Support for Surf Excel Matic #GetSmart Contest
If you have any questions on the Surf Excel Matic contest, this is the place to ask them! What does everyone think of the topic? 
The contest will be judged on creativity, originality and interaction.here interaction with whom is mentioned?
@ Renie You need to clear the doubt atleast now or it is bound to enter every discussion thread of contests
Hi
The interaction would involve - the quality of comments (not number) and your interaction with your readers on them and how you are able to drive discussions around the topic. In no way when we say interactions does it factor the number of comments.
Dhatt! This one word disqualified me from the contest! My blog interactions are limited to 3 regularly sporadic readers!
All the best Pramod. Waiting for the autobiography of your stains.
Why can't you wash your clothes in your house and why do you wish to wash your clothes at Benaras? 
ranjith, yehan thode oonche level ki baat hai, not washing clothes, the soul wash.
Oh Sorry Pramod. I was reading soul as soil all these days. Has the journey been completed?
Hi Pramodji! there is no better place to wash soul than Benares....a boiling pot of past, distant past and Indian religiosity ....happy journey :)
Wonderful!Looks as if IB and the sponsorers want to gift every user with an i pad.
@ Renie everyone needs an i pad here. Please bring the sponsorer for it soon. 
Its a new trend - that big corporates are spending on blog and picking up new ideas and masala for future ad commercials.
Originality - that's fine
creativity - that's fine
interaction - its vague keeping the Ace card with the judges.
Finally, it's not clear whether the entry is for a narrative or a slogan based. Someone explained that there would be no insistence on product promotion for weightage.
That's fine. But do the contest need a beautiful story line or a beautiful quick drama like commercial. If that gets clarifed and last but not the least, the word limits.
Cheers
Gautam, neither do the posts need a slogan nor do they need a drama like a commercial. Its a blogging contest! Write how you usually do if it were any of your other blog posts! And all the best!
Another topic I can write on
I could actually do with 2 more hours in a day.Atleast my blogging frequency would increase
But, even I want to know what does 'interaction' actually mean when it comes to the contest?
@ Ranjith : If it would be being on Inditalk all the time, I would have had better chances 
Contests with these elctronic prizes are alluring and I break my head to win atleast in one.One positive thing is that it helps me to write on diff. aspects .I find myself on the marketing line through my writing .It makes me feel like I'm working for a marketing company and lots of employees here ..Moreover it's FUN and safe here
Keep my creativity going on...
Well you do write well and you better keep up your hopes...you could win for sure...nice post
Hmm what if I win the Apple iPad 2 on the other competition? Will write this time for Playbook, this will help my Tech Blog ;)
@IndiBlogger members- what what you want? iPad 2 or Playbook?
BTW - Why not any Android divices? (since Galaxy Tab)
Crazy about Android.
playbook!!!! i want a playbook!!! please anyone who wins it, give it to me ok? :p
Writing for the playbook instead of the i pad isn't recommended. What is you win both the i pads or infact more than that for multiple entries are allowed? You may give one to me and one to Pooja
@ Avi To ensure that you get the playbook, simply submit multiple entries and become the first IndiMember to win more than one prize.
Well as I said I am a die heart Android fan, but, if I will get any one of these, it would be great, as I could shoot a video review of them for my tech blog. But...
@Ranjith: Win both??? Yeha ek jinte k wande hai... :P
If I win both, I will go creazy & give one to the first perosn I will meet loll...
@ Mods- BTW, iPad 2 =??? 16/32/64GB??? You know... It will become an extra inspiration for us.
Assume it to be 64 GB and write... so that you will be really inspired. It might most probably be a 16 GB since the details are not given
@ Ran - what if it's only a WiFi only? How to use the internet on the go... I need that desperately
Wow.. I love this contest.. What will I do if I get two hours extra? Superb na..
Someone is Special
Just wanted to clarify about entry submissions.. It says contest closes on 25th Nov midnight.. is that the same as last day to submit entry or is there a cut off date to submit entires too?? Please clarify. Thanks :)
25 th November is the last day to submit your entry. Closing date of the is simply the last date by which you need to submit your entry.
But still, it is recommended that you submit your entry as soon as possible so that your post and thereby your blog gets more exposure and unforseen circumstances may crop up in the alst minute.
And you can edit your submitted blog post as mnay times as you want till the 25th of Nivemebre (though I am not sure of it)
All the best
Interesting topic.
Thanks Ranith for the info..
Nice topic and submitted an entry already. :)
great ,too fast, rajashekar, i have not yet plotted a concept.
@ Pramod Ji - You will almost got your iPad 2 from the other competition, what you will do with another one? or you want Playbook this time?
hehehehe, no comments dude, I see every post, other than mine, to be better than mine,
DS, yaar, life is your's dude, but jo mila nai, uske liye sapana kaise dekhe, just fingers crossed.
hmm... but jo mila nai, uske liye sapana kaise dekhe, just fingers crossed.
Sir Ji fingers crossed rakhiye till the last submission date of this contest We will be highly obliged. Moreover, after (according to you IF) you win your first iPad 2 in few days time, make sure to keep yourself busy with that & avoid this
Hi I am new here and not familiar with the contest thing. Is "If you had two extra hours in a day, how would you spend it?" the topic? Also when I clicked on 'submit your entry' it redirected to indivine. I know I am sounding a little dumb but is this the standard procedure?
It's just like submitting other post links, first write about it on your blogm then come to the contest page & click on submit entry, then submit it like normal ways. Bingo...
and thanx avi. didn't see ur message. getting used to this platform
I guess its time that the interactivity element should be removed from contests. Its difficult to judge on this. Creativity should be the only decision factor. Many bloggers might have delved now into main stream blogging. So if interactivity means more comments ? They might not have one! If that means Indi Forum comments. It would be different. How can we judge interactivity between comments, indiforum, twitter, fb etc What weightage do they get...
Pretty darn confusing. Why not write a post as you would and if the judges like it you win ! thats it...
BTW 1 more question. Do we need to link back to anything ?
Thnks for clarifying DS
Interaction should only come into play as a tiebreaker
I suggest that you write in English itself. What if teh judges don't understand Tamil?
I agree with DS and Himanshu. Interaction with readers is becoming more and more difficult unless the readers are your friends and family.
Plus what if the blog is "networked Blog" i.e comments on facebook for the syndicated blog posts / Google Plus ? Google Reader ?
I know I dont get many comments on Fb (people only "like" it) or google plus, there must be lot of people here who have active interaction on FB's networked blogs too.
Just my two bits of input.
varun, it is disappointing, but I have seen none of family members take you seriously, or comments. only bloggers, and blogger friends with whom we interact, do comment. & it becomes like family. i have a great circle of fb friends, but no one has time to look at them even.
so write best , and make great friends, & best wishes.
I accept with Pramod on this issue. Family members and friends are more faithful than other bloggers when it comes to following a blog closely. But they hardly comment. What is the need to say something on a blog when they talk directly to us daily?
that's correct - interaction is a criteria - how the judges judge interaction....anyway, participation is thrilling ...what is in one's hand is ...let the post go...rest relieved with what wud u do with your rest of 22 hours :))
Very important issue, both Varun & Pramod ji well pointed out. Family & friends just follow, hardly read or comment, even the FB or G+ friends.
You need to create your fan base on a forum like this or through email database.
This one has fantabulous prizes, all the best bloggers! May the best one win.
yo dude, waiting for your take.
Pramod Ji, I do agree with you. This one contest has taken up my page views tremendously. Never was I actually blogging for contests or was my blog "topical". Just pure ranting actually. But Indiblogger and such contests do help in a way. And I am glad that We all are part of this :)
So happy blogging and happy reading blogs :)
That is what makes every contestant happy: seeing the counter run at high speed
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