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Great idea, I think you'll get your money's worth.
Great idea...now I have to start thinking of something to write about!
-Justin
Neat idea, but how are you going to keep people from defrauding you via phony You Tube views?
Can the author of the article or video use the article for their own blog/website, besides giving you(hubspot) the ownership of article/video?
Small companies must come with innovative marketing approaches to distinguish themselves from the crowded world of Internet. Your contest makes a lot of sense as you will outsource content creation at more than a reasonable price. Plus, it’s always worthwhile to plant many seeds and see which one will blossom!
@Damon - Faking views is absolutely against the rules. We're trusting people to be honest, but we also have some pretty smart engineers around here who can sniff out some schemes.
@Aditya - Yes, authors/creators will be able to post the content on their own blog after the contest is over. We just ask that you link back to the original article on our site. HubSpot needs to be the first one to post the content and the original source of the content. That's why we're offering the reward.
Let me get this straight, you want me to create something "viral" in exchange for $5,000. In turn so you can get 10, 20, 30 times (or more) that in increased business. Hmmm...I think I'll pass on being exploited.
Skip: That's the beauty of choice. If you don't think it's a fair deal, you can choose not to participate.
I vote insanely brilliant. $5,000 is pretty good motivation for someone to create an article or video.
Even though it is relatively difficult to create something that viral, I think you'll get a good response.
Done, challenge accepted. Expect to be issuing a check to me very soon. You guys have come up with a pretty good idea.
Ok, here i go!!!! Submitted!
5000 dollars by next weekend please!
Looking at quitting work and starting off as a writer! A 5000 would help. :D
Hey, is it fine if i put up my entry in my blog as well?
Just confirming if it is not! :)
Hi. When do we know the results?
Yes, when do we find out the results?...and can we still enter videos? Thanks.
@Aswin and @WCreator we've contacted some applicants, and are still deliberating on others. All applicants will be contacted by the beginning of November.
Teach me something about virtual promotion. A couple of hours ago I learnt about Facebook Grader on Twitter and made a blog post about it. I don't see a word about the tool on ur blog. It's ur product, right. Why arn't u promoting it on ur own blog. Is there a secret behind this strategy?