Competitions in children’s comics & magazines
If you have children, entering the competitions in kids comics and magazines is a great way to pick up prizes and Christmas presents. If you have to send off artwork, letters, postcards or an entry...
Category: Comping tips
Selling competition prizes
Whenever the topic of selling prizes is raised on social media, all hell breaks loose. There are CAPITAL LETTERS, angry comments, links to eBay and often, entire conversations are deleted. But the topic is...
How to chase up a prize
Winning a prize in a competition or prize draw should be an exciting, magical experience. But what about when weeks go by, and there’s no contact from the promoter and still no sign of...
Win a prize from your wish list
Are you feeling motivated to WIN amazing prizes in 2016? And have you written your prize wish list yet? Well here’s your incentive to re-read my post about making your wish list and get...
Making a wish list
Making a wish list of prizes you want to win is an excellent way to focus your comping and put you in a positive mood – and this is a great time to do...
Is Twitter filtering you from searches?
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...
Twitter increases follow limit to 5,000!
Today is a wonderful day for all compers! Twitter has finally increased the maximum follow limit for all users from 2,000 accounts to a whopping 5,000! Once you’ve reached the 5,000 follows, there are limits to...
Should we pay tax on prizes?
Compared to the United States, we’re pretty lucky here in the UK. Why? Because lottery, gameshow winnings and competition prizes are completely tax-free! Did you know that US residents have to pay tax on their...
Checking your Facebook other messages folder
When you enter a competition on a Facebook page, do you know how the promoter will contact you if you win? If you’re using an app, or emailing your entry then the promoter will have...
Blog giveaways: survey results
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....
