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Twenty years ago, creative consumer competitions were all about writing – mainly slogans, tiebreakers or poems – and often required a purchase. Competition winners were always judged according to a set criteria. Now though, most...
Do you run promotions on your Facebook page? This step-by-step guide shows you how to run a competition or prize draw on your timeline for free – and how to choose a winner fairly and in...
Dear Big Brand* Several of my readers have contacted me, disappointed that you insist on asking people to share a Facebook post on their personal profile to enter your prize draws. As a big professional...
Do you want to host a prize promotion on your Twitter account? This post will show you how to do it as successfully and fairly as possible, for free! Back in 2014 I investigated the problems...
Have you ever followed a link to enter a prize draw, only to discover that it’s closed early? Or entered a creative competition on the final day, then realise the closing date has been extended to...
Several compers have noticed that their accounts have been filtered out of Twitter’s searches lately. The problem is – when it happens, they don’t know anything about it! But it could well be that...
It’s pretty hard to win competitions and sweepstakes these days isn’t it? Particularly with guys like Christian Methot and Hunter Scott on the case. These two clever geeks have bagged themselves hundreds of prizes with a little technical...
I recently asked my readers to complete and share a pair of surveys about blog giveaways – one for entrants, and one for bloggers. I received 111 responses from entrants, plus 41 from bloggers....
Dear promoter… Your Facebook ‘Like and Share’ promotions are driving people crazy. They are SPAM and UNFAIR and let’s be honest here, you really should know better! Do you realise that: asking entrants to share is against Facebook rules?...
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