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  <body>&lt;p&gt;All of your friends have a &lt;strong&gt;Facebook&lt;/strong&gt; page (I mean come on, who doesn&amp;rsquo;t these days??).&amp;nbsp; And&amp;nbsp;you are all such good friends of &lt;strong&gt;travelBIGO&lt;/strong&gt; (and why wouldn&amp;rsquo;t you be&amp;hellip; he sponsors an annual scholarship and even gives away monthly Punzabo Awards worth $100 to his top rated story).&amp;nbsp; So, now it is time to celebrate your friendship with BIGO and add him as a friend on Facebook and join his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travel-BIGO/12006779489&quot;&gt;fan page&lt;/a&gt; as well. &lt;br /&gt;
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Being friends with BIGO on Facebook will have its benefits.&amp;nbsp; You will be the first to know about the latest scholarship updates and information.&amp;nbsp; Plus, you will hear all about BIGO&amp;rsquo;s media appearances (He was recently mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/travel/story/617566009F6332628625750C00785EED?OpenDocument&quot;&gt;St. Louis Today&lt;/a&gt;!)&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, if you didn&amp;rsquo;t notice, BIGO is always trying to keep up with the times and has been adding tools to the story pages.&amp;nbsp; Now, writers like you have the opportunity to use the &amp;quot;Share&amp;quot; option located at the top of your story.&amp;nbsp; Post your BIGO travel tales on &lt;strong&gt;Digg&lt;/strong&gt;, Facebook, &lt;strong&gt;Myspace&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Linkedin&lt;/strong&gt; or any other popular website that you use frequently.&amp;nbsp; And the best part is that spreading your work around the web and sharing it with more friends and families will help you get more votes and a better rating...&amp;nbsp;making your story closer to being the next Punzabo winner! (Cha-Ching!)&lt;br /&gt;
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Plus, the story page now has a PDF feature which is great for soon-to-be college applicants.&amp;nbsp; PDF your story, print it out or e-mail it to the universities of your choice and that will certainly be a way to make your application stand out above the rest!&amp;nbsp; And for the aspiring writers out there, PDFs will make a great addition to your clip portfolio and resume.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Finally, at the bottom of each story&amp;rsquo;s last page is a comments section.&amp;nbsp; Log in to leave your thoughts on other people&amp;rsquo;s stories and you will surely get some on yours in return.&amp;nbsp; There is no better way to improve your writing than through some reader feedback.&lt;br /&gt;
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See, your friend BIGO has your back in so many ways.&amp;nbsp; So make sure you have his and join his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travel-BIGO/12006779489&quot;&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; He is awaiting your friend request.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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