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Latest Dove contest has instilled another fervor to write excellent posts, for IndiBloggers. Let's share difficulties & ideas to covet the glitterati iPad2.
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Latest Dove contest?... can't see any new contest on indiblogger?
it's a great hamper from Dove... check http://mythreeangels.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/dove-says-hello/
HERE'S THE LINK MY FRIEND,
Angels, thanks for reminding. I had missed giving my address , which I gave now to get my package.
Thanks @Pramod... but this link is certainly not there on the Home page of indiblogger... when you click on the Dove masthead-ad, it takes you to the registration page etc...
Yes, so we again have ipads to fight for... wonder how Navin Bajaj is going to feel. No tech reviews this time. :)
Arvind Ji, life goes on. Patience works wonders. Unfortunately some don't get it.
You win some you loose some...
Life goes on...
Participating is important:)
Rightly said DS
All the best @ Arvind
Arvind Ji , waiting for your take on hair, Arvind Ji ,
Just discovered that i am able to reach the contest page from 'trending topics'...
As a shareholder of the company it is not fair on my part to take part in the contest 
So i am staying out of the contest, wishing all the contestants all the best. Take care of your hair.....use DOVE daily Lolz
Hehehe, dude, I wouldn't bother on that , if I had that stock even. A shareholder is limited in liability only to the extent amount invested. Company cannot demand anymore money frm me, whatsoever. But shareholder can demand fair true balancesheet & all, & vote too on important matters.
I hope to see your hurling hairs triology post soon.
How being a shareholder stop you from participating Umesh ji?
Buddy that is one of lame excuse, i don t wanna to particpate in hair raising competition, i am sure one more controversy will crop up. Being a female meet, let them take away the prizes lol.
@ DS professionally speaking one should not participate if you have stake in the company or be connected as an employee.
Haha :) Umesh ji...
Even I am wondering what should I post...
I have a bad hair day almost everyday since I have bit of curly hair :D
I dont think that being a shareholder should matter in this case though...
But participating or not is your personal wish:)
Employee restrictions are ok, but stakeholder restriction is unwarranted. Unless one is in a position to influence the decisions of the judges.
DS, you are right. It's a tough job this time. But we will also make our presence felt.
I hope nothing comes up this time. And no controversy can deter me to write my heart out. I have already sent in my brain for polishing at Cambridge. Let it come back. It's on urgent renovation.
Good Pramod ji:)
This one is real tough for us...
That was a good reason to escape @ umesh :-)
@ Pramod Hope that it returns before the 10th of November :-)
Shareholder or no shareholder, participation is the key. Why don't you just mention at the end, I don't want to take part in the competition - & write a good piece of content.
One question for Dove and Indiblogger - Will the posts written by Ladies/Girls who attended the dove meet get preference? Obviously they must possess more knowledge on how to use the Dove products as they got their hairs pampered...
No worries DS, men too use dove shampoo, just for a moment think like a girl, and write, lol
@ Pramod That was a good joke. I think even males need to take care of their hair if it shouldn't become a play area for mini cars. :-)
I use Dove too P, but they (people who attended dove meet) must have got experts advise which they will rant in their posts!!!
Anyways, All the Best to all
I am going to participate. Let me be honest here. I love the prizes they have announced..so let me try my blogging skills however good or bad it is and hope against hope that I might actually get a hand on one of those 
Yes yes yes..greed dripping down.
But, I have a bigger reason to write..firstly to thank them that they sent the hamper and secondly I have been using Dove for quite sometime and I love their hair care range, so atleast this is something I can actually write on with 'hands on'..uhh..nah 'hair on' experience.
And yes, I am not going to crib after the results. After all, it is just a contest 
All the best guys and girls..
All the best Pooja:)
Sincere best wishes, hit the bull's eye.
All the best Pooja
Dove was intelligent enough to gift something before the start of the contest itself. :-)
righto Ranjith, this was a laudable move by dove.
hehe, all the best Pooja! Looking forward to your hair on exp! :)
@ Pramodji: Thanks Pramodji :) All the best to you too:)
@ Ranjith: Thanks Ranjith. All the best :)
@ DS: Thanks DS. So you are going to write about your curly locks? :)
@ Arti : He he..yeah hair on experience :) Thanks :) All the best to you too :)
BowTie too want to participate but that blog of mine is pending approval :(
Will try to write a post Pooja:)
About BowTie, shoot a mail to the Inditeam telling them you want to participate but the blog is pending approval...
They will surely do the rest :)
Pooja ji, mail at this id, and I hope it will be resolved soon.
bow tie ko bhi best of luck,
@ DS and Pramodji:Thanks :) BowTie got approved. But I realised I forgot to give Tie some hair 
Lets see..Bow still has some hair..so I think I can come up with something:)
Hmm.. tough topic! but I'm going to participate..!
when is the last date for submitting entries?
Hi Shruthi..The last date is 10th of November..
Best of luck shruthi Ji , it's gonna be a tough tough competition this time. ( looks like ) all talent has to be beckoned. We have
Great creative writers onboard the ship called indie,
i hope they extend the dates.
All the best Shruthi,
Well Pramod, why extension of dates???
Bhai, dimaag polishing ke liye bheja tha na, aane me tem lag riya hai.
Itna tem mat lagao... aisa na ho ke jitna tha, usme se bhi npej-purje nikal ke bhej de!!
DS bhaai, Isi liye Cambridge bheja na, brand value bhi to koi cheeze hai. Cambridge ke naam ka bhailu hoga ke nai.
@ Pramod Be careful! Something might be keeping an eye on your brain that is undergoing extra polishing.
Pramod unchi dukan, fike pakwaan...
Iss ghor kalyug mein kisi ka bharosa nahi kiya ja sakta....
duniya naam pe marti hai, DS, main akela nai,
Haha :) Thik hai :)
All the best Shruthi :)
Guys let me write something here itself rather than participating in the contest. I always found my hair is very delicate, so it needed the care and attention. What i discovered is ultimately to have a shampoo bath, i kept changing shampoo. One day i found a economical shampoo packaged neatly in a transperant bottle, well after few days i found my hair loss. It was primarily due to this shampoo, which i vowed not to use it again in my life time, instead i used it to wash my car Lolz. Next i experimented with clinic and sunsilk it was okies performing shampoo. Using shampoo daily can be habit forming too, so i never leave it to soak for long time lest it chemically damages the hair roots. Finally i discovered Dove, dialy care and started using it. Now i need not fear for loosing my hair.
Umesh Ji, what idea given. Rock on. Aise hi Kuch novel ideas barsaaiye.
That was great! So, are you on Dove now?
Publish this short and sweet story on your blog Umesh:)
Great one:)
I still did not get the gift hamper. I registered on 15th of this month.
Diwali Dhamaka by Dove!!! All the Best to all the Participants! :)
Thanks Arti Ji , of all I need them the most. Above all are veteran, classic writers. Only I am weak, somehow scraping through, staggering one.
You should also. Write something.
All the best Arti. I think that you can write something about hair care while during a journey....
I think will just sit back and enjoy reading about all your bad hair days
@Pramodji Your humility is great... You are one of the finest writers I know of, coz you write from the heart and that is certainly not an easy thing to do. All the best to you and to Ranjith also.. May both of you win
Thanks Arti:)
I should have read the rules properly. I though that we were being asked tips to maintain good hair... but now I realised that it was asking what I do and not what can be done.
Looks difficult for I do nothing more than take a head bath daily with clinic plus ( .... not dove ) and then nourish it with parachute oil ( its again not dove )
I think that I will have to take a photograph of someone's else's hair rather than mine.
@ Arti Thank you and hope that I win atleast this time. I am thinking of devoting an entire day to try Dove's haircare products..... on someone else's hair...
Arti Ji, sincere thanks from heart for such nice wishes. Let's see how it goes this time.
@Ranjith: :D
@Pramodji: It will be all good, hum sab apke saath hain
Thanks again Arti ji,
All the best to all the participants. Hope that the results do not ignite another fierce discussion.
bhai, cheers, let's hope for the best.
Yup lets hope that there is fierce competition on the field... Not off it :)
itna jyaada fierce bhi nai,DS,
Its diwali time, chances of some crackers igniting here and there are quite high :P
Lol@ Arti
That was a good joke Arti
Hope IndiBlogger & Dove will be more cautious this time to pick the winners, after the Samsung Galaxy incident ;)
Guys tips for hair maintainence includes combing daily at least 100 strokes adviced otherwise one will get bald or get dandruff problem. Oiling once hair and massaging too is another tip. Using Shikakkai powder too is healthy. Finally comes DOVE
wow, umesh ji, 100 strokes, by jove, i remember my mother combing my hair as a child, I seldom use comb, pracrically, never. just a little push to them backwards from my hand. that's all. and at the age of 48 all hair are shining black. no whites.
never use oil too.
just dove
#DoveSpa also had to mail the hair style coupons but didnt hear frm them yet..thts wht being told at dove bloggers meet...but seems it was a # Joke!
mail them at this id, I think it will be resolved soon.
WOW ! GREAT CONTEST.I REALLY LOVE DOVE SHAMPOO,SO SOFT AND SILKY..
yo dude,
What about the conditioner? I love the conditioner & the Shampoo :)
Yeah u r correct !! M to f8 fan of Dove onwards :)
Wow! Nice to see all the buzz. Look forward to all the healthy competetion. I am going to win the 5 i-pads though with my lovey dovey story in 5 parts. But no worries. You guys can still fight it out for the HTC wildfires. It is going to be the most heart rending love story of modern times of how love transformed my life. Did I say love? I meant dove.
The story starts way back in the 80s when I was more career oriented and had no time to give love to my hair. Thats the first part of the story - of all the neglect I subjected my hair to. The third part is on how my hair walked out on me, leaving me lonely, desolate and bald. The fifth part is on how I rediscovered love (dove). I have thrown away all those shaving cream tubes and razors and whole heartedly adopted dove. Now I have a silky smooth flowing beard to go with my bald pate. And I also save those valuable 10 minutes daily to post on Indiblogger amidst my busy schedule.
To read my detailed story, hang on for the contest posts to be unveiled.
Aghaaz zabardast diya dude, poora thread hil Giya hai' .
Sir ke saare Baal khaade ho giye.
Congo's dude
Thank Gos, you had not thought of releasing your love dove story in fifteen parts. What happened to the second and fourth parts?
All the best...
Thats one great post for the contest
All the best
Thanks for giving us a chance to compete for the HTC smartphones atleast 
hahaha @DS Agree!
Thanks, Pramod, Ranjith, DS, Pooja, Kalpith. I hope all your comments and replies on my forum post teaser count as interaction and I already have 10/10 for interaction on all my 5 blog entries.
@Ranjith - The second and fourth parts are being nurtured and nourished inside a bottle of Dove shampoo and will come forth soon.
ahaa, @the fool, all braced up this time, great ideas nurturing in the bottle. best of luck to you.
@ the fool
Waiting really eagerly for your posts:)
"The contest will be judged on creativity, originality and INTERACTION."
does this ('interaction') mean that the 'Likes' 'Tweets' and 'Shares' will also be considered?
I think so, indivine votes may count too...
@ds, indivine votes won't count.
interaction looks like the weightage on comments exchanged etc. but this is just my thought. official clarification awaited.
I think that Interaction could also mean the level of interest we have in replying to the comments received.... interaction with the readers...
I dont think it means anything if the contests gone by are to be considered.
Right DS,
well, if 'interaction' means the social popularity and/or comments then its a 'disappointing condition' for some people. Not everyone's blog is popular enough to get hundereds of comments and 'likes'. And it does not mean he/she is not a good blogger!!
@DS, point to be noted is interaction word has been added in this contest only. Previous ones, they just asked quality and relevance. or likes, this point raised by kalpit has to be thought & acted upon with importance.
If this is so! It's a bad, bad thing for some new bloggers like me, having low visitors and 'interaction' level :( 
That looks like, but one can start commenting on other potential blogs which comment back, ( eg, my blog ) . And many others. This way Interaction will start.
Cheers.
I maynot comment back too, sometimes
It was there in previous contests too P...
And I am sure it means nothing:)
DS, qvendo contest, there is nothing of interaction word on the page. Previous all winner announced , so unable to see,
P ji, in previous contests like Hp, Intel, Samsung had the interaction thing, I think I remember correctly:)
may be DS, lets hope for the best.
Yup, lets hope for the best:)
What DS says is right I think. They did have that word interaction.
I am sure of that Ranjith:)
really now!
I just check Pri's blog..the post that won.. No formatting done, grammar wrong at several places, is that how you choose a winning post?
I am not just disappointed because I did not win.My problem is the basis on which you choose a winning post! these are basic things that one must look , esp. into a BLOG!
Really disappointed!
Its such a nice place to share and laugh at the comments ...Both mens and womens have hairs :)..so dove is open for all ...for the starting few commensts
What about people witha bald head?
@ LOL Ranjith
@Rajnith people with bald head loves hair more than the one having nice hair :P
@Kalpith - But that is a one way street. However we love our deceased ones, they can't love us back.
The fool, Jo chale giye, wo bhi yaad karte, kaise bahadur sir the, roj khud nahaye na nahaayen, Hume zaroor tel pila pila ke, maalish kar kar ke, fir the four letter word _ _ _ _, shampoo, se nawaaja karte the,
Ab agle janam hi aise dildaar sir milenge.
The only thing that those people can do is to hope that it will love them back in their next life.
Tough competition when all these ladiez are there, but let me try too. Hope Dove and Indiblogger consider Men's posts too for winning as 'We love and Care our Hair" too :) OFC, I'm a Dove customer before this contest too and even now :)
IPad-2 is what's motivating to write for this. :) Wish me luck too guys and Gals :)
All the best Rajashekar :)
Rajashekhar, We not only love & care our hair but our counterparts hair with much more zeal and fervor. So they should give us another + mark to us.
But history shows it's a domain masterd by beauties always.
Let's hope for the best.
Good one P :)
but the judges too would be loving the counterparts hair only , so the competition is strong friends. All the odds against men.
previous dove results stats had just one male lucky winner. so brace up all your acumen.
acumen = hair
@pramod - It can be argued that some of the judges loving counterpart's hair may be women too, which will level the playing field for men . On the contrary however my personal experience does not support this hypothesis. Every morning my wife coaxes, cajoles, threatens and nags me into killing my poor little beard even before it is born. Our only hope is next Gilette comes up with a similar contest with this kind of prizes where we have the advantage.
we can only hope, @ the fool,
@TheFool Great idea.. I Hope Gillette is reading this :P
Bhai, a bird in hand is worth two in a bush, abhi to we have dove on hand, let's do justice to it and our hair.
Righto!!!
@ Rajashekar All the best for the contest
@ Fool Hope that someone sends an IndiMail, sorry an e mail to gilette regarding the same
@ Pramod I have two birds in my hand Dove and Qvendo Eagerly waiting to copy other poeple's entries
Go ahead Ranjith, ace the show
wokey I participated....my entry to this contest is at http://chat-with-pushpee.blogspot.com/2011/10/hair-flair.html ipad2 is too tempting to ignore... hope to get lucky :))
ALL THE BEST TO THE PARTICIPANTS ..
Thanks:)
Thanks Geeta Ji , are you participating or not,
opss sorry Pramod ji
great take geeta ji, my sincere best wishes,
I haven't written a single word, yet,
but my post is lost somewhere :D ...not visible
it will be visible with everyone's post. today was the slated date. lets see if they comeup today.
All the best, Geetha
still nt visible 
Ranjith Thanks :)
visible nw yahooo:D http://www.indiblogger.in/indipost.php?post=87314
Yo, post visible today, my gosh, my take is getting late by every passing second. I want to complete it today itself. Let's see how it goes
Ok, just finished a 1100 words piece on Dove India. Loving your hair and it loving you back!
Thats great Varun. All the best.
1100 words, you do love your hair!!!
I'll defintely cross yours. All the best!
Great show varun, my sincere best wishes to you. Rock on
Wow, Ranjith!
Thinking of writing my story in seven chapters, all in one post unlike Pramod's.
One prize is sufficient for me.
@Ranjith - Well said, One killer post & take home the grande prize what say dude!