To help build the profile of cloud experts in the Alibaba Cloud community and to share knowledge to all users, we are running the Alibaba Cloud Tech Share competition, in which Alibaba Cloud users can win up to $500 USD in Alibaba Cloud coupons and Tech Fame by sharing best practices, cloud insight or tutorials about Alibaba Cloud.
Duration: The contest will run from January 1st, 2017 to February 28th, 2017 (GMT+8)
We will be awarding prizes in two separate categories. The first category is based on the quality of the submission in regards to innovation or a new approach to a topic, while the second category is based on the popularity of the article.
Most Valuable Content
Decided by judges from Alibaba Cloud based on content quality, innovative, or new approaches to topics
- 1st Place - $500 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
- 2st Place - $300 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
- 3st Place - $200 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
Most Popular Content
Based on the number of legitimate replies under each post
- 1st Place - $500 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
- 2st Place - $300 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
- 3st Place - $200 USD Alibaba Cloud Coupon
Write your own original content related to Alibaba Cloud
Competition topics are relatively open but tutorials or best practices on Alibaba Cloud would be preferred. Sample articles are as follows：
Submit your content post to the Alibaba Cloud Beginners thread on the Alibaba Cloud Forum
The submission should be flagged and start with ‘Alibaba Cloud Tech Share’ in the title. An example content piece on ‘WordPress Tips for China’ would have the title of ‘Alibaba Cloud Tech Share – WordPress Tips for China.’
Ask your friends and colleagues to read and comment under your post to provide feedback or help refine your ideas
Ask your friends and colleagues to read and comment under your post to provide feedback or help refine your ideas. (Although all writers can win coupons, the number of the comments/replies under their post will decide the 3 Most Popular Content winners).
Wait to find out the results and claim a prize
On the last day of the event, Alibaba Cloud will announce the winners on our website and social media channels and deliver coupons to the authors within 5 working days. Coupons for the winners can be accessed via the Alibaba Cloud Console.
The Most Valuable Content prize category will be decided by Judges from Alibaba Cloud based on content quality, innovative, or new approaches to topics.
Sabith Venkitachalapathy
Cloud Architecture Specialist, Alibaba Cloud
Oliver Theobald
Content Strategist, Alibaba Cloud
Derek Trepoff
Alibaba Cloud Evangelist and China Infrastructure Specialist
Rules You Need to Know:
- Content pieces should be no less than 1,000 words in length. Images, videos and infographics can be included but do not add to the word count.
- Only English-language content entries are eligible.
- The submission must be an original piece of work (that has not previously been published) and created during the competition period (Jan 1 - Feb 28, 2017).
- Content should be accurate and helpful for other users, misleading information will not be accepted.
- Multiple entries from a single author are acceptable but only one entry is eligible to win a prize, not including the USD $50 participatory prize.
- Multiple authors of a single post are accepted but only the Alibaba Cloud account registrant that submits the entry is eligible to receive the coupon prize.
- Manipulating the results in any way, including creating fictitious accounts to populate fake comments will result in disqualification.
- All expertise should be based on the Alibaba Cloud International Website (intl.aliyun.com).
- Alibaba Cloud has the right to cite and republish your content within other Alibaba Cloud resources (i.e. white papers, social media and user tutorials).
- If you are new to Alibaba Cloud and currently do not have any credit on your Alibaba Cloud account, you may use the 30-day Free Trial to test and deploy projects, and which will help you to later write your content entry.
- All prizes (i.e. Alibaba Cloud Coupon) shall be subject to the specific terms and conditions of use of the Alibaba Cloud Coupon.