Facebook announced on its blog yesterday that it will be clamping down on ‘engagement bait’ on the platform. Essentially – those irritating posts that ask you to Like, Share or Tag a friend. And...
Did you know that on Twitter and Instagram, you have message requests in addition to your regular message inbox? I’ve already published a post about how to check Facebook filtered messages and message requests,...
This week Twitter has rewarded us with a whopping 280 characters per tweet, doubling the 140 characters we’re used to. But what does this big change mean for compers? Here are my thoughts… More...
Did you spot me on Tipping Point earlier today? Tipping Point was the first game show I recorded since Ejector Seat in 2014 and I must admit I was pretty rusty! The first question I...
There’s been some panic amongst compers recently as they’ve become the latest victims of Twitter’s shadowban – but what does that actually mean? A shadowban is where a user is ‘hidden’ from an online...
Did you see me on BBC One’s Right on the Money? You can watch it on BBC iPlayer until 20th August 2017. The money-saving show came to the rescue of Yvonne in Liverpool, who was frittering...
Low-entry competitions. We talk about them all the time, and occasionally we even win them. But they’re rare, and finding them is a tricky task. Here are a few pointers! What exactly is a...
I win more prizes on Twitter than by any other method – averaging a prize a week, in fact. But it’s not as easy as you think – some retweet giveaways get thousands of entries! So how can...
Last week I spent time chilling by the pool in Spain with the family, and for once I properly took a break from the whirlwind of social media. I switched off the WiFi and settled...
I’ve been entering competitions for twenty years (and blogging about them for eight years), and I’ve spent too much of that time reading Terms & Conditions! I like T&Cs to be easily accessible and clearly written, so people can read...
