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With the current economic conditions affecting everyone's back pockets, people are seeking methods to conserve money and get something for nothing. We are now seeing online an increase in cash-back sites, shopper rewards, discount vouchers and more and more free competitions. If you're like most of us you perhaps dismiss that ice cream competition every time and fling the wrapper in the bin. But the internet has allowed compulsive competition enterers, or 'Compers', a much easier channel in which to place entries and thus improve their chances of winning vieprizes. Given the economic squeeze it can be well worth trying your luck in these competitions as the prizes can be fantastic, ranging from vast sums of money to brand new cars right down to cinema tickets and free restaurant meals. With some dedication, perseverance and a bit of luck it's not all too hard to win prizes in the multitude of free competitions out there as the quantity of entrants is reasonably small in contrast to something like the national lottery. On the whole a committed strategy towards entering a host of competitions should eventually reap rewards. So you'd like to take a stab at winning that Carribbean island getaway, brand new vehicle or that latest ipod or blackberry? Well the first place to begin is at any one of the online competition sites that aggregate large numbers of competitions such as UK Competitions or competitionsuk.net. These sites can save you large amounts of time combing the web looking for free competitions to enter and break up prizes by type so that you can easily choose on what to enter. These sites usually offer details on competition requirements whether they be aged limits, limits on the number of entries or your geographic location. Make sure you qualify first! Next it's time to decide on how much effort you want to make. Competition entries vary from simple questions to games, quizzes or slogans all of which require a varying amount of thought and effort. They may also supply the answers to the competition questions so you don't even have to think about it! It's here where the real Compers shine as they realise that the more effort required the more chance they stand of winning! So if you are really serious and want to have even greater chances of winning then check out the offline competitions which are often listed next to the online ones. These are more arduous, often requiring mail to be delivered to a PO box and you can imagine how many people don't make the effort to buy stamps and post off entries. These can be the real gold for having good odds at winning decent prizes. If you've got kids then get them involved as there are a great deal of children's competitions like the good old colouring-in competition and it's a fantastic way to bond with them. Don't forget that competition holders are often marketers and they want something in exchange for the prize giveaways so you will need to hand over some personal information like an address and email in order to enter which will generally receive some marketing collateral. So it's a good idea to set up a separate webmail account to receive the competition emails so you've got one location to check regularly to see if you're a winner! Here's a couple of final to help you on your way to collecting your first prize from the hundreds of free competitions to be found online. Firstly, organise an RSS feed for the websites that collate prizes regularly. If you're not certain what an RSS feed is it is simply a way of receiving updated website content direct to your mail program or desktop. You can configure it to be notified of new competitions immediately after they go live on one of the competition websites. Secondly beware of competition scams! There are a few dishonest people out there waiting to cheat the unsuspecting Comper. Often this is seen in the form of a premium paid phone number that needs to be called to collect your prize at around £1.50 a minute which costs at least £10 before you give up. There are some more craftier hoaxes that we have witnessed that may ask for Compers to make some kind of financial commitment, for example a poetry competition that said that the winning poem would be featured on the first page of a poetry book that could be bought in advance for £49.95. This funny example can be found on the Hoax Slayer site at hoax-slayer.com/poetry-scam.html. So with a little commitment you can see that prizes from online competitions are within your reach. You just need to get out there, roll up the sleeves and get entering! Good luck!
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