Last night on my online radio show I interviewed Jordan Behan, Director of Community Relations for Strutta. We talked about how Strutta created a contest engine that allows smaller businesses to run a very polished contest or sweepstakes.
To highlight all the features of the program, I have teamed up with Strutta to run my first photo contest; What is You Winter Wonderland?! It went live last night during the radio show and runs until February 28th. It is open to Canada (excluding QC) and the United States. Upload your best Winter Wonderland photo. Is it the kids building a snowman or a sandcastle? Is it you cross-country skiing or water skiing? The photo with the most votes will win the grand prize, sponsored by myself, a Flip Ultra Video Camera.
Sweepstakes.ca is sponsoring first prize; a Wayne Gretzky caricature print. The Scarlett Lounge created by RedFlagDeals.com is sponsoring second prize; a $25 Amazon Gift Card. I am also sponsoring third prize; an autographed copy of You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter.
Don’t be shy. There are random draw prizes available as well. So if you picture doesn’t get the most votes you can also be a winner! It’s Easy To Win has sponsored the first draw prize. The winner will play one-on-one with Eric and have the opportunity to win $250! Shelly’s Handprinting Service has also donated a draw prize; 100 3×5s.
There are heaps of opportunities to have fun and win. What are you waiting for? Get uploading!!
GOOD LUCK!
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 am
Hi Carol, I just listened to your radio program of Jan. 26th and found it vastly informative and interesting! Jordan’s story about winning 5 days with Wayne Gretzky reminds me of being around eleven years old myself and winning the chance to be on radio and television (plus a group of books) for writing an essay about Sterling North’s book Rascal (and later I had a raccoon myself! Plus when I first read the book I couldn’t imagine how anyone could write that well, descriptively and with so many details, but as a child I didn’t realize that Sterling North hadn’t written it until he was in his 50’s, even though it was about his childhood experiences with his pet raccoon), and a little later I had that artwork of mine on TV (I remembered thinking, EVERYONE will enter small pictures so I will make mine very large so that it will stand out – and it did!). Winning the contests just gives you this other-worldly sense of specialness, as Jordan said, that when his name was drawn from a hat and he was interviewed, he was speechless! I learned a lot about Strutta, too, and now I understand that the intimacy felt in this Winter Wonderland contest, as opposed to so many others, was intended and designed (e.g. just putting five small ones and one large one on a page makes you feel as if your photo can hold the center of attention when it’s your turn!). So thank you to you and Jordan for the interview!