve won two awesome pair of earrings from Colored Girls Hustle! I will announce the winner here on the blog and on Twitter at 12pm eastern. I will contact the winner, who will select two sets of earrings from Colored Girls Hustle, and they will be mailed to you by myself.

Thanks, and Happy New Year!