February 16, 2009

Some Features of Legitimate Sweepstakes

Nowadays there are more and more business hold sweepstakes as a way of promoting. So, sweepstakes also become more and more popular. However, when you want to get amazing prizes from them, you must choose the real and legitimate ones to enter. Here are some of the features that legitimate sweepstakes have:

Clear rules
Longer or shorter, all real sweepstakes have very clear rules. They use the rules to give entrants instructions or restriction. While spams pay more attention to get your information so there may be no rules or vague ones.

Ask for reasonable information and have privacy policy
Legitimate sweepstakes will only ask for your general information, such as your name, address, email address, etc. They will never ask you to provide financial information such as your credit number or bank account. Besides, they will tell you how they are going to use your information. Read the privacy policy carefully will be helpful.

Follow basic sweepstakes laws
Legitimate sweepstakes will follow the related laws and won’t charge you any fees. They won’t ask you to purchase as a premise, nor promise you better chances to win if you purchase.

Have sponsorsLegitimate sweepstakes are sponsored by certain companies in order to expand awareness of the companies’ products or services, so all the sweepstakes have very clear aims. So if you can’t tell what the sweepstakes is promoting, don’t join them.

February 12, 2009

Instant Win Sweepstakes

Unlike regular sweepstakes, in which you have to wait until the giveaway ends and a winner is drawn before you know whether you will receive a prize or not, in instant win sweepstakes, you will know the result as soon as your entry goes through.


After your entry, if you are an instant winner, the winning message will pop immediately on your computer screen. Comparing with the regular sweepstakes, the instant win sweepstakes can keep the entrants’ high enthusiasms and a lot of people think they prefer this kind of sweepstakes, which can make them feel more excited.

Besesesides, many instant win sweepstakes let entrants play games before they find out whether they’ve won or not. But in fact, entrants’ performances in the game will hardly affect the result of whether they will win or not. The games are only exist to make the sweepstakes funnier and more exciting. So you can skip the game if you like, which won’t affect your choice of winning. NT>

As for how the instant win sweepstakes run, usually the sponsors will pick a random winning time for each prize and the first person who enter the sweepstakes after that time has pass will win the prize.

Last but not least, be sure to read the rules carefully, which may help you get the idea about how to enter such sweepstakes better.

February 10, 2009

Why Do Companies Hold Sweepstakes and Contest

Recently more and more companies or businesses use sweepstakes or contests as a useful promotion way to enlarge the Popularity of their products and services. sweepstakes and contests are really win-win situation for both sponsors and entrants: sponsors can get more customers and of course gain more profit, while entrants can get various prizes even for free. Usually sweepstakes and contest can help companies in the following ways:

Create “buzz” about a product or service: Behind every customer, there may stand hundreds or even thousands of potential customers. The most effective way of promoting a product or service is by word of mouth. So sweepstakes and contests can encourage people to talk about the sponsors and their products.

Bring traffic to the website: Online sweepstakes and contests can help the sponsors to gain much more traffic to their websites. You will never have the chance to sell your product to someone who even doesn’t know your product existence. So as long as the visitors know your products or service, they may become your clients in some day.

Build an email list for the company: Usually all the online sweepstakes and contest ask the entrants to leave their email addresses, which will be valuable resources for the sponsor to use in the future. With the email list, the company can easily promote its new products and services, in forms of newsletters, for example.

Provide market research result: Many sweepstakes and contest will require the entrants to answer optional or survey questions. Thus, the sponsor can get the information about how its potential customers think or what they need. This can help them take action more efficiently.
Anyhow, sweepstakes and contests are good ways for companies to promote themselves.

February 05, 2009

What should you know about motorcycle accident-2 of 2

If you are unfortunately to be involved in a motorcycle accident that because of someone else’s negligence and got injured, remember the following things:
1. Report the accident to police. The police should be informed as soon as possible when an accident happened, and the police report may be helpful to your lawyer in determining fault.
2. Record as much related information as you can. Evident like the names, phone numbers and statements of witnesses, pictures and record of unusual circumstances, the involved vehicle’s number will be useful if your case go to court.

3. If you got serious injury, go to your doctor immediately and take good care of all medical expense bills and medical reports for future use. Even if you don’t have any obvious injuries, it is advisable for you to get checked out by a physician, because some internal injuries do not show up right away.4. Inform your insurance company to report the accident and contact a motorcycle accident injury lawyer as soon as possible. Show all the materials you can offer and be honest to your lawyer.
If you, or someone you love has been involved in a motorcycle injury accident, contact an experienced accident injury lawyer to get back the compensation to which you are entitled.