Buffalo – Be the Ultimate Tourist!
Buffalo Niagrara invites area residents to “like” them on Facebook by offering a tantalizing and swag-worthy contest. An alluring headline boasts
“You think you have what it takes to be Buffalo’s Ultimate Tourist? 2 months, 20 attractions, 5 restaurants and 2 hotels later is how you’ll find out.”
I’ll bet the local winner of this extravaganza will bestow a hefty portion of it upon some lucky family or far-away friends that visit. No doubt they’ll keep the fancy camera for themselves.
But this contest isn’t just “Like Us” and we might pick you at random. No, the winner will really have to prove themselves as deserving of such a prize. There is a short essay to declare why you should be chosen for the grand prize. Once you’ve been crowned as the winner, the real work begins.
During a two-month window in which the winner can redeem all the goodies, the winner agrees to:
- Write two blog posts per week documenting their experiences
- Use their personal social media places like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare to share experiences with their own networks
- Allow the Buffalo Niagara CVB to use all of the above on their own website for promotional purposes
I was totally game for all of that
It just figures I get all excited about entering this very cool contest and fill out the form, waxing poetic in the “why I should win” essay field, only to read after submitting that I’m out of the running because I am not a resident of the neighboring areas. Wish there was a link to the rules beforehand. Oh well, it was fun to day dream about finding out what makes Buffalo such a cool place, if only for five minutes.
Why I love the Facebook page design
What said WOW to me when I happened upon this promotional Facebook page is the juicy photographic collage, big calls-to-action, “like” arrow and nice teaser copy. Yes, I will like you. I will even click on your other tabs to admire the other promotion you have going on for “Win a Presidential Weekend in Buffalo.” Now that’s a promo I can enter to win (hint hint, @buffaloniagara!). And what history buff wouldn’t want to experience that kind of weekend? Oh I get it – history BUFF. Hah!
In the Buffalo area? Check out this great promo from your local CVB:
Presidential Weekend in Buffalo page
