This contest series has several rounds with each round ending when Idea Offer has a certain number of users.  Each round of the contest has its own contests and prizes.  The entire contest series ends when Idea Offer has reached 20,000 users and the grand prize winner will then be selected from all grand prize entries earned over the course of all the previous contest rounds.

Round 1 : 2,000 Users

• Round 1 Twitter Contest
• Round 1 YouTube Contest
• Round 1 Referral Contest

Round 2:  5,000 Users

Contests and prizes not yet disclosed…

Round 3:  10,000 Users

Contests and prizes not yet disclosed…

Round 4:  20,000 Users

Contests and prizes not yet disclosed…

Grand Prize drawing at 20,000 users:

IdeaOffer awards 2 Apple IPADS (64GB, Wi-fi, estimated retail each is $699) to two grand prize winners, one iPad each!

Prize: One $50 winner.  There is no mystery grand prize entry awarded in this contest.

Description: Create a YouTube video that positively mentions IdeaOffer and if your video has the highest number of legitimate views you will win.

How to Enter:

1. Create a YouTube video which positively mentions IdeaOffer.
2. Post the video on YouTube.
3. Respond to the appropriate project on IdeaOffer with a link to your video.  http://www.ideaoffer.com/projects/ocgrey/youtube-video-contest.html

Rules:

1. You must be the creator of the YouTube video to win.
2. All views must be legitimate.  If management holds any of your views suspect of being fake your entry will be disqualified.
3. The video must mention IdeaOffer in a positive way.
4. You may enter multiple videos, but the views are not cumulative.  Each video’s view count is a separate entry.

Winner Selection:

1. When IdeaOffer has 2,000 users the contest will end and the project will be closed.
2. Each valid entry will be reviewed and the video found to have the most legitimate views will be announced as the winner.

Prize: One $100 winner.  The winner will also receive an entry for the mystery grand prize.

Description: The first user to refer 100 legitimate and active users will win $100.

Rules:

1. Do NOT spam!  Your account will be terminated without referral payment.  See CAN-SPAM.
2. All 100 users must be legitimate active users.  If, at management’s discretion, some of the referrals are found to be inactive or fake during review the referrals will be disqualified and the entrant’s account may also be suspended for violation of the TOS.
3. If the entrant has earned other rewards for the referrals under IdeaOffer’s referral program it does not necessarily mean the referrals will be found legitimate and active when reviewed for this contest.
4. Active users include those who log in, participate in the community, etc.

Winner Selection:

1. The first user to refer 100 legitimate active users will be notified that they have won after management has reviewed their referrals.
2. If management determines there is some problem with the first user’s referrals, the contest will continue on to the next potential winner.

You can find your invite link under “Edit Profile” on IdeaOffer.com — see more information about regular referral bonus rates here:

http://blog.ideaoffer.com/referral-bonus-is-live/

Prize: One $100 winner, three $50 winners.  All four winners will receive an entry to the mystery grand prize contest.

Description: Very often a new 25¢ project relating to this contest will be posted, but each will last only 24 hours so be sure to Tweet and respond quickly.  This Round 1 contest will end when Idea Offer has 2,000 users.

How to Enter:

1. Follow @IdeaOffer on Twitter if you don’t already.
2. Tweet this message: “Earn cash and awards for creativity, wisdom, and ideas! @IdeaOffer  http://bit.ly/ideaoffer”  Note: You may also use your invite link found in “edit profile”, but an invalid link is an invalid entry so make sure everything fits and is correct.
3. Fill out the appropriate contest project on Idea Offer and submit it.

Rules:

1. You may enter this contest only once per project posted, but new contest projects will be posted frequently.
2. You must follow @IdeaOffer on Twitter for the duration of the contest.
3. You must tweet the message above and respond completely to the appropriate contest project while the project is still open.  Each contest project will only last for 24 hours.  Your response in the contest project must include your Twitter ID for verification.

Winner Selection:

1. The contest will end when we have 2,000 users.  You can see the user count displayed on the bottom of the home page.
2. The winners will be chosen from all valid entries using a random number generator.
3. The first valid winner will receive $100 credit in their Idea Offer account.   Three runners up will then be selected and each receive $50 in their Idea Offer accounts.  Winners may elect to pay out some or all of their winnings to PayPal or use some or all on the site.
4. Management’s decision is final in all matters.
5. Management may cancel this contest at any time at its sole discretion.

Please post a comment on this blog post with any questions.