Showing posts with label Strategy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strategy. Show all posts

Jun 29, 2011

End of Month Alert!

Today is your last chance to enter sweepstakes and contests that end tomorrow, June 30th! Carve out some time to enroll in the ones you would like to win before time runs out and you end up kicking your self for missing your opportunity. Typically more sweeps close at the end of a month by midnight than any other day. Good luck to everyone! Come back and share your June wins as a comment to encourage others that may have had a slow month!

New to sweepstakes? Here is a good place to start: http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/

200 Tuesday

Today (well I guess yesterday if you go by the time of the clock) I had a ton of extra time on my hands and pushed my self to the sweepstakes limit... I entered over 200 sweeps. The official number is actually a lot higher because I entered some unlimited entry sweeps more than once but only counted the first entry, and I stopped counting all together once I was entering the instant win sweeps (which many also have a grand prize drawing). I also caved and created a Twitter account exclusively for entering sweepstakes. Only time will tell if my efforts will pay off. What is the highest number of sweeps/contests you have entered in a day? Comment to share your magic number!

Jun 23, 2011

My Strategy

I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you a little about my sweepstakes strategy. It is pretty simple actually, enter sweepstakes that I know about, qualify for, and want to win when I have the time.  Some days I devote only a small amount of time to sweeping because life comes first. So in those instances I go to my favorite sweepstake website Online-Sweepstakes and review and fill out some of the "New Sweeps", "Expiring Sweeps", and "Top 100 Sweeps" and call it a day. This way I figure I hit each daily entry sweepstake I am interested in at least twice (new and expiring) and double check that I didn't miss out on any single entry sweeps.  The Top 100 Sweeps tend to be daily entry sweeps with large prizes (cash, gift cards, vacations, electronics, etc.) so that way I enter each day to increase my odds of winning.

On days when I have even more time to really get "swept away" I turn to my next two favorite sweeping websites: Sweepstakes Advantage (SA) and Giveaways & Sweepstakes (GS).  SA is great for finding the Facebook sweeps and I love the break down by price type. I have a separate sweeping email and Facebook account than the one I use socially. GS usually has a few interesting sweeps that I did not see on the other two sites but it does lack in that there is no break down of eligibility.

Many sweepers have downloaded or use auto-fill programs to speed up the entry process. Currently I do not do this because I share this computer with others in the household but if I manage to snag a new laptop or PC one of these days I will definitely start doing that! I happen to be a very fast typer though so right now it is not a bother. Plus many of the daily entry sweepstakes pre-populate my info anyway so I zip right through them.

As I mentioned I only set out to enter sweeps I actually want to win.  That means I either want the prize for myself, want to give it to a friend or family member, or think I could sell it fairly easy. When I have extra time I will sometimes enter a few single entry sweeps just for the heck of it to spice things up a bit. As for vacation sweeps if the prize does not include transportation and the destination is out of state I only enter if it is a 5 night stay or longer, otherwise I feel like I would be paying more in flight fees than receiving in vacation time.

Unlimited entry sweepstakes annoy me. I hate them. I treat them more like a daily sweepstake and enter the ones I really want to win only once a day and then move on. I could enter more but then I feel like I am putting too many eggs in one basket and not spreading entries around enough.

So that is my strategy so far, I would love to hear all about your sweeping strategy. Leave a comment and tell me how you find and enter your favorite sweeps!