THE ULTIMATE IN EXTREME CONTEST PROMOTIONS

ANNOUNCING: THE ULTIMATE IN EXTREME CONTEST PROMOTIONS

Internet company, Mindfield Media, is offering a lifetime supply of web
hosting to anyone who gets a tattoo of one of their company mascots.

Media outlets looking for quirky angles within the technology sector will
want to look at this interesting piece.


ABOUT MINDFIELD MEDIA:

Mindfield Media is an incorporated business located in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. The innovative company has offered affordable web hosting and design services to customers in the central Pennsylvania area since 1998.

"The tricky part has always been: How do you market an abstract service like web hosting?", comments company CEO, Walt Miller.

"We've always found it incredibly funny that on every web hosting company's web site you'll see a picture of a server.", continues graphic artist Brian Magar. "Every company looks the same. We thought we'd inject a little marketing fun into our web services; so far, we haven't seen anyone take it to the same level."

CHICKENS, ROBOTS AND RABBITS... OH, MY?

Magar designed the look of three Mindfield Media mascots -- a baby chicken (Hosty The Hosting Peep), a limbless robot (D.N.S. The Serverbot) and a rabbit (Url The Rabbit) -- three simply-drawn characters that are fast gaining cult status with Mindfield Media's target market: artists, media, musicians and record labels.

"What does a baby chick have to do with web hosting? Absolutely nothing, but that's kind of the beauty of it.", says Miller. "We've had a great response. People send in pictures of our promotional stickers in use all the time. Recently, a jewerly maker client sent us each character rendered in beads. There's a nice word of mouth thing happening with this."

A CONTEST IS BORN

"When Douglas Alves Junior of 2+2=5 Records (www.2and2equal5.com) told us his girlfriend wanted to get tattoo's of Hosty and Url on her legs, we knew we were onto something.", Magar relates.

Mindfield Media immediately offered the label a lifetime of web hosting in return for proof of the tattoo. The Ultimate In Extreme Contest Promotions was born.

"The pictures they sent us were very authentic.", says Miller. "We were like, 'Yep, she did it. There's Hosty on her leg."

Magar adds, "As a designer, that's probably as much validation as you can ask for."

Mindfield Media now offers a lifetime of web hosting to anyone who takes the same plunge. For contest details, interested parties should check out the website, www.mindfieldmedia.com.

For additional comments or clarifications, contact:

Walt Miller
Mindfield Media.
wmiller@mindfieldmedia.com
717.244.5088


CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

To be eligible for Web Hosting For Life, we need you to send us pics. Here are the rules:

1) Send only clearly taken, analog photographs. Mail them to the following address:

Web Hosting For Life c/o Mindfield Media
48 East Gay St.
Dallastown, PA
17313

You may want to certify the package, to assure that we get your pics. Also, keep those negatives, just in case!

2) Include "before", "during" and "after" shots of the tattooing process. Essential are pics of the bare skin before the application, the tattoo needle applying ink, and close-ups of the freshly applied tattoo.

3) You can't send too many photographs. Take as many as you want! We love photos!

4) We reserve the right to reject photographs that we deem as fakes. We know what we're looking at -- if your pics are legit, you've got nothing to worry about.

5) Web Hosting For Life: What does that mean? It means that until you die, or we cease existing as a business, you have a web host.

6) The contest reward is our Cheep Hosting package, which covers 100 Mg disk space, 3 Gb transfer and 20 email accounts. Extra features are negotiable.

7) Include your contact info with the pics. As soon as we can verify that you did indeed get a tattoo, we will set up your account.

8) By sending us your pics, you agree to release them to us for web and print promotions. What, you thought we'd keep this whole thing a secret?

9) We are not responsible for any sudden changes of heart due to your unsatisfaction with what you've put on your body. Think about this for at least a half hour or so before you do it!

10) Keep on truckin'.




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