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Wow! What a competition for Best Holiday Browser Theme of 2011. While all five finalists had merit and style, two quickly emerged as contenders for first place: Christmas Ornament and Perfect Christmas Eve. Voting was fast and furious at the end, with the lead changing several times. As in any competition, however, there can only be one winner and for this year, it turned out to be…
Here are the finalists in Brand Thunder’s Best Holiday Browser Theme Contest.
The judges have cast their ballots and here are the top five from the Best Holiday Browser Theme Contest. Each is a winner in its own right, but now it’s up to you, the browser-theme community, to choose the ultimate winner. Over the next week, we’re gathering your votes to determine first prize.
Each of these browser themes were built using BT:Engage, the first do-it-yourself browser theme creator. You can drag & drop images, toolbar buttons and more into the browser theme using a gallery of images or any images you upload yourself. Click Finish and you instantly create a browser theme for both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You can share with family and friends, or post immediately to Brand Thunder’s Browser Theme Gallery. So, after enjoying one of these winning themes for the holiday season, come back to Brand Thunder and try one of our themes for Chrome, Firefox or IE.
Every day vote for your favorite holiday browser theme. The theme with the most votes on Friday, December 23 (voting closes Dec. 22), is declared the Best Holiday Browser Theme of 2011 and its creator wins an iPad 2. All other finalists take home a $25 Amazon gift card.
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The Christmas Holiday themes are rolling in for Brand Thunder’s Best Holiday Browser Theme of 2011 Contest. It’s one of the easiest ways to win an iPad 2. Just design your browser theme with the world’s only DIY browser theme creator for Firefox and IE.
Here are examples of early entries. You still have plenty of time before the December 15 deadline. So, enter your holiday browser theme today! Feel free to also sit back and enjoy by downloading one of these or any of the Christmas or Holiday themes in our browser theme Gallery.
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Here’s the best way to decorate your computer for the holidays. Brand Thunder gives you several ways to get ready for the Christmas Holidays whenever you’re at your computer and online with our Chrome, Firefox and Explorer Christmas Themes. You can grab one of our popular pre-made themes (with a trick to brighten your desktop wallpaper) or build your own Christmas holiday browser theme and include your own Christmas pictures for a truly personal touch.
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You can win an iPad in less than 5 minutes. Sound easy? It is.
There is no purchase necessary to enter or win.
Just create your own Christmas or holiday browser theme using BT:Engage and share it with us – you’ll be entered to win. It only takes a few minutes. A panel of judges will select 5 finalists, then the public will vote on the winning entry. Enter by 12/15/11, finalists will be announced on 12/17/11 and winners announced on 12/23/11. First prize gets a new iPad 2, the other finalists will each receive a $25 Amazon gift card.
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Valentine’s is another holiday just waiting for things to go wrong. There’s a lot of hype and expectation, maybe even more than the holiday season we just went through. You see Thanksgiving and Christmas are big family days, so there’s friendly fire and collateral damage all around you. You’re not likely to take a direct hit from misery.
Now Valentine’s Day, on the other hand, is just you and your loved one, and you’re walking through a relationship mine field. Don’t worry. We’re here to make sure luck is on your side.
Not only does Brand Thunder offer a great Valentine’s Day browser theme – but our latest contest is now running until February 13. You’ll have a chance to win a gift card from Amazon.com, which will help you add a little bonus to this day of romance. Just get the browser theme, click the Contest button then enter your name and an email address. It’s that easy.
Even if you don’t win the contest, we’ve got you covered. You’ll have everything you need to make it a very special day regardless of your budget. Click “Dine In” to help plan that special meal which is sure to please, or if you prefer to tax your wallet and not your kitchen click “Dine Out” for recommendations straight from Zagat.
Polish your plans with creative ideas for activities and more, as well as the perfect gift. You can see that the Valentine’s Day browser theme is going to make this day a winner, whether you take home the contest prize or not. What better way to make sure you’re getting lucky?
Deadline is midnight tonight, so wait no longer! Download either the Firefox version of our Christmas browser theme, or the Firefox version our Classic Christmas browser theme. You’ll see a “Contest” button in the browser toolbar. When you click it, the sidebar will open with the details. All you have to enter is your Name and Email. It’s that easy.
We’ll email you if you won on Dec 18th. Respond to us right away so we can order and get it on its way to you!
Good luck!
Brand Thunder recently rolled out the ability to run spontaneous contests in our Firefox browsers themes (sorry, IE users). The current contest is running in our Christmas themes and it’s your chance to win an Apple TV. All you do to enter is click the “Contest” button in the browser toolbar. The sidebar will open with the details. Enter your Name and Email. It’s that easy.
Get the Christmas browser theme, or our Classic Christmas browser theme for some holiday spirit and a chance to make it even brighter.
We’re doing the drawing on Dec 18th in hopes to get the prize to you before Christmas. So, if we email you that you’ve won, respond to us quickly!
Sometimes the best answers are the most obvious. When you’re sitting around wondering, “what could be better than a Christmas browser theme?” and the simple brilliance of it hits you… “TWO Christmas browser themes.” It’s like finding an amp that goes to 11. One might suggest since we have both a Firefox and Internet Explorer version of the browser themes, we technically have four. To that I say, “yes, one might suggest that” and then promptly change the subject.
The Christmas browser theme, Brand Thunder’s first and still most popular, is reminiscent of a scene from Frosty, with a happy snowman amongst snow covered hills. During the day, you’ll enjoy falling now. At night, the sky darkens and the twinkling lights in the Christmas trees can be seen.
If you prefer a Christmas theme that feels a little more like home, try out the Classic Christmas browser theme. You’ll enjoy the images of presents under the tree and the twinkling tree lights amongst the ornaments.
The browser themes alone will help to keep your spirits bright. The interactive components of these two themes include:
Either one you choose, you’re sure to enjoy. They are nice little additions to the holiday season and a great way to start your Season’s Greetings.
Less than a year ago we launched our first Christmas theme and kicked off a year long cycle of building a theme for many of the major holidays. It was something purely fun and it went over big. The latest can be found at www.brandthunder.com/christmas.
So in the list of family, friends and coworkers, one of the things I’m thankful for is the little idea that went big. We had a steady pace of new products and users outside our core business. An added benefit to promising the holiday themes was the built-in deadline. Despite the non-client nature of these browser themes, dates needed to be hit to coincide with spikes in searches and consumer interest.
If there’s a bigger lesson here, it’s probably to keep the side projects alive and give at least some of them the runway they need to get a true market test. It’s certainly been helpful to us.
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