By Jacey Jenkins,

Blogs can be a great launching pad for social media contests and campaigns. To demonstrate this, here’s information about a new Twitter contest we’re launching for our client, Morton’s The Steakhouse Columbus (@Mortons_Cols on Twitter) for Valentine’s Day. This is more than just a contest - it’s a way for you to win a dream Valentine’s Day package for you and your love.

The contest gives you a chance to “Tweet” your sweetheart to a Steak & Seafood for Two dinner at Morton’s The Steakhouse, complimentary valet parking, and roses from Connells Maple Lee Flowers and Gifts on Valentine’s Day. To be eligible to win, Tweet about why you want to take your significant other to Morton’s Columbus on Valentine’s Day in 140 characters or less. You must follow these rules:

• Participants must live in Central Ohio
• Participants need to include this hash tag in the tweet: #MVDAY
• The words “Morton’s Columbus” must be included in the Tweet (exactly as written, but without the quotes)
• Participants can enter multiple times as long as the Tweet is unique every time and the above rules are followed.

The contest will run from Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 to noon on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. At noon on Feb. 12, a winner will be randomly drawn from all the qualifying Tweets. Therefore, the more you Tweet, the better chance you will have to win roses, complimentary valet parking and a Steak & Seafood for Two dinner at Morton’s The Steakhouse on Valentine’s Day.

The winner will be notified via Twitter immediately after the drawing. Please contact @jaceyj or jacey.jenkins@fahlgren.com with any questions.

Feeling lucky? Hurry over to Twitter and see if you can win the best Valentine’s Day ever, courtesy of Morton’s The Steakhouse Columbus.