Categories: Big Giveaway Contests, Contest Examples, Holiday Contests, Kids Contests, November, Sweepstakes Contests Tags: enter-to-win, magazine, newspaper, november, photo, radio, sweepstakes, top contests, tv
Montana is home to two great universities: The University of Montana & Montana State University. Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) decided to capitalize on the rivalry between the Grizzlies & Bobcats by running this simple sweepstakes in which two fans will win tickets to the match up in November. What a simple, fantastic contest. Bonus points for having an opt-in for their Today’s Deal program on the submission page!
For quite some time now, we’ve been preaching that contests are the fastest way to grow your email list. FloridaGoGo Giveaway from The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL) is a prime example of that. By entering this sweepstakes for a chance to win a weekend getaway, users are opted in to receive the paper’s FloridaGoGo travel email. This simple sweepstakes contest grew the Post’s email list by 333%!
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Sweepstakes, or enter-to-win contests, are a quick and easy way to grow your email database. Just take a look at this lottery ticket giveaway from DC50 (Washington D.C.’s CW Station). Users simply fill out the form each week to be entered to win a pack of Dubble Bubble scratchers.
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, first started in 1970, is an annual tradition in New Orleans to celebrate important jazz artists. Read more about the festival here.
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) hosted a sweepstakes to give 12 music fanatics the chance to attend this star-studded event. With a line-up like this, I sure wish I was entered to win. What a great way to integrate a popular local event into a contest!
The Day (New London, CT) offered readers a chance to win tickets to a local production of Phantom of the Opera with this oh, so clever contest. The phantom mask was placed at several businesses around town. When readers discovered the location of the mask, they entered the sweepstakes for a chance to win tickets to the show. Each time they noticed the mask in a new location, participants can enter the contest for another chance to win. Check out all the past locations of the mask here. What a creative idea!
