# Facebook Contests: What’s not to LIKE?

- Link: https://chatterblast.com/blog/facebook-contests-whats-not-to-like/
- Published: 2012-02-15T22:46:03-05:00
- Author: chatterblastteam

Here at ChatterBlast, we LOVE a good contest! To be honest – who doesn’t? Whether
you’re buying a lottery ticket for $10 million, or putting your name in a box to
get free cookies, entering and winning contests is the American way.  Keeping our
fingers on the pulse of the digital world, we’re shining the spotlight on three 
interesting Facebook contests: [ProFresh Breath’s Extreme Breath Makeover](http://www.facebook.com/ProFreshBreath),
the [Servicemembers Legal Defense Network’s T-Shirt Design Contest](http://www.facebook.com/sldnfb),
and [Bank of Hawaii’s Vacation Getaway](http://www.facebook.com/bankofhawaii?sk).

The first contest we cover is ProFresh Breath’s Extreme Breath Makeover. The contest
is designed to entertain, inform, and create buzz about the Oral Rinse product. 
Users are asked to write a few sentences about a friend or loved one who has putrid
breath. The most creative, humorous, or downright disgusting stories will win. The
contest runs for four weeks with one contestant per week winning a patented [ProFresh Breath Starter Kit](http://shop.profresh.com/detail_K001__4__bad%20breath%20halitosis.html).
There will also be four runners-up who will be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE. What
could this prize be, you ask? A full year’s supply of ProFresh (that’s a whole lot
of fresh breath)!

![MICHAEL_2-15-12-A](https://chatterblast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MICHAEL_2-
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The [Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)](http://www.sldn.org/) T-Shirt 
Design Contest is similar to ProFresh in execution. The contest asks the creative
fans of the SLDN Facebook page to enter a unique T-Shirt design concept. The SLDN
is celebrating its 20th Anniversary as a non-profit organization that serves to 
bring attention to LGBT equality in the U.S. military. The recent [repeal of DADT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_ask,_don't_tell),
combined with SLDN’s 20th Anniversary is a true reason for all LGBT military members
to celebrate. The proposed contest will allow the lucky contest winner to have their
unique design featured on the official 20th Anniversary SLDN T-shirt. There’s nothing
better than creating art and supporting a great cause in the process. In conjunction
with the social aspect, public relations and integrated communications brought this
to the attention of their entire community.

![MICHAEL_2-15-12-B](https://chatterblast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MICHAEL_2-
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The third contest is a sweepstakes that has got us sipping coconut milk and working
on our hula dance. Having seen [Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/),
Hawaii is as high as [Mount Mauna Kea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea) on
our bucket list of places to go. The Bank of Hawaii’s Facebook sweepstakes puts 
our dream vacation within our grasp. The contest offers a 3-night deluxe suite accommodation
at the [Grand Wailea – Waldorf Astoria Resort](http://www.grandwailea.com/) and 
60,000 Hawaiian Miles. It’s as simple as “liking” Bank of Hawaii’s Facebook page
and registering for the sweepstakes. We promise to send you a postcard if we win!

![MICHAEL_2-15-12-C](https://chatterblast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MICHAEL_2-
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All three contests are simple to enter. Simply click the “Like” button on the ProFresh,
SLDN, or Bank of Hawaii Facebook page and then click their Contest Tab on the side.
Follow the prompts to enter you name, contact info, and story or design.

The best part about utilizing contests through Facebook is that they are INTERACTIVE.
In order to win the GRAND PRIZE for a contest, your story or design must receive
the most “Likes” or votes over the other entries. This serves as an excellent way
to raise awareness of a brand through the entrants’ personal networks while encouraging
participation on the Facebook page. With all these Facebook contests what are you
waiting for? You gotta LIKE to WIN!