Social Media Strategies Contest
 

Contest:
The Social Media Strategies Contest (the “Contest”) will begin on Friday September 4, 2009 at 12:00:01PM ET and end on September 22, 2009 at 11:59:59AM ET (“Contest Period”). All times in the Contest refer to Eastern Time (“ET”). The Contest is administered by Adweek Media, a division of Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (“Adweek”) located at 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. CONTEST IS VOID WHERE RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Prizes:

• Palm Pre ®

How to enter:

• To be eligible you need to:
• Tweet about the upcoming Social Media Strategies Conference include #awsms09 in the message.
• Adweek Media will choose winners randomly from all the entries on September 22, 2009 noon EST.
• No purchase is required.

Contest info:

• The Contest is intended to create viral promotion for Social Media Strategies Conference
• One (1) winner will be picked in a random drawing.

Rules & Regulations:

• The Contest is offered by Social Media Strategies and is open to anyone with Twitter account who is 18 years and older, and a legal resident of, and currently living in the United States.
• Employees, interns and independent contractors of Adweek Media and its affiliates are not eligible to enter.
• Prize is transferable.
• A contestant is welcome to retweet the Contest and Contest info.
• Entries will be deemed to be made by the authorized Twitter account holder at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to a Twitter address. No responsibility is assumed by Adweek Media or Social Media Strategies for lost, late, misdirected, or incomplete tweets or any computer, online telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur in the processing, transmission or receipt of entries.
• Contestants may enter as many tweets as they’d like for the purposes of the Contest, number of tweets will increase chance of being chosen.
• The chances of winning are dependent on the number and quality of Contest entries received.
• SELECTION OF WINNER FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES TWITTER CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER CLOSE OF CONTEST OF THE WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 NOON (EST).
• SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE WINNER FOR 24 HOURS. IF A PRIZE IS UNCLAIMED WITHIN 24 HOURS, IT WILL BE FORFEITED, AND TIME PERMITTING, THE APPLICABLE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ENTRANT WITH THE NEXT HIGHEST PERCENTAGE (IN THE SAME THEME, AS APPLICABLE). EACH PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY ADWEEK MEDIA.

General conditions
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