Contests

We have number of contests going on right now. The Belkin Concealed Powerstrip Giveaway, the Bento Software Giveaway, and the Fruitfultime Software Giveaway are all still open for entries. Each contest has a different way to enter so be sure to check them all out. If you have any suggestions for future, prizes, please leave them on this post.

Contests

Just a reminder about two current contests.  First we have the Belkin Concealed Powerstrip giveaway.  When we get to 1250 email subscribers of them will get the powerstrip.  (We are currently at 1088.  It has been slow because many people have been switching over to feedreaders.) Second we have the Bento software giveaway. The last person to comment on the post gets the software.

Contest - Concealed Powerstrip Giveaway

I previously wrote about the Belkin Concealed Powerstrip.  With 10 outlets, wire routing, and a cover to keep everything out of sight, it is the ideal way to organize under your desk.

We are going to be giving one away here at Productivity501.  To enter simply sign up to receive the email version of this site in the right hand column.  Once you verify your signup (you’ll be sent an email with a link), you’ll be entered in the contest. If you currently receive the email, you are entered already.

Right now, there are about 1,000 email subscribers.  Once we reach 1250 subscribers, we’ll give away the Powerstrip to a randomly selected person from the list.

Anyone can enter, but I’ll only ship to the US.  It is a little big so international shipping could easily be more expensive than the actual item.  Also don’t forget to watch for the verification email.  You should get it a few minutes after signing up.

Contest Winner Announced

We’ve been running an iPod giveaway contest for awhile and we now have a winner to announce.  Mr. Chee Wee Ng from the Bet Shop Boy blog, was assigned to the number selected randomly using www.random.org.

Thanks to everyone who participated.  We’ll probably be doing some more giveaways here in the near future.

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Contest Update

When we revamped the contest last week there were still 1320 chances up for grabs.  With all the recent entries, there are now only 857  left.

As a quick reminder, here are the four ways you can enter:

1. Full Review - 10 chances to win
2. Link to Site & Contest - 5 chances to win
3. Subscribe to RSS - 1 chance win
4. Subscribe to Email - 1 chance to win

So the easiest way to get two chances of winning is to subscribe to this blog via email and in your RSS reader.

Checkout the full details of the contest in this previous post.

iPod Contest Update

In January we gave away an iPod Shuffle to one of our email subscribers. In February we started another iPod giveaway contest where you could win an iPod Shuffle by reviewing this site. Once we got 150 reviews we were going to give away the Shuffle. So far we have 18 reviews and they have been very valuable in the redesign of this site, but I’d like to speed things up a bit. We are going to expand the ways you can enter.

We are going to have 5,000 chances to win and you will be able to enter in 4 different ways:

1. Full Review - 10 chances to win
2. Link to Site & Contest - 5 chances to win
3. Subscribe to RSS - 1 chance win
4. Subscribe to Email - 1 chance to win

If you have already subscribed to RSS or Email you are automatically entered in the contest. So that means of the 5,000 chances about 3,500 are already assigned to subscribers (Email and RSS), 180 are already taken by existing reviews. So that leaves 1320 chances still up for grabs. You can enter once using each of the 4 different ways.

The sooner we give away each of the remaining 1320 chances the sooner will give away the Shuffle.

Here are the details of how to enter for each method:

Full Review - 10 chances to win

Post a review on your blog or website. Must be 300+ words and contain links to 1.

1. This page about the contest.
2. www.productivity501.com
3. Two articles on the site.

You can see examples of this by looking at some of the other reviews linked to in the side bar. Once your post is live, email contests@productivity501.com with the URL. If you do a full review, you’ll also get a permanent link back to your site from the original contest page and it will be listed under the Reviewers on the front page of the site for awhile.

Link to Contest - 5 chances to win

Create a post telling about this contest with a link to this page and the front page. Email contests@productivity501.com with the URL. So something like:

Checkout Produtivity501’s iPod Shuffle Contest.

Subscribe to RSS - 1 chance win

Subscribe to the RSS feed in your favorite feed reader. When we run the random process to select a winner, if it falls on an RSS entry, we’ll embed a message in the bottom of the RSS feed with instructions on how to claim the prize. It might be something like:

Be the 5th person to email the codeword SUNFISH to <secret-email>@productivity501.com to win an iPod Shuffle.

Subscribe to Email - 1 chance to win

Use the form in the sidebar to subscribe to the email feed.

iPod Contest - Review This Site

Productivity501 is holding another iPod giveaway contest. This time (taking inspiration from the evil John Chow) we are targeting people who have their own blogs. It works like this, you write a review of Productivity501 and post it to your blog. The best 5 reviews will go into a drawing for a shiny new iPod Shuffle engraved with www.productivity501.com.

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