ZoomAtlas Launches $10,000 Reunion Contest
Geo-social networking website celebrates a half million users by launching a contest to help reconnect people with friends and family from past
07.29.2010 - BOSTON - July 29, 2010 - In celebration of reaching a half million users, ZoomAtlas, a geo-social networking website, today announced the launch of a
Reunion Contest through which reunion teams will compete to win $10,000 towards a reunion party. Participating teams will complete various tasks to earn points and the team with the most points will be the grand prize winner of the contest, which will be announced Jan. 31, 2011.
The
contest is open to individuals interested in having a reunion of any kind, including family reunions, high school reunions, college reunions, neighborhood reunions, workplace reunions, summer camp reunions, military reunions, and more. Reunion teams are formed around a physical location on the ZoomAtlas map that is of significance to the reunion group.s past, such as a school, college, town, neighborhood, summer camp, house of worship or place of employment.
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To participate in the contest, individuals create or join a reunion team on the
contest page, and then start earning points by recruiting new team members and posting "I was here" and "I am looking for..." notes. Teams can also earn bonus points for:
- Early join
- Linking account through Facebook Connect
- Becoming a Facebook fan
- Facebook Wall Invites
- Posting notes in multiple states
- Discussion Notes
- Invitation Notes
- Active user bonus (awarded to members who have linked to Facebook, became a Facebook fan and posted at least two notes on ZoomAtlas)
Points are awarded to reunion teams automatically, and teams can track their progress, view team rankings and collaborate with team members using the discussion board on the contest page. Team members must be registered on ZoomAtlas or link to their Facebook account using Facebook Connect. Team members who are already active users of ZoomAtlas will be awarded points for their past activity on ZoomAtlas.
The Reunion Contest will run from July 29 to Dec. 31, 2010. The grand prize winner will receive a $10,000 award to be applied towards food, drinks, venue rental and entertainment for the reunion party as well as travel vouchers for the top scoring team members. The second place team will receive $1,000 and the third place team will receive $500 towards a reunion party, covering venue rental, food, and drinks. For the official contest rules and scoring details, visit http://www.zoomatlas.com/contest_rules.html.
About ZoomAtlas
ZoomAtlas, founded by Mark Sherman in 2007, is a free, social map that enables individuals to reconnect with friends, family and places from their past by posting notes at important places in their past or present. Since its website launch in November 2009, www.zoomatlas.com has received more than 580,000 unique visitors and 62,700 posted notes.