contest rules

Marketing to Men Contest

Contest:
The Marketing to Men Contest (the “Contest”) will begin on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:00:01PM ET and end on November 3, 2009 at 11:59:59AM ET (“Contest Period”). All times in the Contest refer to Eastern Time (“ET”). The Contest is administered by Adweek Media, a division of Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (“Adweek”) located at 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. CONTEST IS VOID WHERE RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Prizes:

  • iPod nano ®

How to enter:

  • To be eligible you need to:
  • Tweet about the upcoming Marketing to Men Conference include   #awm2m in the message.
  • Adweek Media will choose winners randomly from all the entries on November 3, 2009  noon EST.
  • No purchase is required.

Contest info:

  • The Contest is intended to create viral promotion for Marketing to Men Conference
  • One (1) winner will be picked in a random drawing.

Rules & Regulations:

  • The Contest is offered by Marketing to Men and is open to anyone with Twitter account who is 18 years and older, and a legal resident of, and currently living in the United States.
  • Employees, interns and independent contractors of Adweek Media and its affiliates are not eligible to enter.
  • Prize is transferable.
  • A contestant is welcome to retweet the Contest and Contest info.
  • Entries will be deemed to be made by the authorized Twitter account holder at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to a Twitter address. No responsibility is assumed by Adweek Media or Marketing to Men for lost, late, misdirected, or incomplete tweets or any computer, online telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur in the processing, transmission or receipt of entries.
  • Contestants may enter as many tweets as they’d like for the purposes of the Contest, number of tweets will increase  chance of being chosen.
  • The chances of winning are dependent on the number and quality of Contest entries received.
  • SELECTION OF WINNER FOR THE MARKETING TO MEN TWITTER CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER CLOSE OF CONTEST OF THE WEEK ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009 NOON (EST).
  • MARKETING TO MEN WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE WINNER FOR 24 HOURS. IF A PRIZE IS UNCLAIMED WITHIN 24 HOURS, IT WILL BE FORFEITED, AND TIME PERMITTING, THE APPLICABLE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ENTRANT WITH THE NEXT HIGHEST PERCENTAGE (IN THE SAME THEME, AS APPLICABLE). EACH PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY ADWEEK MEDIA.

General conditions
Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of the independent judging organization, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. All taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

By entering the Contest, each participant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors and administrators: (a) to release and hold harmless Contest Entities and their respective officers, directors, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a Prize or any portion thereof; (b) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Contest or the Released Parties’ use of the Photo or Series, and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Prizes, including express warranties provided exclusively by Prize suppliers that are sent along with Prizes; (c) if selected as a Winner, to the posting of such entrant’s name on the Website and the use by Released Parties of such name, voice, image, and/or likeness for publicity, promotional, and advertising purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be bound by these Official Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the Contest itself, and to be bound by all decisions of the Adweek Media, which are binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the Contest at Adweek Media’s sole discretion.

ADDITIONAL TERMS: Adweek Media reserves the right to permanently disqualify from any promotion any person they believe has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage the, Website or the operation thereof is unlawful and subject to legal action by Adweek Media, who may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The failure of Adweek Media to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Adweek Media (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations), or other “force majeure” event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical, or computer failures of any kind; for inaccurate transcription of entry information; for errors in any promotional or marketing materials or in these Official Rules; for any human or electronic error; or for entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed, lost, late, damaged, or returned. Adweek Media reserves the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest or any element thereof (including, without limitation, these Official Rules) without notice in any manner and for any reason (including, without limitation, in the event of any unanticipated occurrence that is not fully addressed in these Official Rules). In the event of cancellation, modification, or suspension, Adweek Media reserves the right to select Winners from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the time of the event warranting such cancellation, modification, or suspension, based on the Judging Criteria. Notice of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will be posted at Website. Adweek Media may prohibit any entrant or potential entrant from participating in the Contest, if such entrant or potential entrant shows a disregard for these Official Rules; acts with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other entrant, Adweek Media, or its affiliates; or behaves in any other disruptive manner (as determined by Adweek Media in its sole discretion). 

CONTEST RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADWEEK MEDIA AT ANY TIME WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE. THE CONTEST IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS. THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NY. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF TEN DOLLARS OR ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ENTRANTS OR ANY PARTY OTHER THAN ADWEEK MEDIA BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER  COSTS, OR TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.

 

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