We’re Giving Away a New Macbook Pro
The contest is now over and the judging has begun.
When we launched WDL Premium, we gave away a brand new iMac. It was a great way for us to show our appreciation to our new Premium Members. Now we want to show our appreciation again, but this time we’re giving away a Macbook Pro and 2 free lifetime memberships to new members, along with 3 free lifetime memberships to existing members.
Update: We’ve had 130 new members sign up, out of the 150 spots.
Macbook Pro Technical Specs
13-inch: 2.26GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB Memory
160GB hard drive1
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
How to Win the Macbook Pro
To be eligible to win the Macbook Pro, you have to follow 2 simple steps:
Step 1 Sign up for a WDL Premium membership. Only the next 150 new members will be eligible starting today, September 7, 2009. We will keep you posted on the progress.
Step 2 Send out an update on twitter to help spread the word about WDL Premium. At the end of the tweet include this hashtag: #wdlmacbookpro followed by your new WDL Premium username. The person with the best tweet will be declared the winner. Tweets will be judged on the best promotion of WDL Premium within the 140 character limitation of twitter.
Example tweet:
The second and third place tweets will win a free lifetime membership to WDL Premium.
Existing Members
You’re not left out. We’re giving away 3 free lifetime memberships for you all. Since you are already a member, simply do the following:
Send out an update on twitter to help spread the word about WDL Premium. At the end of the tweet include this hashtag: #wdlcontest1 followed by your WDL Premium username. The 3 people with the best tweets will be declared the winners. Tweets will be judged on the best promotion of WDL Premium within the 140 character limitation of twitter.
Example tweet:
Official Rules
- Contest begins September 7, 2009.
- Contest will end when 150 new members have signed up.
- Tweets will be judged on the best promotion of WDL Premium within the 140 character limitation of twitter.
- Only one sign up and tweet per person.
- Web Design Ledger staff members and family of staff members are not eligible.
- Winners will be notified by email.
- Macbook Pro prize will be awarded in the form of an Apple gift card for the amount of $1,199.00.
Sep 7, 2009
This is great, but I live in Panama so I beleive I can’t get in, right?
Sep 7, 2009
Sounds like a great contest!
Sep 8, 2009
@demogar: As far as I know there shouldn’t be an issue with you living in Panama. Even if Apple won’t ship there, we will get you the prize if you were to win.
Sep 8, 2009
How can you enter if you don’t use Twitter?
Sep 8, 2009
I just bought this exact MBP yesterday! It’s a gorgeous machine.
Also, that’s the 15″ in the photos.
Sep 8, 2009
David Pohlmeier: For this contest, you have to use twitter. Signing up for a twitter account is very easy. It might be worth it.
Sep 8, 2009
@Paul Davis: Nice! Do you love it?
Good catch on the pics. Didn’t notice they were showing the 15″ in.
Sep 8, 2009
That’s awesome! But can I use the coupon in India? We don’t have an Apple Store here but only Apple Authorized Retailers which function somewhat in a similar way.
Sep 8, 2009
^^^ this guy just signed up…pick me!
Sep 8, 2009
Sounds brilliant! already tweeted this… http://twitter.com/BebopDesigner/status/3844446178
Hope it gets to someone
Cheers!
Sep 8, 2009
Is that a problem if I didn’t subscribed with the same email as the paypal address?
Cheers!
Sep 8, 2009
I tweeted it: http://twitter.com/DaneBlogger/status/3846631963
Good luck, everyone – but most to me I hope
Cheers!
Sep 8, 2009
@John: I don’t see why living in India would be an issue. As mentioned above in another comment, we would get the prize to you one way or another. Even sending the equivalent amount through paypal would be an option.
Sep 8, 2009
@Andrei Luca: Nope that’s not a problem
Sep 9, 2009
For the record, it is a Federal offense in the United States to run a contest with a prize which requires purchase.
Please reference this article for a simple description of this statement.
http://www.bicklaw.com/sweepstakes.htm
Sep 9, 2009
@Markus: Thanks for pointing this out, but this is a skill competition not a game of chance. So it is not considered an illegal lottery.
Sep 9, 2009
What a great opportunity! Been wanting to join for a while, and this is the perfect incentive!
Good luck all!
Sep 9, 2009
Tweeted it too: http://twitter.com/rapidsitemap/status/3840429026
Good luck to all.
Sep 9, 2009
So keen to win this!!
Signed up and tweeted! Eek ~ MBP would be perfect for work.
I am loving the site so far… It has a whole heap of stuff to learn. I don’t have time for a web design course right now but I think this will fill the gap.
Sep 9, 2009
all signed up for premium goodness. quite the blossoming resource you have happening here. fingers and toes crossed for the MB and goodluck to all
Sep 9, 2009
Just joined on the 5th. If I’d waited two days, I could have been in the running for the Mac! Oh well, hoping for a lifetime membership…
Sep 9, 2009
Beth Case: I’m sorry
but don’t worry. We plan on doing all kinds of cool stuff for our members, including more contests. And I’m sure they will include more Apple products 
Sep 10, 2009
It’s kind of disappointing that we members who’ve recently signed up in the last few months aren’t eligible to win this macbook pro.
I’d LOVE a new machine. Guess I shouldn’t have joined a couple months ago…
Sep 10, 2009
@Jeff Miskis: No need to be disappointed. We are going to be doing more contests in the future that you will be eligible for. This is the second Mac we’ve given away in less than 2 months.
Sep 10, 2009
Clever idea for a contest
Definitely took advantage of it – http://twitter.com/iphonethemes/status/3894783125
Sep 10, 2009
This would be SO COOL….I’ve been drooling over the new laptops…
Sep 10, 2009
Man this awesome im going to join right now
Sep 11, 2009
Thanx Henry for new contest. hope i’ll win this time.
Sep 11, 2009
How do you tie the WDL account to the users’ Twitter account? What happens if it takes forever to reach 150 users? Is there also a deadline?
Sep 11, 2009
@Tom: The tweets will be searched on by the hash tag and will be able to identify which user by your username at the end of the tweet. We are about half way there right now. So it looks like the contest is going to take a couple of weeks total…maybe not that long. That’s not too long to wait for a chance to win a Macbook Pro
Sep 11, 2009
@Henry Thanks for the answers! I missed the bit about adding the username to the end. Great content by the way!
Sep 11, 2009
Posted my tweet here: http://twitter.com/DaneBlogger/status/3917776081, thanks for great premium content! Really learned a lot!
Sep 11, 2009
I have entered the contest.
http://twitter.com/syedbalkhi/status/3918643972
Sep 12, 2009
“Tweets will be judged on the best promotion of WDL Premium within the 140 character limitation of twitter”
Are you looking for the most creative tweet to draw people to WDL, or just the tweet that best describes what WDL is?
Sep 12, 2009
@Jason Newell: When you promote something you definitely want to get peoples attention. This could be done several ways: with creativity, cleverness, humor, or describing how awesome WDL Premium is. It’s up to you, but just make it good
Sep 12, 2009
Grate viral! Thanks for the chance
Sep 12, 2009
Really excited to have found you guys! I can’t wait to get home and peruse through your themes. (and win that MacBook Pro!)
Sep 13, 2009
Signed up and tweeted my entry. Quick question: can we do multiple tweets? Would this disqualify us? Would all tweets count?
Sep 13, 2009
@Zack: Only one tweet per person. This is stated in the rules. Although, some have done multiple tweets by accident, this is not a big deal and will not disqualify you. We will just judge one of them.
Sep 13, 2009
Although you say there’s going to be more giveaways that will be eligible for all members…I still think it’s unfair that we aren’t able to enter for this one, to win the MBP. Why not do genuine giveaways (apart from a lifetime membership) to say thank you to those that have joined already, instead of using the MBP as a way to get more members?
Having said that, good luck to everyone that enters.
Sep 13, 2009
Tweeted my message here: http://twitter.com/missrachilli/statuses/3951955162 When you search my 1st one I’d pressed my enter key without meaning to.
Sep 13, 2009
I entered a while back now, second day i think. I thought I’d have a look at the tweets that people have posted. Some very cool things, however I can’t find my tweet in the list. Despite having the correct syntax!
Anyone else having that?
Sep 13, 2009
@Nik Phillips: Could you post the direct link to your tweet here? Thanks!
Sep 13, 2009
I’ve wanted to join for a while, this cinched it!
Sep 14, 2009
Tweeted my message:
http://twitter.com/bigpandesal/statuses/3973325788
Great contest…I’m glad I found the site…It’s already been a help to me.
Sep 14, 2009
@Henry http://twitter.com/evil_noodles it was notibly my first tweet!
Sep 14, 2009
http://twitter.com/probablylupus/statuses/3951008798
i had the same problem as nik phillips!
Sep 14, 2009
http://twitter.com/Ideahoppers
Sep 16, 2009
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/richcollett/status/4004892525
Sep 16, 2009
Erp – I think I tweeted/twitted twice… Please disregard one
(the one you like the least of the 2 of course)
Sep 17, 2009
In case mine doesn’t show up on the incredibly reliable Twitter search, here’s a link to my tweet: http://twitter.com/clompers/statuses/3892612504 . Almost wishing I had waited to sign up so I could have a shot at the MBP.
Sep 18, 2009
Are we almost there? I’m so excited to see who wins! My first tweet’s here: http://twitter.com/SparkThemes/status/3962320297
I’m so glad I joined finally – and of course would love to retire my 5 year old powerbook that runs too hot and hates playing video – Fingers crossed!!
Sep 18, 2009
@Kim McReynolds: Did you not get the email? Send a direct link to your tweet to info@webdesignledger.com with the subject “My Contest Tweet”. Thanks!