Thanks everyone who entered this contest. I put the entrants into “The Randomiser”, and Alf Holm won. Here is a list of Twitter names and comment-names I pasted into The Randomiser box:

►► Carrie, Seth-Skogerboe, alf-holm, Ashley-McFarland, Matt-Magi, Tomm-Warham, Adrian-Wightman, Matthew-Chamberlain, @sjskogerboe, @TomBishopp, @living_ODD, @StephanieWarthe, @apple_rtc, @pzing, @sjskogerboe, @Jesusismygrace, @ashleymcfarland, @voltagenewmedia, @Jeet0980, @pmurraydesign, @manchic, @sribudotcom, @krysthecreative

Congratulations Alf, I’ll be in touch with details on how to claim your prize.

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Up for grabs this week is a free $50 USD credit for some clever custom stickers.

These are being generously given away to one reader here on Andrew Kelsall Design by Next Day Flyers. The 3.5″ stickers are printed in full color on 60# crack and peel stock─and would come in use in a variety of cases. For a start, you could print Christmas greetings or your Facebook or Twitter address with a custom message. You could use them for business or personal reasons─the possibilities are endless.

How to Enter this Giveaway…

All you have to do to enter is leave a creative comment or tweet this post (or both):

1. Twitter: [Click this link→] Tweet This: “I just Entered a $50 Custom Sticker Giveaway on @AndrewKelsall >> Enter Here >> http://goo.gl/Xtbco”

2. Comment: Leave a comment below with a valid email address so that I can contact you should you win. Your comment doesn’t have to be anything special. I will choose a winner by entering everyone’s names or twitter name into an online Randomiser. I will post a screen-shot of the result.

Optional: Please show your appreciation for this giveaway by recommending this site on Google via the button below:

How to Win…

Terms & Conditions…

1. This competition will run until Wednesday 30th November 2011.
2. The competition is open to anyone worldwide.
3. The $50 credit will be applied by Next Day Flyers. Details on this will be emailed to the winner.
4. I will notify who the winner is on Wednesday 30th November 2011 on this post.
5. A valid email address is required when commenting on this post to enter give-away.

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Next Day Flyers, an online printing company. No monetary compensation was given for hosting this give-away.

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Here’s your chance to win some new business card magnets using your own skill. Unlike many online contests that are just plain easy, this one’s a little harder. There are 3 sets to give away, which are being kindly provided by UPrinting.com.

How to Enter

Look at the image below. It contains 2 Twitter profile images from well-known profiles (which I’ve applied a “mosaic” effect to). If you care to venture a guess which profiles the images are from, you can leave your answers in the comment section below. You can also guess multiple times if you so wish.

Update, here is Final image 4:

Update, here is image 3:

Update, here is image 2:

First, older image:

If nobody gets the answers right after 2 days, I will post another image which is more guessable. I will repeat the process until the original profile images are shown.

The first 3 people to get both profile images correct wins.

Update 17th April 2011. I haven’t displayed comments yet, but 2 people have already guessed and won—but still I’ve not announced winners yet. Any comment made from now on is eligible to win. There is to be one more winner chosen at random (using a documented method) form all correct answers from now on

Any questions about this, please ask me.

I will not confirm the 2 winners until the 23rd of April 2011. Please Subscribe to my RSS Feed to keep undated, as I will announce the winners in another post.

A clue: Both profiles are verified accounts with more than a million followers.

Prize Details:

Three sets of business card magnets, each set has 25pcs each.
• 2” x 3.5”
• 13pt Magnet Gloss
• Front Only Printing
• 6 Business Days TAT

The Smallprint:

• Restriction: Limited to US residents 18 years old and above only.
• Product image: Please see attached image
• Disclaimer: Required as per FTC Ruling (Please see example below)
• This business card giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, no monetary compensation was given. Check out more information about card magnets through UPrinting Facebook.

Please make sure you leave a valid email address in the comments section, as I’ll be contacting you with this should you be a winner! Good luck…

PS: I’m holding off from displaying comments for a couple of days to make it all fair

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I’m always experimenting with my blog design and anything they may enhance it. I managed to get hold of an invite to use the new Hello Bar service recently. As can be seen, if you click the blue tab at the top right corner of the window, the “Hello Bar” appears.

The Hello Bar is powered by some code that is customisable. I have mine showing the status of my project bookings for the month, but it can be used for anything. Some suggestions would be for promoting an ebook or RSS feed.

Anyway, I’m trying it out to see if it increases the amount of enquiries I have. The great thing is that the statistics of how many times the bar has been clicked gets tracked. This info is accessible via simple login to the Hello Bar site.

I have #5 invites to give away if you want to try it out for yourself. If you think you’ll use the invite, please contact me.

First come, first serve

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I was amazed last week to hear that I had a won a years free subscription to Design Week. I took part in a competition over at Graphic Design Forums, with the top prize been Adobe CS5 premium (all the winners are listed here). Since I only own the CS5 standard version, it would have made a great prize. However, I’m content with the prize I won. All I had to do to enter the competition was to tweet my entry.

“Magazines are weird”

Winning this subscription reminded me that I haven’t read an actual printed magazine for years. I used to buy Design Week to read on the train when I worked for a design studio in Leeds, back-in-the-day. I’m so used to consuming content online, that reading from a paper magazine seems just weird! I even read the Bible online, and the first book I bought in years was Logo Design Love (which I need to complete).

Do I like Design Week?

It used to be a favourite of mine, along with Creative Review, however, things have changed in this online world. There’s nothing contained in the magazine that I cant already read online, but I reckon the design directory in the back pages is top-notch, and well worth keeping hold of.

Sidenote: to my amazement, there’s a large advert in the magazine for a design company…which uses Comic Sans throughout the entire add. Nice…

Do You still read magazines, or do you consume all your information online?

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On the 28th February, I ran a competition for you to win one of two prizes courtesy of the great folks at Uprinting.com. There were some great comments, some very weird ones…and some rather bad ones―however, the whole point of the competition was to leave a comment that was creative:

How to Enter to competition:

1. Leave a comment at the end of this article, describing what you would use the free business cards and/or canvas print for.

2. IMPORTANT: To make things more interesting, you must include THIS WORD below in your comment to be eligible to win: Dinosaur

After much deliberation, here are the winners:

Gold > Josh: 1000 Business Cards Winner

Well, obviously I would use them to construct a hat and earmuffs for my dinosaur.. It’s winter you know.

Silver > Elizabeth Cooper: 18×24 canvas print winner

Have you ever wondered why there are old dinosaur bones in museums?

I have, and I decided it’s for the same reason I haven’t had new business cards in a while — because new ones are too expensive!

Shonika, I thought your comment was thoughtful, so although you’re not a winner, here’s a link to your site: Teen Entrepreneur Blog to say thank-you!

I appreciate the longer comments that some of you left, but it was the two comments above that captured the creative concept in a more memorable way. Josh’s comment, in particular, made me smile when I read it.

So, well done Josh and Elizabeth, I will email you both with the details on claiming your prizes.

I’ll probably be running more competitions in the future, so why not Subscribe to my RSS Feed so you don’t miss them?

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Here’s a great competition to brighten your day―a chance to win two prizes from Uprinting.com, an online printing company committed to providing a high quality printing experience at affordable prices.

Apart from business cards and canvas prints, Uprinting can print a wide range of material, from calendars to wall stickers.

How to Enter to competition:

1. Leave a comment at the end of this article, describing what you would use the free business cards and/or canvas print for.

2. IMPORTANT: To make things more interesting, you must include THIS WORD below in your comment to be eligible to win:

Dinosaur

3. The Most Creative Answer including the word “dinosaur” will win. I will choose the winner based on creativity―not a random selection. I chose this word, as I had just taken my kids out to a Dinosaur exhibition, so it seemed fitting.

Prizes

1000 free standard size business cards for one reader and 1 free 18×24 canvas print for one reader

You can choose from any of Uprinting.com stocks for these items.

The Rules

Winners in the United States and Canada qualify for free shipping. Shipping fees will apply to winners outside these areas.

Closing date is the 10th March 09, 24:00 GMT.

Note: YOU DO NOT need a lengthy comment to be eligible to win, just a quality one

Now, why not be creative to win a fantastic prize?…

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