How to Win Competitions

How to Win Competitions - Never underestimate competitions on the web, advertisers promote their products through competitions and real people win these real prizes and you can too when you learn how to win competitions.

While there is no secret formula to winning competitions I'll explain what resources I use and how I discovered how to win competitions. Generally I win three competitions a week. I like to get my competition entries in as early as possible to ensure they are in the draw bag. Some people leave their competition entries as late as possible but some competitions close earlier than the described closing date, particularly internet competitions. Never be tempted to cheat by filling in multiple entries nor doing competitions for other family members. This will lead to automatic disqualification if caught: and many sites have specialised software to monitor such cheating.
Do ensure you comply with the site rules and regulations and fill out the competition entry form out correctly. An online automatic form filler like Roboform is handy to help you do this quickly.

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Birthday Competition

Enter the borntoloaf birthday Online Competition.

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More how to win competitions tips can be read on the Borntoloaf Caption Competition page.

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Competition Postcards

Competition postcards can be obtained for free from some cinemas and coffee shops and other retail outlets. They usually have an advert from a sponsor on one side and the other side has room for your competition entry answer and contact details with space for the competition address. Some sellers on ebay bulk sell competition postcards specifically aimed at compers. Their listing usually include a photo of the competition postcards. A how to win competitions tip is to ensure with the seller that the postcards are unused and not sold for their collecting interest. Some compers believe that by using bright and interesting looking postcards their entry is more likely to be picked from the hat. There could be some truth in this because many competition organisers ask a third party to pull a postcard from the mailbag. In some cases they ask children to do this to add a bit of fun to running their competitions. The kids may be more likely to choose a brightly coloured competition postcard.

Other people who analysis how to win internet and postcard competitions think that if you cut a serrated edge onto your competition entry postcards with special crimping scissors this brings more winning luck. This could be because some competition organisers put their hand into the mail bag without looking and an unusually feeling postcard is more interesting to pull out.

Competition Newsgroup

Join uk.rec.competitions newsgroup through your e-mail account or on the web for tips, competition news and help and support from fellow compers.

How To Sell Your Unwanted Winnings

I sometimes make extra cash by selling unwanted winnings (usually the runners up prizes as I don't enter competitions unless I really want the prize) on the auction sites listed at the auction websites page where you can read more tips and information.

Now that you have learnt how to win competition visit the Born To Loaf Competition Websites and Resources page with information about the many competition websites and postcard competition sites.

www.borntoloaf.co.uk celebrated its eight birthday in August 2010. Since 2002 borntoloaf.co.uk have been entertaining, helping users make money or save money and teaching people how to win competitions. We celebrated one birthday with a writing competition and here is one winning entry which one user sent in the form of this lovely poem:

Dear Chris, I had to write to you,
to tell you what I think.
Since I joined your brilliant site,
Well, I've been tickled pink!
There are lots of competitions,
(Hey, I've even won a few!),
advice on mystery shopping,
how to earn a bob or two!
I've used a lot of discount codes,
and saved both time and cash.
I have you on my favourites list,
so I can find you in a flash!
I've sent for lots of free goods,
played bingo games for free,
I've even tried your recipes,
you're such a help to me!
I love your sense of humour,
you always make me smile.
The advice you give is excellent
and delivered in such style!
What makes the website special?
Why is Borntoloaf the best?
It's what you do that makes it
so much better than the rest!
Sue Reaney

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Computer Games Competitions

Freeloader run regular free competitions to win a variety of prizes ranging from games, DVDs and concert tickets. Visit www.freeloader.com to enter their competitions.

Photo Competition

Picstop have a photo competition to win a photographic holiday weekend in the beautiful British Isles. The lucky winner of the photo competition will be able to learn how to improve their photography skills from expert tutors during this Northscape holiday workshop. The photo competition prize also includes full board accommodation, transport during the weekend and meals. To enter the photo competition entrants just have to answer an easy question before the 18 April 2008. Visit www.picstop.co.uk for more information.

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Brands2Win is a new UK new prize draw website with a difference. You can choose which prizes you want to win from a wide range of prize categories such as cash prize, holiday prizes, cars and gadgets.

Claritas gives you incentives for completing short lifestyle-related surveys and entry automatically into the £10,000 prize draw. At the end of the sign-up survey, you get immediate access to a rewards page with their latest discounts, offers and prizes. After this, you can return to the rewards page as often as you like to take up the latest offers, without having to go through the registration again. Incentives to date have included free holidays, 3G video phones, book and music discounts, shopping vouchers and a host of other lifestyle-related offers.

Google Toolbar

Use the Free Google Toolbar to research your answers is a top how to win competitions tip. It also gives you a free spell checker, word translator, pop up blocker, automatic form fill and search box. The Google Toolbar is a must have resource for any competition entrant, freebie hunter and those using computers and the internet on a regular basis.
Another top how to win competitions tip is to use google to write your name and see if you're on a competition winners list. If you are still finding your way round google then try the Google Pocket Guide.

Fathers Day Competition

A Fathers Day Competition can be found at the Hallmarks website as part of their search for Dad Star for Father’s Day campaign. The winning dad will get to star in his own television advert. Children can nominate their dad and help them personalise their special ad for TV, giving them the chance to appear to millions of viewers. This Fathers Day Competition forms part of the new Hallmark’s personalised online card service which can be found at hallmark.co.uk and offers sons and daughters the chance to nominate their dads to star in a personalised TV ad about their lives - a wonderful tribute to dad this Father’s Day!

This Fathers Day Competition is also open to friends, partners or relatives in the UK who want to nominate a dad, whether they want to embarrass them, thank them for being there, or simply show how much they care. And good news for fathers with dreams of being famous, because dads can also nominate themselves!

To enter this Fathers Day Competition all you have to do is tell Hallmark a few things about the dad. Perhaps a funny story or anecdote, then upload a couple of photos through its website, and wish for luck! The lucky dad will find out if they have won in April with the TV ad being made in time for Father’s Day 2010, and then be broadcast to millions.

Jon Taylor, from Hallmark Cards online, commented: Father’s Day is a great time of the year to show your dad just how much he means to you. This year we have taken it one step further and are asking everyone out there to tell us just how fantastic their dads are by paying them the ultimate tribute and giving them the chance to star in their own ad for Father’s Day. The ad will be broadcast on national TV to millions of people so if you think that your dad deserves his 15 minutes in the spotlight then get nominating now. Hallmark’s online card service lets people personalise their cards so they look just the way they want, with everything from adding your own photo through, changing colour of text to changing or adding a personal verse. We thought it would be great to take this personalisation a few steps further and launch the very ultimate in personal gifts – an ad made for one person, shown on primetime TV! It’s really simple to enter and will only take a few minutes. And who knows, in three month’s time maybe your dad will be famous!

The best Fathers Day Competition entries collected before 5 April 2010 - whether they are funny, soppy or just affectionate - will be judged by Hallmark’s editorial team and then the winner will be revealed. Visit www.Hallmark.co.uk to enter this fun Fathers Day Competition and to read the competition terms and conditions.

Win Books

Win books with the following free to enter book competitions:

Oneworld Publications are offering a prize of £25 or $50 for International competition entries. The cash prize can be spent on books at oneworld-publications.com

To win books from www.oneworld-publications.com you need to answer their true or false questions at the Oneworld Publications website at www.oneworld-publications.com

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Instant Win 4 Now is a free competition website where you simply choose 3 numbers and if they match the winning combination, you win - instantly! Prizes range from cash, cars, holidays and electrical items.

Free hints, tips and information on winning competitions at the how to win website, the free online information guide to help you win prizes at howtowin.co.uk