What’s this all about?

Web Ad.vantage has established a goal to donate up to $6,000* to One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit organization offering laptops designed to empower children through education. You can help us with this goal and enter for your chance to win an iPad simply by voting for us during The Business Journals’ Social Madness contest.

Social Madness is a one-of-a-kind 12-week corporate challenge that measures the growth of a company’s social media presence. Companies compete in brackets and are ranked based on a scoring algorithm that measures their social influence as gauged by votes on bizjournals.com, LinkedIn Connections, Facebook activity and Twitter Followers during the challenge. If we make it all the way through the brackets, Web Ad.vantage will be competing against such heavy-hitting brands as SeaWorld, Johns Hopkins University & Cracker Barrel.

Why we’re an underdog:

It’s our mission to deliver digital strategies and tactics to help up-and-coming underdog companies “bark louder” when it comes to marketing online so now please help us do likewise by Liking us on Facebook, Following us on Twitter, and Voting for us in Social Madness and telling your friends to help out for a good cause too!

It’s Your Turn to Bark Louder:

Please vote for us and help us spread the word for your chance to win an iPad and to help us support a good cause!

*$500.00 will accumulate per week for each week Web Ad.vantage advances through the brackets.

How to Vote for Us

To vote for us, please go to the Bizjournals.com Social Madness page, scroll down to find us in the list of competing companies, and click our “vote” button, as shown:

Official Rules:

Eligibility: No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Open to legal residents of the U.S., including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, who are above the age of majority in the State or Territory in which they reside at the time of entry. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Web Ad.vantage, Inc. are not eligible. Sweepstakes is subject to all local, state and federal laws and regulations. By entering Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules, and comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Term: The iPad giveaway and One Laptop One Child donation begins on June 1, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (EST), and ends on September 21, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Sponsor: Web Ad.vantage Inc., 321 N. Union Avenue, Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078.

How to Enter:

1. You can vote for Wed Ad.vantage by voting on www.bizjournals.com or by commenting, sharing, following or liking Web Ad.vantage on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter during the competition dates as shown on http://www.bizjournals.com/socialmadness/rules.

2. Unlimited entries per person no matter what method of entry is used. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error or technical malfunctions, illegible, lost/delayed data transmission, interruption, deletion, defect, line of failures or any computer equipment or software or any combination thereof for lost, stolen, late, misdirected or mutilated entries.

Prizes: Sponsor will award one first generation iPad to a randomly selected individual who votes for Sponsor during the Social Madness competition. Sponsor must reach the final bracket of the local competition in-order for the iPad prize to be awarded. Sponsor will donate up to $6,000 or $500 to One Laptop One Child for each week of the competition that Sponsor is an active eligible participant. Upon elimination in the competition, Sponsor will cease donations. Dates, bracket information and rules for Social Madness can be located on http://www.bizjournals.com/socialmadness/rules. No more than one iPad prize will be awarded.

Winner Selection: Potential winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the term on or about September 21, 2012. The drawing will be conducted at random by Web Ad.vantage Inc. Potential winner will be contacted by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected in a random drawing from among the remaining eligible entries. Prizes will be fulfilled 6-8 weeks from the date of the drawing. Prizes will be shipped to the address provided by winner. All decisions of Sponsor are final. Odds of winning a prize are dependent upon the number of entries received.

Privacy: Any information collected will be subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, located at https://www.webadvantage.net/privacy-policy. By entering sweepstakes, you acknowledge that you have agreed to such Policy and you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for the purposes of administering this Sweepstakes in accordance with such Policy. If you wish to access or correct your personal information held by us, opt out of receiving further communications from us or have other questions respecting our privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].

Conduct: By participating, entrants agree to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual.

Release and Limitation of Liability: By entering, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property that may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership, or use of the prize from or arising out of participation in this Sweepstakes.

Disclaimer: In no way is Web Ad.vantage, Inc. related to or associated with Apple iPad or Apple products, One Laptop One Child (Laptop.org) non-profit organization, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or The Business Journals. Apple iPad is a registered trademark of Apple.