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Visa Puts Employee in the Prize Pool

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Visa USA is offering small-business owners a hand in its first-ever national promotion aimed at small businesses. The sweepstakes, Hired for You, has an unusual grand prize: The winner gets an employee for a year, and $50,000 in Staples gift cards to ...

Old Navy Blows Out Its ‘Best Week Ever’

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Could this week be Old Navy’s “Best Week Ever” for back-to-school sales? A multi-pronged tie-in with VH1’s hit show Best Week Ever drives traffic to Old Navy stores with an in-store instant-win game that awards prizes each hour. The top prizes: A walk-on role on VH1’s show; Chrysler Crossfires (four winners nationally) and tickets on…

Beaches Get ‘Wicked’ with Premiums, Buzz

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Something wicked is brewing on New York and New Jersey beaches. In an effort to generate buzz around the Broadway hit Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, brand ambassadors are hitting the sand to dole out Wicked-branded premiums. ...

Brands Flock to USA Basketball with Sponsorships

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Chevrolet, Coca-Cola Co., McDonald's Corp., PepsiCo's Gatorade and Molten Worldwide Distributing have teamed up with USA Basketball the governing body for men's and women's basketball in the U.S., to sponsor exhibition games, special events and ...

La Quinta Boosts Brand Via Instant-Win Game

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La Quinta hotels are out with a new online-only campaign dangling an instant-win game to boost brand awareness and loyalty. The Irving, TX-based hotel chain is using the backdrop of a U.S. map showing La Quinta locations to tout its growth, and is ...

Mentos Bottles Geyser Fad

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Mentos maker Perfetti Van Melle USA this week launched a contest that capitalizes on a pop-culture fad that could shoot brand awareness sky-high. Someone, somewhere figured out that dropping a Mentos mint into a 2-liter bottle of pop makes the beverage ...

Cingular Races to NASCAR with Sweeps

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Cingular Wireless has dialed up a sweepstakes to support its sponsorship of NASCAR car No. 31, driven by Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing. Cingular's Race Talk sweeps is part of the wireless company's on-air polling program that airs through ...

Sara Lee Plates Sandwich Contest

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Sara Lee Food & Beverage is reprising its Sensational Sandwich Search contest dangling a grand-prize trip to "The Sandwich Islands": Hawaii. The August-September contest is timed to make the most out of back-to-school season and National Sandwich Month, ...

Ford Taps Music Artists for Promos

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Ford Motor Co. is tapping the popularity of first-season American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and country music star Toby Keith by sponsoring the artists' concert series and unleashing promotions to drive concertgoers to the brand. Dearborn, MI-based ...

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