Contests and Giveaways

Grand Prize

BigTime Hawaii Prize Passport
The 2009 Conference Grand Prize is a 10 day stay at a luxury 3 bedroom ocean front villa in the Ko Olina resort on the island of Oahu, Hawaii (travel not included).
Only main conference attendees who turn in their “BigTime Hawaii Passport” with at least 25 stamps are eligible to win. To have your passport stamped, visit at least 25 of the ~50 exhibit booths during the conference Open Exhibits and ask to have your BigTime Hawaii passport stamped. Turn in your passport Weds evening by 9:00pm. We will announce the winner Thursday morning!

Thanks to Gold Conference Exhibitor BigTime by Edison's Attic for sponsoring this great prize!
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Special Offers & Giveaways

Intuit®

$620 worth of savings for QuickBooks ProAdvisors who sign up for Intuit® QuickBooks® Payroll Assisted.
$199 worth of savings on Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks plus FREE Intuit Billing.
$25 Amazon Gift card and a free 90 day subscription to Intuit Accountant Work Exchange to conference attendees that post a position. Finding qualified tax and accounting candidates and high quality jobs with less sifting and digging. Boost practice profits by hiring when and how you need it: full time, part time, in-office or remote. Visit the Intuit booth for more details.

All attendees will receive a one year subscription to The CPA Technology Advisor magazine.
The CPA Technology Advisor is the definitive resource for information to approximately 50,000 tax and accounting professionals in public practice across the United States. Our content (both in print and online) exists to help accountants adopt new technologies for their firms and adapt their business practices to take full advantage of these technologies. As the leading publication doing “apples-to-apples” comparative, rated product reviews, in addition to editorial feature articles, The CPA Technology Advisor is the source practicing public accountants rely on when they are ready to make a technology purchase for their own firm or to make a recommendation to a business client.

Raffle Prizes

Diamond Sponsor Intuit® will give away (2) QuickBooks ProAdvisor® Program memberships. Whether you're looking to grow your practice or provide excellent support for your clients, the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program will provide the software and services you need to be successful. Be sure to visit the Intuit booth for your chance to win!
Diamond Sponsor Intuit® will give away (10) Best BuyTM gift cards, and two flip videoTM cameras. Visit the Intuit booth for your chance to win!
	Platinum Sponsor - BillQuick - Time Billing Software will be raffling away the revolutionary HP - Mini Netbook with Intel® Atom™ Processor. This compact netbook features a built-in webcam and wireless connectivity so you can easily video chat with friends and family from your home network or area hotspots. Visit BillQuick’s booth to learn about how you can easily enter time and expenses, reduce your overhead costs, and send out invoices more quickly. See for yourself why BillQuick is rated the #1 Time Billing Software. Stop by BillQuick's booth to enter to win.
	Bronze Exhibitor- ExpenseWatch.com will be raffling seven $15 iTunes gift cards -- a little music to make your day. Be sure to visit the booth to learn how you can control and reduce all of your company spending with ExpenseWatch.com. Stop by the ExpenseWatch booth to enter to win.
	Silver Exhibitor - Avalara will be raffling the Avalara Margarita Machine – Less Taxing More Relaxing! Unlike a blender, the Frozen Concoction Maker™ shaves ice and blends it with your favorite ingredients for restaurant-quality consistency every time. Take the guesswork out of frozen beverages with its pre-programmed automatic settings. Simply, fill the ice hopper with ice, add ingredients to the blending jar and fire it up! It does all the work... you take all the credit! Stop by the Avalara booth to enter to win.
	Bronze Exhibitor - Checksforless.com, an EiPrinting Company will be raffling the Nintendo Wii™ , which is a game for everyone that has revolutionized the world of gaming. The ease of use and interactivity of the Wii™ allows for a unique social gaming experience for the whole family. You don’t just play Wii™, you experience it! Stop by the Checksforless.com booth to win.
	Silver Exhibitor, ACCTivate! will hold a drawing for the new 32GB Apple iPhone 3GS valued at $299. Visit the ACCTivate! booth to enter and to learn more about ACCTivate!, the most feature-rich inventory control solution designed for QuickBooks with inventory management, warehousing, EDI, barcoding, mobile computing, purchasing, CRM, sales order management, service management, picking & shipping, decision support tools and a dashboard. ACCTivate!’s tailored solutions are designed to tackle the unique needs of wholesale, importing, eCommerce, web, light manufacturing and distribution businesses. Stop by the ACCtivate! booth to enter to win.
	Silver Exhibitor - Virtual Software will be raffling a Nintendo Wii with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. With interactive games that pull the user out of the seat and into the action, the Wii has redefined gaming and broken down barriers across all age groups. Virtual Software is the #1 ranked Gold Partner for time tracking and expense reporting by Intuit Marketplace. Come visit our booth to register for the raffle and learn more about how companies use Virtual Time+Expense to save time and cut costs, all while allowing you to better serve your clients. Stop by the Virtual Software booth to enter to win.
	Gold Exhibitor - SmartVault, will hold a drawing for a new Fujitsu®ScanSnap s300 desktop scanner, valued at $295. The ScanSnap S300 mobile scanning solution is the world's smallest color, duplex, automatic document feeder (ADF) scanner. With SmartVault and its special integration with the Fujitsu ScanSnap, scanning and attaching documents to QuickBooks entries has never been easier. Stop by the SmartVault booth to enter to win, and catch a live demo to learn how SmartVault transforms QuickBooks® into a simple document management system. Visit the SmartVault booth to enter to win!
	Gold Exhibitor - AdvanceWare Technologies, Inc. the provider of a cost effective inventory solution AdvancePro - is raffling a Notebook for all the lucky attendees. Lightweight and with its built-in Wi-Fi the Notebook is great for keeping in touch with family, friends and for any business on the go. It also has a built-in card reader, webcam, speakers and microphone. Visit the AdvancePro booth to enter a chance to win! See for yourself why AdvancePro is one of the highest rated software and how it can be an effective and efficient inventory and order management solution for your business. Stop by The AdvancePro booth to enter to win.
	Silver Exhibitor - Office Tools Professional will be giving away an 2 lbs of fresh Newhall Coffee and a signed book by author and founder Mitch McMullen. Visit the Office Tools Professional booth to learn more about the only Practice Management software that integrates with QuickBooks from a simple single interface. Our software for small businesses is all you need for office management, staff scheduling, document management, time tracking, invoicing, web portal and due date monitoring. Stop by the Office Tools Professional booth to enter to win!
	Bronze Exhibitor, Pervasive DataSolutions, will be raffling the minoHD, the world’s sleekest HD camcorder, from Flip Video™. The small device shoots in 1280 x 720 video resolution, displays in 16:9 cinematic widescreen, and holds up to 60 minutes of footage. The Pervasive DataSolutions team shoots all of their web videos with this amazing little gadget! Stop by the Pervasive DataSolutions booth to enter to win!
	Copper Exhibitor -- Magpie Systems is giving away a four day/three night stay for two at Pineapple Fields Hotel Resort! Located in the Bahamas on the island of Eleuthera, Pineapple Fields is surrounded by white sand beaches and island breezes. This world-class resort boasts spacious accommodations, as well as spectacular views of the Caribbean. Stop by the Magpie Systems* table for a chance to win.*
	Copper Exhibitor -- American EPAY will raffling the NEW WalTer ™ T6 - Biometric Computerized Wall Terminal for Time & Labor Management. It has a built-in camera, printer, keypad, and card swipe. The 10” color screen and Wireless communication is also unique. Combine the WalTer with 60 days of FREE Blueforce.com™ web-hosted service for tracking Time & Attendance, and you have a powerful solution for a client with a distributed workforce. Stop by the American EPAY* table for a chance to win.*
	Gold Exhibitor InsynQ & Partners are going to be raffling off two Green Inspiron Mini 10v laptops with Intel Atom Processor N270, 1GB memory, 10.1" screen, integrated webcam and much much more.. Along with six pairs of Bunny slippers. Stop by the InsynQ booth for a chance to win. This is all part of the Application Ecosystem passport, attendees at the show will be presented with the passport booklet when they visit the CPAASP booth on the first day of the show.They will then need to visit each partner in the passport booklet and get each partner page stamped. The ones that have all partner pages stamped will be submitted into the raffle drawing. Attendees will return completed passports to the cpaasp booth, winners will be drawn on the last afternoon of the show around 4:00pm.
	Sliver Exhibitor- AccountantsWorld will raffle away a Samsung BD-P1600 blu-ray disc player. It delivers the sharpest images possible and highest quality audio. Want more entertainment? You can instantly watch movies streamed from Netflix music from Pandora and enjoy special interactive features with BD-Live 2.0. Stop by our booth and learn about our accounting solutions designed to harness the collaborative power of the Internet for both the Accountant and the client. Accounting Relief is the first and only accounting system built to eliminate inefficiencies when a client hires an accountant to perform accounting and play virtual CFO role. Not just Cloud Computing, Accountant Centric Cloud Computing. Stop by AccountantsWorld booth to enter to win. Stop by AccountantsWorld booth to enter to win.
	GHG Corporation will be raffling a Nintendo DS Lite. Stop by GHG Corporation booth to enter to win.
	The Sleeter Group will be raffling a one year Standard Consultant Network Membership, a value of $495. The Sleeter Group Consultants Network is the nation's premier accounting software consultant's network. We provide expert QuickBooks consulting, add-on integration services, business process workflow consulting, outsourced bookkeeping services, and financial statement preparation. Stop by The Sleeter Group booth to enter to win.
	Sleeter Group's Consultant Reference Guide Book and CD-ROM - Valued at $119.95 - Our best selling 500+ page QuickBooks Reference Guide is complete with techniques to diagnose and fix your clients' QuickBooks files. The guide is ideal for new or experienced QuickBooks consultants. Examples and recommendations are carefully designed to result in proper accounting entries and detailed reports for management. Stop by The Sleeter Group booth to enter to win.
	Sleeter Group's Consultant's Toolkit, a value of $99.95 will be raffled off. The Consultant's Toolkit is packed full of time saving files including sample correspondence, engagement letter templates, spreadsheets, and graphically designed marketing templates to assist CPA firms, professional bookkeepers, and accounting software consultants with the marketing of their services to prospective clients and the management of their existing client relationships. The Consultant's Toolkit will save hundreds of hours worth of time! Stop by The Sleeter Group booth to enter to win.

* “Full Conference" is defined as November 9-12, 2009. Should The Sleeter Group offer additional promotional offers throughout the Conference registration period (May 15-November 8, 2009), the registrant is eligible for only the first offer used.

** "Main Conference" is defined as November 10-12, 2009. Full Conference registrants (Pre-Conference plus Main Conference) are also included in the contest. A winner who cancels their Main Conference registration must forfeit any prize won. Prize winners for the end of the month will be communicated and announced the first week of the following month. The Sleeter Group reserves the right to offer additional contests throughout the Conference registration period (May 15-November 8, 2009). Physical prizes, if any, will be delivered or otherwise be made available prior to November 1, 2009. A registered attendee is eligible to win any prize awarded subsequent to the date of their registration.

***If the contest is won by a current SGCN member, the winner will receive a one year renewal, a $395 value!

PROMO Code TSG150 is valid for the Main Conference Only.