And I’ve been listening! So far on the polls it looks like most of you all like your health and beauty products. We have lots in common ;) I’ve added to the prize pool a stash of assorted beauty products from E.L.F. I wanted to wait until my order arrived before I went ahead and posted about it. Anyways, below are just some of the products I’ll be giving away. The cosmetic “bundles” will contain several assorted E.L.F. products. Remember, more prizes WILL be added as I get them! Keep checking back.

A friendly reminder…send in your contest pictures and videos, deadline is May 31!

Pictured here is Fancy Pat, and he has taken some time out of his busy spring schedule to submit his contest entry. What are YOU waiting for? By the way, Pat let us know that he’d more inclined to participate if we offered some Fancy Almonds as a prize. We obliged.

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It’s a fact; at least 99% of adults today suffer from a severe fun deficiency. Characterized by deepening frown lines, a rusty laugh and a distinct lack of hula hoop skills; this epidemic of gloom is reaching critical levels. Lucky for you, we are here to help you fight back: Better in Pink! introduces our annual DECLARE YOUR LOVE contest! A perfect way to give your company a new look & gain some positive exposure for your business or blog.

This year’s theme is PINK! So, how does it work? Grab some construction paper, an old pizza box or a silk flag, some paint, marker pens and plenty of glitter and make yourself a fancy, super stylish I LOVE PINK! sign. Next, stalk some poor unsuspecting passerby and get a video of yourself persuading them to hold up your dazzling work of art and declare their love for pink. We can’t guarantee anything, but chances are you will both be giggling by the time you are done!

Whether you are a social butterfly or more of a wallflower, this contest is the perfect way to get your very own daily dose of fun… have the chance to win some fabulous prizes & help your business grow at the same time! Want to play along, but have no need for a Web Site Hookup? No matter, you can always donate to someone you love, or nominate your favorite e-shop!

Trust us, fun IS contagious. Spread it around! Here’s what you’ll need to do to enter:

 1. Upload (or paste the url to) a short (3 min. or less!) video of yourself walking up to a perfect stranger on the street and convincing them to hold up a sign that says "I LOVE PINK!" Keep in mind that we WILL be posting the winning video AND that these short clips will be public. Make us laugh, but keep it clean!

*You can upload your video below, submit a url via youtube(or any other online video hosting provider) OR contact me if you prefer to send along your video via email.

2. Post the link to your video in the form below.

Outrageous-super-silly-giggle-until-you-can’t-breathe clips are encouraged and can win:

1st Prize

A mac daddy hookup web/e-commerce package valued at over $2,000! Includes:

• Custom Logo Creation

  One print ready 300dpi rendering & one web ready rendering.

• Custom Web Site Design

  Up to 10 linked pages with the content of your choosing (eg. Home, About Us, Products, Contact Us, Policies)

• Shopping Cart Integration

  Dynamic wholesale, shipping, and coupon/discount features with built in inventory control. Easy to use, no HTML or programming experience necessary.

• Customized "Coming Soon!" Placeholder

  Matches your site and alerts customers that your new web site is being developed!

• Search Engine Submission
• Product Entry and Photo Editing Up to 50 items
• Custom Coordinating Blog
• 1yr FREE Hosting

  Boasting 99% uptime, unlimited email addresses, and unbelievable features available in your cpanel! Includes fantastico.

2nd Prize

Informational (non e-commerce) web site package! Includes:

• Custom Logo Creation
• Custom Web Site Design

  Up to 10 linked pages with content of your choosing (eg. Home, About Us, Products, Contact Us, Policies)

• Customized "Coming Soon!" Placeholder

  Matches your site and alerts customers that your new web site is being developed!

• Search Engine Submission
• Custom Coordinating Blog 
• 1yr FREE Hosting Boasting 99% uptime, unlimited email addresses, and even more features available from your cpanel including fantastico!

3^rd Prize

You will receive two renderings, one suitable for print at 300dpi and one for web. 5 revisions.

We have plenty more surprises for you to win just by entering! Check back often to see what other goodies we’ll be giving away. C’mon, it’s easy & fun… and you might just become the next big YouTube sensation!

Just added prizes:

• 300 words of polishing/proofreading
• 200 words of copywriting  - Courtesy of Valerie from Valerie’s Virtual Services
• 25 Custom monogrammed notecards with crystal embellishments- Courtesy of Lucky Designs
• 1 Fancy Almond - Prize reserved for Pat (see blog post for details)
• Several bundles of assorted E.L.F. cosmetics

Other ways to win prizes!

1. Do you have a product or a service that you’d like to donate as a prize? Get your web site some publicity AND qualify to win just for donating. Contact me for details!

2. Spread the word! Have a blog? Have some readers? Link to our contest in a post and you’ll be automatically entered to win one of our fabulous prizes. There will be many more prizes added, so check back often!

3. Feeling too shy to submit a video? (Punk!) Here’s your chance to snag some prizes anyway…Simply submit a snapshot (camera phone pics ok as long as sign is visible) of yourself (or someone else!) holding a sign that says “I Love PINK!” You won’t win the top prizes, but you might still get something cool!

It’s that time of year again, when I get itchy itchy to be outside, plant seeds and just enjoy the warm sun on my face. This year I especially want to get on with the planting because I’ve decided to take the leap to becoming vegetarian (11 days so far!). I’ve been thinking about it for a long time as I have never been a big meat eater. I’ve cut out refined sugars, dairy, and meats from my diet and I gotta say I feel GREAT. So I definitely want to plant many veggies this year and see what happens. I will be starting a personal blog soonish to yap about that stuff because I’d like to document the changes my body is going through during the process, and probably post some recipes too. I’ll link to it as soon as I get that going :) Well enough about that! On to some site updates…

I’m caught up with my queue (phew!) and am now going to start working my way through the waiting list. You may have noticed up top I posted my availability for April 22nd -May 1st. I’ll be on vacation, so I’m going to try and get everyone caught up before I’m gone and then open up the queue again for May. I’d like to also get a contest started before then, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to iron all the details out by then or if waiting until I come back from vacation would be a better idea. I’ll be sure to post updates on that.

Speaking of waiting list, I’ve had mixed feedback from clients regarding having the list published on the site. A while back, I was publishing the waiting list and queue and while most clients liked being able to check in and see the list status- I also had some clients let me know that they’d rather not have their names or websites posted because they wanted their new looks to be a surprise. I think it might be time to add a client area to the site for a compromise, this way clients would be able to log in and view the list, but not have it be all public. Know what I mean?… Ah well, it sounds like I better get crackin this spring!