Helping Animals One Search at a Time FAQs

Helping Animals One Search at a Time F.A.Q.

Who is EngineWorks?

EngineWorks is an innovative online Search Engine Marketing (SEM) services company headquartered in Portland, Oregon that provides sophisticated ROI-based solutions to enhance the design and performance of Web sites. We enable some of the most successful companies on the Internet, including Marvel Entertainment, RockResorts, and Shilo Inns, to expand their presence online and acquire more customers through search engines.

Why is EngineWorks sponsoring this contest?

We are animal lovers. Therefore, we want to use our professional resources to help others within the animal advocacy community. We, along with many of our clients and business partners, enjoy the comfort of coming home to our pets, and we want to extend our appreciation to those who protect and care for our small, furry friends.

What can I win?

We are offering a free 3-month Search Engine Optimization (SEO) engagement that is designed to improve the search engine visibility and relevancy of the Web site of your favorite animal advocacy organization. This engagement will improve the presence of your organization-of-choice within the world’s most important search engines, and will enhance their ability to secure donations from individuals searching for their animal advocacy services.

Why is SEO important to my organization-of-choice?

Professional SEO ensures that individuals are able to find information pertaining to the wonderful services your organization performs for companion animals. In addition, every online search conducted for the organization represents a potential donation.

How do I enter this worthwhile contest?

It’s simple . . . all you have to do is write and publish a blog post to your Web site proclaiming why your organization-of-choice is a great cause, and why having more people find its services through search engines is important. Then, simply notify EngineWorks of your entry through one of the following two (2) ways:

Create a link within your blog post on your Web site to the following EngineWorks Web page: http://www.engineworks.com/helping-animals/
Notify us of your blog post through Twitter.com with the following message and hashtag:

Just entered the @engineworks ‘Helping Animals One Search at a Time’ contest. #helpinganimals [Insert link to your blog post.]

If I include @engineworks in my tweet, is that considered an entry?

No. You must have the “#helpinganimals” included somewhere in your tweet as well as a link to your blog post in order to officially be entered in the contest.

What specifically do I need to include in my Tweet?

You must include a link to your blog post, and #helpinganimals hashtag.

Do I have to re-tweet anything?

No. Re-tweeting is not necessary.

Can I submit more than one blog post?

Multiple entries are allowed, but they must be in the from of unique blog posts on separate domains.

Will creating multiple blog posts help my chances of winning?

Entering multiple times through unique blog posts on separate domains will create more than one opportunity to have a blog post pertaining to your organization-of-choice be considered the best blog post. Thus, multiple entries MAY increase your chances of winning.

However, as stated, each blog post pertaining to your organization MUST contain unique content, and MUST be published on separate domains.

When is the entry period?

Entries will be accepted in the form of a blog post published to your Web site beginning at 8:00am PDT on July 21, 2009 through 5:00pm PDT on August 17, 2009.

How will you select the winner?

The winner of our contest will be selected through online public voting via the following social media channels: Facebook.com, Twitter.com, and our EngineWorks blog.

On August 17, 2009, we will select the five (5) best blog posts as determined by our team, and publish them on the EngineWorks blog on our Web site located online at http://www.engineworks.com/blog/.

Then, online voting will be available to the public beginning at 5:00pm PDT on August 18, 2009 and ending at 5:00pm PDT on August 31, 2009. During this time, any individual can cast a vote for their favorite blog post through one of the following three (3) means:

Posting an online vote for the animal advocacy organization to our EngineWorks blog on our Web site,
Posting an online vote for the animal advocacy organization to the EngineWorks Facebook page located at http://www.facebook.com/pages/EngineWorks/36171452325,
Posting an online vote for the animal advocacy organization to the individual’s Twitter account using the following specific information: “[Insert Non-Profit Organization] deserves to win the Free 3-Month SEO Campaign from @engineworks tinyurl.com/helpinganimals #helpinganimals”.

If I have a protected Twitter account, can I still enter the giveaway?

No. Unfortunately, if you have a protected Twitter account, we will not be able to see your tweet in the Twitter stream. You can, however, choose to unprotect your account if you desire to vote for your favorite blog post in contest.

When can individuals vote for their favorite blog post?

The voting period is begins on August 16, 2009 and ends on August 31, 2009.

Can an individual vote for their favorite blog post more than once?

Yes. Individuals may vote, through the three (3) means stated above, one (1) time per 24-hour period on each of the three (3) platforms. Note that you may ONLY vote once a day on each platform.

How will you determine the winning blog post?

The blog post, from the selected five (5) best blogs, that receives the greatest number of cumulative online votes, via the three (3) means stated above, will be declared the winner.

When and where will the winner be announced?

We will announce the winning blog post on September 1, 2009 on our EngineWorks blog and via our EngineWorks Twitter account.

Do I have to follow @engineworks in order to win?

No. You do not need to follow us on Twitter in order to win. However, if you choose to follow us, you will know right away if you are the winner!

Does kissing-up help my chances of winning?

Not at all. This contest is designed to tout the merits of your animal advocacy organization-of-choice, and how Search Engine Marketing can benefit their promotional efforts.