This Friday we are launching our first video contest on the Twideo Contest platform. We are giving away an Apple iMac, iPod touch and an iPod Nano for 1st, 2nd 3rd place respectively. The goal of this contest it to find some really cool new viral videos out there, so that’s why we have come up with the title ‘Best Video Wins’. Videos that are submitted can be any category, funny, bloopers, artistic, creative…. it doesn’t matter really, as long as people like them. We also just want to test out our platform.

Now the reason, I say this is a groundbreaking video contest, and not like any others you have ever seen or entered, is because it is. I’m serious. We have developed a unique technology that allows us to use the top 3 social sites in the world right now: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We were tired of all the same video contests that just said ‘hey vote for this video by clicking this button’, and then you are done. No interaction. No real social functionality. And adding a Facebook share button or a Tweetmeme button just so people can share it is not hard to do. I hope you understand the difference.

For months and months, I thought how can we utilize social media as a voting platform… I came up with the idea that we would use Twitter as a way to vote for the video you like. So when you click the vote button, a tweet would be auto-generated from your account, and tweeted out to your followers as something along the lines of “Just voted for @joeblow to win the super sweet video contest. Click here to check out his video [link to video]“. That way, its much more viral and interactive. We named the platform Twideo Contest.

We have also integrated Facebook share. The platform will allow for voting on Facebook the same way we are utilizing Twitter. It’s AWESOME! By posting your friends video on your wall, you have gained a vote for them. That wall post will be scene by your friends, and will allow them to share it, and their friends, and their friends and so on. Completely viral. Soon we will also be releasing a photo contest platform and Facebook Connect integration as well. It’s exciting times on the Purple Raincloud front.

Twideo Contest will be available soon for companies to utilize. But for now, we just want to have fun and blow everyone away with the launch of the ‘Best Video Wins’ contest!

So if you are good with a video camera, make sure you submit a video to the Best Video Wins contest launching this Friday. Make sure to stay tuned to our Twitter or Facebook accounts to know when we go live with the contest. For more about the Video Contest Platform go to TwideoContest.com