XLNTads and Poptent Company Blog http://www.xlntads.com/blog innovative advertising, viral video trends, crowdsourcing creative media Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 xlntadshttp://feedburner.google.com Award Winners: Vita-Mix Pitch Me! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/xlntads/~3/30ik9OJ_OCQ/ http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2009/11/04/award-winners-vita-mix-pitch-me/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:10 +0000 Mark Schoneveld http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=868 The Poptent community really came through strongly on the Pitch Me! assignment. We received so many excellent entries, it’s always difficult to honor just three. But choose we must. So without further ado, here are the fantastic and deserving editor’s pick award winners:

The Top Award of $500 goes to:

The two Runner Up Awards of $250 each go to:

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We are very proud to announce our partnership with one of the biggest candy brands on the planet! Snickers wants you to help tell their story through traditional :30 spots or with an awesome viral-style video. Up to you which avenue you choose, but whatever it is, make ‘em great and you stand to earn $5000 for each video they purchase. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and shoot. Enter today.

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We are so delighted to announce yet another awesome partnership with a huge global brand - Coors Light! Have you seen all those excellent mashups where big time football coaches are asked about beer during their press conferences? Here, like this one:

Now you can make your own! We’ve got all the assets up for you to create your own killer coach mashup. Get to it! There are 6 guaranteed awards of $3500 each! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got. Join the assignment today.

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Check out this new assignment for Vita-Mix, the leader in high performance blending equipment for home and commercial use. They are looking for a one minute commercial to announce its upcoming “Pitch Me!” video contest: a search for the next Vita-Mix video demonstration star. If they purchase your vid - you’ll earn $5000! So get to it. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got.

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Honorable Mentions:

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Ever make a great commercial for an online video contest but then not win any prizes? Yeah, us too. That’s why we’re partnering up with our friends at VidOpp.com and giving your videos a second chance. Each month starting in October, we’re letting you upload your non-winning videos and we’ll pick out the best of one each month and award its creator $500.

So head over to the assignment now and get those old contest videos in now! We can’t wait to see ‘em.

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The top award of $1000 goes to:

The two runner up awards of $500 each go to:

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]]> http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2009/10/01/harley-davidson-purchases-two-poptent-spots/feed/ http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2009/10/01/harley-davidson-purchases-two-poptent-spots/ Award Winners: .INFO Assignment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/xlntads/~3/ECJYQO39zN4/ http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2009/09/30/award-winners-info-assignment/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:21 +0000 Mark Schoneveld http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=776 The folks at .INFO already purchased one video, but now we’d love to share with you the award winners for their Poptent assignment. Congratulations to the following creators for a job well done and messages well executed!

The winner of the top award of $1000 goes to:

The two runner up awards of $500 go to:

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