More winnings!

[musicalsguru]

Well I've been winning more prizes in the past couple weeks. Yesterday I found an envelope from K102 FM in a pile of mail and it was a $50 gc for Panera Bread. I do recall entering an online drawing for that one :) Otherwise there were the 2 movie previews (though I could only go to one), and a WI trip that sadly didn't work timewise. So here's

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[purplecamels]

How much junk mail do you get with entering all those contests? I'm always tempted when I hear of your winning, and then i read that entering means they can sell your info to any company they see fit.

[musicalsguru]

The key is to be picky about what ones you enter. Most have a place to opt out of future communications, and some mag contests you have to make sure you don't opt in to a trial subscription. The community instantwingames here is a good place to start, and usually are pretty safe, though it's best to not enter too many small contests (i.e. not major vendors). I've been having the most luck w/ local print and radio contests too (I can give you the links if you are interested).

[kalki]

Where do you hear about your contests? I've never won any :(

[musicalsguru]

3 great sources
1. local radio/print- google your local radio stations and newspapers and tv news sites. There will be events/contests that they post somewhere on the site (bookmark this page) (great for movie preview tix esp)
2. LJ the community instantwingames is great, bookmark daily entries that interest you.
3. blogs- http://momgiveaways.com/ is one of my favs (blog giveaways usually are easy to win and only take one entry or so)

Hope that helps, and make sure you read the instructions carefully so you don't get on lists or start trial subscriptions. Also often times fields like phone number are optional so watch for that.

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[frogsandtoads]

It's so amazing to me that Anissa wins so much! :)

[kalki]

Have you really not updated your LJ since MAY?! I can't believe that! Or am I missing something?