Tweet to Win #1 – 1000 Business Cards
Hello internet! We’ve got 1000 business cards from AllBusinessCards to give away, and it only takes a couple moments to make your entry.
How to Enter
Before we’re accused of blatant plagiarism, we’d like to give a big head nod to Brian Hoff of the Design Cubicle for inspiring this model of giveaway. The simplicity is brilliant, and he deserves the credit.
So here’s the deal: You pick out a post from Build Internet! that you found particularly inspiring and then tweet it out along with a hashtag of #buildinternet. This is our way of tracking your entries, and it will keep things rounded up in a simple fashion. We’d appreciate if you also leave a comment below including your twitter id.
An example tweet might look like this:
How to Center a Website with CSS http://tr.im/lPOt #buildinternet
In one week, on May 26th, we’ll be picking a winner at random from the entries. They will be contacted via DM (or email if comment is below) within a few days of the contest closes.
Rules, Limits, Etc.
In the interest of fairness you may only enter once. Retweets will not be calculated in, so don’t worry about other people unintentionally stealing your thunder.
Business cards include shipping for free within the US only. If you’re entering from another country, be prepared to pay a small shipping fee for delivery (The cards are still a good deal!).
Once again, the deadline for this contest is in one week! It only takes a second though, so why not tweet now? Also, if you haven’t already, reach out and follow Build Internet! on twitter, where we’re social on a daily basis.
Discussion
May 19th, 2009 at 10:58 PM
http://twitter.com/danielsound/status/1855108367
:) twitted
@danielsound’s last blog post..MovimentoEscalada.org.br
May 19th, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Love the blog, but am extremely tired of bloggers and online printers ‘spamming’ the Internets with giveaways.
They really don’t add value to a blog.
Again just my 2 cents – i have participated in giveaways on my own blog. It just gets old.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:47 PM
…and hello! I see you are in my neck of the woods! I’m in Bahhhhhhstun :)
Niki Brown’s last blog post..Coding Calendars For The Web
May 20th, 2009 at 12:16 AM
@Niki
You know, I can absolutely appreciate where you’re coming from. Here’s my mentality on giveaways:
This blog has done a lot of growing in the past few months, and with that has come a surge of people interested in reaching out to our readers in a number of ways. One of the most common solicitations we receive now is for giveaway opportunities. Not of of them are accepted, and this is a number that is decreasing with time as we move towards a more mature blog status.
Personally, my standards for running giveaways have to do with two factors. First is the value of the prize to the reader. If the prize is little more than promotional garbage, it won’t benefit anyone except the sponsoring company. We turn these kinds of offers down in a hurry. The second is spacing between these kinds of “spammy” posts. We’re not in the habit of “Comment below to win” for this very reason; we go for substance. Because I do agree with you — It absolutely sucks seeing a front page of a blog filled with giveaway announcements and results.
We try to make the giveaways run actually worth the potential reward. This is a low level of effort for something that could be beneficial to one of our readers. Sure sponsorship of a contest always implies a hope of continued sales, but there is no obligation on the part of our readers. I would guess that for many of them it would be great if they won free cards, but they wouldn’t go out and purchase them if they didn’t.
Please don’t get us wrong, we recognize that having too many giveaways severely undervalues a blog. I mean, you’re talking to a guy who feels absolutely dirty if there is more than one post from “Site News” on the front page. I know that actual substance is absolutely paramount to running a successful blog. Without genuine original content, we’d have nothing more than a glorified billboard.
But in this case, we’re looking at a small level of commitment for a potential prize that could have some great possibilities for a reader. The label is inconsequential in the end. In the future, we may not run smaller giveaways as one-offs anymore. This is a blog for web design, development, and business. The moment we stop serving those topics is the moment we need to re-evaluate.
So that was a long-winded response, but hopefully it’s grammatically correct enough for a read. Also! Western Massachusetts. We have no accents… or sense of direction when it comes to Massachusetts. Sorry if that disappoints, but always glad to see a fellow New Englander in the web niche. Sincerely, thanks for your comments Niki!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:08 AM
tweeted as well :)
http://twitter.com/elvista/status/1856980991
Cheers ^^
Hussain M Elius’s last blog post..My first experience in going viral
May 20th, 2009 at 3:28 AM
@webbografico
http://twitter.com/webbografico/statuses/1857079719
May 20th, 2009 at 3:29 AM
I agree with everything you (Zach) said about the giveaways. They’re definitely worth it though when the reader really does get something back from the giveaway! I’m about to tweet, my user is callumchapman :)
Callum Chapman’s last blog post..21 Free CD Textures
May 20th, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Twitted! Good idea!
hd-J’s last blog post..How to: give more contrast and color to eyes
May 20th, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Arf… I forgot to add my twitter username… @jeherve
hd-J’s last blog post..How to: give more contrast and color to eyes
May 20th, 2009 at 2:23 PM
just started a business – hope i win, could use some cards one less thing to worry bout.
@littlegcreation
May 20th, 2009 at 3:17 PM
I like the idea of twittering to build buzz around exisiting content (may need to steal I mean borrow it).
@srpsco
May 20th, 2009 at 6:54 PM
This is great , but i don`t even wanna try it… Too many people already in this , and i don`t like small odds :D
zibaz’s last blog post..Is my online girlfriend really a guy?
May 21st, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Haha Zibaz.
There are only 12 mentions on Twitter as I’m writing. And 1/12 is a higher odd than no chance at all, plus, you support Build Internet! ;-)
Joël Cox’s last blog post..Review: De wet op internet
May 21st, 2009 at 12:22 PM
http://twitter.com/artesupreme/status/1872467378
This is a great site, btw. Definitely will be coming back!
May 21st, 2009 at 12:38 PM
@VBabinDesign
thx
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Tweeted ;)
(http://twitter.com/jstrese)
Jason’s last blog post..Windows 7: Update your NVIDIA drivers
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Thanks for the opportunity!
Twitter ID: MartaFer
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Cheers.
http://twitter.com/twe4ked/status/1891497392
Stats on my link: http://bit.ly/info/K4bD9
May 25th, 2009 at 10:39 AM
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/BradEhney/statuses/1912791432
June 9th, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I want to win. http://twitter.com/jadgraphics
Jad Limcaco’s last blog post..10 FREE and Helpful Web Design Resources
June 11th, 2009 at 3:48 AM
tweet tweet.. twitter.com/thoroughbred
i <3 the color schemes :)
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