Prizes.org, a Slide-backed platform which allows you to create contests for money, like Video Inbox, heavily implements Facebook Connect.
Tattoodo also provides a platform whereby users can create contests to have custom designs made just for them.
The company also lets users create contests of any prize amount (including free), and decide how the winners will split the entry fees.
They then choose the ads that you want to optimize and create contests based on your selections, in which BoostCTR's bullpen of copywriters compete to write targeted text for those ads.
Many of these brands use Polyvore's technology to create contests for users.The startup collects revenue in these partnerships and also sees returns from affiliate fees when users buy.
I can envision the networks creating contests to get viewers involved and getting added publicity as well as a closer connection to viewers.
Internet start-ups are experimenting with business models: advertising, selling access to analytics, creating contest platforms.
This led to bouts featuring some highly skilled contestants and intense action, although it sometimes created lopsided contests.
When Professor Rice created his contest for maladroit scribblers, Bulwer-Lytton's name came to him right away.
