The good folk at Nuffnang Australia (an online advertising community for bloggers) have asked me to spread the word about a fun little challenge they have on, a kind of membership drive.

Nuffnang helps bloggers, big or small, to earn money from their blogs. It’s pretty simple, and a good way to help with blogging costs. Not to mention, it’s actually a fun community to be part of – they always have give-aways, movie tickets, competitions, and featured bloggers.

The competition itself is also pretty simple:

1) Spread the word about the Challenge 1000 on your blog or twitter.

2) If you get a friend to sign up to Nuffnang, your friend simply enters your name into the referral box.

3) Now your name gets entered to win a $500 Red Balloon Day experience.

4) And your friend gets a goodie gift box sent to them.

5) The person with the most referrals will be the winner of the $500 Red Balloon experience.

Ok, I got to test out the gift box, and how great is the Redken All-Soft Shampoo?? I don’t like to think what kind of chemicals they put in there, but omg, silky soft hair for 3 days in a row! It’s sooooo good! Totally worth a try.

I also did a bit of snooping around the Red Balloon site, and discovered that it’s full of great ideas for gifts.

For $500, I could have a Deluxe Massage, give my husband a V8 Australia Race Car Ride, AND a Hot Air Balloon Ride! But I decided to opt out of the competition and give someone else the chance to win. Go go go!

Competition ends: Friday 11 September 2009.