Get Your FREE Copy of You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter!

Posted on: April 22nd, 2012 by carolyn

NOTE: PayPal will not allow me charge $0.00 in my online store without giving the buyer an error.  The solution is to charge 1¢.  Therefore my book is no longer free.  It will only cost you a lucky penny!

Yesterday I posted my goal for this year was to publish the second edition of You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter in November.  When I began writing the first edition in 2004, my intention was to write one book.  The more I researched, I decided I needed to write two editions as there are several differences between Canadian contesting and American sweepstaking.  (The main differences are: lingo, clubs and conventions along with tax laws.) When I published the Canadian Edition in 2006, I didn’t really understand the book selling industry and ordered far too many.  Currently, I have over 1500 copies in my garage.  I made the decision this week to let them go.  I am giving them away for FREE*!

*Pay only shipping and handling.

If you are American, or live in any other country, I recommend you also take advantage of my FREE offer as my core online entering system is the same in both previous editions.  I know my digital entering system is successful because I have won over $250,000 in prizes since 2001 and I have helped others win over $1,000,000 in prizes.  (The million dollars in prizes is all I have testimonials for.  The number should be ten times higher.)

NOTE: Due to high shipping costs from Canada, all American/International orders will be shipped on May 18th on my next trip to the U.S. via USPS.

Since you’ll already paying shipping and handling, why not get a lucky charm as everything else in my online store is 50% off!

Do You Have a Great Sweeping Story or Contesting Adventure?

Posted on: April 21st, 2012 by carolyn

In my last post I announced I finally landed my dream job and became a Contest Manager (From Contest Queen to Contest Manager).  What I didn’t talk about was the job is only part-time.  I work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in XXX’s downtown Toronto office.  The other two days per week I am able to focus on being the Contest Queen.

One of my goals for 2012 is to write the Second Edition of You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter and have it published in November.  I will be:

  • combining both the Canadian and American editions into one comprehensive winning guide,
  • sharing new sweeping and contesting tips, tricks, winning stories and adventures,
  • adding in an entire section on: How To Win on Social Media — including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest,
  • plus updating the chapter: The Other Side of Sweepstakes — interviews with Internet and Online Sweepstakes Agencies & Contest Marketing Companies.

My books have never been a solitary writing experience.  I have had the help of many wonderful people and I am now asking for your help.  What I am seeking are three things:

  1. new and interesting sweeping stories and contesting adventures,
  2. questions for the Presidents of online judging agencies and Internet contest management companies,
  3. anything else you would like to see in the book. What do you want to learn or understand better?  Do you have any questions for me?

Please email me directly to contribute to the next edition.

NOTE: Each person who contributes a story or adventure that is used in the second edition will get a free autographed copy once it is published.

 

From Contest Queen To Contest Manager

Posted on: April 9th, 2012 by carolyn

For years I have said I wanted to work my way out of my hobby*.  Last week I officially achieved that goal when I became the Contest Manager for XXX, the consumer engagement division of XXX, one of Canada’s largest advertising agencies.

My role includes such awesome tasks as: writing rules, contacting contest winners, making drawings, consulting with clients and solving problems that may arise during a promotion.  As I told my new boss during my first status meeting, “I feel so lucky working here as it feels as if I have arrived at the top of Mount Everest.”

I am looking forward to the day I contact a potential winner and they know who I am.  Keep your eye on your call display or email inbox as you just may be hearing from me!!

UPDATE: As it turns out, unless the corporation I am consulting for as Contest Manager issues an official release, I am not allowed to blog about where I work.  Since I didn’t want to remove this post, I just removed any reference to them.

*I can’t enter any of the contests managed by XXX or XXX as most promotions have a clause in the rules similar to this: Employees of the sponsor and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, (collectively, “Promotion Parties”), and the household members and/or the immediate family of any of the above are not eligible to enter. For the purposes of these contest rules, “immediate family” means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son, and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household.

WIN A Ford Mustang!

Posted on: April 5th, 2012 by carolyn

Can you believe that giving away a Porsche Carrera isn’t good enough for Falken Tire?!  They are now also giving away a 2013 Falken Tire Ford Mustang designed by Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Justin Pawlak, with Ford Racing Aftermarket Performance Parts worth $63,325!! SWEET!! (Am I so old that sweet no longer a “cool” word??)

Just like their Kawasaki KX-450F Dirt Bike giveaway and their Porsche 911 Carrera giveaway, you go to the Falken Tire Facebook page, LIKE them, find the Ford sweepstakes photo near the top of their timeline and enter.

From the Official Rules:

Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of the Sweepstakes Start Date.

LIMIT one entry per person, per email address, per Facebook account.

… and ends at 11:59 p.m., (“EDT”) on October 15, 2012 …

GOOD LUCK!!

Win a 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera!!

Posted on: March 16th, 2012 by carolyn

WOW!  This is the biggest prize I have ever promoted.  How fun!!  (Before everyone gets too excited, this sweepstakes is only open to “all legal residents of the United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of” March 16th 2012.)

It’s very easy to enter.  Similar to the Falken Tire Kawasaki KX-450F Dirt Bike giveaway, you go to their Facebook page, LIKE them, find the Porsche sweepstakes photo near the top of their timeline and enter.

Visiting the Sponsor’s Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/FalkenTire and clicking on the Porsche Sweepstakes tab located on the page. If participant has not “Liked” this page they must click on the “Like” icon before they can access the sweepstakes application. Once they have access they must complete all the requested information on the entry form and submit it during the Sweepstakes Period to be eligible for the prize drawing.

It’s also limited to one entry per person and ends October 21, 2012.

On a side note, you really must check out their Falken Fanatic website called We Get You Going.  Lots of fun!

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