15. The article of manufacture of claim 12 , wherein the invitations are sent to a network inbox of the contacts.
12. An article of manufacture comprising: a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor on the computer, cause the computer to perform a method of disseminating online promotion campaigns, the instructions comprising: instructions for accessing and harvesting profile information of users of a social media platform; instructions for receiving interest in an online promotion from a participant through an entry point; instructions for harvesting identification information from a social media profile of the participant; instructions for generating a personalized promotion for the participant containing at least some of the participant's identification information including securing the personalized promotion by providing a means for verifying integrity of the personalized promotion at a time for redemption wherein the means includes a verifiable portion of the participant's identification information obtained by the accessing; and instructions for distributing the personalized promotion to the participant, wherein the identification information on the personalized promotion provides a higher level of security and authenticity than promotions that do not contain such identification information.