Article: How To Draw Visitors To Your Web Site By Holding An Online Contest Or Sweepstakes - Free Reprintable Article

by Larry Dotson
Holding a contest or sweepstakes can draw a lot of traffic to your Web site. You can announce your site to hundreds of Web sites that list free contests and sweepstakes. Send out a press releases about your contest or sweepstakes. Ask entrants to your contest or sweepstakes if they would accept offers from your business in the future by e-mail.

The prizes should be something your target audience would need or want. Try to be as original as possible with the prizes you are offering. Always offer more than one prize, a grand prize and runner-up prizes. Use your products or services to give away as prizes. Make sure your prizes have some value, nothing cheap. Give enough information about all the prizes, so people will be interested in entering.

Make it easy for people to enter your contest or sweeps- takes. I feel the easiest ways online are from an entry form on your Web site or by e-mail. Capture as much info. as you can when they enter your contest or sweepstakes like: Company Name First/Last Name Street Address City, State, Zip Day/Evening Phone Number E-mail Address Web Site Address Purchasing History Survey Questions

Give your contest or sweepstakes a professional look and feel. Provide an "Official Rules" Web page for your contest or sweepstakes. Include a time period of how long your contest or sweepstakes will be held. Tell visitors how you will deliver the prizes. Include pictures of the prizes on your site. Tell visitors who will judge your contest. Check out other contests and sweepstakes Web sites to get more ideas.

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© 2004 Larry Dotson
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How To Draw Visitors To Your Web Site By Holding An Online Contest Or Sweepstakes
By Larry Dotson

Holding a contest or sweepstakes can draw a lot of traffic 
to your Web site. You can announce your site to hundreds 
of Web sites that list free contests and sweepstakes. Send 
out a press releases about your contest or sweepstakes. 
Ask entrants to your contest or sweepstakes if they would 
accept offers from your business in the future by e-mail.

The prizes should be something your target audience would 
need or want. Try to be as original as possible with the 
prizes you are offering. Always offer more than one prize, 
a grand prize and runner-up prizes. Use your products or 
services to give away as prizes. Make sure your prizes have 
some value, nothing cheap. Give enough information about 
all the prizes, so people will be interested in entering.

Make it easy for people to enter your contest or sweeps- 
takes. I feel the easiest ways online are from an entry form 
on your Web site or by e-mail. Capture as much info. as 
you can when they enter your contest or sweepstakes like: 
    
Company Name 
First/Last Name 
Street Address 
City, State, Zip 
Day/Evening Phone Number 
E-mail Address 
Web Site Address 
Purchasing History 
Survey Questions

Give your contest or sweepstakes a professional look and 
feel. Provide an "Official Rules" Web page for your contest 
or sweepstakes. Include a time period of how long your 
contest or sweepstakes will be held. Tell visitors how you 
will deliver the prizes. Include pictures of the prizes on your 
site. Tell visitors who will judge your contest. Check out 
other contests and sweepstakes Web sites to get more 
ideas.

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© 2004 Larry Dotson
Sponsored by Simple Joe, Inc. makers of simple PC software. 
Simple Joe's Income & Expenses is the ideal tool to help 
you manage your business accounting, simple and easy. 
Visit <a href="http://www.simplejoe.com/incomeexpenses">
http://www.simplejoe.com/incomeexpenses</a>. 
This article may be freely reprinted provided the Author 
and Sponsor information remain part of the article. 
Links should be active where appropriate.

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