DC-Area Company Launches “Stay Cool” Challenge
If you feel like you’ve been sweatier this summer than you’ve ever been in your life, you’re not alone. The heatwave that has swept the east coast has been agonizing. With multiple days over a hundred degrees fahrenheit with the heat index, it has been unpleasant to say the least. Challenge Details Michael & Son,...
A Thousand Dollars For Blogging Your Heart Out
blogengage-contest-1000 guest bloggerThe average blogger is always eager for a few things; more readers, more traffic, and more cash. Though I'm the first to point out that blogging is generally not a lucrative income nor does it produce a huge return on your time invested it can be fun, and memorable, as well as...
First Info Carnivore FAN Contest. Like and win!
Here it is, the first ever Info Carnivore Contest. I've been wanting to host a contest here for a little while. My objective increase the reach of this blog and our facebook and twitter fan base. While I'm very happy with overall readership and reader interaction on the blog, I'm not as...
New Discoveries, The Google Dance and an Oil Change
info carnivoreI want to say thank you to my regular Info Carnivore readers, you've made this ride a real pleasure. The beginning of May came and went and I barely noticed that the one year anniversary of Info Carnivore has come and gone. This blog has gone through a lot of changes in...
Blog Engage 2011 Contest, Let’s Get Going!
Blog Engage is back hosting another blogging contest for this early part of 2011. This time the prize money up for grabs is $500 US dollars! With 250 for first place, 150 for second and 100 for third this is your opportunity to find out if you’ve got what it takes to be a successful...
Kraft Cheese’s “Ready to Roll” Sweepstakes Problem (1989)
This contest involved matching game cards that were obtained in packages of cheese. There was one grand prize, a minivan, which was to be awarded, however a printing error (of course!) resulted in about 2 million packages of cheese with winning game cards. Kraft responded by canceling the contest, they were of course sued and...
Pepsi Contest Problems
Pepsi Bottle Cap Sweepstakes (1992) In the early ’90’s Pepsi was seeking opportunities to increase sales in the Phillipines. Part of their marketing strategies included a bottle cap sweepstakes which would award 18 prizes of $32,000 to customers with winning bottle caps. Of course a computer error resulted in aprox 750,000 winning bottle caps being...