Don’t miss this great opportunity to join Vicinity and begin turning occasional customers into regular customers by rewarding them for their loyalty. Plus if you join now, you’ll be eligible to WIN* $1000 in marketing support with Vicinity.
We’ll help you spread the word, think about what a $1000 can do for your business! You choose the marketing piece that’ll works best for your business. That could be Facebook advertising, local store marketing with flyers or door hangers, radio ads, or newspaper ads – and that’s just naming a few. Vicinity will work with you to co-brand the design, produce and execute your custom piece.
To book a FREE demo, click here or call 1 844 2 VICINITY.
BONUS: Sign up before July 1st and we will increase your offer to $1,500!
*To be eligible, new merchant must be on the network for a minimum of 31 paid days and have a minimum of 50 cardholders registered.
Contest closes July 31, 2014.
How to take advantage of this promotion and be eligible to win:
1. Join Vicinity. Get a free 30-day trial with no term contract & no cancellation fees.
2. Turn occasional customers into regulars by rewarding them for their loyalty.
3. You’ll be automatically entered for a chance to WIN* $1,000 in marketing support.
Prizing details:
You choose the type of marketing support that will work best for you. We will work with
you on the Vicinity co-branded creative, production, and execution to generate awareness
of your business’ new loyalty offering in your community.
Find some examples to get you started below:
CONTEST RULES
The 1000th Location Celebration contest (the “Contest”) is presented and administrated by Vicinity, a business unit within Rogers Communications Inc. (herein referred as “Vicinity” or “Contest Sponsor”). No purchase necessary.
ELIGIBILITY – The Contest is open to small business retailers in Canada excluding residents of Quebec. For better clarity, “small business retailer” means a retail merchant and the eligible person to enter the Contest is the owner or manager operating the retail business (individually “entrant” and altogether “entrants”). Entrants must have reached to age of majority to be eligible
Employees of Contest Sponsor, its parent and affiliated companies, representatives, dealers and agents, contest suppliers and judges, and those with whom they are domiciled are not eligible to enter. Entrants under the age of majority must, prior to participating in the Contest, obtain the consent of their parent(s) or legal guardian, who will be considered the Contest entrant.
CONTEST PERIOD – The Contest is being held from June 27th 9:00 am until 11:59 pm on July 31, 2014.
All times are Eastern Daylight Saving
HOW TO ENTER
- Obtain one (1) automatic entry for each merchant that joins the Vicinity network. Eligible merchant must be installed on or before July 31st, 2014 and must remain on the paid network for minimum 31 days. Merchant must also have 50 cardholders registered to their loyalty program.
- To enter without any cost, send a unique and original 500 word handwritten letter on how loyalty is currently being offered to your customers along with your name, address and day/evening phone number plus the name of your retail business in an envelope with sufficient postage to 545 Lake Shore Blvd. West Toronto, Ontario M5V 1A4 to be received on or before the Contest Closing Date. One (1) entry per envelope. Each mail-in entry will count as one (1) entry in the monthly draw in which the mail-in entry is received.
- Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or any entry methods not authorized by these rules shall be deemed as tampering and will void all of your entries. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, contain erroneous contact or entry information or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified by the Contest Sponsor.
- If entry to this Contest is by means of a third party service or site (a “Third Party Service”), such as Facebook or Twitter or any other social media site, entrants must have an account with the applicable Third Party Service. By creating an account with the Third Party Service, the entrant agrees to comply with the Third Party Service’s Terms of Service. This Contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by any Third Party Service. Facebook entrants, if applicable, acknowledge that the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook and that any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest should be directed to the Contest Sponsors and not to Facebook. By entering this Contest by means of a Third Party Service, if applicable, you completely release any such Third Party Service of all liability in relation to your participation in the Contest.
PRIZE(S) – Entrants are eligible to win one (1) prize, which is consisted of:
- One (1) CDN$1500 Marketing Support package for merchants that sign up before July 1 2014. If the selected winner signs after July 1, 2014 prize includes One (1) Cdn$1000 Marketing Support package. Vicinity will work with the merchant to select the most appropriate marketing vehicles co-branded with Vicinity. This may include but is not limited to Facebook advertising, newspaper, radio or local store marketing. Prize includes media value, production and execution at a combined retail value of CDN$1500 or CDN$1000.
- The approximate retail value indicated above for each prize is the approximate retail value of the prize at the launch of the Contest. No financial compensation will be made or required if actual costs are lower than the indicated retail value.
DRAW – A random draw by a representative of the Contest Sponsor or an independent agency from all entries received will be made on or about August 15, 2014 at theoffice of Contest Sponsor or the independent agency. Selected entrant will be contacted by email or by phone or through their Twitter account.
CONFIRMATION OF WINNER(S) – If the selected entrant cannot be reached within three (3) business days following the first attempt of contact, incorrectly answers the skill-testing question, declines the prize, or fails to return a Release of Liability as specified below, Contest Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to select another entrant or to cancel the prize.
To be declared a winner, selected entrants must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question administrated by email or posed by phone at a mutually convenient time; and may need to return a signed Declaration of Compliance with the Contest Rules and a full Liability and Publicity Release.ACCEPTANCE OF PRIZE(S) – Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and is/are not transferable, redeemable, refundable or exchangeable for cash and not replaceable if lost/stolen. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in whole or in part, with a prize of at least equal value in the event of the unavailability, for whatever reason, of the advertised prize.
RULINGS-Rulings by Contest Sponsor are final and without appeal in all matters related to the promotion, the administration of the Contest and the awarding of the prizes.
ODDS OF WINNING – Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries. Contest Sponsor takes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed entries, or for typographical or other production errors. Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest. All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor.
CONSENT TO PUBLICITY – By entering this Contest and/or accepting a prize, entrants consent to the use of their entry, name, city of residence and/or voice, statements, any photographs or other likenesses for publicity, advertising or informational purposes carried out by the Contest Sponsor and/or its advertising agencies in any medium or format without further notice or compensation.
LEGISLATION – The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.
COMMUNICATIONS – No communications will be entered into except with selected entrants. To receive a copy of the list of the winners, send a postage-paid, self-addressed envelope on or before the Contest Closing Dateto: Vicinity or visit go.vicinityrewards.ca/blog/1000locations
PRIVACY- Vicinity is collecting personal data about entrants for the purpose of administering this Contest. No further informational or marketing communications will be received by entrants unless entrants provide Vicinity with explicit permission to do so. Please see the Privacy Policy of Vicinity at www.vicinityrewards.ca (Legal tab) for information on its policy towards maintaining the privacy and security of user information.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY – By entering this Contest, entrants release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotional agencies and the contest judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with this Contest or, if declared a winner, the prize.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY – Releasees do not assume any responsibility and each entrant releases Releasees from any and all claims, actions, damages, loss, injury, costs, demands and liabilities of whatever nature or kind arising in connection with the Contest and/or prizes including, without limitation, the administration of the Contest, the selection and confirmation of Winner, and the awarding and use of the prize.
Contest Sponsor assumes no responsibility for failure of the internet or the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.This Contest will be run in accordance with these rules, subject to amendment by Contest Sponsor. Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the Contest. The terms of this Contest, as set out in these rules, are not subject to amendment or counter-offer, except as set out herein.
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