These tips will seriously help your investment strategy. Make sure you check out Tips for Losers too!
- Bring out your funny side! And don’t be shy… sometimes bad = funny, so chances are you can put something together that will amuse your friends. At the very least, they’ll feel sorry enough for you to vote you all the way to Tahiti.
- If you want to set the mood and incorporate photos of Tahiti, you can legally download them here from Tahiti Tourisme’s photo gallery. You can probably download them illegally somewhere else on the interweb but we don’t recommend it - see tips for losers.
- Got Tahiti? Not with that played-out campaign. Be original, be yourself, or if that hasn’t worked so well for you in the past be someone else, we won't check. You have an imagination. Conjure up your wildest side – go into dream sequence, use sock puppets (not in the way you usually do please), play dress up (this might actually work in the way you usually do), coordinate a Tahitian dance…but above all, have fun! Remember, you’re asking your closest friends to vote for your video. Don’t let them down and don’t let us down — do you know how many videos we have to screen?
- Are you sick of hearing, "you have to be 21 to..." well sorry pal, you have to hear it one more time. You must be at least 21 to participate. We know, it's a bummer, but that's what the lawyers say and frankly, we're scared of them.
- Everyone can participate (except those under 21, please pay attention): If married, engaged, single and ready to mingle (aw yeah), or just want a little vacation for your family of up to four. Sorry, Octomom... no dice.
- We have egos like everyone else and a little flattery won't hurt. Mentioning “Tahiti” and "Invest in Your Love" in your video are good ways to get the voters' and the judges' (ahem) attention.
- You can strip down to your bathing suit, but please not your birthday suit; we don’t want a lawsuit.
- If you incorporate music, make sure it’s royalty free or make it yourself. That Ah-Ha song you’ve loved since the ‘80’s, is protected from people like you, and we will ask you to remove it from your video. For some royalty free music, check out http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/. If you do use any music from this site, please make sure to credit it properly at the end of your video. Here is how (question #4) http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/faq.html.
- If you use a product such as a Pepsi can in your video, you must obscure the name and logo.
- Most importantly, since this is a video contest don't forget to upload your video to YouTube and enter your link on the contest submission form. While we have been working on video-telepathy, we're just not quite there yet. Help us out.
We strongly advise you not to do any of the following. See Tips for Winners for good advice.
- Forget your clothes. For the love of humanity!
- Forget to upload your video to YouTube.
- Use naughty words. Think "what would my crude uncle Morty say?"
- Play music that is not in the public domain. If you don’t own it, didn’t write it, and didn’t buy the song rights, don’t use it.
- Flip off the camera or talk smack about Tahiti. See the note in "Tips for Winners" where we like a little flattery.
- Make a 1-second video and keep the lens cap on. Seriously, is this what you want to represent you for eternity on YouTube?
- Register for the contest if you can’t legally buy a 12-pack in the United States. Our clever, scary lawyers will find out.
Final word of advice: play by the box but think outside the rules, (if you get it, you’re on your way.)