Sweepstakes Advantage - How to Play Sweepstakes Guide
Enjoying the past time we call Sweepstakes takes on numerous forms of play. Such as: sweepstakes, contests, lotto’s, & Instant win games. All these fares of play offer prizes from millions of dollars to basic items such as T-shirts.
The key to not loosing your mind and your shirt is to be determined and patient for a random win of any value. Second, is to isolate the free sweepstakes from the paid or fraudulent ones out their on the Internet.
I would like to introduce you to seven basic categories for entering sweepstakes on the Internet. Such as the: prizes, reading the rules, frequency of entries, filling out the forms, sweepstakes spam, available sources of sweepstakes, and finally the tips & tricks to maximize this hobby.
Prizes:
Prizes can take many forms depending on the promoter and the promotion offered. Prizes can yield: money, vehicles, boats, furniture, clothing, toys, computers, software, novelty items, to miscellaneous fare. Generally anything that we can use and hold valuable in our lives a promoter can offer as a sweepstakes.
Reading The Rules:
Reading the rules will ensure satisfaction of playing the sweepstakes, contests, lotto games, and Instant win games correctly. Now you’re asking what should I look for in that jargon mess of rules? Three things, any excluded locations, age restrictions, frequency of entries. Excluded locations can be US States, Territories, and/or a Canadian Province. Usually the voided locales are Puerto Rico (PR) and Quebec. With the secondary US States of: Florida (FL), New York (NY), and Rhode Island (RI) that pop up most frequently as voided locations. There may be other US States, however best to locate this information under the “Eligibility” section of the rules page.
Second, age restrictions often also under the “Eligibility” section will denote which age groups are excluded, or may be the only ones to partake of the sweepstakes. I.E. Usually for legal age adults the age restrictions are 18+ or 21+. But, there are some promoters that allow anyone 13+ of age to play the sweepstakes. There may also be times that certain sweepstakes are only open to teenagers or toddler aged children. Where in the latter case they’re parents or legal guardians enter them into the promotion.
For the third point I’ll cover in the next category of “Frequency of Entries”.
Frequency of Entries:
For each sweepstakes, contest, lotto game, or instant win game there is a defined number of times one may enter. To clarify this point it is best to always “check the rules”. Now the best place to find this information is under the “How to Enter” section of the rules page. For example there may be promotions that are: one time, daily entries, weekly, monthly, unlimited, odd entry submission (such as watching TV, listening to a radio station, etc…), or postal snail mail. There may be times also that the frequency of entering a promotion isn’t exclusively in the “How to Enter” section of the rules page.
That’s what I call the “Hunt & Peck” session of looking out in a scanning manner for keywords. That will denote the frequency of entries such as: one time, per day, X number of entries, etc…
Which such information can be usually always found at the very top in the “Eligibility or How to Enter” sections of the rules. If not the “Hunt & Peck” session will demand that you look in the middle body of the rules page. However once you reach the lower bottom of the rules page. You’ve unfortunately over shot that detail and have to start over. After bemoaning you’re strained eyes, neck muscles, and any colorful language that was expressed.
Filling Out the Forms:
Now for the most part on a majority basis their will always be some manual typing involved. Here at Sweepstakes Advantage we offer the “Roboform” that fills in most of this information on your behalf. (Requires an additional free download)
Please do not be confused by the “My Sweepstakes” portion of our website. That offers the “Sweepscheck” and “Add My Sweepstakes” features to record as an activity log of which promotions you’ve entered previously.
Unless you’re using your fingers, “Roboform”, or another similar auto-fill information program these will be the main methods to enter an online promotion.
Sweepstakes Spam:
After entry into numerous promotions there comes the time for being spammed by the promoters. Here are three ways to deal with sweepstakes spam in your email inbox. First, the most time consuming is to manually unsubscribe from the promoter after their sweepstakes is over. Which, in the mean time you’re deleting or allowing to accumulate that junk.
Second, getting somewhat creative by designating those specific senders to an email folder in your email program. To locate the senders email address, just right click on the email and select “properties”. That will display the promoters email address, which you can designate to the appropriate email folder. Using this email
address you can create a rule in your email program to always move email from this sender to a designated folder.
Third, is by creating a dummy email account solely for this hobby. There are many places on the Internet to create a free email account. Here at Sweepstakes Advantage we have that base already covered for you. By offering the service of setting up free email accounts, just click here to inquire further:
Setting up a dummy email account affords you the luxury of avoidance of spam from the promotions you enter. However, One must stay vigilant over such an email account to stay alert if you’re a winner. Often promoters alert a recipient of a prize via email. Which, at times the promoter will require the winner to respond in a limited time period to claim their prize.
Note: If you’re using a spam filter program please check your settings. To make sure you haven’t inadvertently selected for deletion important emails for the promoter. This is where the second guideline above may apply to you so to avoid such a heart ache.
Sources of Sweepstakes:
There are many avenues to stay abreast of promoters offering a sweepstakes. Such as: television, radio, Internet banners, product packaging, or magazines and newspapers. Where ever advertising can exist expect to find a neatly tucked away promotional offering.
Of course “Sweepstakes Advantage” is your clearing house of free up to date and accurate plethora of promotions on the Internet. So you’re always welcome here as a guest and member, especially in our free to use forum.
Tips & Tricks:
Here are some helpful tips to use while enjoying the common hobby we share:
1) When filling out a form manually Windows Internet Explorer offers a double click option. Where previously entered information can be clicked into place. This can avoid excessive manual typing when filling out a promotional form. Best to always double click before you type to make sure.
2) When playing a daily sweepstakes bookmark the promotion. With the subject title including the end date of the daily sweepstakes. This way you can avoid guessing when a sweepstakes ends.
Of course here at Sweepstakes Advantage we offer the “My Sweepstakes” free feature tool to record your sweepstakes activity under category of entry.
3) Instant win games actually provide better odds of winning. Than the other types of promotions. Especially the daily category of Instant win games that offer repeat plays each day. So keep a keen eye out for this type of promotion.
4) When playing a sweepstakes please make sure you fall under the category of demographics. Such as some are just for: alcohol drinkers, smokers, political activism, children, and couples about to be married. Unless these promotions interest you, you’ll most likely enter a promotion of no interest whatsoever to you personally.
5) Take note when entering these free promotions you’re handing over pertinent marketing information to these promoters. When filling out a form always be aware of any boxes to check or uncheck. So as to not receive unnecessary solicited information or being contacted personally via the phone, email, or postal snail mail.
Additional Questions:
If you’re ever in doubt and need a question answered. Including other forms of community support please feel free to visit our Sweepstakes Advantage forum site at:
http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/post/index.php
And, please report your winnings at out “Winners Circle” message board. We always enjoy hearing from our joyful guests & members who’ve won!
Thank you for visiting and using “Sweepstakes Advantage” as your free clearing house of Internet sweepstakes!
Help Section:
Here in our Sweepstakes Advantage “Help” section we discuss pertinent information regarding our two prominent site features. That being “My Sweepstakes” &” Sweepscheck” free tools for our registered members. (Please note registration is always free)
Under the My Sweepstakes section there is also a small FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) area for the most common information asked. With the Sweepscheck segment of our Help section there is an example on how to simply use this site feature.
Here is the link to our Help section:
http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/help.php