Every year bloggers come together to participate in the Blogathon to help raise money for charity. This is NOT a BlogExplosion event, however it’s a GREAT event and I would love to see every single BlogExplosion member participate this year.

It’s simple. It’s like a walk-a-thon, except that instead of taking pledges to walk, you take pledges to stay up for 24 hours and blog. You choose the charity you will blog for, get pledges, and starting on Saturday, July 29th at 9:00am EST you will stay up for 24 hours making a post on your blog every 30 minutes.

Let’s all stay up late and make a difference together as a community. To that end, I will be setting up a special chat-room at the Shoutbox for all members participating in the Blogathon. I’m going to stay up late too and do a special radio show!

For 24 hours, BE Radio will have full Blogathon 2006 coverage. I will be your humble DJ for a whopping 24 hours straight. There will be music, contests, announcements, give-aways, call-ins and lots of tips to help you stay awake!

BE Radio is open to everyone - not just members of BlogExplosion. I will have special buttons made up and there will be more details in the next newsletter.

I’m not doing my show for charity directly, I’m doing it for you: the bloggers. This year promises to be the best Blogathon by far!

You can find all the details and sign-up at Blogathon.

We’ve partnered with the folks over at yourquestion.org to bring you a special deal. They want to know what you think about their site and what they’re trying to accomplish. All you have to do is write an entry on your blog with your opinion (either good or bad) and you get yourself 20 credits. You can also earn an additional 10 credits if you want to put their webband on your blog.

Click here for all the details and how to request your free credits.