Says
comping expert Lynne Suzanne
who's won TWO cars, world-wide holidays,
TV's, videos, cameras...
Road to
Riches
A win-teresting
leisure pursuit is sweeping the country -
comping. Mums, dads, children and
grandparents are winning - holidays, cars,
computers, sports equipment, toys, games
and goods for your home. The list goes on
and on.
`Can you imagine the thrill when you open
a letter: `Congratulations, you have won...'
says Lynne, who's prizes include two new
cars and world-wide holidays.
`Every day there are thousands of pounds
worth of prizes just waiting to be won.'
Lady
Luck
`I
never win anything', is a common cry.
Well now you can increase your chances of
success. Have a flutter on the National
Lottery and you've an approximate 14
million to one chance (UK) of winning the
jackpot. Enter a nation-wide supermarket
prize draw and your chances increase to
several thousands to one. Post your prize
draw entry in a local in-store box and
success looms nearer.
Join
the Winners
You'll need some entry forms to get
started and you can find these everywhere
- supermarkets, chain stores, chemists,
banks, service stations, garden centres,
restaurants, railway stations and
airports. Entry forms come in all shapes
and sizes from leaflets to pub drip mats,
product labels and collars around bottle
necks.
Types of competitions are as varied as
their entry forms, ranging from
crosswords, anagrams, quizzes, guess-timations,
captions, slogans, even colouring
competitions for your children.
`I won a four-star family holiday to
Miami with Everglade trips and car hire
by answering three simple questions on a
postcard. Mine was the first all-correct
entry drawn', reveals Lynne. Just imagine,
you could jet away for the price of a
postcard and stamp!
You increase your chances of success by
entering slogan competitions. You may
have seen these - `I buy my plants from
this garden centre because...'
There's a knack to writing these. It's
all down to word play and the ability to
catch the judges' eye with short simple
phrases. How about: `They offer tree-mendous
value at every branch!' Or: `They're
hoe, sow, good!' Hope you're `twig-ing'
on!
`Since learning this skill, I've had my
home professionally decorated, kitchen
equipped with gadgets and marvelled at
Venezuela's Angel Falls', adds Lynne.
`Making 1,284 words from the car name won
me a Proton Persona', she adds, `whilst
turning the store's advertising slogan
around netted me a Ford Fiesta'.
`Christmas goodies, exciting show,
supermarket's quality, I'm all aglow'.
Ten words for a brand new car!
All you need to get on the prize-winning
trail are some entry forms, postcards,
envelopes, stamps, access to your local
library, a little `know-how' and a
positive `I can win' attitude!
Lynne's
Hot Tips
1.
Enter all prize draws - pure luck but
some-one wins
2. Enter local prize draws - they attract
less entries than national draws
3. Visit stores on a regular basis to
collect your competition entry forms
4. Be a `Sherlock Holmes'. Search for
those elusive entry forms - they attract
less entries
5. Purchase any qualifying products and
keep your till receipt safe
6. Post your competitions at least a week
before the closing date
7. Tune into radio, TV shows and Internet
for even more contests
8. Be positive - believe you can win -
and you will
9. Learn the skills for success
10. Read, study, visualise and practice (r.s.v.p)
© Copyright 2000
Lynne Suzanne www.win-with-lynne.co.uk
About the author
Lynne Suzanne is a
competitions consultant, columnist,
author and Roadshow presenter. She has
won a wealth of prizes including TWO cars
and worldwide holidays and has written four
books on this
fascinating subject.
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