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posted 11-4-2013 @ 12:37 PM
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what format of competitions do you win the most?
I have pretty much only been entering free web based competitions
i have entered about 200 over the last month and only had 1 win
just wondering if i am doing it wrong or playing a suckers game
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posted 11-4-2013 @ 02:50 PM
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I mainly only enter free web based comps, try to keep my average at 100, and for a couple of years, won a prize e.g. DVDs, books, makeup, etc, every
month.
Have won an occasional email comp, but enter hardly any, same for purchase comps.
You are not doing it wrong!
Remember that many comps don't end until later in the year.
So, keep entering, then forget. |
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posted 11-4-2013 @ 03:10 PM
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Thanks - is that 100 a day average? |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 01:12 AM
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sometimes it takes months to receive a prize without any notification that you won |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 09:35 AM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wordchef5000
Thanks - is that 100 a day average? |
I think that means if you go into your User Control Panel and then click on Comps entered her average sits around 100 which means she is usually
entered in 100 competitions that are currently still open.
Lately I've been sitting around 140-150. |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 09:51 AM
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I'm in 21 current comps. Is the total entered calculated since Jan 1?
I win a mix of draws, WOL and purchase. Occasionally email but they are usually draws or WOL anyway. I seem to be able to win WOL for coffee machines
but not cars, for chocolates ( Ihave about $1000 worth so far ) but not holidays. Best to enter and forget.
Prize wins 2014: $37680
Prize wins 2011: $13000
previous years about $25000
The harder you work the luckier you get
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:05 AM
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Just enter and forget. I enter heaps and haven't won anything in months a lot of the time prizes just turn up from comps I entered months ago that
I've forgotten about.
Don't stress  |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:38 AM
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WOL....WOL...WOL.....and mail in!
(combine your words with artwork...the promoters love it!)
I generally win between 4 or 5 overseas trips a year....the joy is in the challenge, execution and then completion!!!!!! |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:59 AM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wordchef5000
I have pretty much only been entering free web based competitions
i have entered about 200 over the last month and only had 1 win
just wondering if i am doing it wrong or playing a suckers game
thanks |
1 in 200 is about right when you first start out. When you get better at 25WOL, you can get around 1 win in 150 comps entered (or even down to 1 in
100 - I'm still working on that!). But you will always be entering far more competitions than you win. What compers live in hope for - is that one
of those wins will be a big one. E.g. I won an $8000 electronics package from a draw (2 TVs, 2 Cameras, Video camera, tablet, dock and smart phone).
It was my biggest win, but the majority of my wins are worth less than $100.
It's almost impossible to make a profit (or a living) off comping. If you want to make money, working more hours at your job is the best way to go.
Most of us do it for the challenge of thinking up the perfect 25WOL, the excitement and the thrill of the win (even the really small ones) and the fun
of "stalking" our local postman.
My advice - keep going another month - and if at the end of the month you don't completely love it, don't keep going. It's got to be the BEST hobby
you've ever had. I tell my friends, if you don't completely love it - it's not worth it - but if you do get addicted - it's the most fun you can ever
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 11:07 AM
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Most of my wins are from purchase and FB comps, about half and half.
I enter all types of comps except those voting comps that I'm not really interested in the prizes. Love those comps like the Toyota finders keepers
recently. |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 11:41 AM
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Never won off a purchase, or even a draw (I think). Only WOL and facebook comps. Nothing major though, but lots of small stuff. |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 12:40 PM
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Everyone's different and every year is different. I've won a few wol but I'm not very good at them so I don't get my big prizes there. My bigger
prizes usually come from purchase comps (won twice in the Energizer comp this year) but did win a car many years ago now from an online, no purchase
required, daily entry.
Just keep at it and mix up your entries. You don't know where your next win will come from. I've been at it quite some years now and my winning odds
are about 1/100 entries. A lot depends on the type of comps you enter too. I wouldn't win 1/100 if I only entered comps with one major prize, for
example.
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 03:46 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jackpot
| Quote: | Originally posted by wordchef5000
Thanks - is that 100 a day average? |
I think that means if you go into your User Control Panel and then click on Comps entered her average sits around 100 which means she is usually
entered in 100 competitions that are currently still open.
Lately I've been sitting around 140-150. |
jackpot, that is correct. |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 06:20 PM
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Hard to win SMS comps just can't crack them and they gobble up the dosh |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 06:30 PM
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Usually only win with WOL (once only entry). Have done well with overseas/domestic holidays (4 in 3 years) and some other great prizes. Very rarely
win a random competition........................................but I'm certainly not complaining!
I don't agree with enter, enter, enter philosophy.
Just keep plugging away. It is not as easy as some people think. Very competitive with some great writers out there. |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 08:55 PM
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Definitely a sucker's game!!! 
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 09:47 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fisy66
WOL....WOL...WOL.....and mail in!
(combine your words with artwork...the promoters love it!)
I generally win between 4 or 5 overseas trips a year....the joy is in the challenge, execution and then completion!!!!!! |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 09:51 PM
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What kind of art work fishy66, do you add it you your WOL's, I didn't realise pictures etc would be accepted... I'm not asking for you secrets just an
idea of what can be done |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 09:59 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by blossom52
What kind of art work fishy66, do you add it you your WOL's, I didn't realise pictures etc would be accepted... I'm not asking for you secrets just an
idea of what can be done |
....anything creative that relates to your answer.....there are so many possibilities!!!! |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:04 PM
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60 % of my wins are WOL's. 30% draws and the other 10% creative.. . My serious WOL's seem to win the best prizes, but the creative ones (cooking and
crafty things as well as photography) are the most fun , I probably spend too much time on them but it's the challenge that's fun, if I win, all the
better. I agree if you don't love competitions then don't do it, but if you do, just keep entering because there's nothing as exciting as a parcel
collection notice you weren't expecting in the mailbox!!! |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:04 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fisy66
| Quote: | Originally posted by blossom52
What kind of art work fishy66, do you add it you your WOL's, I didn't realise pictures etc would be accepted... I'm not asking for you secrets just an
idea of what can be done |
....anything creative that relates to your answer.....there are so many possibilities!!!! |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:06 PM
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So do I just add as an example a photo or drawing link to my WOL's |
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:13 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by blossom52
So do I just add as an example a photo or drawing link to my WOL's |
I think fisy66 mails their work in.
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:25 PM
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This year 20% of my wins have been WOLs, the rest have been mainly drawn, but around $10,000 of my wins have been from purchase comps.
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posted 12-5-2013 @ 10:36 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by busyplanningotherthings
| Quote: | Originally posted by blossom52
So do I just add as an example a photo or drawing link to my WOL's |
I think fisy66 mails their work in. |
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