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Something else new that I have been working on implementing for a while:  a monthly DVD giveaway.  This month, the prize is "Clash of the Titans" on DVD.  All you have to do is subscribe to the site's email notification service.  Here is the page for January's giveaway:

http://www.badmovies.org/sideshows/contests/contest_200801.html

I like running the movie giveaways, so this will become a regular monthly event.  "Clash of the Titans" is just a (Ray Harryhausen love) start, but I already have the DVDs (yep, more than one) for next month on hand.

Not going to be selling people's email addresses or any of that.  For the first contest, I would like to get more subscribers to the site's update notification service.  Next month, the entry requirements are a little different, but still easy.

PS:  Sorry to folks like Dean, Neville, Trevor, and others who are not in the US or Canada.  The reason for the restriction is pretty much cost of mailing and also DVD compatibility headaches.

Signed up.  Can't complain about something for free.  And badmovies.org is definitely not spam.

Just curious, Andrew, what notifications come?  Just notices of new posted reviews? 

Whatever is placed in the site's RSS Feed.  Most of the time, that is short blurbs about new reviews or articles here and on some of the other b-movie sites.  After I post the updates, Feedburner notices and sends an email with the new stuff.

For example, I updated the feed yesterday and a little while later this email was automatically sent:



RSS is a way to keep track of updates on sites you visit often.  People can also subscribe to RSS via their web browsers (Firefox and IE 7.0) and stuff like Google Feedcatcher and My Yahoo.  In the case of the DVD giveaway, I just need people signed up via email - otherwise I cannot pick a winner and contact them.

I created a page on the site that takes the entire RSS Feed and displays it as a webpage:

http://www.badmovies.org/updates.html

I signed up.  This should be a fun addition to an already great site, and it'll be cool to get updates about reviews from badmovies and other sites.

I'm IN LIKE FLINT!  Yippy skippy!  :thumbup:

On board, guess I never knew the site had a email notification service for updates.

i'm in!

Just signed up  :thumbup:

Okay,  before I jump in I want to say that I absolutely love the whole free DVD concept.  Unless people don't sign up this is basically a win for everybody.  However, I don't like the whole, "over 18" rule.  I understand that it's probably a law or something but to those who love bad movies and aren't 18, it just doesn't work out.

 (yes, I do realize that there was little to no reason for this post, but there wasn't one for Blood Diner either and lets face it, that movie wasn't very good.  But funny, I'll give it that.)

tell the younguns to have their parents register here and enter the contest for them!!!! i'm entering for my niece,who is 8,she dearly wants this movie!

I'm a little stuck on that, due to possible legal pitfalls.  316Zombie's suggestion is a good one.  There is no reason a parent cannot be cognizant for a minor.  "Clash of the Titans" should be considered pretty much harmless by most.

Enjoy your youth, it will be gone soon enough... trust me on this one.

I completley understand the many pitfalls that can result from giving free stuff to minors, I am more against those pitfalls, because if a kid is found with drugs he's irresponsible, if they are in a willing affair with an adult, they were taken advantage of.

p.s. I am NOT the kid with drugs allright.
p.p.s.  I mean like 17 year old, not 12.

i get where you're coming from,but the legal age is still 18 in this country,and we all have to protect ourselves,i think you understand that.if you are the consenting minor you mentioned( :wink:),ask your consenting adult to enter,we all have the same chance!and,btw,the same goes for those of us over 18,there are many giveaways i am barred from entering,you know?

Yeah I know what you mean... haha... but not only am I not the mentioned drug addict (that's an example of some people I've never even heard of) but I am also not a 17 year old in a relationship with a legal adult, allright, I don't want any wierd comments because of that post...   or this for that matter.

We have a winner, just waiting for them to reply to the notification email.  It is a Hotmail address; I do not think it is one of the forum regulars (unless they used a different email address than their forum registration).

heh, this rules.

Lemmie make sure im clear on the rules. All we have to do is subscribe, and were in the drawing?

or do we need to re enter for february?

Correct.  Still no reply back from the person selected.  If I do not get a reply back by tomorrow, I'll run the random selection again.


I will be posting February's contest this week.

Well, I never received a reply back from the first selected winner.  So, I used random.org to pick another.  It appears, based upon the email address, that Rich Andrini wins the "Clash of the Titans" DVD.

Rich, I sent you an email (it's the same account used for your forum registration).

Yeah I got it Andrew and responded back with my mailing address and over 18. I always been lucky with winning stuff like this for some reason.  :smile:

cool!good for you,rich,enjoy it! it's a wonderful movie!
zombie

Well, I signed up (haven't received the notification e-mail yet, but I'm hopeful....), just too late to get Clash of the Titans (316zombie's right - you're gonna love it, Rich!), but hopefully in time for your next contest?

(crosses fingers)

Rich emailed me that "Clash of the Titans" arrived already, so this giveaway is all the way complete.

There will be more DVD giveaways to members of the mailing list.  I'm thinking that might be the March giveaway.  Still brainstorming a couple of ideas.  My "Bring a friend to Badmovies.org" one seems to have been hairbrained.

Hairbrained? Does that mean its not working?

Hairbrained [sic] means by definition foolish, absurd, unthinking, flighty, etc. actually the original word is "harebrained" coming from the 'having an hare (rabbit) sized brain'

I have harebrained idea at least 5 times a day, sometime more often than that.

Don't even get me started on harebrained ideas.  Football with baseball bats, much better, but it aint gonna catch on.

ooohhh,i LIKE that!! :drink:

Well, the commisioner of football didn't think so.

he's just a big wuss,though!

Yeah but he's got money and money=power