Sentences with phrase «of running a contest»

I know I'm thinking of running a contest to see if I can get some of the awesome folks drawing fan art to come up with a cool design that I could use.

Amazon gave away 11 books and gave me a choice of running another contest for the other nine or giving me download codes for the other nine.

Not exact matches

A lot of these contests are also run by business incubators and angel funds.

To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.

With a presidential contest pitting two of the oldest people to ever run for the office, the candidates» medical fitness — both physical and mental — has become an unusually relevant issue.

«A lot of companies build Facebook ads with advertising companies that might not be approved by Facebook, and they're using wording or running contests that Facebook simply won't allow,» notes Germano.

The UK broadcaster ran a contest asking brands and agencies to create a campaign that prominently featured disability and disabled talent, dishing out # 1 million ($ 1.2 million) of commercial airtime to the winner.

Oreo also put future flavor choices in the hands of fans: Using the hashtags #MyOreoCreation and #Contest, cookie connoisseurs can submit their own combinations through Twitter and Instagram in a contest that runs through July 14.

Prizes from business contests run the gamut: A seemingly infinite number of local and business - school competitions offer small - change awards of $ 5,000 to $ 15,000; meanwhile, Rice University doles out six - figure prizes annually, as do accelerators MassChallenge and TechStars.

These earnest 28 - year - olds — who haven't produced anything of value since winning their fifth grade limerick contest — will study your every move, soberly declaring your utter incompetence at running the business you've built over decades.

Some Tory insiders are reportedly so disillusioned with the crop currently running that they're expressing their displeasure with former cabinet ministers like Jason Kenney, John Baird, Peter MacKay and James Moore for staying out of the contest.

Global brands often run contests inviting their fans to vote on new products (for example, the 1995 and 2002 M&M's Color Campaigns) because the companies understand that when customers are encouraged to take part in these types of decisions, they are fostering the idea of, «We're all in this together.»

«The way that brands try to run these contests places a lot of burden on the consumers.»

There was a brief lull in Europe's crowded election calendar, but polls in the run - up to the first round of voting in France's presidential contest in late April suggested the centrist - candidate Emmanuel Macron was gaining support, which continued to soothe market concerns about a possible victory for the populist Marine Le Pen.

And Arnie Stephens is a retired oil and gas business executive with the endorsement of former MP Eric Lowther, who had initially announced plans to run in this nomination contest.

I want to spotlight the Investor Be Aware video contest, run by the Small Investor Protection Association to show the hidden dangers of dealing with financial advisers.

That's a lot of European travel when your major client is in the contest of his life — running in a close campaign to be President of the United States.

After winning leadership of Alberta's PC Party, Kenney would run in a second leadership contest in a newly formed party

The company decided to run a photo contest #TheBeauBunny on their social media channels, encouraging people to take a selfie with their Easter bunny, standing at the entrance of 39 of its stores.

Originally a product of Greek culture, the Olympics ran for over 1,000 years as a series of contests including music and poetry along with sport, before being abolished in 393 CE.

Some argue, and I would not disagree, that they run more than 1,300 years into the past, and that what confronts us today is the contemporary expression of a civilizational contest that has ebbed and flowed for well over a millennium.

I think a good idea would be to run a contest for a lucky winner to get some of these via mail....

A person can vote once a day for the run of the contest.»

They are currently running a contest via their Facebook page where you can enter to win FOUR of these new knives.

Along with wing sauce and wing eating contests, car and truck shows, is the annual «running of the chickens.»

Sponsored by 365, General Mills, Kraft Foods, AdvancePierre and MEI, the contest will run through the first week of May.

Last month we ran a contest to WIN a FREE six month membership to brand new Whole Food Mommies Membership portion of our site!

Basic offense: walk the ball up the floor, run the weave, no one moves ergo the ball doesn't move, take a contested shot, miss the shot, and no rebounding (either end of the floor).

Rory McIlroy may have been in the midst of winning his first PGA Tour contest since 2016 on Sunday, but that doesn't mean he missed Patrick Reed's controversial run - in with a rules official during the Arnold Palmer Invitational finale in which the frustrated «Captain America» took Jordan Spieth's name in vain.

So almost all the many «Player of the Season» etc awards have now been won and lost so maybe we should take it easy on KickAssFan because with the rubbish he's spouted on this page he's making a determined bid to take up the running from Hafiz Rahman in their hard fought contest to win the «Idiot Of The Season Trophy» here on this boarof the Season» etc awards have now been won and lost so maybe we should take it easy on KickAssFan because with the rubbish he's spouted on this page he's making a determined bid to take up the running from Hafiz Rahman in their hard fought contest to win the «Idiot Of The Season Trophy» here on this boarOf The Season Trophy» here on this board.

Pat Kelly of Baltimore (4 - 2) settled an 8 - 5 contest with a three - run homer in the 11th against Milwaukee.

Three of those home runs were hit in extra innings — Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa each took Josh Fields deep in the 10th, and George Springer hit a two - run shot against Brandon McCarthy that proved to be the game - winner in the 11th — the first time any team has hit three home runs in extra innings of a postseason contest.

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And if teams are wrong — if the import business brings more Ariel Prietos than Hideo Nomos — baseball, already suffering from a lost generation of good young pitchers, will continue to look more like the All - Star Game's home - run - hitting contest on a daily basis.

He missed 33 regular - season games and the final three contests of Utah's playoff run with a nagging toe injury.

Dick Ellis, Army master sergeant of Attleboro, Mass., ran third in 40,000 - meter cross-country at Bern, Switzerland to help U.S. win five - nation pentathlon, help himself finish second with total 5,041 points in contest.

After that game, Liverpool went on a good run and the world of football were starting to think if finally they were ready to really contest for the premiership trophy and lift it!

It didn't matter that he had no sons; he still staged running, fielding and hitting contests between Dottie and her younger sister, Jackie, in the front yard of their home in Wilton, N.Y..

As mentioned, Mourinho's men come into the contest on the back of Thursday's crucial 1 - 0 win over Celta Vigo, a result which takes the Reds a step closer to the Europa League final, while extending our unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions.

Some horses hate to run while others are so enamored of running that they would gladly turn every morning gallop into a speed contest.

The 18 - year - old Frenchman is the 4th highest scorer in the UEFA Champions League with Les Rouges et Blancs still embarking on a memorable run in the elite competition, and are set for the semi-finals to face Juventus in what will be a contest of Europe's strongest attackers vs the strongest defenders.

The Grizzlies held control throughout most of the contest despite multiple strong runs by the Mavericks to keep it close.

They have changed the board, and Phil apparently also took a «Not Scored» to drop off the lead and join Furyk on sidelines, out of the running for the contest title.

People kept harking back to the 1985 game, in which Miami wiped out Notre Dame 58 - 7, a contest Irish fans said branded Johnson with the mortal sin of running up the score.

However, with City breaking all sorts of records this term, if United are to keep within a respectable distance and set up a humdinger of a contest at the Theatre of Dreams, it could be argued, in the context of this run of games, three points are required.

They responded by winning nine of their last 10 games, but a fifth - place finish in the league ended their run of 19 consecutive years in the Champions League and means they will instead contest the Europa League next season.

As one of the world's largest running sporting fixtures, it's a fantastic opportunity to show our young and global audience a great contest between two of the most prestigious universities in the world.»

Manchester City 4 - 0 AFC Bournemouth Highlights [Premier League Match 2016 - 17] 15 ′ 1 — 0 Kevin de Bruyne scores inside first 15 minutes to put City 1 - 0 25 ′ 2 — 0 Kelechi Iheanacho scores in 25th minute to continue his superb run of form 49 ′ 3 — 0 Raheem Sterling made it 3 - 0 just after the break to pretty much end the contest.

Few are backing them to run away with Sunday's mouthwatering contest, though they'll have plenty of friend in the betting rings despite their inadequate away form.

It was a disappointing defeat as Blackburn were on a high themselves after afive match unbeaten run consisting of a couple of decent results against the two teams currently contesting the league, Chelsea & Manchester United.