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Better Together: HP Laptop Bundle Giveaway!

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The contest is now CLOSED! A big “thank you!” to all who entered! The best entries, and the winner of the laptop bundle, will be posted here on PoorerThanYou.com by 6pm today. The winner will also be contacted by email, so watch your inbox!

HP and Microsoft have graciously provided me with a sweet laptop bundle to give away to one of you guys, in any way that I see fit. Here’s what the prize pack contains:HP Better Together Giveaway

Sweet! So what flaming hoops am I going to have you jump through to win this bundle?

Contest Rules

Create a piece of multimedia that embodies a sound personal finance concept. “Multimedia” can be a photo, a drawing, a video, a collage made with software, or even a song if you so choose. I will pick my favorite submissions and feature them here on the blog on Saturday. I will assign each of the best submissions a number and use Randomizer.org to pick the winner!

I am not looking for the most artistic person in the world. I wasn’t a photo major or an art major… I was a film major, but that’s beside the point. I don’t expect you to be any of those things. It should look (or sound) like you put some work into it, but aesthetics will not be the #1 thing I use to pick out my favorites. Pretty is nice, but it’s not the point here.

Things I will be looking for in choosing my favorites:

  • Money topics! It’s open to anything (poke around this blog for ideas), but try to keep it relevant to college students or 20-somethings. It can be something simple, like a cool photo of money. Or it can be something big that demonstrates a complex money topic in an easy-to-understand way.
  • NO COPYRIGHTED OR TRADEMARKED MATERIAL. Even if it’s unintentional, you cannot use anything that you don’t have the rights to (including pictures used in a collage, or music). Anything that violates copyright law will be automatically disqualified.
  • Fun! Personal finance can seem really dull and boring sometimes. It’s your job to make it fun and get people excited about money with your creation.

If you want to do something other than one of the multimedia forms I’ve already mentioned (photo, drawing, video, collage, music), contact me before you start your project. Let me know what you’re thinking of doing, and I’ll let you know if it will qualify for the contest.

Entries must be submitted by Noon Eastern Daylight Time, August 22nd. No entries submitted after that time will be considered, no matter how good they are. The number of “favorite submissions” will depend on the total number and quality of submissions.

Entries must be submitted in the comments section of this post. This means you will have to host your creation elsewhere (your own website, blog, Flickr, Photobucket, YouTube, etc.) and just paste the link into a comment. DO NOT JUST POST THE LINK IN THE “WEBSITE” FIELD OF YOUR COMMENT! Put the link in the body of the comment. Otherwise it will not be clear whether you are entering the contest or just leaving a regular comment.

Be sure to use a valid email address when leaving your comment — one that you check often! I’ll be using the email address left in the comment to contact the winner.

One entry per person. You can work in a team, if you like, but then it’s one entry per team. And you’ll have to figure out which one of your team members is responsible for winning the laptop bundle.

I reserve the right to delete or disqualify an entry for any reason, including but not limited to copyright violations, multiple submissions, or obscene content. By submitting media into this contest, you give me the right to use your content in upcoming posts on Poorer Than You and other related projects.

Relatives of the site owner (Stephanie) are not allowed to enter. Sorry Mom… I know you really want this bundle, but you can enter the other 24 contests of the Better Together giveaway!

This contest is open to residents around the world and is not restricted to any one location. For areas where customs or taxes would prevent shipment of the bundle, an equivalent credit to the HP online store will be issued. If you have won a bundle in one of the other Better Together giveaways, you are not eligible to enter this one — sorry, no two-fers!

Go go go go! I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

Comments

  5. Rashon Smith says

    My drawing is about a student pursuing his dream as a scientist. And sees a lot of money in his future

    M.facebook.com/photo.php?r1e810623&pid=17552&id=100000161146544&refid=17

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    • Stephanie says

      Rashon: your picture is not viewable because of Facebook’s privacy settings. Right click (or on a Mac, I think it’s Command-Click) on the picture, choice “view image” and then copy the site url from that. That should work to let me see your drawing!

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  6. Reeve says

    Hey Stephanie!

    Greets from India! Well here is my entry into the Giveaway:

    URL – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB5hEshhme8

    Just some information about the vid. Well I based it on how I have been getting through my college years literally on my own and in a quite self sufficient way (thank you very much!). All the pictures in the video are either from Images with Creative Common’s License or actual screenshots/pics that I have taken of Excel files, my projects, tools etc. Music is also licensed under the CC and is a track called See You Watching Me by Jay Clarke. This track was also freely distributed on one of HP’s other competitions.

    Cheers and Thanks for this opportunity!

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  8. colin burton says

    Greetings
    My tip for making money is to select a large empty container
    make sure it has a large opening
    Then choose a Certain coin of your currency
    I would suggest maybe the highest coin of your currency
    You should then when you have any of said coin put them into the bottle/container for a year then at the end of the year the coins and take them to your bank and then rinse repeat when necessary

    me myself i am currently collecting two pound coins but have yet to find a suitable container to hold them
    thank you
    Colin

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    • Stephanie says

      That’s a good tip Colin! Do you think you could express it in a picture or a video or a Powerpoint or anything? It’s gotta be something other than text to count as an entry!

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  10. Andre Da Costa says

    http://tinyurl.com/om5kj9
    My entry is about the College Lifecycle, the demands of college life, the key elements that make up every students tertiary experience: Money, Textbooks, Time, Food (Ramen) and of course studying for your goal, with the root or starting point of all these things going back to Money and how you manage it to your advantage.

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  13. Michelle Simons says

    I believe money should be fun, really. So I have a idea for students or whomever needs to save and its cheap and kind of good. So i made a video to help save money and I need to take my own advice myself. haha. Anyway. I oh so need a laptop. I cannot afford one as many cannot. I wish all you well and good luck also, heres my entry.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-yMu6sXYbM

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  14. barbarabaker says

    Well, as much as I tried; I hope this entry will qualify for an entry. I’m not a techie pro nor do I have any spectacular tips, but so far…they’ve worked for me and my family.

    Here’s my entry for a few tips that can help put you a little closer to your financial goals:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuT-jTWWyI

    Good luck to all…even if I don’t win, I had fun!!!
    -barbarabaker 🙂

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    • barbarabaker says

      PS-

      Sorry, I thought I’d mention that the music in this video was via microsoft sample music file that comes in the computer when you purchase it…I don’t know if I should have stated that before or not.

      Thanks so much again!!!!
      -barbarabaker 🙂

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  18. Harry T. says

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/presidentoor/3346364840/

    I took that photo on a recent trip to New York (Dec, 2008). It works in two ways with relation to college. 1) As a place many college graduates think they’ll end up and 2) As a place many college students don’t understand.

    With regards to money and finances, smart investing in one’s early years can help in the long run. But simply understanding the stock market can help all types of college students in their professional careers, not just business majors.

    Thanks!

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  20. colin burton says

    hmm ok lets see if i can do this

    i know its not looking much this time but i did pay for my last trip abroad with the last collection

    Colin

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  23. Bogdizzle says

    Hiya 🙂

    I decided to take a creative approach. I made a rhyme touting a business tip and then decided to turn it into a rap. This is my first and only time trying to make a beat, so it’s nothing to write home about, but I hope someone gets a smile from it!

    I used Audacity to put together the file and a free instrumental clip for the background music (http://ibeat.org/free-rap-beats/).

    Check it out at the following link:

    http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/15222/Bogdizzle-%20Retirin%27%20Early.mp3

    If you’d like a copy of the lyrics or want to work out a record deal (HA!), drop me a line at bogdizzle@gmail.com

    Thanks!

    -Bogdizzle

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  29. John Raul Joven II says

    Last December, I tried to join HP’s Magic Giveaway Contest across 50 blogs but didn’t win. I created a video for it and I want to submit that video again for this new HP contest. My financial situation hasn’t changed (in fact, gotten worse due to recession) so if I had to recreate a video, it would still sound as the one I did before.

    So, here’s my entry and I hope you will consider me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48acHWmIXkU

    Here are the things new to me since that video:
    * I’m now 22.
    * I only earn $200/month – supporting my parents and brothers, and bring food on the table.
    * I now run a video tech podcast called Tech Conclave (go search) and hoping that all my efforts would reward me one day. However, the system I am currently using is very slow and it’s always a pain to wait 4 hours to render a 10-minute video.

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  30. Colleen C says

    I have to admit, this likely won’t be the prettiest or fanciest offering, but using the strategies illustrated in this photo saved me over $1000 last year.

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com3497/3839291821_1189634ebb_b.jpg

    How? I combine coupons (which I organize in a binder) with loyalty points cards (sign up for all of them! that way they don’t influence where you buy) and the SPC (Student Price Card) which offers 10% discounts at Zellers, where you can buy food, toiletries, clothes and college/university supplies, as well as discounts at hundreds of other stores and restaurants. Add in watching for sales, price matching and the savings add up fast.

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  35. jingooo says

    I took this photo to illustrate my fav saving tip:

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/jingooo/n122607786_37048074_5311.jpg

    Whenever I see $1 coins in my wallet (or loonies as we call them in Canada) I stash them away in a coin jar. It’s a compulsory rule I set up for myself. In the first 7 months, I was able to save up over $200 without really doing much (used the extra moo-lah during my grad trip to Japan, btw) It’s the little, but consistent savings that make a difference in the end.

    The photo was taken in Dave&Buster’s…one of those push-the-coins-over-the-edge game machines. To me, the idea of the photo resonates with the above saving tip. 🙂

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  37. Jess says

    Hi everyone! My entry is quite simple and is relative to absolutely anyone who has access to the internet. I decided to steer a little away from the ‘money’ topic and focus more on the ‘free stuff’ topic. As a university student, I know money doesn’t grow on trees, that it’s not fun to deal with and spending money…well, it’s more about saving money these days. But, wait a minute. Why buy it…when you can win it?

    http://www.myplick.com/view/cLGc2bFg0eY/Why-buy-it-when-you-can-win-it

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  43. Tanya says

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmLg8CyTTE
    My video entry is about Saving your money by utilizing coupons. This is a really easy one to do.We all see them but not everyone uses them. I started clipping coupons when I was really strapped for cash few years ago.Now it’s become a hobby and I smile every time I see the savings on the receipt. I actually have a savings account rather than living pay cheque to pay cheque. I take the money I save from coupons every month and deposit it in the bank.

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  44. Michael says

    For my contest entry, I am submitting a Haiku about a good stock investing tip. It’s like a song, only better…

    choosing the right stocks
    patience is the true virtue
    research, watch, then act!

    I got to say, for something so simple looking, I ended up spending more time on this then I would like to admit. I knew I wanted to do a Haiki because that was the first thing that popped in my head when you said song. After that, it was the matter of choosing a appropriate theme along with words to fit the tight syllable requirements.

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  48. Emma Hill says

    I loved making films when I was at school, trying to encourage my children to be creative this is one of our low budget films, keeps them occupied when we film/edit & add text & hopefully create the next Speilberg! (maybe you should see our version of ET!)We may not have much money but we can be entertained

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk0F8jNSHUI

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  57. Kailey says

    This creative video is something I pulled together for my dad Ronn Cooney, he was a key grip in the entertainment industry with a career spanning 45 years in TV, film, and commercials, he passed away on Oct 27, 2009.
    More about his background, he worked for an array of award winning directors, cameramen, and actors. His career highlights included “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1956), “Twister” (1996), and already released “Seven Pounds.” He also worked on numerous television shows including currently running “90210.” Donald M. Morgan, ASC, remembers, “Ronn had a reputation for getting the job done, whether it was helping to mold soft light, rigging car mounts, moving walls, or just quietly much needed advice. He had a big heart, and loved his work with a passion.”

    URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atj_k6h_2Hs

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  62. Chad Oliver says

    Here’s my entry:

    http://photos-a-0.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs170.snc1/6369_1196373624835_1093290508_30599752_84772_n.jpg

    This is a drawing I have on my bedroom wall. I use it to motivate myself – I have a (small) problem with wasting money, and I’m trying really hard to get over this problem, or at least stop it from getting worse.
    I actually don’t go to college yet, but I’m going next year (in NZ, the school year school starts in January), and that’s when I’ll *need* to be able to manage my money well.

    The drawing reminds me daily what will happen to my savings (I do have a little bit stored up!) if I don’t manage my impulses.

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  63. tony says

    Ah…beer. Such a staple of the college student diet. My tip is simple- a little goes a long way if you take the effort to return empty beer bottles. Most people can’t be bothered to return their bottles…but here are two good reasons to:

    1) You know they’ll be recycled for sure- great for the environment! (i sometimes wonder if all bottles get properly recycled when mixed in with all the other plastics & glass in the recycle bin. When i bring my beer empties in, they sort them into clear, brown, & green bottle batches. This makes me feel quite certain they will get recycled).

    2) Here’s the money part! While some people think the small change you get back for bringing in empties isn’t worth their effort…this is where i say a little goes a long way. My parking spot is right close to the garbage/recycle area. Sure enough, every Sunday there are on average 1-3 24 packs of empties sitting around. As i head out to the grocery store, I’ll pack my trunk full. 10 cents a bottle means $2.40 a 24 pack. I’ve easily returned over $100 of other peoples bottles by now! (of course, i might pick them up ‘later’ if there are people around…;) and only touch the boxes that look clean & dry).

    Now, keep in mind i don’t go around looking for empties…which i suppose there’s nothing wrong if you do. But for me, it’s just convenient, i’m practically walking over them going to my car.

    And once in a while I’ll flip a box of empties for a lottery ticket. Hey, why not!

    If you don’t got a car, remember that an empty box of bottles is still lighter than the groceries you’ll be carrying home.

    That’s it!

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  67. Winston says

    Greetings, Stephanie. My entry is a powerpoint on tips to savings on college textbooks.

    This is the first time I have uploaded a powerpoint online. I was a bit disappointed to find out that special effects don’t work on Slideshare. So my powerpoint is not just plain slide after slide.

    As for copyrighted material, I don’t know if this counts or not, I included some company logos as to illustrate what companies are available for students such as amazon, ebay etc. I hope that’s okay for you.

    http://www.slideshare.net/WC88/guide-to-savings-on-textbooks

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