Queen of the Competitions: my interview in The People
This weekend I have the honour of appearing in The People, with a lovely photo of my winnings (well, a photo of all the prizes I could find in the house!). You can see a scan of the full interview by clicking on the image below, and there’s a brief summary of my Top Tips (none of which actually make much sense!) on www.people.co.uk too. 
I’ve done a few interviews before, with The Mirror, Radio 1 and this one with East Midlands Today a few years back, when I was promoting a charity comping day:
I’m always happy to do publicity, as I find the interviews fun and the photos are a great memento for my comping scrapbook. I enjoy introducing people to comping as a hobby as the prizes have changed my life, and it can do the same for anyone. I get such a thrill when people ask me for help, and then they go on to win fabulous prizes! People ask me if the publicity might jeopardise my chances of winning, but it doesn’t seem to have hindered me yet…
Di that’s fantastic – I can’t imagine the amount of extra traffic the blog’s going to get now – the Google servers will be smoking under all that strain!
That’s a lovely article Di.
Very inspiring!
I know a few compers don’t like the idea of introducing new people to the hobby, but these days there are so many competitions there’s more than enough prizes to go round! To be honest, only a small percentage of those that take it up will persevere – most get bored after a few weeks or months. I once introduced a friend to comping, she won a Range Rover within 2 months – and then never comped again!!
I just went out and bought The People specifically to read this feature! Love it! I must say, I was getting very discouraged by the lack of wins until I discovered your blog, and realised that you can get lucky!
And I think its great that you enjoy introducing people to the joy of comping, hopefully this article will encourage some more people to give it a go 🙂
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