16 February 2009
Want some quality, free PR and marketing?
How would you like …
[UPDATE: The deadline has been extended till Monday, March 30th]
1. Your URL to be posted to the ThinkVitamin.com news (93,000+ readers)
2. Me to tweet your URL (8,900+ people)
3. A free pass to FOWA Dublin, FOWA Miami, FOWA Tour (all four cities!) or FOWD London?
[Photo credit: flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee]
All we need from you is your email address. We’re teaming up with Betavine to help spread the word about mobile web widgets to the web design and development community.
By signing up below, you’re giving Betavine (who are cool – I promise) permission to say hello and let you know about exciting news (like the £20,000 prize they’re giving away to the person who builds the best mobile web widget). You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time, with no questions asked.
I’ll pick one winner on Wednesday, Feb 25th Monday, March 30th.
Only two rules. You need to …
1. Live in one of these five countries: USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain
2. Be a web designer or developer
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David Myers
# February 16, 2009 - 5:41 pm
Awesome! Some very nice prizes.
Michael Rice
# February 16, 2009 - 5:42 pm
Weak beans! No Canada!
Either way, those are some very sweet prizes.
David Perel
# February 16, 2009 - 5:42 pm
Damn! I live in South Africa. It is a bit… far!
George
# February 16, 2009 - 5:43 pm
Excited to see this little lottery take place. I’m always impressed with your community interaction! Thanks!
Aaron Irizarry
# February 16, 2009 - 5:46 pm
Wow! Great contest.
Keep putting on great events!
Any chance any of your events will make it to the west coast? Los Angeles or San Diego? :)
~ Aaron I
Nazim Jamil
# February 16, 2009 - 5:47 pm
Done and done, good luck to me!!
Ryan
# February 16, 2009 - 5:49 pm
Thanks guys!
@Aaron Irizarry – I’ve always wanted to bring FOWA/FOWD to LA, but we can’t afford to right now. Maybe in 2010?
Jesse Korzan
# February 16, 2009 - 5:58 pm
Snub the Canadians, ‘eh?
Demian Turner
# February 16, 2009 - 5:58 pm
Nice offer – thanks! Btw you have Flash twice on the list.
AJ Leon
# February 16, 2009 - 6:16 pm
Cool contest, Ryan, not a developer or a designer but if I was, I would jump in for sure.
Wes
# February 16, 2009 - 6:28 pm
No Canada? Oversight, or do you hate us?
Caroline
# February 16, 2009 - 6:33 pm
Can I enter, I am from the UK, but temporarily in Canada. Still have UK home address!
Thanks!
Richard Lingard
# February 16, 2009 - 7:32 pm
Great idea – pity we aren’t live yet – can you hold until the summer?!
craig
# February 16, 2009 - 7:50 pm
This is a great chance for us to get some promotion! Thanks for having this! See everyone at FOWA Miami!
Ryan
# February 16, 2009 - 8:07 pm
@Caroline – that’s fine :)
Re: No Canada – sorry guys. The folks at Betavine are particularily interested in the five countries we’ve listed. I’m so sorry!
eraevion
# February 16, 2009 - 8:09 pm
Lack of other countries (Poland, please!) hurts. Good luck anyway!
David Hund
# February 16, 2009 - 10:02 pm
Hey Ryan,
I live in Holland (The Netherlands)…
It’s just a tiny hop to the UK or Germany!
I’ll speak German, Spanish or English (American is a bit of a stretch :-) ).
Plus I kick serious ass (at many of your webdev categories too!)
How can they not invite me?!
:-P
Anyway, sounds like a cool deal. Kudos!
David Hund – professional asskicker
Martin
# February 16, 2009 - 11:25 pm
guys, I feel the chills just thinking about the amazing prize you are giving away
Neil Thomas
# February 17, 2009 - 12:04 am
Amazing contest Ryan!
This idea should bring good business to the right person.
Good luck everyone.
- Neil
Ryan
# February 17, 2009 - 7:06 am
@David Hund – I love that: “Professional asskicker” :) I’m so sorry about the lack of countries!
Mark Henderson
# February 17, 2009 - 9:47 am
Ryan, how/why have you made use of a Google Docs form? I’ve never seen that before, what’s the end product like for you guys? Your own spreadsheet of entrants instead of a database?
Could be a tutorial in there…
See you at FOWA London..
Mark
Petr Lysak
# February 17, 2009 - 10:23 am
The prizes rocks, true. Too bad you’ve set the area restriction…
Ryan
# February 17, 2009 - 11:31 am
@Mark Henderson. It was a discovery of @keirwhitaker. Basically, you go into Google Docs > New > Form. The answers are all stored in a Google Doc. It’s free and it’s brilliant!
flynnduism
# February 17, 2009 - 12:31 pm
Irish people can’t enter for the FOWA Dublin? Awww.
Barry Corrigan
# February 17, 2009 - 12:51 pm
Thanks very much hope I win, would love to go to FOWA in Dublin
James Heggs
# February 17, 2009 - 3:27 pm
Have added my name too – being UK based was easy ;)
@eggsy84
Jonathan
# February 17, 2009 - 4:36 pm
Hey Ryan, FOWA is in Dublin, how come us Irish can’t apply!
Grace Smith
# February 17, 2009 - 8:06 pm
The winner is announced on my birthday so im hoping thats a good omen, would love to go to FOWD in London :-)
Jack F
# February 17, 2009 - 9:14 pm
I have no chance of going to the events but would love to win the rest, can I enter for part of it? hehe.
Melissa Leon
# February 17, 2009 - 11:54 pm
Not a designer or developer, but this is a cool contest!
Michael McKelvaney
# February 18, 2009 - 7:31 pm
Cool! I’m in!
Jim Callender
# February 20, 2009 - 11:52 am
Great prize, looking forward to the draw!
Lachy Groom
# February 26, 2009 - 1:45 pm
Hey Ryan,
When’s FOWA Australia? I could help you out if you bring it to Perth ;)
Cheers
Jason Millward
# February 26, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Cool, I’ll have some of that. Fingers crossed!
Mario
# February 26, 2009 - 7:24 pm
So did anyone find out who won? I haven’t seen anything on this on thinkvitamin.com