Friday, December 2, 2011

Freelancer.com $25,000 Contest Update

Hello, d945gcnlx!

Win up to US$25,000 in our 2nd last newsletter for 2011:

* CONTEST: Expose our Logo to win up to US$25,000 cash!
* VOTE FOR US: To win at Techcrunch's 2012 Crunchies Awards
* New Feature: Video Contests are now on Freelancer.com
* Matt Barrie wins 2011 Ernst & Young Tech Entrepreneur Award
* Withdrawing funds? Here's the schedule for the holidays

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CONTEST: Expose our Logo to win up to US$25,000 cash!

We want you to show off the Freelancer.com logo, to as many
people as you can, and capture your adventure on video! The
most viral, musical, visible or publicity gathering entries
will win US$25,000 in 10 prize categories!

The competition began on November 15 and runs until January
31 and is open to registered Freelancer.com members worldwide.

We're looking for creativity and imagination, but we also want
you to have fun and get all your friends to vote for your
entry to win the coveted People's Choice Award, worth US$5,000!

We're accepting entries now and, to find out more about the
Rules, Prizes and How to Enter visit the official contest site:

https://www.freelancer.com/competitions/

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VOTE FOR US: To win at Techcrunch's 2012 Crunchies Awards

The 5th Annual Crunchies Awards, in January 2012, are
TechCrunch's way of recognizing the best startups and
technology. We've dominated just about every 2011 awards
ceremony and, with your votes, we'll start the new year by
winning 3 Awards!

VOTE NOW and show TechCrunch how powerful your vote, and
that of 3 million others just like you, really is!
Please visit the URL below and nominate us in the 3 categories
underneath the link:

http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/nominate/

- Best International Startup 2011 (Nominee: Freelancer.com)
- Best Overall Startup 2011 (Nominee: Freelancer.com)
- CEO of the Year (Nominee: Matt Barrie, Freelancer.com)

We appreciate your support and proudly look forward to
representing you at the awards in San Francisco!

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New Feature: Video Contests are now on Freelancer.com

Starting at just US$290, video contests are ideal for
individuals and businesses that need quality multimedia
content for their online or offline activities.

Whether you need a professional Youtube clip, instructional
guide or training video, get hundreds of entries just by posting
your contest and telling thousands of videographers what you
want!

Create your contest by selecting Video, under Multimedia, at:

http://www.freelancer.com/contest/welcome/

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Matt Barrie wins 2011 Ernst & Young Tech Entrepreneur Award

It's been a good year for Matt, our CEO, and winning the 2011
Ernst & Young "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year" Award,
earlier this month, capped it off perfectly!

Matt has now won 2 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards this year,
from one of the world's leading business advisory firms as well
as Australia's leading magazine for business and thought
leadership, Business Review Weekly (BRW).

Congratulations Matt! You can learn more about the award by
reading our blog post:

http://blog.freelancer.com/uncategorized/boom-our-ceo-just-won-the-2011-ernst-young-technology-entrepreneur-of-the-year/

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Withdrawing funds? Here's the schedule for the holidays

This is very important for anyone who's planning to withdraw
funds from their Freelancer account before the end of the year.

Please ensure you lodge your withdrawal requests by 5pm EDT on
Wednesday 21st December, otherwise you'll get your funds after
they're processed on Friday December 30th.

Here's the schedule for withdrawal cut offs over the holidays:

5pm EDT Sunday 18th December - normal
5pm EDT Wednesday 21st December - normal
No withdrawals on Tuesday 27th December
5pm EDT Wednesday 28th December - normal
5pm EDT Sunday 1st January - normal

Note: There will be no withdrawals on Tuesday 27th December.

That's it for now! We'll announce the Suggestion of the Month
Winner for November in our final newsletter for 2011.


Regards
Matt Barrie

Chief Executive
Freelancer.com


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