Win $300! Kimkins Essay Contest 2009
Wowee! A Kimkins Essay Contest!
I just got the newsletter, and looks like I have a chance to win anywhere from $50-$300 usd from an entry into the Kimkins Essay Contest 2009.
Here’s your chance — tell us!
TOPIC: Why I Like Kimkins
PRIZES: $50-300
ENTRY FEE: None
DEADLINE: May 11, 2009
WORD COUNT: Minimum: 250 Maximum: 1,000
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: June 1, 2009
GUIDELINESEntries will be judged on originality, sincerity and how well your message is conveyed.
Essays may be typed or handwritten.
Before/after photos may be included to demonstrate your message.
Entries will be blind judged. Personal identifying information will be removed before forwarding to the Selection Committee.
Entries must include first name, last name, Kimkins user name, email address and home address. Please write or type the information on your essay.
Winners will be announced on June 1, 2009. Certified checks will be mailed to the winners by June 15, 2009.
Winning essays may be published at Kimkins.com and personal information removed.
Kimkins staff members, vendors and consultants are ineligible to enter or judge entries. The decision of the Selection Committee is final.
Submit entries by email to webmaster@kimkins.com or mail at Kimkins, 575 Calhoun St., Corona, CA 92879.
Entries and photos must be received by email or postmarked by May 10, 2009 12:00 a.m. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered.PRIZES
1st Place: $300 cash & free Kimkins gift membership
2nd Place: $150 cash & free Kimkins gift membership
3rd Place: $50 cash & free Kimkins gift membership
5 Honorable Mention: Kimkins gift basket & Kimkins gift membership
Ok, so there’s the details. Let’s see if I can get a head start on this.
Let’s begin with the first question. Why do I like Kimkins? Hmm. Why do I… Hmmm Like Kimkins….hmmm.
Oh, I know!
If it weren’t for Kimkins, I would have never learned so much about the internet, online marketing, scams, and diets. Kimkins opened my eyes to how easy it is to steal borrow photo’s from Russian Bride websites and use them as your own success stories or what ever you please. This opened my eyes to a plethora of other ways photos can be used on the internet to con convince people your product is good.
Thanks to Kimkins, I have learned that yahoo answers can be used to drive traffic to your website promotions. I have learned the art of sock puppetry. Yes, just like pen names, a person can create many personas on the web and use them to be as many people as they desire. The more different people you can portray, the more it looks like you have a great product to promote, especially when everyone is saying great things about your product.
Thanks to Kimkins, I have learned how vitally important article marketing is and how your articles can spread like weeds all over the internet giving you a bazillion backlinks to your website. I have also learned that activists can get these articles removed with some good old fashioned elbow grease.
Kimkins has been instrumental in helping me find new friends that will be with me for life!
If it weren’t for Kimkins, I would still be in the dark on how easy it is to sue someone and get sued. I have learned to accept life on the run as just a normal part of everyday life. I have learned that if you are trying to sue someone in another state over an internet issue that you may get shot down for “lack of jurisdiction.”
I have learned the importance of a class action lawsuit. How it is something created to protect everyone. I have learned that the court system is very slow in Corona California, but that a lawyer like John Tiedt is a one in a million God send. He has been persistent for well over a year now and has assured us he will not stop until the right thing has been done.
Thanks to Kimkins, I have learned there are free forums on the internet and people who can support you in your weightloss journey. I now know that fast weightloss can cause some serious damage and that gastric bypass patients really need the serious care of a doctor and they need many supplements to maintain their health. It’s not just about making the stomach smaller so you can eat less.
I have learned that some kind of exercise is really important for long term sucessful weightloss. Also, that anything below 800 calories a day is considered starvation.
I like how Kimkins has helped me learn the lesson of how some things need to be kept very quiet until thoroughly investigated.
Most of all, I like Kimkins for the never ending blog topics I am presented with. I can find another angle to hash out just about any day of the week.
I have also learned that it is frowned upon now by the FTC for affiliates to be incentivised with product or money to write positive reviews on a product. How that can get the blogger and the product owner into a whole heap of trouble if done wrong.
Finally, I have learned that even if you never say anything wrong on a forum that you can still be banned from your lifetime membership. That some don’t understand the meaning of spreading the truth and that freedom of speech is a right here in the USA.
Yes, I like Kimkins for the learning experience it has provided me on all these things.
Ok, so there is the first draft of my essay. I would like to submit some photos but my camera is on the fritz at them moment. Hmm, DUH! Yes! I have some photos:
Yes, that is me before Kimkins – and here is my after:
Thanks Kimkins!
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FTC, Affiliates, Product Claims, Article Marketing, Kimkins? Phew!
I have to begin today with the source of the sudden frenzy:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a58f44c-1fae-11de-a1df-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
It appears the FTC has finally decided to start cracking down on products that are promoted via viral marketing and using false claims. This crack down can be extended to blogs as well who chose to publish those materials.
The main target of the new guidelines appears to be the widespread practice of viral marketing in which companies recruit non- employees to talk up products in exchange for samples or promotions.
So, where does this put things?
Well, product owners are now responsible for what other are saying about the product. In addition, as a blog owner – should you blog something about a product endorsing it, you could be in hot water if the findings you publish are not true.
I had to think about all the original articles that Kimkins had floating around. Those articles are still found on miscelaneous blogs, and many are so far from the truth as far as the information they deliver. The original source of many of those artilcles can be traced back to Kimkins.com. And what becomes of the article directories harboring those materials? The viral marketing that has been touched on refers more toware social sites like Twitter and Facebook – but should only one child be punished for being bad when all of them did it?
What is to be said about the Kimkins affiliate program? Affiliates who can not afford the plan are incentived with the option to promote the diet, sell a few, and get a membership. But, how do you promote something you know nothing about? You are reliant on sources found freely on the web.
An uneducated blogger may choose to find previously published articles as a means to promote. Hey, we’ve seen it happen folks. In turn, the blogger can be held responsible for publishing misleading information, as well as the main source of the product – in this particular case I’m referring to Kimkins.con.
I wish these matters had been brought up a few years ago.
And while some marketers are beginning to scream “Not fair!” It forces marketers to be a little more careful of what they are promoting.
I won’t lie to you. There is an easy formula to marketing and it is quite possible to follow that formula over and over – using it for a variety of products available online. It almost makes it too simple to sell something.
I for one have no issue with taking some time to decide if what I’m promoting is really all that it says it is. I hope this scare will encourage others to take a good look at what they are doing. It could really help clean up some of the crap out there.
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