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We're still looking for roughly 50 more submissions as of 5/24 at 2:36 p.m. PST.

Tell us what appeals most to your family about Verizon FiOS for a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

We need approximately 1 more submission as of 10:03 am PST on 6/10/11.

If you love Verizon FiOS, know someone with Verizon FiOS, or ever dreamed of getting Verizon FiOS in your home, we’ve got a blogging opportunity for you!

Verizon knows that moms have hectic schedules, and that Verizon FiOS TV and Internet service can make your life just a little bit easier. Maybe you’d love Verizon FiOS because you could save time and eliminate one more errand by streaming movies over your rock-solid high speed connection. Maybe you like tweeting directly from the shows you watch on television. Verizon FiOS has tons to offer families to help make your family life easier. We’d love to hear what features you love most about Verizon FiOS -- or would love to have Verizon FiOS in your home -- to make your life easier as a mom. We’ve got great thought-starters and links to videos below that you can use to get your creative juices flowing to educate your readers about the benefits of Verizon FiOS and all the service has to offer families.

We're looking for quality over speed, so please read on.

Tell us what appeals most to your family about Verizon FiOS in a thoughtful, original essay post of at least 400 original words. Let us know if you’re a subscriber or a jealous neighbor pining to bring Verizon FiOS into your home.

How it works:
We are looking for one hundred creative, original and authentic submissions of high quality. Create an original post on your blog, in 400 words or more (using your own words), about what appeals most to your family about Verizon FiOS (TV and Internet). Include a thoughtful introduction, original content within the body of your post, and a conclusion. Check your spelling and grammar. You must also include the disclosure statement that is below in your post and install the campaign widget in the sidebar of your blog. Then follow the rest of the requirements below. We will review every post and select the first 100 qualifying submissions to receive a $25 Amazon.com gift card!

Highlights from your posts, tweets and tips will be collected and featured on http://VerizonFiOS.socialmoms.com, and distributed across the web for all to see. The blogging program starts on May 4, 2011 and the submission window closes at 11:59pm PST on June 9, 2011. We will contact the qualifying bloggers on or about June 14, 2011. Full terms and conditions are posted for your review at http://VerizonFiOS.socialmoms.com

Here is some background on Verizon FiOS to get you going:

Why FiOS Rocks

Verizon’s advanced fiber optic technology lets you watch HDTV with less interruptions, pixelation, or weather interference.
FiOS is more weather resistant and more durable than the copper phone lines or coaxial cable .
With the massive bandwidth of a 100% fiber-optic network connected directly to the home, you’ll be “future-proofed” for all the hot new Internet tools and applications coming down the pike.
Verizon FiOS TV was rated #1 in value, overall quality and customer loyalty, according to the 2010 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Survey for the largest subscription TV service providers.
J.D. Power and Associates ranked FiOS "Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the East Region," three years in a row.
Watch this video of real kids talking about why FiOS is cool

Flex View “Watch what you want, where you want”

With Flex View, you can buy, rent and watch on-demand video titles on your FiOS TV, on your computer or on your mobile phone.
So imagine this…you missed The King’s Speech in the theater and prefer watching it on FIOS TV on-demand from the comfort of your living room anyway. You rented it late last night and weren’t able to finish it. With Flex View on FiOS TV, you can finish watching it on your mobile phone while waiting in the car pool line.
How does it work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeKPG_bfV7M or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzKLp3wyCs

Media Manager

Media Manager is a Verizon service that lets you access media content that either resides on or is streamed from your PC.
Using Media Manager, you can access digital photos, music files, Internet radio stations, home videos, Internet videos from certain web sites directly from your FiOS-connected TV.

TV Widgets

Verizon FiOS features awesome TV widgets like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, allowing you to Tweet directly from your TV, using your remote while watching TV. Yes, with FiOS, you can watch Modern Family and Tweet about the scary but true similarities between your husband and Ed O’Neill. Or update your Facebook status with “Yes, the kids are FINALLY in bed!” and virtually high-five with your fellow moms---all directly from your TV.
FiOS has re-made TV into social TV.
FiOS TV Widgets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRixR7LCk0

FiOS Internet: “Internet as fast as it gets”

There's a reason FiOS is America's top-rated high speed Internet service.
FiOS Internet gives you the fastest upload speeds and amazingly clear streaming video.
But speed is only valuable when you've got great service. That's why we make sure FiOS isn't just faster, but also more reliable.
FiOS doesn’t let up during “peak” hours like when the kids come home from school when some cable services slow down due to increased usage.
FiOS Internet has won PCMAG.com’s Readers’ Choice award five years in a row. According to the leading technology review site, "Verizon's FiOS stands alone when it comes to satisfied customers."
Real mom discusses why she loves FiOS Internet when it comes to her home-based business: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4U0BA-tq8&feature=relmfu

In-home Agent

In-Home Agent is a PC application that provides you with fast, easy solutions for common FiOS & High Speed Internet questions. It's 24/7 support at the click of your mouse!
In-Home Agent, best used on your Home PC, provides step by step guided help to manage your FiOS or High Speed Internet service
More information

See if your ‘hood has FiOS

Rewards for Participating:
The first 100 qualifying participants will receive a $25 Amazon.com gift card! See Terms and Conditions

Requirements:
To participate, we ask that you:

1. Create an original blog post on your blog, in 400 words or more, sharing "what appeals most to your family about Verizon FiOS." Please include a thoughtful introduction and conclusion in addition to the main body of your essay. Give it plenty of thought, and include content that your readers would like to hear about and can connect with! Short or poorly written posts will not be accepted. Copying and pasting does not count. Blank posts submitted to create a blog link on the discussion page will be disqualified. Don't copy another blogger's post or ideas. Plagiarism is grounds for immediate disqualification.

2. Participants must include the following disclosure as a footnote of their post:
“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Verizon FiOS blogging program for a gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.” (make sure you link to http://VerizonFiOS.socialmoms.com/about)

3. Install the campaign widget in the side bar of your blog.
Get Widget Here

4. Log on to your Twitter account, www.twitter.com, and send a tweet including a link to your blog post with the hashtag #VerizonFiOS.

5. Return to www.SocialMoms.com and post a comment on this discussion page in the comments section below, including an active link to your blog post and a direct link to your Twitter tweet. (You can click on the date/time link below your tweet to get the direct link to your tweet.)

Eligibility:
No purchase required to participate. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, have a personal blog and be a registered user of the www.socialmoms.com and www.twitter.com websites to participate and at least 18 years of age or older at time of submission. See Terms and Conditions. Please see SocialMoms FAQs for more information on blogging programs.

About Verizon FiOS
Modern consumers enjoy the ultimate digital lifestyle at work, home and play with Verizon FiOS advanced and integrated TV and broadband services. The speed and intelligence of the nation’s largest all-fiber-optic network lets FiOS customers create personalized, integrated entertainment and information experiences that connect them to everything they care about -- anytime, anywhere, on a multitude of devices. FiOS helps make life easier, more productive and more fun.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving 94.1 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 194,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of $106.6 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com

More info on Verizon FiOS: http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/aboutFiOS/overview.htm

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