I can’t say much yet . . . but there’s a really BIG announcement coming this week for High School Seniors. 

Stay tuned here on the blog.  I promise it’s worth the wait.

Ok – this is it.  You have until midnight tonight to place your order.  You may purchase as many gift cards as you want, but you may only use one per session (see below for all terms and conditions).

Click the “Buy Now” button below to take advantage of the sale (and remember the sale ends at midnight) – (blog subscribers who receive this message in their inbox may need to visit the blog directly to place an order)

Because of the size of this sale, we prefer that you place your order right here through the blog, but if you have trouble ordering online, you may call me 573-651-7003 to place your order instead.

And remember, friends don’t let friends miss great deals (so be sure to spread the word to everyone you know!)

• Applicable toward print orders and packages
• Not applicable toward session fees
• Cannot be split between multiple sessions.  Entire amount must be applied toward one session or order
• Only one gift card may be used per session
• Not redeemable for cash
• Gift card does not expire
• Applicable only toward sessions occurring after purchase date.  Not applicable toward past sessions.
• Cannot be used with other offers, discounts, or sales
• Not redeemable toward wedding packages or services.

The $1000 Giveaway ended today and it’s now time to announce the winner.  Thanks to all who registered for the drawing.  I wish I could give $1000 to each person who registered, but there were nearly 700 of you and I’m no Oprah Winfrey.

Although . . . I do have some good news.  While only one person will receive the grand prize, I’m in a particularly good mood today (must be the beautiful weather).  So I am also offering an additional $1000 split between 10 other winners in $100 increments as consolation prizes (I know!  Happy Days!!)

If you didn’t win this time, please check our website and blog regularly because we will be announcing various promotions throughout the year.  You can even receive automatic e-mail updates by subscribing here.

So without further ado, it’s time to announce the winners:

$1,000 Studio Credit:
. . . . and the winner is Lisa Weaver – Jackson, MO

$100 Studio Credit:
. . . .  and the 10 winners are:

1. Jessica Koch – Scott City, MO
2. Danette Ketcher – Cape Girardeau, MO
   
3. Cyndi Bleckler – Jackson, MO
   
4. Tori Mirly – Jackson, MO
5. Lisa Vinton – Perryville, MO
6. Kristina Abercrombie – Kelso, MO
   
7. Alison Sutterer – Perryville, MO
8. Amanda Bourner – Jackson, MO
9. Lori Schutte – Cape Girardeau, MO
10. Sue Lackey – St. Louis, MO

In order to claim your prize, you must contact me via the contact page within one week (by April 11, 2009).

Selection Process:

For those of you that are curious about the selection process, I’ll share how the winners were selected (while I certainly appreciate all the kind words on the blog and in personal e-mails, they had no bearing on the selection of the winner – sorry)

1. All Entries were pasted into an Excel Spreadsheet
2. Duplicate entries were highlighted and removed using Conditional Formatting in Excel
3. Using the “=RANDBETWEEN” function, a random number was assigned to each row of the spreadsheet.
4. The spreadsheet was then sorted based on the random number column.
5. I then used the “=RANDBETWEEN” function once again to generate 11 random numbers between 0-700
6. The first random number that was generated was the row number of the Grand Prize Winner.
7. The other 10 random numbers were the row numbers of the $100 winners.

That’s right!  We are giving away $1,000 in credit to our studio!  Crazy?  Perhaps.

Here’s the deal, in an effort to make more people aware of Zahner Photography, and to drive more traffic to our website, we’re doing a special one-time giveaway of $1000.  This giveaway is being advertised on K103 (102.9) and on KISS-FM (93.9) for the rest of this month.  If you’d like to listen to that radio ad, you can do so by clicking here.

Anyone over the age of 18 can register to win.  There’s no purchase necessary, no strings attached.  Just a good ole-fashioned giveaway to one lucky person.  You can only register once per person and the winner will be announced right here on our blog on April 3.

You can read the complete terms and conditions of this giveaway on the registration page.  Click here to register to win.  You have nothing to lose!