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TRENDSETTING GURUS CONTEST

TOPVOICE.COM

 

TopVoice is seeking trendsetting gurus!

 

Are you always the first to rock the latest fashion or snag the hottest gadgets? Do your friends turn to you for expert shopping tips? You could be a TopVoice Guru!

 

TopVoice is looking for passionate shoppers to share their product insight and wisdom. Write product reviews for the categories of your expertise by using the comment boxes on TopVoice. The contest will run for 8 weeks, beginning <DATE> to <DATE>. The TopVoice member with the highest Influence Score for each category will be crowned a TopVoice Guru and will win a $250 Amazon.com Shopping Spree to spend on products of their choice. Here are the categories:

 

-  Gear, Tech & Toys Guru

-  Handsome & Gorgeous Guru

-  Daily Faves Guru

 

Browse Discover at www.topvoice.com/discover to find products in your categories. Products for each category are as follows:

 

-  Gear, Tech & Toys - Automobile, Electronics, Gadgets, Technology

 

-  Handsome & Gorgeous - Fashion, Health & Beauty, Sports

 

-  Daily Faves: House &Home, Services, Health & Beauty

 

 

Once you've selected your products on Discover, leave your reviews on them. That's it!

 

Now, it's time to show off your shopping know-how. Let's see if your influence can earn you the TopVoice Guru title!

 

 

See official rules below for details.

 

 

 

TOPVOICE TRENDSETTING GURUS CONTEST 2011 OFFICIAL RULES

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

VALID IN THE 50 UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND/OR CANADA ONLY.

OPEN ONLY TO TOPVOICE.COM USERS.

 

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

 

The TopVoice Trendsetting Gurus Contest (the "Contest") is a contest where participants may gain "Influence Points" for influencing friends with written reviews on products or brands featured on TopVoice.

 

Influence Points can also be earned through influencing friends with Facebook "Likes" and TopVoice "Stamps" on ads, products or brands of their choice.  

 

This contest will run for eight weeks, beginning <DATE> and ending <DATE> at 11:59:59  PM (ET). Every week, on every Friday by  0:00  the TopVoice member with the highest Influence Score for each category will be crowned a TopVoice in his category.  At the end of the contest, an average of the weekly scores based on the number of weeks the participant has been participating will determine the winner for each category.   Winners will receive  a $250USD Amazon.com Shopping Spree to spend on products in their categories. Here are the categories:

 

-  Gear, Tech & Toys

-  Handsome & Gorgeous

-  Daily Faves

 

Products can be found on the Discover page at www.topvoice.com/discover. Products for each category are as follows:

 

-  Gear, Tech & Toys - Automobile, Electronics, Gadgets, Technology, Services

 

-  Handsome & Gorgeous - Fashion, Health & Beauty, House & Home

 

-  Daily Faves

 

 

The Winner or TopVoice Guru for each category will be announced no later than <DATE> on the TopVoice.com website as well as via email.

 

No single participant may win more than one prize, regardless of whether or not they have the highest overall Influence Score for more than one category.

 

1. BINDING AGREEMENT: By participating in this Contest, you are agreeing to these Official Rules ("Rules").  You agree that submission and/or maintenance of an entry in the Contest constitutes agreement to these Rules. You may not submit and/or maintain an entry to the Contest, and you are not eligible to receive the prizes described in these Rules, unless you agree to these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and TopVoice with respect to the Contest.  If you do not wish to agree to the Rules, you must withdraw your entry from the Contest before the end of the Contest Period.  You may do this by contacting TopVoice via email at contact@topvoice.com

 

2. SPONSOR: The Contest is sponsored by TopVoice (9198-7412 Quebec, Inc.), 154 Grand St., New York, NY 10013 ("TopVoice" or "Sponsor").

 

3. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to enter the contest, you must be a member of the TopVoice.com community and own only one unique TopVoice.com account.  You must also be a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and/or Canada only.  

 

4. CONTEST PERIOD:  This contest will run for eight weeks, beginning <DATE> and ending <DATE> at 11:59:59  PM (ET).

 

5. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Sign up for a wwww.topvoice.com account via wwww.topvoice.com using the "Log In with Facebook" button. Participants may gain "Influence Points" for influencing friends with written reviews on products or brands featured on TopVoice. Influence Points can also be earned through influencing friends with Facebook "Likes" and TopVoice "Stamps" on ads, products or brands of their choice.  Influence ponts are calculated by an algorithm using a combination of the following factors: participant's reach, engagement and direct influence on friends (clicks, comments, etc).

  

6. JUDGING: Participants will be judged according to their overall TopVoice Influence Score for each category.  In the case of any discrepancy between a user's Influence Score on their Dashboard and a user's score on the Wall of Fame (www.topvoice.com/leaderboard), the score displayed on the Wall of Fame will be the score considered as accurate for this contest.  

 

In the case that there is a tie for one of the categories, each participant that is tied with the highest Influence Score will receive an equal share of the prize. 

 

7. PRIZES: Odds of winning any prize depends partly on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and the total influence of the entrants for each entry. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prizes is allowed, except at Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in whole or in part, of equal or greater monetary value if a prize cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. The prize(s) may be subject to additional restrictions, terms and conditions, agreements and/or licenses at Sponsor's sole discretion.

 

Three potential winners (one for each category) will be selected at the end of the eight week promotion.  The potential winners must respond to the emails notifying them of their potential selection as a winner within 48 hours. If any potential winner does not respond to the notification attempt within forty-eight hours of the first notification attempt, an email notification will be sent to notify the potential winner of their disqualification. No alternate potential winner will be selected from among the remaining users. Sponsor's determination of the final scores, and all other Sponsor calculations and decisions relating to judging, Influence Scores, reviews and "Stamping," are final and binding.  

 

Except where prohibited by law, each potential winner may be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility and such accompanying releases and licenses as may be necessary to effectively award the prize(s) to the winning TopVoice.com user(s). If required, the potential winner(s) must return all such documents within forty-eight hours of Sponsor's attempted notification or such potential winner(s) will be deemed to have forfeited the prize. No alternate potential winner will be selected from among the remaining users.

 

8. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  TopVoice reserves the right to disqualify any entrant from the Contest if, in Sponsor's sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other entrants, viewers, or the Contest Entities.

 

9. PRIVACY: Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes of conducting and administering the Contest. This data may also be used by Sponsor to verify an entrant's identity, postal address and telephone number in the event a entrant qualifies for any applicable prize as well as to deliver the applicable prize(s). Entrants have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by TopVoice in connection with the Contest by writing to TopVoice at contact@topvoice.com.  Otherwise, all personal information that is collected from the entrant is subject to TopVoice's Privacy Policy, located at http://www.topvoice.com/privacy.

 

10. PUBLICITY. By accepting a prize, entrant agrees that Sponsor and its agencies may use the entrant's image and accompanying branding materials and features for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law or circumscribed by separate agreement between entrant and TopVoice.

 

11. ELIMINATION: Any false information provided within the context of the Contest by any entrant concerning identity, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of right or non-compliance with these Rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the entrant from the Contest.

 

12. INTERNET: Contest Entities are not responsible for any malfunction of the entire Contest Site or any late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed Ads or related materials due to system errors, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or other telecommunication transmission malfunctions, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, typographical or system/human errors and failures, technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cable connections, satellite transmissions, servers or providers, or computer equipment, traffic congestion on the Internet or at the Contest Site, or any combination thereof, including other telecommunication, cable, digital or satellite malfunctions which may limit an entrant's ability to participate.

 

13. RIGHT TO CANCEL, MODIFY OR DISQUALIFY. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Contest or Contest Site. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any web site, including the Contest Site, or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent of the applicable law.

 

14. NOT AN OFFER OR CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER LEGAL RELATIONSHIP: Under no circumstances shall the awarding of a prize, or anything in these Rules be construed as an offer or contract of employment or other legal relationship with any Contest Entity. You acknowledge that you have entered the Contest voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. You acknowledge that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between you and TopVoice.

 

15. FORUM AND RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL PROCEDURES: These Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. If any provision(s) of these Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief or make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and all participants expressly waive any and all such rights.

 

16. ARBITRATION: By entering the Contest, you agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute, claim, or demand related in any way to the Contest will be decided by binding arbitration. All disputes between you and Sponsor of whatsoever kind or nature arising out of these Rules, shall be submitted to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS") for binding arbitration under its rules then in effect in the New York, New York, USA area, before one arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by both parties. The parties agree to share equally in the arbitration costs incurred.

 

17. DISQUALIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYEE FAMILIES: All employees of TopVoice and family members of TopVoice employees are disqualified from Contest entry.  Employees of TopVoice and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate and win.  The term "immediate family" includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws," or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.

 

18. WINNER'S LIST: You may request a list of Contest winners after <DATE> but before <DATE> by emailing contact@topvoice.com.  Please state in the subject: REQUEST TOPVOICE GURUS WINNERS LIST.