⇢Win a FREE 1:1 Virtual Session to Get Immediate Personalised Support on Your Graduate Job Search!
Introducing the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge!
This post provides an overview of the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge, a weekly competition exclusively for premium subscribers that offers the winners a FREE 1:1 virtual one-hour session with me. This post also outlines the challenge’s rules, terms, and conditions.
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Founder/Author: L. C. Serrão
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Overview of the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge
This platform (Substack) has a Leaderboard feature that ranks all subscribers—free and premium—based on the number of people they refer to sign up for a (free or premium) subscription to this newsletter. Using this, Substack rewards subscribers who reach a certain number of referrals by providing them temporary complimentary access to this newsletter’s premium content.
Free subscribers who earn referral awards are given an immediate complimentary upgrade to a premium subscription for the period associated with their reward tier, which is currently one month, three months, or six months. Each tier is additive, totalling the potential to get ten months of free access to a premium subscription.
Premium subscribers also earn referral awards via complimentary access to a premium subscription. Those already on a paid subscription will get their current access to a premium subscription extended by up to ten months at the end of their billing period. For example, if you’re on a monthly paid plan, you’ll receive complimentary access at the end of the one-month period you paid for. If you’re on an annual paid plan, you’ll get your complimentary access once your annual plan expires.
And that’s not all: There is an additional perk for premium subscribers! And with that:
I'm excited to announce the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge!
This challenge is a weekly competition that I have created exclusively for premium subscribers. The winners will receive a FREE 1:1 virtual one-hour session with me!
An additional benefit to the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge is that it is limitless! The standard referral scheme has a limit of three referral awards, translating to a maximum of ten months of complimentary access to a premium subscription. However, the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge means that premium subscribers can continue to earn referral rewards indefinitely!
Here's how it works: Using the same Leaderboard used by Substack, starting September 8th 2024, the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge will recognise and reward the top-ranked premium subscriber referrer* with at least four referrals at the end of each Sunday at 23:59 GMT. The #1 ranked premium subscriber will win the FREE 1:1 virtual one-hour session with me and will have full reign to use the one-hour as they see fit—whether for a CV or cover letter review, a mock interview, a personalised Q&A session or just a friendly chat about the ins and outs of graduate recruitment!
*Please ensure you use your unique referral link if you want the people you refer to sign up to be correctly assigned to you. Otherwise, your referrals may not be reflected on the Leaderboard.
For the rules, terms and conditions, keep reading.
Rules, Terms and Conditions
Eligibility
Only premium subscribers of the Keep, Ding, Ghost newsletter can participate in the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge.
Minimum Referrals and Ranking
Starting Sunday, September 8th, 2024, the top-ranked premium subscriber referrer will be the person who has at least four referrals and ranks #1 on the Leaderboard when compared only to other premium subscribers at the end of each Sunday at 23:59 GMT.
Please note that your Substack username may not be disclosed to me or on the Leaderboard if the Keep, Ding, Ghost newsletter is not correctly displayed on your Substack ‘Reads’ list, which will prevent you from winning the challenge.
Notification
The first winner will be announced via email on Monday, September 9th, 2024, and subsequent winners will be announced every Monday thereafter. If you believe you are the winner and can’t find an email from me after 48 hours, even after checking your spam or promotions inbox, feel free to reach out to me via DM here on Substack or on Google Chat or via email at hello@keepdingghost.com
Booking
The email notifying the winner will provide eight date and time slots to choose from over a one-month period. The winner will have one month to book the one-hour session.
Platform
The session will be virtual, using platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or Zoom. The sessions can be audio-only, so you will not be required to appear on camera.
Unlimited Wins
There’s no limit to how many times you can win, so go nuts! However, for consecutive wins, your referral count must increase by at least four new subscribers compared to the previous week.
Non-Transferability
The FREE 1:1 session is non-transferable.
Cancellation/Rescheduling Policy
If you’re a winner and have already booked the 1:1 session with me but wish to reschedule, please notify me at least 24 hours in advance. Failure to do so will result in a cancellation without the opportunity to reschedule. So, you’d have to re-enter the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge to get a new appointment.
Content Use Agreement
If you choose to use your 1:1 session to discuss a CV, cover letter, or have a mock interview, you must submit the relevant file via the form found through this link. This will help Keep, Ding, Ghost stay data protection compliant (as the forms will collect your consent with the terms and conditions related to things like privacy policies) and allow me to use a modified version of the file—in whole or in part—for the Keep, Ding, Ghost newsletter, podcast or other Keep, Ding, Ghost material to help other subscribers (your real name won’t be shared). Any questions you ask during the 1:1 session may also be featured in the Keep, Ding, Ghost newsletter, podcast or other Keep, Ding, Ghost material to assist other subscribers with similar questions.
Session Recording
Please be aware that 1:1 sessions may be recorded. If a session is recorded, the recording may be used in part or in full for the Keep, Ding, Ghost newsletter, podcast or other Keep, Ding, Ghost material to ensure that the valuable insights shared can benefit other subscribers. Your identity will remain confidential, and your face will not be shown in any shared content.
Fair Play
To ensure fairness and authenticity in the competition, I reserve the right to withhold the announcement of a winner if there are any concerns regarding the legitimacy of the referrals. Substack provides data indicating the activity level of each subscriber (such as post readership, engagement through likes, comments, etc.). This information may be used to verify the authenticity of the email addresses submitted as referrals. Additionally, I reserve the right to withdraw or suspend a winner if the authenticity of the submitted email addresses is questioned or cannot be verified.
Disqualification
Participants, including announced winners, may be disqualified from the Keep, Ding Ghost Leaderboard Challenge for any form of misconduct, including but not limited to the use of fraudulent means to generate referrals, harassment during the 1:1 sessions, or any other behaviour deemed inappropriate.
Modification of Terms
I reserve the right to modify the rules, terms, and conditions of the Keep, Ding, Ghost Leaderboard Challenge at any time, including terminating the challenge. Any changes will be communicated to participants via an update to this post and will take effect immediately.
Alternative 1:1 Sessions
Alternatively, if you’d prefer to skip trying to win a session and instead want to guarantee one, I’ve got you covered! If you want to book personalised 1:1 virtual sessions with me to improve your CV, cover letter, or interview preparation, where you can get individual attention and guidance specifically tailored to your needs, I offer two one-hour packages that premium subscribers to this newsletter can book at a significant discount.
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