Archive for October, 2009
Classes and Careers wants to reward you for your guts, determination, and lack of shame. Tell us how you kept yourself fed during college and you could win one of the following:
1st Place
One (1) $100 restaurant gift card
One (1) $200 Wal-Mart gift card
One (1) case of Top Ramen
2nd Place
One (1) $200 Wal-Mart gift card
One (1) case of Top Ramen
3rd Place
One (1) case of Top Ramen
RULES:
- There cannot be any theft, stealing or burglary involved in the process of gaining free food.
- To enter you must be a U.S. citizen and 18 years or older.
- Comments, blog posts, and YouTube videos must all be original. Taking a suggestion or tip and copying/pasting it into a new comment is grounds for disqualification.
- Contest judges may disqualify certain entries if they fail to adhere to the above rules, or if they violate our code of conduct (i.e. no inappropriate language or conduct in entries including in comments, posts or videos).
- Classes and Careers.com can’t be held liable for the loss of entries, or any legal matters concerning the decisions the winner makes with the prize. We will not reimburse stolen or lost prizes.
HOW TO ENTER:
Using your name and email address, simply leave a comment that answers our question, “What do you do to get free food?”. To receive multiple entries, leave an additional comment with your email address for each extra entry.
(An example of a comment would be: I usually do this ____ to get free food.
Then if you posted about our contest on your blog, you would leave another comment stating: I posted about this contest, here’s the URL http:/www.example.com/contest
Please post a separate comment for each entry.)
Limit: One entry for each of the following, for a total of 24 possible entries.
- 1 comment = 1 entry
- 1 YouTube video = 15 entries (video must feature you using your own suggestion to score food)1 blog or website post = 5 entries
- 1 tweet = 1 entry (click the “retweet” button at the bottom of the post)
- 1 Facebook post = 1 entry
- Subscribe to RSS feed = 1 entry
Below is the linking code you may use if you choose to post about our contest on your blog or website. Make sure you add this into the “source” or HTML of your post in order for it to work.
–Copy Below–
Find the best <a href=”http://www.classesandcareers.com”>online colleges</a>.
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Remember, you must leave the URL of your efforts in the comment field below to receive credit for your entry, and a valid contact email is required in order for us to contact you should you win.
DEADLINE: The contest will end at 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, October 31, 2009 after a random drawing to select winners. Winners will be announced on November 2nd, 2009.
Win a $150 Amazon.com Giftcard from ReWireYourBrainForLove.com
How to Enter
First Entry:
Sign up for the once-a-month e-newsletter by clicking on the sign-up button on the right-hand side of this page, or you can click here. Every eligible newsletter subscriber (current or new) gets 1 entry. You must be a newsletter subscriber to be eligible to win.
Bonus Entries:
Once you’re a newsletter subscriber, you’re eligible to get FIVE (5) bonus entries by doing ALL of the following:
- Write at least two sentences about your biggest question about meditation — or your biggest challenge in meditating.
- Post it on your blog, or become a fan of Marsha Lucas, PhD’s official Facebook fan page and post it on the wall there. Either way, be sure to include a link back to this Giveaway page (http://rewireyourbrainforlove.com/giveaway/).
- Then e-mail skylark@marshalucasphd.com with your entry. Be sure to include “Giveaway” in the subject line, and the link to your blog, or your Facebook entry, in the body of the e-mail.
- Remember, you must be a newsletter subscriber to be eligible for the bonus entries.
Giveaway will end on November 1, 2009 (11:59PM EST)
Giveaway Guidelines:
Check out one of these articles and come back to Lipstick to Crayons and tell in the comment section below what tip or idea you liked the best and how you might use the $100 gift card to make a change in something in your life.
Receive additional entries by doing any/all of the following, but be sure to leave a separate comment for each thing you do:
- Blog about this contest
- Subscribe to my mailing list/RSS feed
- Tweet this giveaway on Twitter (you can tweet daily if you want, but make sure you leave a comment each time you do).
- Favorite Lipstick to Crayons on Technorati
- Stumble this post
- Add Lipstick to Crayons to your blogroll or my button to your sidebar
- Become a fan of Lipstick to Crayons on Facebook
This giveaway closes at 11:59 p.m. Central time Nov. 2. Be sure to include a valid email address with each of your entries. Contest open to United States residents only. Winner will be randomly chosen via random.org and will be notified via email and announced on this post.
If winner does not claim prize by Nov. 3, 2009, he/she will forfeit the prize to alternate winner who will be drawn at random.
TechChunks.com is celebrating a Big Blog Carnival to cheer the rapid growth of our readership in the past month. To celebrate the occasion, we have decided to share some cool prizes, cash give away and surprise gifts (total worth over $1000) to our valuable readers, as a token of thanks. We thank all the Sponsors who came forward to support this Contest. All you have to do to participate in this 3 week long Contest is – gather points, comment on this post with your entry and… wait! Wait till the Winners are declared on November 8th, 2009. In the mean time, you can visit TechChunks.com regularly for updates on technology news, as usual.
The Prizes to be Won:
First Prize (1 Winner):
$50 in cash via Paypal + a 125×125 Banner Ad for a month worth $25. Total worth $75 from TechChunks.com.
Second Prize (1 Winner):
1 Year of Free Blog Hosting + 10% Extra Discount on Domain Registration. Total worth about $50+ from ForwardWebHost.com.
Third Prize (20 Winners):
10 copies of Invisible Secrets 4 from InvisibleSecrets.com (steganography software – encrypts and hides sensitive data) and 10 copies of SafeBit (on-the-fly disk encryption software) from SafeBit.net. Total worth about $800.
Fourth Prize (1 Winner):
Free Logo Design with Unlimited revisions. Total worth about $35 from Joidiamonds.com.
Fifth Prize (2 Winners):
- 125×125 Banner Ad for a month at Software Testing Zone Worth $20.
- 125×125 Banner Ad for a month at Web CSS Designs worth $20.
Assured Surprise Gifts (5 Winners):
- Top 5 contestants who come up with the most creative way to promote this contest win an assured surprise gift worth $40.
Wow! 30 Winners and Total prize worth over $1000? How can I Win the Contest?
As you are going to see, I have made this contest real simple to participate. You can enter the contest within minutes and then comment below to confirm your participation.
1. Just subscribe to our feeds via email (don’t forget to confirm the email subscription from you inbox. This is important to make your subscription count). Then leave a comment on this post using the same email ID that you used to subscribe to Tech Chunks. If you are already subscribed, then it still counts. Just use the subscription email ID and leave a comment here to confirm your participation. [15 Points]
2. Delicious/Tweet/Digg/Stumble this post and leave your link in the comment. [5 Points each = 20 Points]
3. To increase your chance of winning, blog about this contest OR mention about this contest in a blog post (with a DOFOLLOW link pointing at this post). (Only one entry per blog) [25 Points]
Rule: You need at least 20 Points to enter this Contest. With every extra 10 points, your chance of winning goes up by one! Here is how: gather minimum 20 points and you will be eligible to enter the Contest. If you earn 30 points your name will be entered 2 times in the final pool of participants. Earn 60 points (that’s the maximum you can earn) and your name will be entered 5 times in the final entrants list!
Note:
1. Each entrant can only win one prize.
2. The blog/site, on which you post about this contest or link to the contest, must be at least one month old.
3. I reserve the right to disqualify anyone who cheats in any way.
Contest starts today and ends on November 7th, 2009. The winners will be selected randomly using Random.org. As you can see, the more points you gather the more chance of winning. So go gather points and don’t forget to comment below to register your entry. We are looking forward to a great contest here. Go grab those 30 prizes worth over $1000! Good Luck folks.
Prize: One lucky reader will win a $50 Starbucks gift card as well as a few other Starbucks goodies!
What you have to do to win: Comment with your opinion on Starbucks VIA coffee. Please try to be informative in your comments not simply commenting “it was good.” Tell me why you enjoyed it or why you didn’t enjoy it, how does it compare to your regular coffee? How does it compare to other instant coffee brands? If you’re like me and don’t drink coffee tell me what your favorite Starbucks drink is!
Extra Entries!
To get extra entries you can do any or all of the following and leave a comment for each you do!
1. Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following:
@mevolving @Starbucks Give your opinion on Starbucks #VIA and Win a $50 gift card to Starbucks http://bit.ly/JYNuC!
(1 Entry – Leave your tweet url in your comment, you can tweet this DAILY)
2. Blog about this giveaway with a link to this post (3 Entries – leave 3 comments and include a link to your blog post)
3. Put my button on your blog! (5 Entries – leave 5 comments with a link to where I can find my button)
4. Technorati Fave my blog (1 Entry – include your Technorati name in your comment)
5. Subscribe to my feed by e-mail! (1 Entry – this should match your comment e-mail address)
6. Subscribe to my feed by feed reader (1 Entry – tell me what reader you subscribed in)
7. Follow me in Google Friend Connect in the right sidebar all the way on the bottom (1 Entry – tell me your username)
8. Comment on any of my other posts and leave a link in your comment- make a THOUGHTFUL comment (1 Entry per post – leave a url to the commented post in your comment here)
9. Digg, Stumble, Technorati fave etc THE CONTEST POST by clicking the icons below! (1 comment for each shown below - Leave a comment with your username)
10. Purchase a test link on the right side of my blog – click where it says ‘your ad here’ (20 entries leave 20 comments with your link)
One winner will be drawn using Random.org on October 29th 11:59pm EST and e-mailed from the information left in comments so make sure you leave an e-mail address where I can contact you!
