Off and on I have the pleasure of bringing you cool contests and fun prizes. Today’s post is no exception. The folks over at Charter never rest when it comes to imagination and innovation. Their recent HDTV-A-Day contest was such a success that right on its heels they are currently running a 2-month extended Laptop-a-Day Sweepstakes!

Don’t worry, you’re not late to enter… You have from July 15 through September 15th to get your entry in to win a laptop AND they are adding bonuses – $25-$100 free gift cards with special online deals.

Back to school students and all business people on the go love laptops. Laptops rank right up there with cell phones, don’t they. So what better time (school wise) to check out the potential for getting one of these necessities, for free, from Charter Communications

Wondering what sort of laptop you can enter to win? It’s a HP 550 Notebook 15-inch with Windows Vista, and it comes with a NeoTec Compu Backpack.

In addition, the clothing, home and accessories, restaurants and more free gift cards are from major retailers… no off-brand names there!

Laptops, Xbox 360 game systems, HDTV’s and even a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid... those crazy people at Charter, you’ve just got to love them!

Entering is easy. Just visit charter.com/laptop to review the rules and register today.

And since Charter is on a roll, you’d be crazy not to follow Charter on Facebook and Charter on Twitter.

What will they think of next?!

Heading into the weekend, I thought it time for a bit of fun! If you’re a big contest fan, you’re sure to love what’s happening over at BluFrog.

BluFrog leans heavily into the music industry and includes detailed biographies on a wide range of individuals involved in the music industry. They’ve also got an amazing “photo stream” where they’ve captured moments in time at various events – all sorts of events (and you’re encouraged to look to see if you can spot yourself in any of the photos – who knows you just might be there!).

But getting back to the contest, it’s time to reveal just the list of your potential prizes. Visiting their blog, you’ll be able to click on the big contest image to enter to the page telling you more (and each prize has a “learn more” button, too).

The prizes include:

o  BluGamer: The Ultimate Gaming Package
o  Happy Blu-Year: Win A New Years Trip to NY
o  Blullapalooza: Win A Trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago
o  BluStreak: Win A Richard Petty Racing Experience
o  XtremeBLU: Win A Trip To The Winter X Games in Aspen

To enter is really simple – and you can “enter up to three times per person” using their three different methods (see contest rules at the end of this post for more details):

o Blog commenting
o Twitter tweeting
o Blog posting.

While every single one of these sounds like an excellent prize to win, my heart leans toward the BluGamer (The Ultimate Gaming Package) – for the sheer fact that it would be a wonderful surprise gift to give to my son. (I’ve talked before about how he’s a gaming nut and he’s been playing video games since he was three – starting on the first Atari system.)

So have some fun, visit BluFrog and be sure to enter to win!
(Contest Rules Here)

The buzz has been about television conversion to digital for months now. Hopefully you haven’t been living in a cave somewhere and are on top of the digital conversion express.

With the switch to digital, HD programming is seeing a surge in popularity unlike anything else – unless you consider way back when, when a television in every house actually became affordable.

Charter.com is adding icing to this cake throughout the month of April.

By visiting their easy-to-use website, and building your own personalized “bundle” of services with Charter, throughout this month you will have the opportunity to enter to win a 22″ flat screen HDTV! How cool is that?

But their sweepstakes contest doesn’t stop there!

The Grand Prize this year is a 52″ LCD flat screen HDTV, plus a Home Theater System, AND one completely free year of their Charter Digital Cable service with HD programming!

Holy cow!

And, in addition to potentially winning such a cool prize, you are aware that bundling say your cable TV, internet services, and telephone needs often results in huge monthly savings. Nowadays everyone needs to revisit their monthly bills, right? So here’s your opportunity.

Charter automatically enters new or even current customers who order Cable, High Speed or Telephone – online – and this month only (so hurry and check their pricing and bundles for yourself).

This isn’t the first time Charter.com has done something out of the norm… Last year they gave away laptops and Xbox 360 game systems. In fact, one really lucky winner won a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid (wish it had been me, I love that car!).

So jump onboard and head over to Charter! You just might be the lucky person who gets to sit back, relax, and really enjoy that new 22″ HDTV flat screen – or hey yes you could be the Grand Prize Winner!

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