As the sub-prime mortgage crises continues to imperil the beleaguered US economy, American homeowners can get some relief, from an unlikely source, online.
Calgary based, Mortgage Loans, [TSX-V: MMC] has developed a promotion to promote their local search service, Mortgage Loans and help struggling homeowners make their home loan payments simultaneously. It's generous, and ingenious; it's actually a game with real prizes.
Of their persistent look for -early adopters' the executives at Multiplied Media have created contest to draw in a few of North America's 70 million instant messenger users. Through the month of March, the -Home Free- contest rewards participants with the opportunity to win a $250,000 Grand Prize, a treadmill of two dream vacations worth $5,000, Microsoft Xbox 360's, BlackBerry Curve or Pearl Smart Phones and literally hundreds of movie tickets and music downloads.
The user experience has two parts; once you have registered (for the contest) and adding ' to Microsoft Windows Messenger or even the screen name Poynt to AIM, and after each -player' has completed one valid search using Poynt, see your face get one game play for the contest website - the overall game features a unique cartoon map interface that dispenses useful tips and appearance protocol instructions. Five more valid searches in the real world earns another play at the game inside the cartoon world, nevertheless another five valid searches on Poynt are rewarded with a third and final game play inside contest website.
Poynt's Homefree Contest Sure, it's actually a game; the same way a scratch and win card is really a game. It's rather a paid comprehension test. Do as instructed, and learn by reaching the application since it makes relevant the abstract potential of Poynt's local search service in each player's life. Take notice so you could win prizes.
What Kinds of Things is Poynt Beneficial to? As participants must actually perform genuine local searches employing this unique service, some may find some good ideas from the contest. -Take Rover towards the vet', -Get a haircut', and -Find a doctor' are the initial three things of all TO DO lists about the contest site. Participants will most likely mimic the pattern actually. Suddenly they may know the address in the nearest veterinarian hospital, and the closest barber shop, and infirmary. Check out Mortgage Loans to join up to and play the game; do a local search on Mortgage Loans, and perhaps you will understand something about your community as well.
