From The (Contest Queen)
How to Get Motivated
Hi Carolyn, My question is: when one is not winning, one is not very motivated. How do you inspire or motivate yourself to commit to so many minutes or hours a day entering contests? Carolyn, [...]
Dumpster Diving
After I was in Winning for a Living and High Stakes Sweepers, I got a lot of hateful and derogatory comments with regard to the fact I took my daughter's PIN Code Hunting. Let me [...]
The Best Sweepstakes Advice
At the 2nd Annual NH Sweepstakes Getaway, we answered each other's sweepstakes questions because all boats rise with the tide. I wanted to share Nancy's answer because it was perfect, simple advice. What two pieces [...]
What Sweepers Do The Least
If you were new to the hobby of entering sweepstakes and contests, you might have begun by going to my website to learn how to become a winner. Most likely, the first thing you would [...]
Different Types of Taxes on a Trip Prize
There are two different types of taxes on a trip. One is the government, airport, and various types of taxes associated with travel and the other is income taxes. In this case, Dave emailed me [...]
Taxes on Winnings
Anna commented on my blog post Switching Over Email Addresses Without Losing a Single Prize: Loving the daily posts, Carolyn! I did have to change emails in the past. My issue was that I won [...]
Switching Over Email Addresses Without Losing a Single Prize
Many of the things I teach, I learned the hard way. I make the mistake, figure out a better way and share my knowledge with you, saving you time and energy. One of my biggest [...]
How ‘Hard & Fast’ are the Sweepstakes Rules?
Hi Carolyn, I have three questions for you regarding contest rules: How flexible are companies hosting contests? i.e., If they request you to come and pick up a prize in person, but you prefer prizes [...]
When Sweepstakes Glitch
THE CONTEST My social feeds began blowing up even before I heard or saw the news reports that on the first day of the annual Tim Horton's Roll Up To Win contest, a major contest [...]