2008-12-30

Secrets for Online Sweepstakes Entrants

Nowadays sweepstakes are popular ways for businesses to attract customers and promote themselves. Sweepstakes sponsor usually prepare a large amount of prizes and they cannot require entrants to purchase to obtain more chances to win. So people just have to enter for free and then they will get the chance of winning prizes.

It seems easy but there are still some secrets to follow in order to win more.

First, entrants should enter for as many competitions as they can to have much more chances to win. There are various forms of sweepstakes, among which, a popular form is instant win sweepstakes. It is a form of online sweepstakes where the entrants can know whether they have won or not immediately after entering. Usually entrants have to play a game or answer a question. Other popular forms of online sweepstakes are daily, weekly and monthly draws.
Second, entrants must be patient. Most entrants will not win the first competition they enter. Entrants should be patient and keep track of all the online sweepstakes they entered.

Third, entrants should pay more attention to sweepstakes with smaller but more prizes. It is true that sweepstakes with bigger prizes are much more attractive, however, such ones will have fewer winners and the chances to win will be fewer as well.Last, it is a good idea to enter online sweepstakes with restrictions. The more restrictions a sweepstakes have, the fewer people are eligible. So as long as you are qualified to attend the sweepstake, you will have more chances to win than attending open sweepstakes.Although winning online sweepstakes depends on luck and cannot be controlled, entrants can use some of these tips to increase their chances of winning.

2008-12-25

How to Improve Your Luck

Luck does play an important role in winning sweepstakes. Although you can not put all your attention to it. But we still like to mention that you can improve your luck. There are tips that can improve your chance to win big prizes if you follow them.

Almost every sweeper has a motto, “A win is a win,” that is to say, a small prize is the gift that given by the activity. You should never lose heart if you get a small prize or even get nothing. Remember the process itself is some kind of prize itself, as you enjoy yourself during the whole process. After you win a small prize, you should encourage yourself to go on with it, confident that the next chance is yours.

The first step is having a winning attitude that is expecting to win. When it comes to sweepstakes entries, expecting to win can give you the motivation to continue to enter until the prizes start coming in. If you expect to lose, you'll never have the motivation to keep entering, day after day.

Expecting to win can help in other aspects of your life as well. For example, if you have a job interview, imagine that you've already gotten the job. You'll find yourself less nervous, more confident and performing better in the interview, making it more likely that you'll actually get a job offer.

The Right Promotional Choice – Sweepstakes Promotions

There are many sweepstakes promotional methods to make the sweepstakes promotions. However, which is the right promotional choice for sweepstakes promotions? That is the most important question to consider when you trying to achieve specific brand objective or reaching performance levels.

If your objective is to build the image of your products brand, or even you want to increase brand awareness, good publicity for your product, then the right promotional choice is sweepstakes program. If your objective is to dramatically increase the product’s sales, then the best choice may be a coupon or free sample.

After you make the sweepstakes promotions being the right sweepstakes promotional tool, you should develop a theme in accordance with your target audience and prepare the message that you want to deliver. Only a sweepstakes be carefully planned and advertised, can the chances of winning sweepstakes could be increased. The sweepstakes should also include relevant prizes. Sweepstakes promotion should not be used as a stand alone promotion. A sweepstakes should be complemented with advertising, point-of-sales materials, and others. During the above, coupon advertisement is one of the important tools. A coupon advertisement which includes a sweepstakes has better readership and higher redemption's. Some studies have shown that a sweepstakes that is included in coupons and rebates can highly increase redemption, even by 25%.

2008-12-16

Tips for Creating a Winning Contest Entry

Contests can be of different kinds and can help you improve yourself. Anything that allows you to display your special skill can be a content of a contact, such as contest of photography, essay writing, etc. You can show your talent in certain contests, and whether you win or not, you will learn something from the feedback or comments from the visitors.
Unlike sweepstakes, which are games of luck, contests require more skill than luck. So you have to follow some tips to have more chances to win.

1. Follow the rules. It is the first and most important premise. You must make sure that you understand every word of the rules before submitting a contest. Any slight violation may make you disqualified.

2. Analyze prior winners if possible. Some contests have existed for a long time and they are periodic. If you want to enter to such contests, you should pay attention to the prior winners’ works. This will help you know what kind of work will have a bigger chance to win.

3. Try to submit to different styles of contests. Even the subject of a certain kind of contest is the same; they can be of different styles. A poor work in this contest may be a good one in another contest.

4. Never rush. Don’t be hurry to attend any contests. There are always some other ones that are waiting for you. Prepare fully before submitting your work.

2008-12-11

Skills Help You Win

Many people say that it is chance that makes someone win but the others lose. What they said is reasonable, but not exactly. Chance does play an important role in sweepstakes, but it is not the only decisive factor. There are some skills in sweepstakes. The experienced sweepers win not only because they are lucky but they are skillful. Now let’s share the most useful tips by those pros.

Concentrates On the specific One
There are numerous lists of sweepstakes. But you should not to enter all of them, because you may be exhausting if you take everyone into consideration. It is advocated that you try to make your efforts on prizes that you really like or need.

Enter Frequently
You should make full use of the chance that given by sponsors for entering the daily, weekly and month. The chances are improved if you let your name enter regularly.

Enter the Sweepstakes That Has Low Competition.

States have their own regulations about the local sweepstakes. In this case, sponsors of certain sweepstakes often prevent enter from particular states. For example, Florida, New York and Rhode Island are often excluded from large sweepstakes. Usually, sweepstakes sponsored by wineries or beer breweries rarely give chances to California and Utah sweepers. If some people don’t have the right to enter certain sweepstakes, it is less competitive for sweepers to win. What’s more, some sponsors restrict entry by specific ages or genders. These kinds of sweepstakes also cut down competition for you and improve the chance for you to win.

Reasons to Join a Sweepstakes Club

Filling out entry forms over and over again can be a lonely pastime. When you are entering a sweepstakes alone, if you don’t get any encouragement or feedback, it is easy to get discouraged. So join a sweepstakes club. Clubs are groups of fellow sweepers who get together on a regular basis to help each other win more contests and sweepstakes.

Joining a sweepstakes club can help you improve your chances of winning sweepstakes. The reasons are as follows:

1. Share News about Local Sweepstakes
The number of entering local sweepstakes is much lower than national sweepstakes receive. Local sweepstakes have some of the best chances to win. However, it’s difficult to get the news about sweepstakes entries. Sweepstakes club members can share the news and knowledge to help locate great local sweeps before they end.

2. Motivation and Encouragement
Sweepstakes club members are a great source of motivation. They can share stories about their recent wins, enjoy the happiness with you when you receive a prize. They can also help each other get through dry spells when winnings are scarce.

3. Trade Contest Tips, Hints, and Strategies
Is there anything about your? Talking to other experienced sweepers can help you find out the sweeping strategy because it can improve the winning chances. Learn tips from organizational strategies to new ways to win more regularly at every meeting.

4. Group Giveaways
People who love sweepstakes are likely to have its own giveaways and exchanges. Some clubs use low membership fees to pitch in for door prizes, while others will ask members to bring a few stamps to participate in a drawing for sweepstakes supplies.

2008-12-04

Tips for Creating a Winning Contest Entry

Contests can be of different kinds and can help you improve yourself. Anything that allows you to display your special skill can be a content of a contact, such as contest of photography, essay writing, etc. You can show your talent in certain contests, and whether you win or not, you will learn something from the feedback or comments from the visitors.
Unlike sweepstakes, which are games of luck, contests require more skill than luck. So you have to follow some tips to have more chances to win.

1. Follow the rules. It is the first and most important premise. You must make sure that you understand every word of the rules before submitting a contest. Any slight violation may make you disqualified.

2. Analyze prior winners if possible. Some contests have existed for a long time and they are periodic. If you want to enter to such contests, you should pay attention to the prior winners’ works. This will help you know what kind of work will have a bigger chance to win.

3. Try to submit to different styles of contests. Even the subject of a certain kind of contest is the same; they can be of different styles. A poor work in this contest may be a good one in another contest.

4. Never rush. Don’t be hurry to attend any contests. There are always some other ones that are waiting for you. Prepare fully before submitting your work.