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Do You Believe in Magic?

34 Responses (Add) | Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 10:10pm


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You know how much I love to give things away. I’ll be doing it again here very soon. Instead of giving away something small, we’re giving away a bundle of hardware and software worth over $6000. We are participating in the HP Magic Giveaway! Our contest is now open!.

This holiday season, HP and Microsoft are asking you to consider giving the magic of HP and Windows. This program is being offered through 50 of the top blogs on the Internet today. Each contest will be designed and implemented by the individual sites. The one thing that remains the same is the amazing prize package being awarded to each of the fifty winners! All winners are encouraged to “pay it forward” by giving the gift of magic themselves. Why keep all of these great items under one roof? I’m sure you all know someone who could really use a notebook, or even the TouchSmart. Why not give them a helping hand if you win?

The prize package includes:

Yes, ONE winner from each site will win this amazing package. I have to thank the people at HP and Microsoft for putting together such an amazing contest. Here are the rules for our contest:

  1. Be registered on Geeks.
  2. Submit a how-to, what-is, or top-five article on ANY subject.
  3. The article must be at least 500 words long, with proper punctuation, grammar, usage, spelling. Remember your PUGS.
  4. Articles will not be accepted if they require editing, so have someone you trust proofread for you!
  5. Entries will be posted on my blog.
  6. Whichever post gets the most comments by December 10th at 10pm CST is the winner.
  7. Insipid, short, pointless comments will be deleted.
  8. Get people to comment on your article, but spamming will not be tolerated.
  9. Your article will be cross-linked with your Geeks account.
  10. Email the article to me: chris@pirillo.com


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The Internet Ate My Homework

December 8th, 2008
at 12:49am

the method of choosing a winner. Imagine that one of the entry methods is to create a how-to or What Is article about ANY subject. The winner is the one who gets the most comments. Sounds easy, right? Those are the conditions placed on the contest byChris Pirillo. The method of entry is to send him the article, he posts it, then you notify all your friends and have them notify their friends, etc. and get all that comment love going. But that’s really difficult to do when the contest official won’t post your

moosh in indy.

December 7th, 2008
at 6:34pm

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FiiGGy88

November 24th, 2008
at 10:42pm

I very much do believe in magic

Gabriel Nunez

November 25th, 2008
at 12:12am

Well, i think this is great because their are more chances to win the same prize!!

Outsanity

November 25th, 2008
at 12:02pm

I’d rather be happy with the printer!

juan

November 25th, 2008
at 2:31pm

whomever wins, nice job man! to everyone else good luck, best man, or gal, win right?

Xblade12100

November 25th, 2008
at 5:52pm

This is Going To be a Very Good Contest

Colin Huang

November 26th, 2008
at 8:33am

What time and when’s the giveaway? This would be a great Christmas surprise to someone!

John W

November 26th, 2008
at 8:49am

So When is the actual giveaway did i miss it

Sushruta

November 27th, 2008
at 11:56am

It will be started tomorrow as i know.

Rick

November 27th, 2008
at 12:39pm

cant wait, I really hope I win >.<

severne

November 27th, 2008
at 5:35pm

Best giveaway EVER! If I won I’d probably give one of the notebooks, the printer, and MS Office to my niece. She could really use a new laptop.

yfourk

November 28th, 2008
at 8:34pm

Hi, Chris this is a really great giveaway. Best of luck to everyone.

Rare-Beast

November 29th, 2008
at 6:59am

What do you have to do to enter the competition?

adacosta

November 30th, 2008
at 8:41pm

Its quite overwhelming when you think about what HP, Microsoft and so many sites are giving away. HP has exemplified something here, the gift of giving, so why not do the same? If I were to win all this hardware, I definitely could not keep it all. My brother would absolutely love an upgrade from his XP machine to the HP HDX 18 and my other brother would be excited about the HP Mini 1000. Why I would love to win this contest is specifically for the HP Touch Smart and media smart. The all in one printer and laptop I most likely would give away as a Christmas gift to a lucky member at the up coming Church harvest. A lot of folks are in rough economic times (world-wide)right now, giving somebody a laptop might not necessarily make ones life completely better, but its a nice gesture that will make their holidays a very special and memorable one in addition to starting off the New Year with a bang. This collection of devices is screaming, show the good in you, so why not make the ’smart’ choice of sharing the magic too. Thanks!

Lewis Fielder

December 1st, 2008
at 1:20pm

Theres no place like home, theres no place like home…

sorry im just practising my ‘Oz’ Magic :) so i guess i do and them prizes there certainly would make any mans/womans christmas :) so i thank you for doing this chris and HP! welldone i hope who ever wins takes good care of it and follows chris till the end! :)

well done who ever wins!

God bless!

Gloria Dornin

December 2nd, 2008
at 4:26pm

is this our entry? awesome giveaway, thanks

Becca

December 2nd, 2008
at 8:18pm

I would love this, what a way to show up my uber geeky husband!

Stephan

December 3rd, 2008
at 8:34pm

Now that is a lot of stuff… Are you going to give it all away to one person or disperse it among the Geeks?

Marcus

December 4th, 2008
at 6:10am

I’m working on my guide right now.

Joe Fusco

December 4th, 2008
at 3:03pm

I sent in my entry… wonder when it will get posted so people can start commenting on it?

Stephany Freeman

December 6th, 2008
at 8:10am

Yes I do BELIEVE! And thank you doing such a great thing. Yes I would share the wealth. I would give away probably all of this. I know many who are starting a business and need new computers and my children and grand children are going to school and college and need new equipment. what a wonderful give to give. who ever wins, good luck!

The Celtic Elf

December 6th, 2008
at 10:45am

I can’t even find my post for the contest now… I know it is there, I saw it yesterday. If I can’t find it, how are others going to find it to comment. I really don’t like the part about “the post with the most comments wins”… oh well, I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed.

Joyce

December 6th, 2008
at 3:45pm

Thanks for great contest! WOW!

Joe Fusco

December 7th, 2008
at 5:45pm

@Celtic Elf. At least you saw yours posted. I have yet to see mine.

Susan Yates

December 7th, 2008
at 8:19pm

I havn’t got a clue what to write about yet but I would love to win this HP package. Give me a huint what are other people writing about.

Sour grapes or straight talk - you decide. :) | Jane Talks Tech!

December 8th, 2008
at 11:08am

[...] Chris Pirillo ran his contest with a shrewd goal in mind: get people to post slightly thoughtful articles which he put up on his website. I didn’t enter this one because I couldn’t think of something that would stand out. My guess is that hundreds of people submitted all sorts of articles. Guess whose site will rank higher in Google’s eyes? [...]

rob enderle

December 9th, 2008
at 3:21pm

The magic of Windows?
Is that like the magic of Herpes?
C’mon Chris, pick up a box of Vista and rub it all over your body…you know you want to.

By ANY you mean some, right?
What are the chances that an article explaining why the KDE 4 infrastructure jump had to be taken would win a Microsoft sponsored contest?

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