Locked Support for Surf Excel Matic #GetSmart Contest

Renie Ravin
Renie Ravin
from Chennai
12 years ago

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? Smile

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Yashika
Yashika
from chennai
12 years ago

The contest will be judged on creativity, originality and interaction.here interaction with whom is mentioned?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

@ Renie You need to clear the doubt atleast now or it is bound to enter every discussion thread of contests

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Yes Renie, this interaction thing is getting on the nerves of many of us...
Vineet Rajan
from Mumbai
12 years ago

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.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

A query cleared after a very long time. Thanks Vineet.

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Yup, that reply was long due. Thanks Vineet:)
Stephen
from Raleigh
12 years ago

i too had the same query..anyway its answered now :)

Chicky Kadambari
from Jaipur
12 years ago

Dhatt! This one word disqualified me from the contest! My blog interactions are limited to 3 regularly sporadic readers!

Wow , excellent, daag acche hainn, now what did I know, right now I am headed in train to Benares to wash all d daag on my soul. But kudos to indie, we get inspired to write more and better & better. Thee cheers to indie , Hip hip hurray Hip hip hurray Hip hip hurray
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

All the best Pramod. Waiting for the autobiography of your stains. Smile

Thanks Ranjith, I hope to , thanks for the pushes
Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

well...i guess Promod ji's autobio won't help him this time :P

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Have a nice trip P :)
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

By the way, why only to Benaras?

Benares is nearest one dude, to my place. & killing two birds in one stone.
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

Why can't you wash your clothes in your house and why do you wish to wash your clothes at Benaras? Innocent

ranjith, yehan thode oonche level ki baat hai, not washing clothes, the soul wash.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

Oh Sorry Pramod. I was reading soul as soil all these days. Has the journey been completed?

Gautam Maitra
from Ahmedabad
12 years ago

Hi Pramodji! there is no better place to wash soul than Benares....a boiling pot of past, distant past and Indian religiosity ....happy journey  :)

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

Wonderful!Looks as if IB and the sponsorers want to gift every user with an i pad. Smile

Yo, Ranjith , I was wondering a time will come, we will be asked to give addresses to get the I pad 5 , like dove hamper was given.
DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
I pad 5:) Steve Jobs must be Happy watching it:)
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

@ Pramod Is any sponsorer coming forward to do that? Smile

abhin@v
from mumbai
12 years ago

@pramod, I hope the time comes soon!!!

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

@ Renie everyone needs an i pad here. Please bring the sponsorer for it soon. Tongue out

Gautam Maitra
Gautam Maitra
from Ahmedabad
12 years ago

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

Vineet Rajan
from Mumbai
12 years ago

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 Smile 

I could actually do with 2 more hours in a day.Atleast my blogging frequency would increaseTongue out

But, even I want to know what does 'interaction' actually mean when it comes to the contest?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

Blogging all the time! Smile

Pooja Abhay
from Oceanside/Bangalore
12 years ago

@ Ranjith : If it would be being on Inditalk all the time, I would have had better chances Wink

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 Wink .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 onSmile...

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

All the best Uma

Stephen
from Raleigh
12 years ago

Well you do write well and you better keep up your hopes...you could win for sure...nice post

Avi
Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

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.

Pooja
from Nagpur
12 years ago

playbook!!!! i want a playbook!!! please anyone who wins it, give it to me ok? :p

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

Sure, but lemme win it first :P ;)

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

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 Smile

Pooja
from Nagpur
12 years ago

but i  want the playbook :( 

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

@ Avi To ensure that you get the playbook, simply submit multiple entries and become the first IndiMember to win more than one prize. Smile

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

@ Pooja Sell the i pad and buy your playbook Smile

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

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...

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

@ Pooja: Why Playbook? You have your iPad 2?

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

@ Mods- BTW, iPad 2 =??? 16/32/64GB??? You know... It will become an extra inspiration for us.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

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 Smile

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

@ Ran - what if it's only a WiFi only? How to use the internet on the go... I need that desperately Wink

Someone is Special
Someone is Special
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Wow.. I love this contest.. What will I do if I get two hours extra? Superb na.. 

 

Someone is Special

Frigid Insanity
Frigid Insanity
from Goa
12 years ago

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 :)

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

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.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

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

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Yup its best to submit your entries as soon as possible...
Pooja Gupta
Pooja Gupta
from New Delhi
12 years ago

Interesting topic.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago
And interesting prizes too... :-)
Frigid Insanity
Frigid Insanity
from Goa
12 years ago

Thanks Ranith for the info..

Rajashekar
Rajashekar
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Nice topic and submitted an entry already. :)

great ,too fast, rajashekar, i have not yet plotted a concept. 

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

@ 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?

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
P will gift it to me :)

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.

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
P, very good answer... Was just kidding:)
Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

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 Wink 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 Tongue out 

Debajyoti Ghosh
Debajyoti Ghosh
from Silchar
12 years ago

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?

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Yup, that is the topic. You can write any post on that topic. And then submit it in indivine through the Contest Page as you say, simple steps, just follow them... All the best:)
Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

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... 

Debajyoti Ghosh
Debajyoti Ghosh
from Silchar
12 years ago
thanx DS
Debajyoti Ghosh
from Silchar
12 years ago

and thanx avi. didn't see ur message.  getting used to this platform

Chanda Himanshu
Chanda Himanshu
from Mumbai
12 years ago

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 ?

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
I personally think that interaction plays a very small, if any, in deciding the winners. It is the creativity. And you can link back to the surf site if you wish but that is not compulsory. You can also link back to the indivine page of your post, asking people to promote it if they like it. But that too is not necessary as votes do not matter in winning the contest.
Chanda Himanshu
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Thnks for clarifying DS

Nikhil Poddar
Nikhil Poddar
from Kolkata
12 years ago

Interaction should only come into play as a tiebreaker

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

I wonder if any tie breaker arises while judging the posts!

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
I dont think so.
sasikumar
sasikumar
from chennai
12 years ago

shall I write in tamil language for this contest..

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

I suggest that you write in English itself. What if teh judges don't understand Tamil?

Varun Gawarikar
Varun Gawarikar
from Manama
12 years ago

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.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

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?

Gautam Maitra
from Ahmedabad
12 years ago

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 :)) 

Avi
from Kolkata
12 years ago

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.

Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

e mail database! I never heard it till this very day! Innocent

abhin@v
abhin@v
from mumbai
12 years ago

This one has fantabulous prizes, all the best bloggers! May the best one win.

yo dude, waiting for your take.

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Am trying my best to write for this contest abhi, hope you are too:)
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

All the best abhi Smile

Varun Gawarikar
Varun Gawarikar
from Manama
12 years ago

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 :)

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
Contests do increase your pageviews. QVENDO has done it for me recently:)
Ranjith
from hyderabad
12 years ago

That is what makes every contestant happy: seeing the counter run at high speed Smile


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