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GatorGuy12
#1 Posted : Sunday, November 02, 2014 9:09:30 AM(UTC)
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Since Mr. Sweepy is meeting with the 3 big agencies to advise them how to improve sweeps, I'd like to offer one:


 


Tell them to run more sweeps with HIGHER AGE MINIMUMS.  I doubt they put any thought into age at all and just cut-and-paste boilerplate rules that say 18 and up.  But there are hundreds of sweeps where the sponsor CLEARLY do not have 18-year-olds as their target market.  And they'd be better off limiting entries to 25 or 35 and up. So, they won't be disappointed when the winner of their sweeps turns out to be some punk who  won't be buying their products and can't be used in any follow-up advertising.


It's possible some of them think it would be age discrimination but there is NO SUCH THING legally as age discrimination for anyone younger than 40.


 


Anyway, that would be my suggestion if I was advising sweeps sponsors.


 


 
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#2 Posted : Sunday, November 02, 2014 5:31:17 PM(UTC)
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A older minimum age will not happen.  Mainly the possibility of a PR backlash.  The truth is not many under the age of 40 enters in most sweep.


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#3 Posted : Sunday, November 02, 2014 6:58:49 PM(UTC)
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GatorGuy12;182224 wrote:
. So, they won't be disappointed when the winner of their sweeps turns out to be some punk who  won't be buying their products and can't be used in any follow-up advertising.


And you will be buying their stuff? And make a better rep?
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#4 Posted : Monday, November 03, 2014 1:15:22 AM(UTC)
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michaelmyers7;182229 wrote:


GatorGuy12;182224 wrote:
. So, they won't be disappointed when the winner of their sweeps turns out to be some punk who  won't be buying their products and can't be used in any follow-up advertising.


And you will be buying their stuff? And make a better rep?



 


Well yes, Michael. I'm sure the 99% of the population who are smarter than you could think of hundreds of examples of products where I would be more likely to purchase their products and would be a better fit for follow-up advertising.
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#5 Posted : Monday, November 03, 2014 5:02:50 PM(UTC)
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GatorGuy12;182231 wrote:
Well yes, Michael. I'm sure the 99% of the population who are smarter than you could think of hundreds of examples of products where I would be more likely to purchase their products and would be a better fit for follow-up advertising.


 WOW! I always wanted to be 1%er!


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Well, there are a few people out there that take sweeping to an extreme and resort to cheating. Camel did a great job of eliminating the multiple accounts and limited instant wins to one per account.


2. Please allow for autofill. Some sweeps do not allow auto-fill and not only is it tedious for daily entries, it can lead to TYPOS and then you never get your prize because of a TYPO.


3. I know this will not fly, but I hate the social media sharing for extra entries deal. 


4. Lately, I feel E-prize is banning sweepers from winning. I could be wrong, but if they are doing this, this is wrong.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:25:25 PM(UTC)
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arcadia1;182264 wrote:
3. I know this will not fly, but I hate the social media sharing for extra entries deal.


Yep.
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I'd like to cast my vote for eliminating those infernal UNLOCK ENTRY buttons on the magazine sweeps.  I don't mind having to enter some short phrase to take away the ability for cheating but the UNLOCK ENTRY not only wastes alot of time but it defeats the purpose of the advertising, frustrating the player to the point where they hate the product!


Or, at least make them shorter, e.g., the Geico ads.


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#10 Posted : Wednesday, November 05, 2014 11:54:51 AM(UTC)
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I know this has been discussed before, but my biggest request would be LESS TRIPS MORE MONEY sweeps! 
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sburrill;182306 wrote:


I know this has been discussed before, but my biggest request would be LESS TRIPS MORE MONEY sweeps! 



 


Trips are OK, but yes please offer a cash option!!!! instead!


I know of one sponsor they were giving away a trip. The trip became a disaster due to an error by Orbitz! Since then they stopped giving away trips and  now they give away cash on a monthly basis!!!!
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#12 Posted : Wednesday, November 05, 2014 6:26:21 PM(UTC)
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My family is proof that these promotions work Mr. Sweepy.. I switched from an avid Pepsi holic to Coke products about five years ago.. And also from other beer brands to strickly Miller Lite since July of this year ( I won a $1,000 check from MillerLite last month in a Twitter contest) and those are only two....


Thank you Mr. S and everyone else that helps us make entering so easy..


 


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michaelmyers7 on 11/6/2014(UTC)
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#9 Posted : Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:08:49 AM(UTC)
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dwarstler3;182293 wrote:
 frustrating the player to the point where they hate the product!


Sounds like a bad thing.
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Cash option for trip wins, eh?


Sounds like a reasonable request.


I'll second that!


"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

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#14 Posted : Saturday, November 08, 2014 12:52:21 AM(UTC)
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Don't forget the ridiculous amount of spam e-mail we get afterwards and some of them make it really hard to unsubscribe
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More cash options.

Wow! Mike. didn't know you liked my avatar so much.
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#17 Posted : Sunday, November 09, 2014 4:44:39 AM(UTC)
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There have been some complaints about CAPTCHAs


But they are Necessary, becuase there are a few weirdos out there that use bots and other computerized programs to drain a sweepstakes DRY!
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arcadia1;182392 wrote:


There have been some complaints about CAPTCHAs


But they are Necessary, becuase there are a few weirdos out there that use bots and other computerized programs to drain a sweepstakes DRY!



Don't forget the sweepstakes entry services also.  Places like Win For Me and Sweepstakes Ninja that will, for a fee, enter you in contests.  They are prevented (hopefully) from doing so by the Captchas and the rules prohibitions against Automated Entry Services.

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#16 Posted : Sunday, November 09, 2014 6:03:09 PM(UTC)
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jerry1335;182370 wrote:
More banana options!
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So when is this meeting exactly?
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michaelmyers7 on 11/14/2014(UTC)
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I think it's way too many facebook sweepstakes entry. I think it should at least be an option to enter on regular website if you do not use facebook.
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