Entering Competitions - Dealing with the Credit Crisis

With the present economic setting affecting everyone's wallets, people are looking for methods to conserve money and get something for nothing. We are now seeing online an explosion of cash-back sites, shopper rewards, discount vouchers and more and more free competitions. If you're like most of us you perhaps ignore that candy bar competition every time and chuck the packaging in the bin. But the internet has given compulsive competition enterers, or 'Compers', a better channel in which to place entries and thus increase their odds of winning vieprizes.

Given the financial squeeze it can be well worth having a go at these competitions as the prizes can be spectacular, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to brand new cars right down to cinema tickets and free restaurant meals. With some commitment, persistence and a bit of luck it's not all too tricky to win prizes in the multitude of free competitions out there as the number of entrants is relatively small in comparison to something like the national lottery. Generally a committed campaign towards entering a variety of competitions should eventually reap rewards.

So you'd like to take a shot at winning that Carribbean island getaway, shiny new vehicle or any one of today's gadgets and gizmos? Well the best place to begin is with any one of the online competition sites that aggregate large numbers of competitions such as UK Competitions or competitionsuk.net. These sites can save you much time combing the internet looking for free competitions to enter and segment prizes by category so that you can easily decide on what to enter. These sites very often offer details on competition requirements whether they be aged based, restrictions on the amount of entries or your geographic location. Make sure you qualify first! After that it's time to work out how much effort you want to invest. Competition entries range from simple questions to games, quizzes or slogans all of which demand a different amount of thought and effort. They may also provide the answers to the competition questions so you don't even have to think about it! It's here where the professional Compers shine as they know that the more effort that's involved the more chance they stand of winning! So if you are really serious and want to have even greater chances of winning then check out the offline competitions which are often listed beside the online ones. These are more laborious, often requiring mail to be sent to a PO box and you can imagine how many people don't take the time to buy stamps and post off entries. These can be the best for having good odds at picking up worthwhile. If you've got kids then get them involved as there are a large number of kid's competitions like the good old colouring-in competition and it's a great way to bond with them.

Don't forget that competition holders are often marketers and they want something in exchange for the prize giveaways so you will need to hand over some personal details like an address and email in order to participate which will generally receive some marketing collateral. So it's a good idea to start a different webmail account to receive the competition emails so you've got one location to check regularly to see if you're a winner!

Here's a couple of closing to help you on your way to collecting your first prize from the masses of free competitions to be found online. Firstly, organise an RSS feed for the websites that collate prizes regularly. If you're not sure what an RSS feed is it is simply a method of receiving updated website content straight to your mail program or desktop. You can set it up to be notified of new competitions as soon as they go live on one of the competition websites. Secondly look out for competition scams! There are a few malicious people out there waiting to cheat the unsuspecting Comper. Many times this is seen in the form of a premium paid phone number that needs to be called to collect your prize at around £1.50 a minute which will cost you at least £10 before you hang up. There are some other even craftier hoaxes that we have seen that may ask for Compers to make some type of financial commitment, for example a poetry competition that stated that the winning poem would be featured on the first page of a poetry book that could be bought in advance for £49.95. This amusing example can be viewed on the Hoax Slayer site at hoax-slayer.com/poetry-scam.html.

So with a little diligence you can see that prizes from online competitions are very possible to win. You just need to get out there, roll up the sleeves and get entering! Good luck!

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