Well it’s that time of year again. Time to dust off the Christmas decorations, find a big tree to hang them on, and spend all your money buying presents to give away. Now I want to get into the spirit and help you kick off 2010 with some great prizes, including a D-SLR camera! Yes, you heard correctly, you could have the chance to win a Digital SLR camera by helping MediaFire reach 30,000 Twitter followers.
I have decided that in the spirit of the season I’m going to give away my Canon 30D Digital SLR camera and Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX DG Macro lens to one lucky reader. That’s right! I am going to give it away.
My 30D and Sigma 24-70 lens have been one of the best camera kits I have ever used. Both the camera and lens are still in excellent condition with only about 8000 actuations on the camera, so it will definitely last you for a long time to come. I will even throw in an 8GB Sandisk Compact Flash card so you can start taking photos right away, and a spare battery! The total value of all of this, at current prices, is over $1100 AUD (around $970 US). I will even ship it anywhere in the world!
The only condition is that I need your help to reach 30,000 Twitter followers by 11:59PM on 28th February 2010, +10 UTC (Brisbane, Australia time). That means you have all the more reason to tell your friends and Twitter followers about the competition (or just encourage them to follow @mediafireau so you have a better shot at winning. Be sure to use the #challenge30k hash-tag). If we don’t hit 30,000 followers, don’t worry! I also have some other great prizes which will definitely be given away!
Not only am I giving away the camera, but I am also giving away 4 copies of the National Geographic Image Collection. This is an absolutely stunning book showcasing some of the best photographic work in the world. The book will be shipped to you, brand new, directly from Amazon.com. I will be randomly selecting 4 people to win the books when the competition closes. These prizes will be given away regardless of the follower count so be sure to enter! If we do hit 30,000 followers one of those 4 lucky people will also win the 30D. How cool is that!!???
Why am I doing this?
MediaFire is all about helping you tell the world’s stories. I want to help those of you who can’t afford a good camera, or who need a bit of creative inspiration, to start exploring photojournalism and digital storytelling.
The other reason is that I want to build MediaFire into a large resource which you can use for help and advice on any of your projects. I want to make sure that everyone who wants to tell a story can do so in the best possible way and to do this we need to get the word out there.
What must you do to enter?
Now it wouldn’t be a competition without an entry process. So here is the very simple 2 step process which you must complete to be eligible to win the big prize.
1. First you must sign up for an account with Twitter.com and follow @mediafireau
2. Second you must register for the MediaFire mailing list using the form below
Be sure to fill out your name, email address, and twitter username to be eligible to win.
It’s as simple as that.
After the competition closes I will randomly select 4 eligible people to win the book prizes. One of those 4, if we reach 30,000 followers, will be lucky enough to also win the 30D Body and D-SLR Camera.
Encourage others to enter and follow @mediafireau
One of the best ways to make sure we reach our goal of 30,000 followers in time is to tell everyone you know about the competition. If you’re a twitter user try tweeting the following message to your followers. The more followers we get to the @mediafireau twitter account the greater the chance to win the 30D!
Help @mediafireau reach 30k followers for your chance to win a Canon D-SLR camera and other great prizes. http://ow.ly/Obs1
Conditions
- The competition will close at 11:59PM (+10 UTC) 28th February 2010.
- The goal is to reach 30,000 twitter followers. If we don’t reach 30,000 people following the @mediafireau twitter account then the Digital SLR Camera will not be given away. I will be very strict on this. We MUST hit 30,000 followers (not 29,999) before the competition closes for the camera to be given away.
- The 4 National Geographic Books will be given away regardless of the follower count.
- It is your responsibility to ensure the laws of your country allow you to be the recipient of a prize.
So what are you waiting for? Get your entries in early for your chance to win and then focus on helping @mediafireau reach 30,000 followers.
UPDATE: The deadline has been extended till 28th of February, so get your entry in!
