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Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Contest

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Contest has now Ended – Winners to be announced on Market Leverage TV Network WrapUp Channel on August 17 at approx 10:30am EST. You can go and view the Finalist Videos though. – Updated 08.12.09

Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack
Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack

I like to do things in a big and bold way. Ted Murphy does as well and IZEAFest 2009 is the biggest and boldest yet. Imagine 3 days and 300 bloggers invading SeaWorld (and as I recently learned Busch Gardens Tampa!) to learn how to be better bloggers, win prizes, party and even hang with RealShamu! That is what you can do if you attend IZEAFest 2009.

I mentioned Busch Gardens, check out this latest announcement for details.

Yes, you get to go to not 1 but 2 Awesome Theme Parks all for the price of 1 IZEAFest ticket! Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream, Here We Come!

What’s that you say? You don’t have an IZEAFest 2009 ticket? Never Fear!

BenSpark.com along with IZEA, MarketLeverage, XShot Pix, ZINK Imaging, Martha Decker, EBOOST, brite-View, The Dirty Shirt, Flipbac and PokenGirl are Here to Help!

I’ve teamed up with these great sponsors to give some lucky winners amazing prizes. One lucky winner is going to hang with me at IZEAFest 2009 and go on a very special outing and that lucky person will also receive the Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Grand Prize Pack! But never fear I have prizes for two runner ups as well.

How to Enter for the Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack?

In order to qualify for the Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack you must do all of the following:

  • Create a 60 second video (no less thank 45 seconds and no more than 90 seconds) of yourself answering these questions:
  • “Why do I Want to Hang with BenSpark at IZEAFest 2009?”
  • “How will IZEAFest 2009 Change My Life?”
  • “What Am I Most Looking Forward to at IZEAFEst 2009?”
  • Videos should be tagged with izeafest, benspark.com and marketleverage
  • Post videos to Youtube, or Vimeo or Viddler or all of them. Important – LEAVE a comment here with links to the videos.
  • Write a Blog Post elaborating on the questions and embed your video. Take a look at my 10 Great Reasons to Go to IZEAFest 2009! & 10 Items to Bring With You to IZEAFest 2009 posts. Read them and add an 11th reason for both in your post.
  • Posts should be tagged with izeafest, benspark.com and marketleverage.
  • Your post should link back to the contest post https://benspark.com/ultimateizeafest.html and encourage others to enter. It’d also be nice also to link to the contest sponsors for their great contributions.
  • Leave comments with links to your video(s) (if posted on multiple sites) and your blog post.

*Videos and blog posts will be judged by a Panel of Bloggers : Murray Newlands, Eric Schechter, Tim Jones and Kim Ann Curtin the winning blogger will be selected on Tuesday August 11th and announced the following Monday August 17th on MarketLeverage TV. The winner’s video will air on the show as well!

How to Enter the for the Runner Up Prize Packs.

So, if you are just looking for IZEAFest 2009 tickets and maybe a few extras then here are ways to enter. These options below do not qualify you for the ultimate prize pack. These qualify you only for the Runner Up Prize Packs.

What is so Ultimate about this Prize Pack anyway?

The Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack includes: An IZEAFest 2009 pass for the entire event including the Kickoff Party at Busch Gardens Tampa on Thursday October 1, 2009 & Blogger Takeover day at SeaWorld on Sunday October 4, 2009. This pass also gets you into all the parties, the swag and the speaker sessions. Did I forget to mention IZEAHunt you get to participate in that too. This pass alone is one highly sought after prize!

But that is not all: The Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack ALSO includes:

What about the Runner Up Prize Packs?

There will be two Runner Up Prize Packs.

  • The Runner Up IZEAFest 2009 Prize Packs includes: An IZEAFest 2009 pass for the entire event including the Kickoff Party at Busch Gardens Tampa on Thursday October 1, 2009 & Blogger Takeover day at SeaWorld on Sunday October 4, 2009. This pass also gets you into all the parties, the swag and the speaker sessions. Did I forget to mention IZEAHunt you get to participate in that too. This pass alone is one highly sought after prize!
  • An XShot from XShotpix.com.
  • A Flipbac – an angle viewfinder and LCD screen protector for digital cameras. From Flipbac Innovations.
  • Added 08/03/09 – A Poken of your choice from PokenGirl
  • Some BenSpark.com Swag
  • 1 Tube of Orange EBOOST and 5 Pink Lemonade Daily Heath Booster Packets

Official Rules

  • Ultimate Prize Pack and Runner Up winners will receive their prizes at IZEAFest 2009 (except the registration code for IZEAFest 2009 which obviously will be provided ahead of time). The winners must attend IZEAFest 2009 to receive the prizes. No prizes will be mailed to winners. If you win and do not go you forfeit your prizes.
  • Winners must agree to be photographed with their winnings for a follow up post about the contest after IZEAFest 2009.
  • All links need to use the rel=”no-follow” tags. We wouldn’t want to piss of Google.
  • Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack winner will win based on their video and blog post and will be determined by a panel of judges, who will be announced in a followup blog post. The Ultimate IZEAFest 2009 Prize Pack winner will be announced on MarketLeverage.tv. They will also be notified via e-mail. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen.
  • Runner up winners will be randomly selected using Random.org from all valid entries and announced on MarketLeverage.tv. They will also be notified via e-mail. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen.
  • You may enter for the Ultimate Grand Prize Pack and the Runner Up Prize Pack but you may only win one. I.E. if you win the Ultimate Prize you cannot be selected for the Runner Up Prize.
  • The Contest is open from July 17, 2009 12:00pm EST to August 11, 2009 12:00pm EST.
  • I reserve the right to final say in any dispute. By participating you agree to these terms.
I want to thank all of my sponsors for donations of such great prizes. Special Thanks goes to Ted Murphy & Ashley Edwards of IZEA for the IZEAFest tickets and believing in me enough to be an IZEA Insider. Additional thanks goes to Dina Ricobonno, Michael Daoud, ZINK Imaging, Martha Decker, EBOOST, Jennifer Leet, brite-View, Kristin from Flipbac, PokenGirl, Murray Newlands, Eric Schechter, Tim Jones and Kim Ann Curtin.

I am still looking for a couple more things for the Ultimate Prize Pack – see specifically #’s 8, 6, 5 & 3. If you are a company attending IZEAFest 2009 or another blogger who is interested in donating a $150 – $200 prize, your products or something else to the contest please use my contact form and talk to me.

Conferences, Travel

Manta is coming

On May 22, 2009 an incredibly amazing new roller coaster will be opening at SeaWorld. This new coaster is called Manta and it creates for the rider the experience of soaring beneath the outstretched wings of a giant Manta Ray. Riders will be head first and face down beneath a giant ray on roller coaster rails which attains speeds of 56 miles per hour. From all that I have seen about this coaster it is simply amazing and something I cannot wait to experience when I head to IZEAFest 2009.

Of course, if I chicken out there are plenty of things that I can do in the Manta experience itself without riding the ride. For one thing there are 10 aquariums within the experience. These aquariums offer kids a 360 degree views of the 3,000 animals that will call the place home. This includes a “fever” of 300 rays. With a set up like this the ride, while amazing, is but part of the whole package. As much as I’d like to see everything in the aquarium I’d love it even more to be able to win a “Front-of-the-line” pass to Manta.

You could win yourself a “front-of-the-line” pass as well at ridetheflyingray.com. This site has six activities that you can participate in so that you can get your own pass. The activities range from a Manta related quiz to creating a Manta mask and even being a twitter follower of @RealShamu. If you do all six of the activities you will win the pass and if you do two of the activities you will win a one complimentary electronic photograph from your Manta ride experience at SeaWorld Orlando. What are you waiting for? Head over and get your pass today.

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