FREE LONGEVITY ForceCut 40AMP Plasma Cutter Contest!

[longevity-inc.com]

HI Everyone,

My name is Simon, and I am the President of Longevity Welding better known as longevity-inc.com on these forums. Longevity is one of the most recognizable companies for providing imported welding and cutting equipment because of our customer service and product quality. Please read our threads on the forums and you will see for yourself that we are hands down a sure bet when purchasing a plasma cutter and/or welder.

I would like to introduce our second Welding Web contest and we are offering a FREE Longevity ForceCut LP-40D Plasma Cutter (http://longevity-inc.com/product_details.php?id=17) with the digital display!

How to enter (Please read the rules):

You will need to paste the following code to your signatures, which is a link to our website! You will need to remove all "@" marks for the code below and insert it into the signature. You must be a welding web member for at least 1 month and have more than 15 posts to enter. In addition to the signature, we require that you register with our Free welding forum at www.longevity-inc.com/forum

The code:

[@URL="http://longevity-inc.com"][@B][@COLOR="RoyalBlue"][@SIZE="5"]Click Here for the Best Deals On Welding Equipment from LONGEVITY™[@FONT="Arial"][@/FONT][@/SIZE][@/COLOR][@/B][@/URL]

This is how the link will look!

Click Here for the Best Deals On Welding Equipment from LONGEVITY™ (http://longevity-inc.com)

Once you entered your signature to your line, please reply to this post with your new signature and your Registered Longevity Welding Forum ID (www.longevity-inc.com/forum) and you will be entered in the contest.

When and How will I WIN?

The signature or the link to our website must stay in your signature and not be edited or removed until the winner is announced on November 30th, 2008. We will choose the winner simply by picking your WeldingWeb ID name randomly. If the winner does NOT respond to claim their prize, we will then select the second drawing.

Thank you all and best of luck! Do not forget to join our free welding forum at www.longevity-inc.com/forum and visit www.longevity-inc.com

[rlitman]

Sure, I'm game for that.

[longevity-inc.com]

Everyone,

Please do not forget to provide your Longevity Forum ID as well or you will not qualify! Rlitman, please edit your post and provide the Longevity Forum ID as well...

[Gadget]

Thanks for another great contest Simon.

[joebiplane]

Do my PM's to You count for posts simon....if not this is my 15th post on the forum

joebiplane ........on longevity forum

[welderShane]

Simon,
It won't let me register to the forum! Everytime the page loads for that security code picture it shows a box with an X. Anyway you could pm me with a fix so i can register to the board? Thanks

[longevity-inc.com]

Do my PM's to You count for posts simon....if not this is my 15th post on the forum

joebiplane ........on longevity forum


Joebiplane,

Yes, you will qualify. I recall speaking with you numerous times and you definitely will be entered in the contest! Thanks for being a supporter and showing interest in this great contest!

Simon

[longevity-inc.com]

Simon,
It won't let me register to the forum! Everytime the page loads for that security code picture it shows a box with an X. Anyway you could pm me with a fix so i can register to the board? Thanks

Shane,

PM me your email address. I will check it in the admin screen and make sure you are fully registered.

SImon

[joebiplane]

I could be " Just stupid," Simon, But i swear that the instructions that I read last night said to remove every " ! " exclamation point !!!! This morning the instructions say to remove every " @ " sign ???
My signature appears to have what is needed for the contest, but i am now confused.
Straighten me out old Buddy...... BTW... when should I expect my LS 160 P to arrive at the "dirt Farmer"
thanks
Joe

[gaustin]

Let me know when you have one related to welding!

Can I leave other links and HTML in the signature ? Are the links there to allow other users to see that individual support longevity and that they just click the signature or is it the purpose of increasing page ranking in search engines. If its not for search engine ranking then everyon could add a nofollow tag and that would be ok correct ?

rel="nofollow"> could be added after the URL address to eliminate any evidence that the sole purpose of this is to increase your page ranking. And iff page ranking is your purpose then I guess thats inline with the forum policies.

Here is a link to an article regarding comment spam that more clearly identifies what I am speaking of http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html

Of course I guess if it was an issue the weldingweb people could make it automatic where all posts have a nofollow attribute added.

Was indexing the longevity site a consideration when coming up with the contest ? The reason I ask is because one of the other importers on the forum and I had a pretty lengthy discussion about the subject and he was under the understanding I would place a link on my website to his on my index page. I was reluctant to use that page but did because that is what he understood I would do. When I placed the link with the nofollow attribute set, he clearly indicated the purpose was for increasing his google page rank.

Again, that may not be your purpose however this is NOT a contest. It is a "random" drawing. There is a difference.

[specter]

Although I do not plan to enter the Contest/Drawing, Gaustin certainly makes a good point since I also noticed that ploy by the other importer/dealer/manufacturer to increase their rating/ranking/evaluation in hopes to increase sales.

I too know the importance of high evaluations when it comes to selling on Ebay or elsewhere. I do ocassionally sell stuff on ebay.

[specter]

I think if this is a true contest most folks are going to hesitate to go through all the membership registrations and hoops that they have to jump through just to enter a contest for a possible chance to win something.

In even the easiest contest you usually have a better chance of being hit by lightning than winning the contest.

[EdKing]

Ok, I edited my sig, but I never win stuff like this anyway

Ed

[rlitman]

My userid is rlitman on the Longevity forum as well.

[longevity-inc.com]

Ok, I edited my sig, but I never win stuff like this anyway

Ed

You never know. Definitely cannot win if you don't try!

[longevity-inc.com]

I could be " Just stupid," Simon, But i swear that the instructions that I read last night said to remove every " ! " exclamation point !!!! This morning the instructions say to remove every " @ " sign ???
My signature appears to have what is needed for the contest, but i am now confused.
Straighten me out old Buddy...... BTW... when should I expect my LS 160 P to arrive at the "dirt Farmer"
thanks
Joe



You are not mistaken. I had the ! changed to @ because it is easier to find and remove than the skinny !. Some people were having problems with the code and Dan suggested an @ instead.

As far as the 160P - the container line quoted us on Oct 8th to Oct-10th.

Thank you for being patient Joe. I know you will be satisfied!

Simon

[longevity-inc.com]

I think if this is a true contest most folks are going to hesitate to go through all the membership registrations and hoops that they have to jump through just to enter a contest for a possible chance to win something.

In even the easiest contest you usually have a better chance of being hit by lightning than winning the contest.

Tom,

I think this is an interesting contest that does not require much work from the people who join. Many companies have similar drawings! In fact, people who have a potential chance of winning also register with our forum and have the ability to get more advice on our products in our own forums, where most of the content is based on what we sell.

Our last contest required some skill because we required our logo to be made! Of course, the reward was greater, but to change your signature and register at a useful forum is not a big task for the reward.

Simon

[longevity-inc.com]

Let me know when you have one related to welding!

Can I leave other links and HTML in the signature ? Are the links there to allow other users to see that individual support longevity and that they just click the signature or is it the purpose of increasing page ranking in search engines. If its not for search engine ranking then everyon could add a nofollow tag and that would be ok correct ?

rel="nofollow"> could be added after the URL address to eliminate any evidence that the sole purpose of this is to increase your page ranking. And iff page ranking is your purpose then I guess thats inline with the forum policies.

Here is a link to an article regarding comment spam that more clearly identifies what I am speaking of http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html

Of course I guess if it was an issue the weldingweb people could make it automatic where all posts have a nofollow attribute added.

Was indexing the longevity site a consideration when coming up with the contest ? The reason I ask is because one of the other importers on the forum and I had a pretty lengthy discussion about the subject and he was under the understanding I would place a link on my website to his on my index page. I was reluctant to use that page but did because that is what he understood I would do. When I placed the link with the nofollow attribute set, he clearly indicated the purpose was for increasing his google page rank.

Again, that may not be your purpose however this is NOT a contest. It is a "random" drawing. There is a difference.

Gerald,

A contest, drawing, raffle or whatever you or others may call it. Someone will win a plasma cutter based of entering the code to the signature and joining our useful forum. The purpose is to get more publicity and website traffic as well as generate forum activity on our site.

I have heard of google needed to have numerous links to increase page rank and our development team is currently setting us up for the same thing. However, that was not the purpose to just get us indexed.

Simon

[specter]

Hi Simon,

I wasn't really being critical of the action. Like you said Many others use this practice as well to generate membership and interest in their site and product.

But when I saw this at the bottom of ed king's post it almost makes it like he either works of the company or is endorsing their products by having his membership name after the click here link to site.

Click Here for the Best Deals On Welding Equipment from LONGEVITY™ EdKing

That is the reason for my hestiation to sign up for the contest.

[longevity-inc.com]

Hi Simon,

I wasn't really being critical of the action. Like you said Many others use this practice as well to generate membership and interest in their site and product.

But when I saw this at the bottom of ed king's post it almost makes it like he either works of the company or is endorsing their products by having his membership name after the click here link to site.

Click Here for the Best Deals On Welding Equipment from LONGEVITY™ EdKing

That is the reason for my hestiation to sign up for the contest.


I see his name there! We are gonna have a talk with Ed:dizzy:

I agree that this is something new, but if gets us some awareness and someone gets a free unit with parts and labor warranty than we are all for it. We want to make sure the big dollars we spend on this site are put to work and the people get a chance to use our equipment.

Simon

[2tailfins]

Noob "Wrench" here- Just trying to find out as much as I can.

[specter]

What are you trying to find out?

I have an Longevity ForceCut 80amp Plasma Cutter. Perhaps I can answer your question.

[welderShane]

Simon,
I got it to work! Im not sure what you mean by ID? Username? Mine is weldershane on the longevity forum. Thanks for the contest! Even though i never have luck and probably won't win.

[longevity-inc.com]

Shane,

You never know... saw your ID! Doesnt hurt to try!

[gaustin]

Gerald,

I have heard of google needed to have numerous links to increase page rank and our development team is currently setting us up for the same thing. However, that was not the purpose to just get us indexed.

Simon

Cool. Just checking !

[zapster]

Making people carry your sig everywhere they post?

This has to be the biggest pile of Roadapples that ever was..:rolleyes:

...zap!

[specter]

Well Zap I have to agree with you. To me having a company's logo or trademark attached to my name everytime I post hints that I either work for the company or I endorse their products.

Hey don't folks get paid or advertising or giving endorsements!! ??

[joebiplane]

I hope more of you "Cautious" folks decide to not enter..... maybe then, I CAN WIN THE PLASMA CUTTER
Remember.....YOU CAN"T WIN IF YOUR NOT IN ! lol

[kman0066]

kman0066 - Same username

Yay plasma cutting!

[longevity-inc.com]

I hope more of you "Cautious" folks decide to not enter..... maybe then, I CAN WIN THE PLASMA CUTTER
Remember.....YOU CAN"T WIN IF YOUR NOT IN ! lol

Joe,

So far you have a great chance at a great machine.

[longevity-inc.com]

Making people carry your sig everywhere they post?

This has to be the biggest pile of Roadapples that ever was..:rolleyes:

...zap!

Zap,

If this contest is something you do not agree with then you do not have to enter! More chance for others to win a $400.00 plasma cutter.

Maybe Next Contest,

Simon

[737mechanic]

Cool I have been wanting a plasma cutter for some time. Can't wait to see who ends up winning.

[fl70]

fl70

It's worth a shot.

[longevity-inc.com]

Thanks for entering and best of luck.

[MAC702]

My user name at your forum is the same: MAC702. The more I read about you guys, the more I think you are trying to break in with a decent product at a good price. The marketing might still need some work, but enough satisfied customers will soon be taking care of that for you!

[specter]

Your right MAC so far Simon and Longevity are doing at good job as a startup company.

I bought a new Longevity Force Cut LP80 amp plasma cutter. I had a couple of problems at 1st but Simon's customer support QUICKLY resolved the problems. Reading all the posts from customer here at welding web sold me on buying Longevity. So far I am very impressed with the ForceCut LP80 performance and Longevity's customer support.

If Longevity keeps up this product and customer support it will go along way to establish Longevity in the market.

Tom

[flatbustedbroke]

So now that the sig line can't be used what are you going to do to give this away?

[longevity-inc.com]

Everyone,

Welding Web did not approve the last contest because of some people complaining. We will have to re-enter a contest where marketing through a signature line will not be included.

After a few PMs from Bob on here I told him we will approve the next contest with him prior to posting.

For now, we will run the same contest on on our forum so if people still want to win, they can enter there.

Sorry if this has caused anyone any problems,

Simon

[Rojodiablo]

Everyone,

Welding Web did not approve the last contest because of some people complaining. We will have to re-enter a contest where marketing through a signature line will not be included.

After a few PMs from Bob on here I told him we will approve the next contest with him prior to posting.

For now, we will run the same contest on on our forum so if people still want to win, they can enter there.

Sorry if this has caused anyone any problems,

SimonThanks Simon. And good luck to all those who enter the contest. Paul.:waving:

[Oldiron2]

Simon:
Just out of curiosity, where are the specs. such as input amps/ volts to be found for your equipment?

For those who want to have a 'Signature" for just this forum, can't you just save it somewhere and paste it on the bottom of your post whenever you are here? A little more work, but .....

[longevity-inc.com]

Oldiron2,

Thank you for the question. Currently, we are rebuilding to make everything more purchase friendly - meaining we will have specs and power charts clearly visible for customers.

Right now, the specs are shown on each model on our website, but we want to consolidate everything into a chart. Hopefully, soon you will see what I am talking about and I am sure more people will be impressed because of the man hours put into developing the site.

As far as the contest, we will not have the sigs anymore on this forum. It was a good way to get us clicks and a reasonable way for someone to win a prize. The last contest required a lot of work, but was also more rewarding. With this contest, we simply wanted to market and giveaway a prize. I talked to Bob and we agreed that we will work together to make a contest that will be well liked on this forum and giveaway a prize that is worth entering.

I promised to some to re-run the contest on our forum and I hope to have before today. This will be fair to WW members who still want to win. They will have to enter with their Longevity Forum id and we may not require a sig since it is our own website.

Hope i answered all the questions,

Simon

[longevity-inc.com]

HI All,

To those who entered and still wish to win a free plasma cutter, please go to the link our forum. The contest will be run on our forum since it was pulled on this one. We will not require a sig on our forum, just a registered Longevity Forum ID.

Here is the link:

http://longevity-inc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=321

Best of Luck.