Contests

Have a desire to create interactive advertisements with ease?  Perhaps the developer in you would like to design a feature that others can use in their advertisements.  MediaMind is running a “Block” Contest that allows you to show off your creativity and show that you’re the best on the block.

What is a block?  MediaMind Blocks are your shortcut to building great online ads.  Blocks are usable code and Flash assets that allow you to add cutting-edge features and into your advertisements, such as mouse tracking, QR code generation and the printing of coupons.   MediaMind blocks can help give your next campaign a high-energy creativity boost it needs to draw customers to your business.

Digital creative agencies interested in partaking in this contest can begin to submit their entries now.  MediaMind will be able to review submissions through WizeHive’s online contest software and post qualified entries for voting.  In order to qualify, you need to create a 30 second videoclip about an experience with a MediaMind Block or about a concept for a future MediaMind Block. Voting for the contest will open on May 14^th.

The winner of the contest will be granted with a five day trip to the Cannes Lions Festival.

If that isn’t incentive to enter, we don’t know what is! Good luck.

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Do you think you have what it takes to be a professional skateboarder?  Skateboardermag.com and Monster are bringing fan interaction to a new level in their latest contest, powered by WizeHive. Over the next four months, skateboarders will have a chance to show the world their abilities as they emulate tricks done by the pros.

At the beginning of every month, one professional will load a video of himself performing a trick.  Skaters interested in competing will have to find a video camera and get someone to tape themselves emulating the trick shown in the video.  After uploading that video through skateboardermag.com or through facebook, that skater can get all of his or her friends to vote for it.  At the end of each month, the professional will choose the best imitation video of the top three vote getters.  With a new trick being displayed by a different professional each month, there will be more than one chance to win gear and cases of Monster.

For the month of May, fans interested in competing will have to emulate 22 year old professional Shane O’Neill’s Nollie flip nosegrind. Want to try a different trick? In the following months, Chris Cole, Peter Ramondetta and New Jersey’s Ishod Wair will be uploading their tricks as well. The fun does not stop there, as the four winners will face off on a trick done by a mystery fifth pro skater at the end of the four months.

If you say “break a leg” to actors, what do you say to skateboarders?

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As I get set to move for the second time this year, I’ve seen how difficult it can be to acclimate to a new neighborhood.  Fortunately, Done. is helping to bring back the sense of community for individuals, like myself, who could use a helping hand.  Launched last month, Done. is an organization, built by friends, looking to bring back the community spirit through what has been called “the sharing economy.”

Done. is comprised of over 100 “Do-ers” who can give expert advice and offer help in a wide array of fields.   If you need someone to walk your dog or teach your son how to play the trumpet, there is a Do-er for you.  Just post what you need and Done. will find someone for you. When looking at the list of “Do-ers,” Done. noticed that it included everyone needed to make someone’s wedding day a success.

Done.’s  contest will have one lucky couple saying “I do” with the help from a bunch of their do-ers.  The Central Park Wedding Contest, which offers the winning couple a ceremony in the South Garden as well as a $4,000 credit to get all of the necessary do-ers for the ceremony, will surely make one couple’s lives less stressful as they plan for the big day.

This contest shows the capabilities of the Done. community.  The contest winner will also provide the group with an excellent case study on how much the Done. community can handle. We’re proud to work with other startups and Done. is no exception. We hope Done. generates some good buzz by using an online contest from WizeHive. We also hope the winners have an amazing wedding, what a cool opportunity!

Do you know someone looking to get married? Don’t forget to tell them about the Central Park Wedding Contest.

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“Why can’t they say what they want?”  That question, from the song “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” performed by Jeff Tweedy and the popular alternative rock band, Wilco, is finally being answered.  Jeff Tweedy is partnering with Out of Print to celebrate his favorite novel, Don Quixote, by creating a special limited edition shirt.  Rather than just creating the shirt themselves, Tweedy & Out of Print are running a photo contest in which the public can upload an image for the shirt and show them “what they want.”

Our opinion? This is user generated content at its best.  We’re pretty excited about this contest, because we’re big Wilco fans.  The same is true for most people that enter the contest. This isn’t just a design contest for fans, this is the chance to do something that your favorite band will see! For this collaboration with Jeff Tweedy,  proceeds from the sale of shirts will go to 826 National, an innovative non-profit dedicate to inspiring kids to write creatively. Each piece of the contest fits together for fans as a celebration of books, music and creativity.

The contest, which is being run by Out of Print & Jeff Tweedy, is brought to you by Veer, 826 National and HOW.

Out of Print, the company creating the shirts, has been celebrating the world’s greatest stories through fashion for almost twenty years.  Its products feature images of iconic book covers.  Out of Print not only commemorates great literature, but it also helps to spread literacy, as it donates a book to a community in need every time one of its products is bought. HOW is just wrapping up another design contest through WizeHive, Neenah Paper’s the UNshow.

To enter the contest,  download the design elements, brought to you by Veer.  Use the design elements and a quote from the novel to customize the logo.   Submit entries through WizeHive. Tweedy and Out of Print will select the finalists, also using WizeHive

Entrants will have the chance at great prizes, including tickets to see Jeff Tweedy & Wilco in concert this summer, the best time of year for a Wilco concert.

As Jeff Tweedy once sung, “This is a fact that you need to know… Wilco, Wilco, Wilco will love you baby.”  I’m sure he will love you even more if you take the opportunity to participate in this awesome contest.

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