Fun ‘freedom’ Contest
** Update the winners are announced. Check them out here **
With Independence Day (July 4th) right around the corner – I had a brainstorm last night to give something fun a try.
So here goes…
I’m opening up a video contest all about ‘freedom’….
Personally, I believe the single biggest reason when you boil it all down for entrepreneurs to start anything is that word ‘Freedom’. Financial freedom, entrepreneurial freedom or whatever freedom you want.
So I’d like you to SHOW what FREEDOM means to you!
I’ll mention the cool prizes in a minute but for now here are the simple rules. Or as Secret Agent Oso on the Disney channel says there are “3 Special Steps” to be part of this. (Umm…If you don’t get that reference that means you don’t have pre-school kids) 
Step 1: Create a 3-minute video (max) about what freedom means to you and incorporate a creative mention of MaverickBusinessInsider.com in some way shape or form.
Step 2: Upload the video to YouTube.com and include one of these 4 title choices:
- “Freedom – What it Means to me” or
- “Financial Freedom – What it means to me” or
- “Independence – What it means to me” or
- “Entrepreneurship – The Ultimate Freedom”
Step 3: Email the link in to support@maverickbusinessinsider with the subject line ‘freedom contest’
That’s it.
We got a short fuse on this sucker because I want to get the top videos together for Independence day. So your deadline
is Monday, 6/29 @ 12pm (EST) I repeat the deadline is Monday, June 29th at 12 noon EST.
Okay now for the prizes in line with our make more, have more fun and give more theme – take a peek:
First Prize: My Ultimate ‘At-Home’ Internet Copywriting Workshop Course (true value at $1475 – on sale @ultimatecopywritingworkshop.com) + 6 months of Maverick Business Insider newsletter + a fun (and slightly goofy)
patriotic hat +$100 Kiva.org microfinance gift card.
First prize in our freedom contest
2nd Prize: 6 months of Maverick Business Insider newsletter + a fun (and slightly less goofy) patriotic hat +$50 Kiva.org microfinance gift card.
3rd Prize: 3 months of Maverick Business Insider newsletter + a different patriotic hat +$25 Kiva.org microfinance gift
card.
4th Prize: 3 months of Maverick Business Insider newsletter + freedom ducks. (What the hell are freedom ducks? You’ll
have to see if you win!)
5th Prize: 3 months of Maverick Business Insider newsletter
(Note: If you are already a Maverick Business Insider subscriber we will simply extend your subscription if you are the winner. And if you’re not – what are you waiting for? It’s our least expensive newsletter filled with information on how make more money, have more fun and give more back!)
But here’s something else you win…
* FREE PUBLICITY *
Once we pick the 10 finalists – we’ll ask our list to vote on winners – then the final 5 winners will be featured to over 100,000 subscribers online. Pretty cool, right?
So fire up your Flip camera, webcam…or even the ole’ BetaMax but get your entry in before Monday’s deadline (June 29 at
12 pm EST). Leave a quick comment if you’re in.
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June 25th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Wow Yanik,
Very cool contest – FREEDOM !!! I like it. Plus I’m livin’ it.
“Wherever we want to go, we go. That’s what a ship is, you know. It’s not just a keel and hull and a deck and sails. That’s what a ship needs. But what a ship is… what the Black Pearl really is… is freedom.” – Captain Jack Sparrow
Guess I know what I will be doing……
Arrrrr… Captain-Rob
June 25th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Oh Yanik, this one is BRILLIANT!!
How many hundreds or thousands of videos are going to go up on YouTube all plugging you and your website?
Your readers/customers get to have fun – your hard costs for this promotion are virtually nil.
Absolutely frickin’ brilliant.
You definitely earned your “Maverick” name with this one!
June 26th, 2009 at 3:33 am
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
To the pursuit of FREEDOM! Financial and otherwise…
June 28th, 2009 at 5:59 am
I’m in Yanik. In Cape Town, South Africa on vacation at the moment living my internet lifestyle. This is gonna be fun.
BTW, this is one of the most ingenious marketing ideas I have ever seen!
Nice one.
Bruce
June 29th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Fun!
How many people ended up entering?
First prize looks AWESOME!!!
With love,
Rachel
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:20 am
Very cool contest!
November 20th, 2009 at 8:06 am
“) Keep this going!