Imagine my surprise to open an email this morning from internet marketing guru Andy Beal that reads:

Congratulations, you were randomly chosen as our RSS contest winner!

I’ve been reading his MarketingPilgrim.com blog for over 2 years, but this is his best piece of writing yet. Just kidding, Andy. Thanks to Andy and the Marketing Pilgrim team for the cash prize. He was right, a third iPod wouldn’t have been as useful as the equivalent cash amount. As I told him in my response email, a $300 cash prize on the Friday before a 3-day weekend is double happiness.

Joking aside, Andy publishes some of the most insightful and timely content on a regular basis. I would encourage anybody that is serious about internet marketing to read his stuff often.