Online Marketing Challenge

Competition Registration

Professor Registration

Professor registration closed for 2012

Professors register for the Challenge from November 15, 2011 to May 1, 2012. Once a professor registers, he or she will get a confirmation email. Google will verify their employment at the educational institution. Verification may vary depending on the institution.

After verfying professors, the students can register their team on the Student Dashboard. Professors will then receive a notification email from Google to verify their student teams. Once the professor verifies (by clicking a link) that the team is associated with him/her, the AdWords account information for that team will appear in the student dashboard.

IMPORTANT:

Please make sure to check the email ‘spam’ folders, as some email software may flag Online Marketing Challenge emails as spam.
Your registration will be complete in 24-48 hours depending on the successful verification of your entry details.

Student Registration

Student registration closed for 2012
Student Dashboard

Students can register from January 31, 2012 to May 11, 2012. Professors MUST have registered before students can register their student teams on the dashboard. Students can refer to the registration process below or see the Competition Guidelines for more details:

Form a team and nominate a team captain.
Select a business or non-profit organization.
Access the Student Dashboard and register your team and enter your professor´s email address. Your professor will receive a notification email to verify your team.
After your professor has verified your team, you create an AdWords account (http://adwords.google.com) and enter the 10-digit customer ID into the student dashboard.
Meet with your business and write your Pre-Campaign Report. Once you have uploaded this to the student dashboard, you will see a coupon code appear.
Follow the instructions below to enter the coupon code and credit your account:
1. Log into your AdWords account.
2. Go to the Billing Tab, and click on "Billing Preferences".
3. Select the country, then enter your contact details, and press continue.
4. Select "Manual Payments", and where it asks for an optional "promo code", enter the coupon code and press continue.
5. $250 will immediately be credited to your account and you're ready to go!

IMPORTANT: If you have active campaigns (with active ad groups, ads and keywords), they will be begin running immediately, so you should pause them until you are ready to start running your campaigns.