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		<title>Guess The Origin Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2010/06/01/guess-the-origin-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Pollard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are releasing a new chocolate bar. To celebrate, we are holding a "Guess the Origin" contest. You can win a "Year's Supply of Chocolate" (valued at $830). Be sure to enter!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are releasing a new chocolate bar in the next month or so.  (If all goes well, barring delays etc.)  The chocolate is absolutely fabulous!  This is a little project I&#8217;ve been working on for some time and it is nice to see it come to fruition.</p>
<div id="attachment_922" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 208px"><a href="http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mystery-beans1.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-922" title="mystery-beans" src="http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mystery-beans1-198x300.gif" alt="Mystery Cocoa Beans" width="198" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">These are some of the cocoa beans we used to make our new chocolate with. If you know your cocoa, this could be a major clue!</p></div>
<p>To celebrate, we are holding a &#8220;Guess the Origin&#8221; contest.  We will have a drawing among all those who guess the origin correctly for a &#8220;Year&#8217;s Supply of Chocolate&#8221;.  This is 10 bars a month or 120 bars a year. <strong>This is over $830 in chocolate!</strong></p>
<p>To enter, just fill out the form here:</p>
<p><a title="Amano's Guess the Origin Contest" href="http://www.amanochocolate.com/promos/guess-the-origin-contest.html">http://www.amanochocolate.com/promos/guess-the-origin-contest.html</a></p>
<p>If you are a blogger, you get an extra chance to win since we are having a separate contest (also for a &#8220;Year&#8217;s Supply of Chocolate&#8221;) for bloggers who announce the &#8220;Guess the Origin&#8221; contest on their blog.</p>
<p>The link to the blogger drawing is here:</p>
<p><a title="Blogger Contest" href="http://www.amanochocolate.com/promos/guess-the-origin-contest-blogger.html">http://www.amanochocolate.com/promos/guess-the-origin-contest-blogger.html</a></p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!  We are super excited to announce this chocolate (as we always are) and as always, we know you will love the flavor of this chocolate immensely.</p>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 20px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Ok, well it is actually Clark’s wife Nicole. Born this morning, 8lbs, 3oz. I’m  still waiting for a name from Clark but, I’m sure she will eat her share of  chocolate as she gets older! A big congratulations for Clark and Nicole!!!</div>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Amano Chocolate Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2009/11/24/thanksgiving-amano-chocolate-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clark Goble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, our last chocolate giveaway was very successful. But we learned a few things along the way. We&#8217;re going to let this one last about a week over the Thanksgiving holidays. So we&#8217;ll pick the winner on November 30th. So here are the rules. 1. You must follow us on Twitter. (This is so we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, our <a href="http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2009/11/17/the-amano-twitter-giveaway/">last chocolate giveaway</a> was very successful.  But we learned a few things along the way.  We&#8217;re going to let this one last about a week over the Thanksgiving holidays.  So we&#8217;ll pick the winner on November 30th.</p>
<p>So here are the rules.</p>
<p><span id="more-830"></span>1. You <b>must</b> <a href="http://twitter.com/AmanoChocolate">follow us on Twitter</a>.  (This is so we can direct message you &#8211; if we are unable to direct message you we have to pick an other winner)</p>
<p>2. Post on your twitter account the twitter message we send out.  (It must include the link to this blog post)</p>
<blockquote><p>Win a free box of Amano Chocolate. $84 value. Tweet this message to enter. See http://bit.ly/8xeV4J for rules.
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<p>3.  We’ll do a search for that message and pick a random follower. The prize will be a 10 bar variety pack of Amano Chocolate valued at $84. We’ll pick a winner on November 30th. That’ll give everyone a chance to tweet the message.</p>
<p>4. We’ll announce the winner so check your twitter account to see if you won. If you won send us a Direct Message on Twitter or email us at amano@amanochocolate.com with your shipping address and we’ll ship your chocolate that day.  </p>
<p>Let us know if you have any questions. We’ll tweet the contest a few times over the next two days to ensure everyone sees it. (We know what it is like to be overwhelmed by twitter feeds)</p>
<p>Note: The contest is only open to people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (Sorry – shipping to the rest of the world is very expensive)</p>
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		<title>First Amano Chocolate Twitter Contest Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2009/11/19/first-amano-chocolate-twitter-contest-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clark Goble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So for our first Twitter contest we have picked a winner. First thank you to everyone who entered. The feedback was wonderful. It was so popular we&#8217;ll try and do an other contest in a week. The winner is CeiCeiH. CeiCeiH, we&#8217;ve sent you a message on Twitter. If you can email us at amano@amanochocolate.com [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So for our <a href="http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2009/11/17/the-amano-twitter-giveaway/">first Twitter contest</a> we have picked a winner.  First thank you to everyone who entered.  The feedback was wonderful.  It was so popular we&#8217;ll try and do an other contest in a week.</p>
<p>The winner is CeiCeiH.  CeiCeiH, we&#8217;ve sent you a message on Twitter.  If you can email us at amano@amanochocolate.com we&#8217;d appreciate it.</p>
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		<title>The Amano Twitter Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.amanochocolate.com/blog/2009/11/17/the-amano-twitter-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clark Goble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to be doing several Twitter giveaways this month. The rules for the giveaway are: 1. Follow us on twitter. (Go to the Amano Chocolate Twitter page and click follow) 2. Post on your twitter account the twitter message we send out: Win a free box of Amano Chocolate. $84 value. Tweet this message [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.amanochocolate.com/images/NewPackaging/Group_x4_Boxes_in_Beans_154x102.jpg" align=right hspace=8>We&#8217;re going to be doing several Twitter giveaways this month.  The rules for the giveaway are:</p>
<p>1. Follow us on twitter.  (Go to the <a href="http://twitter.com/AmanoChocolate">Amano Chocolate Twitter page</a> and click follow)</p>
<p>2. Post on your twitter account the twitter message we send out:</p>
<blockquote><p>Win a free box of Amano Chocolate. $84 value.  Tweet this message to enter.  See <A href="http://bit.ly/2bNFi1 ">http://bit.ly/2bNFi1</a>. </p></blockquote>
<p>3. We&#8217;ll do a search for that message and pick a random follower.  The prize will be a 10 bar variety pack of Amano Chocolate valued at $84.  We&#8217;ll give about 2 days to pick a winner.  That&#8217;ll give everyone a chance to tweet the message.</p>
<p>4. We&#8217;ll announce the winner so check your twitter account to see if you won.  If you won send us a Direct Message on Twitter or email us at <a href="mailto:amano@amanochocolate.com">amano@amanochocolate.com</a> with your shipping address and we&#8217;ll ship your chocolate that day.</p>
<p>Let us know if you have any questions.  We&#8217;ll tweet the contest a few times over the next two days to ensure everyone sees it.  (We know what it is like to be overwhelmed by twitter feeds)</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The contest is only open to people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  (Sorry &#8211; shipping to the rest of the world is very expensive)</p>
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