Posted by
elizabeth on
August 31st, 2010
We’re now accepting submissions for our first-ever Vindale YouTube contest! The prize? One hundred clams.
How to enter
You must:
- Be at least 18.
- Read and agree to our requirements, as well as our conditions of entry, to participate.
- Be a Vindale member. Not a member? Sign up
- Have a YouTube account. Don’t have one? Create one
- Create a 30-90 second video. The topic: “Why I love Vindale.”
- Upload your video to the Vindale Contests Group on YouTube by Sunday, September 26th at 11:59 pm EST.
- Fill out and submit the online entry form.
- Go to our blog between Tuesday, September 28th and Tuesday, October 5 to see if your video made the final round. If it did, vote for it!
- Check our blog on Thursday, October 7, to see if your video won.
Video requirements
Your video must:
- Be 30 – 90 seconds in length.
- Avoid profane language, violence, sex or personal attacks on people or organizations.
- Avoid violating copyright laws or using brand names or logos other than Vindale’s in your video. You must agree to indemnify the Vindale for any claim, demand, judgment, or other allegation arising from your possible violation of someone’s trademark, copyright, or other legally protected interest in any way in your video. All contest submitters agree not to make any commercial use of those portions of their submissions which use Vindale trademarks (including Vindale.com) without prior written approval from Vindale.
- Your video may not contain any endorsement, solicitation, commercial or similar content advocating for or against candidates for office, political issues, or commercial products.
- Your video must be original content for this contest. Do not submit a video that has been submitted elsewhere.
- Videos from digital cameras, camcorders, and phones are all acceptable if they’re in .wmv, avi, .mov, or .mpg format and must be submitted to the Vindale Contest group on YouTube.
- Obtain release forms for all people featured in your video. You must provide the Vindale Research with the forms if requested.
- Videos submitted without an entry form will not be judged. By entering the contest, you grant Vindale a perpetual, royalty-free license to use your video in any media, for standard marketing-related and other commercial purposes. You grant Vindale permission to edit, modify, format, or adapt your video for Vindale’s purposes at Vindale’s sole discretion.
- Except for the $100 prize, no other compensation will be paid to any entrant of the video contest for the submission to Vindale or Vindale’s future use of the video in any manner.
- If you want to remove your video from the competition, you may request Vindale delete your video from its competition before the contest deadline.
- There is no limit on the number of videos someone may submit.
Deadline
All videos must be uploaded to our YouTube group by Sunday, September 26rd, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST.
Winner selection
After the contest closes, videos will be judged to see if they present accurate info and comply with the requirements of the contest. Videos that don’t comply will be disqualified. All other videos will advance to round two where the videos will be voted on by the public.
Privacy
The personal info you submit will be used to contact you in the event you win the contest or if there is a question or issue regarding your video or its content. We won’t disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal info about you, unless required for law enforcement or by statute. As your video will be made available to the public, you should not include personal info about yourself or anyone else.
All information collected in the entry form will be deleted at the conclusion of the contest. Vindale is using YouTube to host the videos for this contest. You are subject to YouTube’s use, privacy, cookie, and security provisions also. Those provisions can be viewed at http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/t/privacy.
Questions?
Check out our YouTube Contest FAQs.
Posted by
Emil on
June 9th, 2010
We’re rolling out a new way to earn money called Reward Mail to some of our members. When you get a Reward Mail email, you’ll earn 5¢ for reading the email, and another 5¢ when you click on the featured advertisement and visit the sponsor’s web page.
We hand-pick each offer that we send out to our members, so we’re confident that most people will find it interesting. Even if the advertisement doesn’t interest you, it’s a pretty snappy way to earn some money for less than a minute of your time. Make sure you’re opted into it in your email preferences, then look for Reward Mail in your inbox soon!
Posted by
Emil on
June 1st, 2010
Last month, we had a huge response to our member experience survey. We got a lot of great responses, and noticed that many members asked some of the same questions. Here are the answers to those questions:
- Why is my credit still pending or taking so long to verify?
Many members send in support tickets about not getting credit for completing an evaluation, and most of the time it’s because they are only doing the survey portion. You must complete both the survey and evaluation to receive credit. If you have done both, and are still not receiving credit, submit a credit inquiry ticket and we will get you credited as soon as possible. You should usually see credit in your account within three days, however there are some surveys that may take longer as stated in the evaluation instructions.
- Why don’t I receive any more email from Vindale?
We have a zero-tolerance SPAM policy and will only send you email you have opted into. Be sure to check your email preferences in your account profile. You may also want to add ‘surveys@vindale.com’ to your email safe list. Finally, it’s important to log into your Vindale account regularly so we know you are still active.
- Do you have surveys that don’t require a credit card?
Yes! We have a lot of surveys that do not require a credit card. If you see a survey you don’t like, you may skip it. It won’t influence your eligibility or notification for future surveys.
- How do I get $5.00 for referring a friend?
We’ve made it very easy to refer friends and get paid $5.00 for each qualified referral. Visit the refer-a-friend page and make sure to read all the instructions and rules. Referring a friend is an easy way to increase earnings quickly. If you use Facebook or Twitter, use our “Share” buttons to quickly send out your referral link to all your friends and followers.
