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The New Brickfish Entry Editor!

The Brickfish new and improved Entry Editor is a design tool that provides an easy and fun way to create campaign entry masterpieces. User generated content is created by uploading and choosing assets, changing colors and adding original text.

Take a look at The Wackness Graffiti Throw Down and browse some of the excellent movie posters that have been created so far. Vote for the ones you like or use them as inspiration to create your own!

If Whole Foods and Granola Planks cereal are more your thing, Design an ad for Honest Foods! invites users to use to the Entry Editor to create what could be the next promotional advertisement for Honest Foods.

If you have already used the Entry Editor, leave us a comment and tell us what you think! 

We are excited to announce some new features in the Brickfish community.

Here at Brickfish we strive to continually improve our site and platform, while constantly taking feedback from our members into account.

As you may have seen, campaigns now have an Overview page. The Overview page provides you with a quick summary of important instructions and prizing for each campaign. Pressed for time and not sure what a campaign is about? Take a quick look by clicking on the Overview Tab!

 

We have reorganized the Frequently Asked Questions as well. The FAQs are now organized by subject. This will make it easier for you to navigate if a question should arise. As always we are here to answer any questions you may have. If you find your question unanswered with the FAQs, contact membersupport@brickfish.com and let us help you out.

We are also very excited to introduce a new Winner Highlights section to each campaign page where a winner interview has taken place. We realize the story of one’s creations and entries never end after a campaign. Sometimes winners love to tell their story, and we at Brickfish love to share it with you. If you have won a campaign and want to tell your story, drop us a line at brickfishrewards@brickfish.com.

One another feature we want to tell you about is the Spotlight makeover. Check it out and find featured entries we love, new sweepstakes with awesome prizes and great stories about our winners.

We will continue to bring new exciting features and upgrades to you now and in the future. Let us know what you think!

Nike wants you to Show Us Your Better

Think your Power is all powerful?

Think your Quick smells like French toast?

Some may think their baby’s better is better than your better. Others may coerce you into thinking their downward dog will make you walk away with your tail between your legs. Some might even go so far as to say, “My power moves mountains and anything else in my way.”

Now it’s your turn to show us your better. So come on, Quickie Von Quick-Quick, enter the “Show Us Your Better” Video Contest and prove that your Speed doesn’t move like a gravy boat.

All you have to do is post an original video (up to 60 seconds) that shows us why your better is better. If you bring it and your better really is better, you’ll win an Ultimate Nike SPARQ Training Pack with all the gear you need to take your game to the next level. We’ll even help you get the creative juices flowing with the Nike SPARQ Training video kit. Just download the kit, get inspired, then get to work. May the best better win.

SHOW US YOUR BETTER Video Contest Brickfish

New Feature Makes It Easier to Rise to the Top

We’ve seen your entries appear all over the internet on Facebook, Myspace, Xanga, AIM and beyond! More and more people are taking advantage of our easy Post to Websites and Embed tools to help generate excitement around an entry and rise to the top of internet fame.

To keep the excitement going, we’re adding a great new feature to help you get even more support for your entries. This new feature is launching soon, but we’re proud to offer you a sneak peak.
Now friends and family can vote wherever your entry appears! Every time an entry appears on another site (like MySpace) using the Post to Websites and Embed tools, visitors to those sites will be able to vote directly on an entry without coming to Brickfish! They simply click the “vote” button below the entry and that vote registers in the campaign!

What does this mean for you?  The more people vote for an entry, the more your score increases in the rankings!

Along with the new vote feature, we’ve revamped the look of the player to better feature the entry and help make it easier to pass along.

You can check out the latest fashionistas in SiTV’s Ultimate Fashion Challenge or read funny sports stories in Rotohog’s Share Your Funniest Sports Moment! campaign. It’s easy to share an entry and easy to earn other great rewards from Brickfish.

Dive in to one of the current campaigns.

What is Brickfish (to you)?

A brick shaped like a fish?  A fish shaped like a brick?  How would you describe Brickfish to a friend?  We’ve told you about the great campaigns and prizes we’re offering, but we’ve never gotten down to the idea behind Brickfish.  We’re a lot of things, but here is how I see Brickfish.
                                             

I don’t want to toot our own horn, but who am I kidding—if I didn’t think it was a great idea, I wouldn’t be here.  I see Brickfish as an amazing site that brings together an incredible group of individuals with shared interests.  Be it art, design, photographs, or blogs, we want to unite our members and guests through campaigns that are relevant to them.  On top of that, we want to reward you for being fantastic members, by offering one-of-a- kind experiences.

                                                                                  

Where else would you find the opportunity to earn a virtual mentorship with top New York designer Thakoon?  How about having your artwork featured on a CodeMaster’s site?  Sing on stage with Grammy Award winning artist like Rascal Flatts?  The list goes on and on.

                                                         

But the real story behind Brickfish is... YOU.  You are the heart and soul of what we are.  Your enthusiasm, your creativity, your imagination allows us to be amazing.  So, thank you.
 

Let us know “What is Brickfish to you?”  Drop us a comment here or on our profile.  We love your thoughts and feedback!

                                    

Cheers,

Josselyn

Your Brickfish Team

 

All eyes on the Prize!

We've been getting some knockout pictures in our latest Kodak contest "Pricey Ink—You're Fired! Photo Contest". The eyes are coming in fast and furious.  You name it, we've got it - human eyes, pet eyes, colorful eyes, multiple eyes, and many more.

I'd be scared to have a staring contest with any of these entrants.  Do they have enough to take the title.....that remains to be seen.

If you think the eyes have it, be sure to check out the campaign and vote for your favorite.  Voting and reviewing can qualify you for our weekly sweepstakes for great cash prizes.

Get A Laugh Out Of Taxes!!

We all know that the best videos on the Web don’t rise to Internet fame by themselves. It’s the fans that share it with friends and family that truly make videos “Viral”.

Brickfish has teamed up with Intuit to launch the “Tax Laugh Promoters Contest” to finally reward people who share video. It’s time to recognize the little people!

You can get started in 3 easy steps: 

Step 1: Pick your favorite tax comedy video on the TurboTax TaxLaugh Promoters Contest page on Brickfish.

 

Step 2: Watch the videos on the right and select your favorite comedian. Click on the green Promote Now button to choose your Tax Laugh comedian to promote.

Step 3: Fill out the Submit Entry form to finalize your entry. Don't forget to start your blog with the sentence, "This TurboTax TaxLaugh comedian should win because..."

Step 4: Start sharing your entry all over the internet with the Post to Websites and Embed tools! See how much attention you are getting by checking out your entry's Viral Map™. The more you share, the closer you bring yourself to winning!

There’s a Flip Video Camcorder, 3 day Trip to Sunny Southern California and tickets to a Jay Mohr show waiting for you.

Remember to let your friends and fans on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, LiveJournal, myYearbook, and Xanga know about your cool TaxLaugh entry. The more you encourage them to check out your entry, the better your chances of winning!!

 

 

$2,000 Added to Your Baby Love Campaign

Great News!  We've added some additional prizes to the Your Baby Love campaign.  Not only can you win an HDTV, Video Camera, and MP3 players......we've added $2,000 in scholarships/cash.  If that is not incentive to Lip Sync, Mime, Dance or Sing your way to fame and fortune, we don't know what is.  But let's face it, not everyone has the talent gene in them.  Don't worry.  We've also got some great sweepstake prizes just for voting and reviewing other people's entries!  Some TV shows make you pay to get your vote counted....we're  rewarding you.  It's a match made in heaven!

Lights, Camera, See yourself on your new HDTV

That's right, belt out your rendition Nicole Scherzinger's "Baby Love" for a chance to win a 40" Samsung  LCD HDTV, camcorder, and tons of other great prizes.  It's that easy.  We've seen your Air Guitar, we've heard how you convinced a buddy to buy a big screen TV, now let's here your singing chops.  Are you as smooth and sexy as Nicole?  Can you mix a beat like Timbaland? 

Or are you more like William Hung from American Idol (remember him)? 

Don't know the lyrics, we've got you covered....just scroll below.  Worried about your competition....check them out here.  So what are you waiting for, break out your webcam or camcorder and start singing, you might just be the next internet superstar!

Want to see how one entrant sang it (just click play)

            

Need the lyrics -
(Nicole)
I remember like it was yesterday
First kiss and I knew you changed the game
You had me, exactly, where you wanted
And i'm on it, and I aint ever gon let you get away
Holding hands never made me feel this way
So special, boy its your..
Your smile, we so in Love (lalalalaaa)
Yeeeah we so in Love (Lalalalalaaa)
And I just can't get enough of your
Lalala Lovee
Yeeah we so in love LOVE
I want you to know...

You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every everything that I could ever dream of
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every every every everything

In a minute now we're still holding it down
Butterflies everytime he come around
You make me, so crazy, its crazy, ohh baby
I don't ever wanna be with no one else
You're the only one that ever made me mad
You're special, boy it's your, your style
We so in Love (lalalalalaaa)
Yeeeah we so in love Lalalalalalaa
And I just can't get enough
Of your lalala Love
Yeah thats all i'm thinking of
LOVE, I want you to know

You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every everything that I could ever dream of
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every everything that I could ever dream of
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every everything that I could ever dream of
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up

Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every every every everything

Everything everything ohh
Everything everything ohh

(Guy)
You always and forever you my sunshine
On my mind constant
Think about you all the time (you're my everything)

(Nicole)
Everything everything ohh
Everything everything ohh

(Guy)
You ma new school (love)
You ma old school (love)
And it's so true you're the one i'm thinking of

(Nicole)
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every everything that I could ever dream of
You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every every every everything

You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every every every everything

You are my baby love my baby love
You make the sun come up
(you make the sun come up on a cloudy day, you're my number one, you're my special thing)
Ohh boy (ohh boy)
You're my every every every everything

Everything everything ohh
Everything everything ohh

You are my baby baby baby babe love

Everything everything ohh
Everything everything ohh

You're my everything
You are my baby baby baby baby love

Entries have left the building

Campaigns are heating up as the year is winding down to a close and people are sharing, reviewing and voting like never before!  With the new update to Brickfish, you can now see where the action is.  By checking out the campaign Viral Maps™, you can see that the maps are getting larger and spreading out far and wide across the internet.  My favorite thus far is from Pets that look like their Owners (see below).  There is a lot of good sharing action on Live Journal and Facebook...and you can see how Myspace is getting some good secondary shares (in Blue).  Keep up the great work and keep on sharing!