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Epic $60,000 Giveaway | Our Gift to You!

10 Jan 2010

It’s a new year and this very site that you are browsing right now turns 7 months old today. Excited as we all are here at Bit Rebels, we decided to give back to our readers what you all bless us with each and every day: Dedication and Inspiration.

For over a month we have been preparing this epic scale event in your favor. This giveaway represents $60,000 worth of goods from some of the leading services in each genre. We can all thank the wonderful and cool sponsors for their commitment and cherished gestures. As a thank you to them, please visit their sites to check out why they are the best in their field. Believe me, they truly deserve it!

This “Epic Giveaway” will end on the 16th of January, 2010. We will then review every participants entry and select the most unique one for each prize. We will announce the winners on the 18th of January, 2010. The winners will be put in contact with the sponsors for delivery.

So what do you have to do in order to bring home one of these prizes? Well, it’s rather simple really. To be a valid participant in this epic giveaway all you have to do is to follow these rules:

Rules

1. Explain why you should receive a specific prize and what you would use it for in the comment area of this article. Also add the prize ID at the top of your comment. If a sponsor has more than one prize, be sure to specify which one you are interested in by typing “Prize: List specific prize“. At the bottom of your comment be sure to include your twitter username.

2. Tweet this:
I just participated in @bitrebels Epic Giveaway for some free stuff! You can too! | http://www.bitrebels.com #EpicGiveaway

3. Add a link to Bit Rebels and the sponsor of the prize you have chosen on your site. Include “Link Added” at the bottom of your comment. This step is optional but adds to your chances of winning your favored prize.

So, what are the giveaway prizes? We are happy to announce that we have 28 different companies on board for this giveaway and their commitment is just outstanding. In the list of prizes there is everything from free business cards to free hosting services, free vector graphics to complete free website designs. These prizes represent pretty much everything you need to start the year of 2010 off with a bang for your business.

We have two categories of sponsors. “Premium Prizes” and “Sponsored Prizes“. Both categories deserve your full attention but our “Premium Prizes” come from our valid sponsors of this site. These companies are the ones that unconditionally support the continued life of this blog.

Premium Prizes

If you are serious about winning the ultimate prize, these four companies in our Premium prize section have taken the time to make sure you will be hooked up with the best of the best stuff! Visit their websites and check them out. You don’t want to miss these.

Printfac3 International Co., Ltd

ID: Premium Prize #1
Website: http://www.printfac3.com
Prize:
- 100pax Free 250 Business Cards (54mm x 89mm, printed on Gloss Art Card 260gsm, 2 side coated, either 1 or 2 sided printing with Matt Lamination, 2 sided).
- 100pax Free 50 Announcement Card in DL size (99mm x 210mm, printed on Gloss Art Card 260gsm, 2 side coated, either 1 or 2 sided printing with Matt / Gloss Lamination, 1 sided).
Available: 1 of each.
Value / Prize: $40 including shipping (to the US).
Info: Prizes will be given while stock lasts.

Inkd

ID: Premium Prize #2
Website: http://www.inkd.com
Prize: Free Design Template
Available: 3
Value / Prize: $299
Info: Inkd is the world’s first buy and sell marketplace for original print design. Approved designers can contribute professional graphic design templates and earn totally passive income as their designs are sold over and over again. Small to large businesses or organizations – even agencies or independent designers – can browse a wide variety of industries and focuses to pick from thousands of graphic design templates on Inkd, then download the design instantly, including graphics and photos that are ready to edit and print!

Inkd is giving away 3 design templates of your choosing – any brochure, business card, newsletter or other design showcased in their collection – whatever you want! That’s a prize value of up to $299!”

WPWebHost – Web Hosting Made for WordPress

ID: Premium Prize #3
Website: http://wpwebhost.com
Prize: 1 Free Year “Freedom Plan”
Available: 2
Value / Prize: $80
Info: Freedom Plan is a WordPress hosting plan that is specially tailored made to get the best compatibility and maximum performance for your WordPress-powered sites.
- 50GB Space
- 500GB Bandwidth

DPD: Digital Product Delivery

ID: Premium Prize #4
Website: http://www.getdpd.com
Prize: Free for Life DPD 30 Product Paid Plan
Available: 5
Value / Prize: $10,000+
Info: Each day, thousands of vendors use DPD to automatically sell downloads and deliver their digital products to customers. Integrating with PayPal and other popular payment processors, DPD is the quick and easy way to set up your products for automated selling.

DPD is fully affiliate enabled allowing you to run your own full-featured affiliate program. DPD is also the only download cart provider that allows you to create multiple carts and sell downloads on multiple sites, run multiple affiliate programs, and more- all under one account.

Sponsored Prizes

You are going to be very impressed when you check out all of the valuable prizes here in our Sponsored prize section. These companies are graciously giving you lots of valuable things to make your life easier!

WinSoft

ID: #P5
Website: http://www.winsoft-international.com
Prize: ScribeDOOR for Creative Suite 4
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $119

Designius.com

ID: #P6
Website: http://www.designious.com
Prize: Vintage Mega Pack 8
Available: 5
Value / Prize: $50

LayerOnline

ID: #P7
Website: http://www.layeronline.com
Prize: 1 Year of Free Platinum plan hosting with a Free new/transfer domain.
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $99.98

Pro Theme Design

ID: #P8
Website: http://prothemedesign.com
Prize: Mimbo Pro WordPress Template
Available: 3
Value / Prize: $79

Usabilla

ID: #P9
Website: http://usabilla.com
Prize: 1 Premium Large Account, 2 Premium Standard Accounts, 3 Premium Small Accounts
Available: 6
Value / Prize: $49-$950

AlgoZone.com

ID: #P10
Website: http://www.algozone.com
Prize: Free eCommerce Template (up to $150) of your choice.
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $150

A51 d.o.o.

ID: #P11
Website: http://www.a51dev.com
Prize: 1 License of activeCollab Corporate, 2 Licenses of activeCollab SmallBiz
Available: 3
Value / Prize: $249 – $499

Taste of Ink Studios

ID: #P12
Website: http://www.tasteofinkstudios.com
Prize: 1 x Business Card Design, 1 x 500 Slim-Cut Silk Business Cards
Availabe: 1 of each
Value / Prize: $190 – $235

SnobbySlice

ID: #P13
Website: http://www.snobbyslice.com
Prize: 1 Page “Slice”
Available: 7
Value / Prize: $299

Techinline Ltd.

ID: #P14
Website: https://www.techinline.com/BuyNow
Prize: Remote Desktop Unlimited Subscriptions
Available: 3
Value / Prize: $85 – $300

Hotcards.com

ID: #P15
Website: http://www.hotcards.com, http://www.hotcards.com/blog
Prize: 1 x 5000 Business Cards (Printed on premium 12pt gloss coated card stock), 1 x 5000 Postcards (Hotcards.com’s 6′ x 4.25 postcards), 1 x 1000 11 x 17 Posters.
Available: 3
Value / Prize: $100 – $281

Marketcircle Inc.

ID: #P16
Website: http://www.marketcircle.com
Prize: Daylite Productivity Suite
Available: 2
Value / Prize: $189

Page.ly

ID: #P17
Website: http://page.ly
Prize: 1 x Free Service for Life + 1 Year Free Domain, 3 x 6 Months Free Page.ly Service + 1 year Free Domain, Anyone can get use promocode: BITREBELS for 20% Page.ly Service through February 1.
Availabe: 4
Value / Prize: $90 – $500

Golden Black and Pale Horse

ID: #P18
Website: http://thegoldenblack.com
Prize: $260 Worth of Royalty-Free Stock Vectors, Fonts and Brushes
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $260

WPfromPSD.com

ID: #P19
Website: http://wpfrompsd.com
Prize: Free 1 Page Basic PSD to Wordpress Theme Conversion with Delivery within 7 Business Days
Availabe: 1
Value / prize: $150

Brandstack

ID: #P20
Website: http://brandstack.com
Prize: Free T-Shirt and 3 Months Premium Seller Membership
Availabe: 1
Value / Prize: $45

The Resumator

ID: #P21
Website: http://www.theresumator.com/s:bitrebels
Prize: 6 months free use of The Resumator Start Plan
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $114

Wix

ID: #P22
Website: http://www.wix.com
Prize: Unlimited Packages – Flash Website
Available: 2
Value / Prize: $149

FlexJobs.com

ID: #P23
Website: http://www.flexjobs.com
Prize: A year membership to FlexJobs.com
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $49.95

PageLime

ID: #P24
Website: http://www.pagelime.com
Prize: Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)
Available: 1
Value / Prize: $259

Pixel Graphic Design Studio, Inc.

ID: #P25
Website: http://pixelgraphics.us
Prize: PDF Book – The Art of Making Super-Fast Vector Illustrations
Available: 5
Value / Prize: $14.99

moo.com

ID: #P26
Website: http://www.moo.com
Prize: 50 Business Cards
Availabe: 3
Value / Prize: $21.99

InMotion Hosting, Inc.

ID: #P27
Website: http://www.inmotionhosting.com
Prize: Power Hosting Package for 1 Year
Availabe: 5
Value / Prize: $107.40

SnackTools

ID: #P28
Website: SnackTools, BannerSnack, PhotoSnack
Prize: 1 month premium (100 points, expiring in 1 month), 5 x 500 points (no period expiration)
Available: 6
Value / Prize: Not Listed

Note: All prizes are handled and delivered by the sponsors. Bit Rebels can’t be held accountable for any taxes, shipping or any other kind of related costs included in any give of these giveaways.

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Britain’s Conservative Party Offers £1 Million Prize for New Crowdsourcing Platform

In: web resources

30 Dec 2009

Britain’s Conservative Party plans to offer a £1 million taxpayer-funded prize for a website that can “harness the wisdom” of voters. The price will be given to the team that develops a platform that enables large groups of people to come together online to solve common problems and develop new policies. According to the Guardian, some of the ideas for this site include services that help to identify wasteful government spending or rate the quality of schools and hospitals. It is worth noting, though, that the Conservatives will only give this prize away if they win the 2010 elections.

Sponsor

Clearly, this move is meant to generate some excitement for the Tories in the upcoming elections, especially given that they haven’t been in power since Tony Blair took office in 1997.

A Great Idea or a Waste of Taxpayer Money?

Looking beyond the politics of this proposal, this idea clearly has something going for it. Jeremy Hunt, the U.K.’s shadow culture secretary, told the Guardian that, “there are currently no technological platforms that enable in-depth online collaboration on the scale required by government.”

One could argue, however, as the Liberal Democrat’s spokeswoman Jenny Willott does, that there are already lots of ways for people to collaborate and communicate online and that this is simply a waste of taxpayer money. Willott argues that sites like Facebook already allow voters to communicate with each other and the government. As we pointed out earlier this month, however, Facebook petitions can be manipulated rather easily.

In the U.S., crowdsourced projects like this have generally been funded by non-profits. ProPublica, for example, recently launched a project that allows citizens to track how the stimulus money is being spent.

Image Credit: Flickr user ohadweb

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