The Marketing AI Maturity Index

Giveaway Official Rules

Version 1.0
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Sponsor

Brandon Sellers, an individual. Contact: btsellers13@gmail.com. Mailing address: 1200 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA.

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Anthropic PBC, OpenAI, LinkedIn, Substack, Netlify, or any other company whose products are named in it or used to run it.

2. Entry period

Entries open August 8, 2026 and close November 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Entries received outside that window are not eligible. The Sponsor's server clock determines whether an entry arrived in time.

3. Eligibility

Open to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico, all other United States territories, and everywhere else prohibited by law.

The Sponsor and members of the Sponsor's immediate household are not eligible.

4. How to enter

There are two ways to enter, and both have exactly the same chance of winning.

With the survey. Complete the Marketing AI Maturity Index survey during the entry period. The survey asks for your first name, your last name, and a valid email address before the first question, and finishing it enters you automatically. There is no separate box to check.

Without the survey. Email btsellers13@gmail.com with the subject line "Marketing AI Maturity Index Giveaway Entry" and include your full name and a valid email address. You do not need to take the survey or answer any questions. These entries are treated identically in the drawing.

One entry per person across both methods, identified by email address. Duplicate entries are consolidated into one. Automated, scripted, or bulk entries are void.

5. Prize

One prize will be awarded: $500 toward AI subscriptions of the winner's choice, such as Claude, Codex, or any other AI subscription the winner uses. Approximate retail value $500. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received.

The prize is delivered as a direct subscription credit or reimbursement of the winner's own subscription costs, whichever the vendor's terms permit at the time of award, up to a total of $500. If a selected product is not available on comparable terms, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. The prize is not transferable. The winner is responsible for all taxes on the prize.

These rules were amended on August 23, 2026 to broaden the prize from two named subscriptions to the winner's choice of AI subscriptions of the same total value. The change favors entrants and applies to all entries, including those received before the amendment.

6. Drawing and notification

One winner is selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries within fourteen days after the entry period closes, meaning on or before November 23, 2026. The drawing uses a documented, reproducible random selection, and the method and seed are recorded so the result is auditable.

The winner is notified by email at the address submitted with their entry. The winner must respond within seven days. If the winner does not respond in time, cannot accept the prize, is found ineligible, or the notification bounces, the prize is forfeited and an alternate winner is drawn. Up to two alternate drawings may be held.

The winner's first name and last initial are announced in the Marketing in the Context Window newsletter. No other personal information is published. A winner who prefers not to be announced may decline and still receive the prize.

7. Privacy

Email addresses submitted for this giveaway are used to administer it and to notify the winner, and for nothing else unless you separately opt in. Entry records are deleted ninety days after the drawing, apart from the minimum record of the winner needed for prize delivery and tax purposes. Full details are in the Privacy and Publication Policy.

Entering the giveaway does not subscribe you to the newsletter. The newsletter is a separate signup elsewhere on this site.

8. General conditions

By entering you agree to these Official Rules and to the Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding on all matters relating to this giveaway.

The Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or not received due to technical failures of any kind.

The Sponsor may cancel, suspend, or modify the giveaway if fraud, a technical failure, or any other factor beyond reasonable control impairs its integrity. If it is cancelled before the drawing, the prize is awarded in a random drawing from all eligible entries received before cancellation.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, by entering you release the Sponsor from any liability arising out of participation in the giveaway or acceptance, use, or misuse of the prize. These rules are governed by the laws of the State of California. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

9. Winner's name

To find out who won, email btsellers13@gmail.com with the subject line "Marketing AI Maturity Index Giveaway Winner" any time within ninety days after the drawing.

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