Picture the scene! You’re sat at home, leaning over the dining room table. Chewing your pen top, surrounded by receipts, entry forms, labels and all manner of comping paraphernalia. For the twenty-fifth time you’ve asked yourself why you want to win a trip to America to see a basketball game with XYG lager and still you’re no closer to finding [...]

You aren’t going to spend hours entering competitions on the web without some sort of incentive. The incentive of course is the prize. Here’s a real life instance of how powerful a marketing and advertising tool competitions are. Six years ago I’d never heard of a Proton car. I wouldn’t have known one if it ran over me. IOne day [...]

When I first discovered comping on the web, I thought hey, this is great. Perhaps you thought so too. Think of the advantages – no postage costs, no envelopes, no costly phone calls. Just settle down in front of the screen with a nice cuppa tea. Log on to the Internet, search for a few competitions and enter. Bliss! Or [...]

Learn how to write a few apt words and you can turn your dream prizes into reality. Here’s how. You may be asked to complete a tiebreaker sentence: “I shop at store because…” Try a different tactic. For prize holiday competitions, read the rules to discover how the prize winner will be traveling to their destination. Flying before boarding cruise [...]

When you dream of sailing the seven seas on a luxury liner and ending each action packed day with a romantic moonlight walk on deck, then take action. Write a few apt and winning words and you could be cruising the oceans worldwide, courtesy of a prize win. Seek out tiebreaker slogan competitions offering cruise prizes – or whatever prize [...]

You can increase your chances of winning by entering those competitions where you are asked to complete a tiebreaker sentence for example: “I’d like to win a holiday because…” Gain inspiration by writing down as many apt and relevant words as you can think of, for example: plane, flying, clouds, wings, cruise ships, islands, exotic, palm trees, sun, sandy beaches. [...]

Winning competition prize draws is based on the “luck of the draw”.  Simply answer a few questions, add your name and address and post it one its way.  Should you be the lucky winner, that gleaming new car or exotic holiday is yours. You can up your odds by entering  those competitions where you are asked to complete a tiebreaker [...]

A win-teresting leisure pursuit is sweeping the country – comping. And everyone is getting in to it. Ordinary people of all ages and  all walks of life are winning cruises, cash, cars and cuddly toys.  Yes, comping is so widespread, the word has now made a dictionary appearance.  Comping – entering competitions. It’s the new exciting, challenging and stimulating hobby. [...]

“Aren’t compers greedy, wanting to win cars and holidays?” quizzed a well-meaning journalist, when she telephoned to ask about my latest wins. “Not at all”, I told her, “we’re helping the economy, employment, charities and introducing people to an education and win-teresting hobby”. “Oh”, she said, “tell me how”. Think for a moment. When you collect your entry form in-store, [...]

Your best chance of success is to enter those competitions which comprise two parts. The first part is usually a task, and can take the form of factual questions, multiple choice questions, anagrams, how many words can you make from the product name or prize, word searches, crosswords, spot the differences, identifying places, buildings or people, photography, inventing recipes, or [...]

Walking on the seafront on cold December morning, my husband and I took a shortcut through the amusement arcades in the pier, where I spotted a television set and a pile of entry forms. Collecting one, we popped into the coffee bar, whilst I filled in our name and address details. As I popped my entry into the box, I [...]

Imagine how you’d feel, driving to your local supermarket to be presented with a gleaming new car or all-inclusive travel package to exotic climes. You’re probably waiting for the catch. Unbelievable as it may seem, there isn’t one. You’ve probably seen pictures in your newspaper, of ordinary people presented with washing machines, mountain bikes or the latest model in home [...]

A win-teresting leisure pursuit is sweeping the country – comping. Ordinary people just like you are winning fantastic prizes. Dream holidays, family fun-filled holidays, gleaming new cars, computers and laptops, TVs, luxury kitchens and bathrooms, food processors, bicycles, sports equipment, toys, games, jewellery, designer clothes… The list goes on and on. “Can you imagine the thrill when you open a [...]

Without a doubt, words are the tools of your trade. Watching anglers on riverbanks, I liken entering competitions to fishing. You throw in bait for the fish and sooner or later you’ll hook one. Just like entering prize draws. Post enough and sooner or later your entry will get picked. It’s the luck of the draw! After a day’s fishing [...]