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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With summer vacations in full swing, July is a great month to run a vacation contest like the one from our friends at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Whether its a photo contest or a simple sweepstakes, summertime is a great time to reach out to advertisers looking to attract new customers before the summer comes to a close and school starts. Here are some great summer travel contests to get you excited!
- JackFM’s Family Summer Vacation Photo Contest
- The Day‘s Summer Days Giveaway
- WTVC-TV’s Design Your Own Dream Vacation
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Schools out for summer! With the arrival of June comes summer vacations, hot weather and outings with the family! Take advantage of all the fun activities your community has to offer by having a sweepstakes for tickets to baseball games and summer concerts. Don’t forget about all the awesome pictures people take on vacation! How about a “Memorable Moments” or “Beach Baby” contest?
Talk to your local advertisers about “Staycation” giveaways that can run in conjunction with your Daily Deal offers! Example: “Enter to win a summer pass to White Waters! Like us on Facebook and Sign up for our Daily Deal emails and be entered five more times!”
For more great summer contest ideas, check out our June, July and August archives.
Calling all outdoorsy folk! Nrtoday.com (Roseburg, OR) invites readers to upload serene scenes, fishing, or any other outdoor shots taken on the Umpqua Rivers. The winning photo is published in the Rivers section of the paper and receives a high-quality print of their shot. All these submissions make me want to head up to Umpqua River!
This contest is hot, hot, hot! KDVR (Denver, CO) asks viewers to predict the hottest day in this heat-stricken month. The weather-predicting winner of this contest receives a brand-new air conditioner from Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems – a wonderful prize for a sticky summer.
KY3 (Springfield, MO) and Andy’s Frozen Custard team up to make summer a little bit sweeter for their viewers. Ice-cream lovers enter this sweepstakes each week for a chance to win the grand prize – a concrete a week for a full year. (Try the Stolen Brownie Sundae, it’s delish.) What a great looking contest!
