Ongoing Twitter Contest: Follow @crackberrykevin to Win Apps, Accessories and Even a New BlackBerry!

on 8 Jul 2009 01:55 PM

Twitter. Some of you like it, some of you hate it and some of you are as addicted to it as you are your BlackBerry (gasp!). While we mainly use our @crackberry twitter account for CrackBerry blog post headlines or special event coverage, I tend to use my personal @crackberrykevin account to highlight the BIG stories, share my thoughts here and there on various things, to poll the community for advice and to give away free stuff! So on the topic of giving away free stuff via twitter, I've dreamed up our ongoing twitter contest (I feel bad that there were no Storm 2 in June Contest winners!).

Ongoing Twitter Contest: All you need to do is follow @crackberrykevin on twitter. Just keep following, and every now and then I'll give away free stuff. Apps, Accessories, and heck, when I hit a big milestone like 25,000 followers, I'll give away a new BlackBerry smartphone to a lucky follower! And this will be ongoing... keep following, keep re-tweeting and you'll keep having more and more chances to win. See you on the twitter. Good luck!

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93 Comments

Posted by lievrouw Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I like to win stuff, especially good stuff.

Posted by Stang68 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Cool, I'm in the blog picture. Looking forward to the contest!

Posted by Jewelzz Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

25,000 is far away from the 3,173 followers you currently have. BTW, been following for some time now :o)

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

True that. I guess it's a twitter marketing experiment - maybe it will have big impact or maybe nothing will happen (if nothing, I'll still find ways to give away free stuff to the hardcore followers!). But I am curious to see how contests like this work on twitter...and I do love giving away freebies. I think there's probably a critical mass effect though.... once you pass attain a certain size of followers you grow exponentially quicker - might be giving away a lot of devices...who knows! I have put aside a twitter prize piggy bank already just in case :)

Posted by Jewelzz Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I guess as long as you don't make people RT to win or follow their tweets with #crackberrykevin or some crap like that :p If ya care, I'm Jewelleigh on Twitter, some bitch took Jewelzz

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

haha..no..no crap like that. :)

too bad on jewelzz being taken

Posted by Pyxie Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

Well the contest thing got me to join Twitter. You are up to 4928 followers as of this post. Now to win something good. I've been a holdout on getting a Twitter as my life is so boring. [1Pyxie on there]

Posted by Busta-B Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Now following you on Twitter... so Kevin which Twitter app are you using??? SocialScope? Twitterberry? Ubertwitter? Tweet Genius? or do you have a copy of Tweeteev???

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Been mixing it up. I have different clients installed on different devices, so depends which one I'm using (still like the poof of TweetGenius a lot though). Like the looks of Tweeteev...gotta give it a go. I'm often by my computers during the day though while working/blogging, so often it's twitterfox or tweetie.

Posted by Busta-B Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I'm using TweetGenius on my 8330 and SocialScope on my Bold... hoping Tweeteev releases on a beta 1st...

Posted by Jewelzz Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I was using Twibble until Uber Twitter update their software, I'm loving UT now

Posted by adam121 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

hmm this looks like a good phone, hopefully be better on the vzw network then the storm :(

Posted by BellyDancing Mama Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

hey Kevin I am following you Belly Dancing Mama here.

Posted by c0rinne Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I'm following, follow me! http://twitter.com/c0rinne

Posted by ruhrohs Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

ask and you shall receive.

Posted by suself Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

ive been following you for a while! :)

Posted by Dwain77 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I was just talking with some friends a few days ago about how I never use twitter. Since then I keep seeing contests, or random people I know using it. So I guess I'll go try all the twitter BB apps to find one I like.

Posted by rinnr1 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I refuse to use that site or programs... People don't need to know that I am currently walking into my work Bathroom because my Taco Bell lunch isn't agreeing with me...

Ghey

Posted by Jewelzz Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

LOL, people only know what you tell them

Posted by Snowman81 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I'm now following you. :)

http://twitter.com/Snowx2k5

Posted by hudss Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I don't need 140 character social site just to say fu all..

Posted by joryoung Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I really just want to win something I don't care if it's a "ataboy" just something would be nice

Posted by Russia1130 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Posted by TheArcher Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

The Tour really is a nice looking phone. I don't know if I want to part with my Storm though. I'm really torn over this. I love my storm, but I wouldn't mind having a physical keyboard at all. What to do, what to do.

I can't believe that it doesn't have Wifi though. So it's no different than the Storm in that respect. I'll wait for all the reviews before I decide to make the switch.

Posted by Itanium Shock Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

oohhh

nice

i want to win it

this is sweet

Posted by dsj3 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Please pick me. Thanks

Posted by gregmar Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Hey Kevin, I am following you. twitter.com/MoradoCanyonMar

I know your following is going to be big! It was at about 3,000 when I joined and now over 4,300 in less than an hour!

I have told several people to join/follow you! I am shooting for winning a new Tour! YES YES YES!

Posted by linkkoriri Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I've been following you for months Kev. ^_^ But for me to be eligble for this contest do I have to re-follow you or anything?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

nah, you're good... just keep following and you're in. as we hit the "milestones" somebody from the will win stuff. going to do up some winners in the morning!

Posted by linkkoriri Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1050 days ago

Sweet, thanks Kevin! ~d(o.o)b~
http://twitter.com/linkkoriri - Rogers Data Ambassador for Kingston/Belleville Region ^_^

Posted by BuddyBlackberry Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I haven't won anything from here yet. Hoping for my lucky brake. am following, http://twitter.com/305buddyluv

Posted by pink2 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I'm following you, too. Love all the great info I can get here!!!

Posted by Smooth69Style Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I would love to win anything, lol let alone a new Blackberry. So I am following you on twitter, but the screen name is different. I am SmoothAzMidnite@Twitter. Happy tweeting to all.

Posted by blue212 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I'm loving twitter. I've been using it frequently for professional exposure. I'm rocking ubertwitter right now. I would also love to use it for personal use. Is the only way to use two different account is to have two different clients installed on the same BB -- like ubertwitter (for porfessional) and socialscope (for personal) TIA

Posted by spatterfree Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Ya, Thanks for letting me win a tour for Verizon!!!
:)

Posted by spocoeric Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I've been following you for months (Wow, that sounded creepy!). And I like winning free stuff. So this might work out for me. :-)

Posted by spocoeric Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

I've been following you for months (Wow, that sounded creepy!). And I like winning free stuff. So this might work out for me. :-)

Posted by spocoeric Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

And apparently I enjoy double clicking on buttons that only need one click. Sorry about the double post. :-)

Posted by wakeb791 Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

As much as I love winning stuff, there's no way I'd even consider this one. Way too lame, just like the whole twitter fad.

Posted by Jonneh Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 1051 days ago

Awesome!
Wait... I don't use twitter.

:'(.............................

Posted by DinoTheDin0saur Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

bahh twitter

Posted by omuzikworld Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

Hey Kev I'm following to. follow me @omuzikworld thanks

Posted by texhex Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

Just started following Crackberrykevin this am with Ubertwitter.

Posted by terpsfan8489 Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1051 days ago

Hey Kevin, I'm following you. Do I need to let you know on here or anything? Haha I guess if so then here it is... terpsfan8489. Thanks man!

Posted by jbdale Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1050 days ago

I'm down. Always love these articles and contests!

Posted by TravisJason Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1050 days ago

thanks for the generosity. This is a much appreciated opportunity for a poor college student!

Posted by DodgerQueen Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1050 days ago

I am a follwer, eventhough I never win any of these contests. Maybe this is where my luck changes??? One can only hope. My twitter name is: @stephaniem21

Posted by skaterya Thursday, Jul 09, 2009 1050 days ago

I love all the contests on twitter!

Tara / @pawstoupdate

Posted by blackberryitalian Friday, Jul 10, 2009 1050 days ago

me too on twitter

Posted by absolutelyamazin1 Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 1047 days ago

I'm trying to win something...

Posted by vonni Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 1045 days ago

i am new to blackberry & I have been haveing a lot of trouble with my smartphone I have sent it back once already& its doing the same thing again it continues to search & calls show up as unknown if u can help please email me @ vonceil@vzw.blackberry.net

Posted by quinnytastic Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 1044 days ago

quinnytastic - Twitter

I would love to win a BlackBerry Tour!

Posted by alicklee Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 1036 days ago

hey i wanna win something what do i do?

Posted by Sebastianraven Friday, Jul 24, 2009 1035 days ago

www.twitter.com/demiroquai

Have I won yet?

Posted by ponhoss Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

sweet

Posted by mgraves206 Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!I wanna win!

Mark

Posted by GenghisShawn Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

Sweet

Posted by speedyV Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

I would definitely give this phone to my grandparents who's phone is practically dead, then I could BBM them all the time.

Thank You

Posted by littleinkblots Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

gnar!!!!!!!

Posted by shift_louie Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

would love to win!

Posted by digitaltrance Sunday, Jul 26, 2009 1033 days ago

I DO WANT

Posted by megangirl01 Monday, Jul 27, 2009 1032 days ago

It would be really nice to win!!!!!

Posted by didiwags Monday, Jul 27, 2009 1032 days ago

am now following you lol

Posted by tyspeed29 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Already following you guys, your site is awesome. Thanks

Posted by IcyMartini Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Always nice to be in the know!

Posted by chynnamann Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Saw the Twitter and here I am!

Posted by dlbaker1179 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Love Twitter And Wanna Be A Winner Here

Posted by greywolfCA Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

I will finally win....

Posted by lellom Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

i'm now following you dear kevin.i hope in luck!

Posted by FFalcons0728b Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

FFalcon is looking for a prize. Using my crackberry prizing winning powers :-)

Posted by Butterfly2 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Ok I won leave it on 2 weeks ago...sweet thanks!! Now I m following @crackberrykevin but he updates r not showing up in my time line!! anywho there r other members that post on twitter about the contest that's how I remember to enter!!

Posted by NiecyBrown Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Keeping my fingers crossed ...

Posted by joslyn2191 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

I hope I win something......

Posted by bulldog jeeper Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

david_norman

and i love winning stuff.

Posted by nicholaswj Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

Gotta be in it, to win it!

Posted by 5_trouble_2 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

I WANNA WIN PLZZZZZZZZZZ

Posted by brunlocs Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

I haven't won a thing yet...make me a lucky gal :)

Posted by atlkr5 Sunday, Aug 02, 2009 1026 days ago

sign me up

Posted by iamlittlegiant Monday, Aug 03, 2009 1026 days ago

This contest is awesome

Posted by 69 Charger RT Monday, Aug 03, 2009 1026 days ago

Haven't won anything here yet for my Storm, that must be because I have been waiting for this excellent contest.

Posted by kawtleen Friday, Aug 07, 2009 1021 days ago

yay, i want one!

Posted by middbrew Saturday, Aug 08, 2009 1021 days ago

Well, not much for tweeting but I have joined the hoards. lol To help with adding to those following Kevin I got my wife to follow him as well.

Posted by Guzman Saturday, Aug 08, 2009 1020 days ago

8,096 Followers as of now.

Kevin i'm holding you responsible if I end up addicted to Twitter! lol

Posted by Nendroidz Saturday, Aug 08, 2009 1020 days ago

I did not know you had a tweet kevin xD, i just started following some min. ago xD

Posted by Nendroidz Saturday, Aug 08, 2009 1020 days ago

you now have 8115 xD, your going up fast!, i have 4 lol

Posted by Zwickliffe Saturday, Aug 08, 2009 1020 days ago

Who doesn't like to win? haha it'd be stupid to not sign up!

Posted by savage.a Sunday, Aug 09, 2009 1019 days ago

it's very true.

Posted by dsimons82 Sunday, Aug 09, 2009 1019 days ago

i love twitter!

Posted by bobbrown Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

Been following congrats on 10000 I hope to gather some of the items you have!!!!!

Posted by mnestor1 Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

But not sure you want to follow me because I use twitter to air my disappointments with University of Georgia football. @mnestor1

Posted by xolanir Thursday, Feb 04, 2010 840 days ago

Tweet, tweet. A new accessory would be nice for my 8900.

Posted by batrad Thursday, Feb 04, 2010 840 days ago

Have been following your tweets since day 1 ;-)

Posted by Locrian_Mode Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 273 days ago

amazing! hope i win

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