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On January 17th at 2PM EST, we will be hosting our “How to Sell a College Basketball Contest” webinar. Join us to learn strategies and tips on how to be successful in securing sponsorships for the tournament this March. A few reasons you should consider running a College Basketball Contest are:

- You control 100% of the ad space and keep 100% of the revenue.
- Ability to run your contest on your Facebook page.
- Mobile version for tablets and smartphones.

Don’t miss this informative webinar – reserve your spot today!

We recently hosted one of our partner’s favorite webinars (okay, it’s one of our favorites, too) – 30 Contest Ideas in 30 Minutes. During this webinar, Julie Foley, our Director of Affiliate Success & Matt Coen, our President, reveals the top 30 contest categories run on UPICKEM in the past year. Each category comes complete with several examples for you to get your contest-building creative juices flowing to help build out your year-long contest calendar.

If you weren’t able to attend the live session, watch a recording in our resource center.

Be sure to check out all the contests mentioned in our webinar.

Here are a list of the top deals sold on the Deadline Deals platform in March based on total revenue:
1. The Washington Post‘s The Homestead
2. Billings Gazette‘s CARNU Auto Detailing Center
3. The Gazette & KCRG’s Chef’s Table
4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Fox Creek Golf Course
5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Gingham’s Homestyle Restaurant
6. Lincoln Journal Star‘s Wilderness Ridge Golf Course
7. Lincoln Journal Star‘s HiMark Golf Course
8. The Washington Post‘s Denude Med
9. Quad City Times‘ Byron Hills Golf Course
10. QC Online’s Indian Bluff Golf Course

Moral of the Story:

5 of the top 10 deals are from golf courses. Spring and summer are the perfect time to run these deals. You could even take a hint from St. Louis Post-Dispatch and have an entire “Golf Specials” section.

Photographer Mark Reis of The Colorado Springs Gazette snaps local kids enjoying the company of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s giraffes. Browse the full album to see more spring fun!

Check out the top 10 contests with the most registrations, user submissions and most sweepstakes entries for the month of March.

Top 10 Registrations:
1. WROC-TV’s Cutest Kid Contest
2. WTVC-TV’s Cutest Kid Contest
3. WJW-TV’s Cleveland Glee Vote
4. KPAX’s Holland Lake Lodge Wedding Day Giveaway
5. Mega 949′s Mega Estrella
6. Michigan Central’s Cutest Baby Contest
7. WCKX-FM’s Are You Radio Ready?
8. WRAL-TV’s ACC Bracket Challenge
9. Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Peachtree Road Race T-Shirt
10. The Kansas City Star‘s Casual Food Chowdown

Top 10 Submissions:
1. Chatelaine’s Ikea
2. WTVC-TV’s Cutest Kid Contest
3. WPTV’s See Ellen Live
4. WGHP-TV Checkered Flag Challenge
5. North County Times‘ Local Explorations
6. Gaston Gazette‘s Reader’s Choice
7. Michigan Central’s Cutest Baby Contest
8. KXLT-TV’s Cutest Pet
9. WNOR-FM’s Show Us Your Ink
10. The Orange County Register‘s Wildflower Photo Contest

Top 10 Sweepstakes:
1. AmericanWoodworker.com’s Laguna Sweepstakes
2. Boys’ Life Nintendo 3DS Giveaway
3. The Dallas Morning News Next Generation Giveaway
4. The Dallas Morning News‘ Speedstakes
5. WHO-TV Great Grocery Giveaway
6. WFTS’s Ellen at Universal Orlando
6. Our State‘s Elizabeth City Harbor Arts Festival Getaway
8. Where Traveler’s Anniversary Trip Giveaway
9. Our State‘s First Presbyterian Church Easter Eggs
10. KDFM’s Cruise in a Cruze

P.S. Two nuggets of info to take from this blog post? Kids & Babies contests are always in style, plus, tattoo contests are a big hit.

If the Mardi Gras & St. Patrick’s Day holidays are treated as major events in your market, then you certainly want to take a peek at this contest from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA). As cameras are certain to be found at any parade, running a photo contest is a fantastic way to engage your audience around a community event. For more holiday-themed contests, click here.