Entering Competitions to Counter Difficult Financial Times

With the present economic conditions affecting everyone's disposable incomes, people are searching for ways to conserve money and get something for nothing. We are now witnessing online a rise in cash-back sites, shopper rewards, discount vouchers and more and more free competitions. If you're like me you likely ignore that ice cream competition each time and fling the wrapper in the trash. But the internet has given compulsive competition enterers, or 'Compers', a much easier method in which to submit entries and thus increase their chances of winning vieprizes.
Given the economic squeeze it can be well worth having a go at these competitions as the prizes can be highly valuable, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to brand new cars right down to baby monitors and free restaurant meals. With some dedication, persistence and a bit of luck it's not all too hard to win prizes in the multitude of free competitions out there as the quantity of entrants is fairly small in comparison to something like the national lottery. On the whole a dedicated strategy towards entering a host of competitions should eventually reap rewards.
So you'd like to take a stab at winning that Carribbean island getaway, shiny new vehicle or that latest ipod or blackberry? 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 hours of time combing the internet searching for free competitions to enter and segment prizes by type so that you can easily choose on what to enter. These sites very often provide details on competition requirements whether they be aged based, restrictions on the amount of entries or your geographic location. Make sure you qualify first! Next it's time to decide on how much effort you want to make. Competition entries vary from easy questions to games, quizzes or slogans all of which demand a varying amount of thought and effort. In addition they may provide the answers to the competition questions so you don't even have to think about it! It's here where the genuine Compers excel as they realise 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 odds of winning then check out the offline competitions which are often listed next to the online ones. These are more arduous, often requiring mail to be sent to a PO box and you can imagine how many people don't bother to buy stamps and post off entries. These can be the real gold 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 fantastic way to bond with them.
Don't forget that competition holders are usually marketers and they want something in return for the prize giveaways so you will need to supply some personal details like an address and email in order to enter which will generally receive some marketing collateral. So it's a good idea to start a separate webmail account to receive the competition emails so you've got one place to check regularly to see if you're a winner!
Here's a couple of final to help you on your way to winning your first prize from the masses of free competitions to be found online. Firstly, organise an RSS feed for the websites that post prizes regularly. If you're unsure 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 beware of competition scams! There are a number of dishonest people out there waiting to take money from the unsuspecting Comper. Often this comes in the form of a premium paid phone number that needs to be called to collect your prize at around £2 a minute which costs at least £10 before you give up. There are some more craftier hoaxes that we have seen that may request Compers to make some sort of financial outlay, for example a poetry competition that said that the winning poem would be printed on the first page of a poetry book that could be ordered in advance for £49.95. This funny example can be found 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 within your reach. You just need to organise your approach, roll up the sleeves and get entering! Good luck!

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