Rules & Regulations

Sweepstakes Rules & Regulations

Federated Media, Small Business Marketing Guide Sweepstakes

OFFICIAL RULES & REGULATIONS
Sponsored by Federated Media Publishing, Inc. (”Sponsor”).
NO ENTRY FEE. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. Entry deadline is 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time the day of each drawing. One (1) winner will be chosen per Weekly Drawing from the weekly entries, and one (1) Grand Prize winner will be chosen from all entries.

Eligibility: The Federated Media Small Business Marketing Guide Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) is open to legal residents of the U.S. eighteen (18) years of age or older, as of the date of entry, who have an active e-mail account and Internet access as of the beginning of the Promotion period. Employees of Federated Media (Sponsor) and Hewlett-Packard (Prize Provider) their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, fulfillment or other coordinating agencies, individuals providing services to Sponsor or Prize Provider through an outsourcer or temporary employment agency during the Promotion period, and their respective immediate family members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. Participation in the Promotion constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules & Regulations (”Official Rules”). VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

To Enter: You may enter the Weekly Drawing by registering between 11:01 A.M. Pacific Time (All instances of referenced time herein should be considered as Pacific Time) on the Friday previous to the drawing and 11:00 A.M. on the day of the drawing via the Small Business Marketing Guide website (www.smbmarketingguide.com). No mechanically produced entries are allowed and any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. Weekly Drawing schedule is as follows: April 17th, 2009; April 24th, 2009; May 1st, 2009; May 8th, 2009; May 15th, 2009. All entries received between 11:01 A.M. April 10th, 2009 and 11:00 A.M. May 15th, 2009 are automatically entered into the Grand Prize Drawing to be held on May 22nd, 2009. Sponsor reserves the right to alter the drawing schedule without notification. Only one entry per person, household and/or e-mail address is permitted per Weekly Drawing. You must enter separately for each of the Weekly Drawings. The exception to this is the Grand Prize Drawing, where all eligible entries received for each of the Weekly Drawings are therefore eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing. Entrants submitting multiple entries for a single Weekly Drawing are in violation of these Official Rules and may be disqualified.

Prize Selection: All Promotion entries meeting the requirements of these Official Rules will be entered into the drawing, to be held at or before 5:00 P.M. at Federated Media’s offices at 2 Harrison St., 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105. The drawing will be conducted by independent judges whose decisions are final and binding. Prize Winners [one per Weekly Drawing (for a total of five Weekly Drawing Winners) and one Grand Prize Winner] will be selected at random from the eligible entries received. Winners will be notified via e-mail. All federal, state, and local taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. No purchase is necessary; void where prohibited by law. Participants agree to abide by all decisions of Federated Media, contest co-sponsors, and judges, which shall be final and binding with respect to all issues relating to this contest.

Prizes and Odds of Winning: The prizes from the Prize Provider will be awarded for the Promotion as follows:

One HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One plus 4 boxes of HP Glossy Brochure Paper and a case of HP Office Paper with ColorLok, Retail value of approximately $525 (U.S.) per Weekly Drawing winner (five in total).
One HP Color LaserJet CM2320fxi Multifunction Printer including an extra set of toner cartridges, 4 packages of Glossy Brochure Paper, Martin Yale’s P7200 RapidFold Automatic Desktop Folder, and $80 in MarketSplash services, retail value of approximately $1,900 (U.S) as the Grand Prize.

Total value of all prizes to be awarded is approximately $4,500 (U.S.). Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for each drawing. If a winner cannot or does not want to accept his/her prize as stated, prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be determined. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize permitted, but Prize Provider reserves the right to substitute prize with a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize becomes unavailable. SPONSOR AND PRIZE PROVIDER MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE QUALITY OR CONDITION OF THE PRIZE AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Notification of Winners: Winners will be notified by e-mail within five (5) business days of the prize drawing, and may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release within seven (7) days of notification. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize and/or where applicable an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release is not timely received, is incomplete or modified, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from remaining valid, eligible entries timely submitted. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account specified in the entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. No automatically generated entries will be accepted.

General Rules: By entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules. The Promotion is sponsored by Federated Media Publishing, Inc., 2 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94105, Sponsor is not responsible for (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether by e-mail or otherwise; (ii) theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials; or (iii) phone, electrical, network, computer, hardware, software program or transmission malfunctions, failures or difficulties. By entering the Promotion, you further agree to release, indemnify, defend, disclaim and hold Sponsor and Prize Provider and their parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, sponsors and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies, and assigns, and any other organizations related to the Promotion, harmless, from any and all claims, injuries, damages, expenses or losses to person or property and/or liabilities of any nature that in any way arise from participation in this Promotion or acceptance or use of a prize or parts thereof, including without limitation (i) any condition caused by events beyond Sponsor’s control that may cause the Promotion to be disrupted or corrupted; (ii) any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Promotion; and (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Promotion. Winners agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and Sponsor’s decisions in all respects relative to the Promotion are final. In no event will Sponsor or Prize Provider be liable to you for any direct, special, incidental, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages (including loss of use, data, business or profits) arising out of or in connection with your participation in the Promotion whether such liability arises from any claim based upon contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, and whether or not Sponsor or Prize Provider has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Additional Conditions: Except where prohibited, by winning any prize, Winner consents to the use of his/her name, photo and/or likeness, biographical information, entry and statements attributed to winner (if true) for advertising and promotional purposes, including without limitation, inclusion in Sponsor newsletters, the Promotion website at http://www.smbmarketingguide.com and Sponsor’s homepages at http://www.federatedmedia.net, without additional compensation. All entries become property of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. Allow approximately 6-8 weeks for delivery of prizes. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Promotion in whole or in part, in the event of fraud, technical or other difficulties or if the integrity of the Promotion are compromised, without liability to the entrant. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or winner, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The Promotion is subject to these Official Rules and all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. As stated above, the Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by law. By participating in this Promotion, you acknowledge that you have read these official Rules and agree to abide by them and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Promotion. These Official Rules are governed by the law of the State of California, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action, suit or case arising out of, or in connection with, this Promotion or these Official Rules must be brought in either the federal courts located in the Northern district of California or the state courts located in Marin County, California. Personal Information: Sponsor may collect personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy and as may be more specifically set forth in these Official Rules. For example, during entry registration, you will be asked to provide certain information such as your first name, last name and valid email address. You will also be asked to confirm that you are a U.S. resident, over the age of 18, and you will be given the opportunity to opt-in to receive future emails from Sponsor. Please review these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy at http://www.smbmarketingguide.com. By participating in the Promotion, entrants hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and use of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy.

Winner’s List, Official Rules: For a list of prize winners or a copy of these Official Rules, send your request and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Federated Media Publishing Inc., Small Business Marketing Guide Sweepstakes, Federated Media, 2 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94105

Sponsor’s Address: Federated Media Publishing Inc., 2 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94105. Hewlett-Packard, 11311 Chinden Blvd. ms#305, Boise, Idaho 83714, is merely a Prize Provider.