Hey guys, I was hoping someone could give some advice regarding running competitions and give aways through websites. Recently I was approached by a manufacturer who offered to give some prizes away to my users in exchange for a review on one of my blogs, it was even suggested by them to run it as a competition. So, has anyone got any suggestions about how to run a competition? Also I would want to promote the competition to attract lots of entries! So far I was thinking of building a little referral system and whoever referred the most people would win a prize. How would I go about promoting a contest like that? Any ideas or help are appreciated here guys, I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in this so let's start brain storming!
I think if you have less time you should submit your website to social bookmarks and article directories
If it is free to signup/participate offer with some prize, this may work well with the real human traffic package I am offering. There are lots of people looking for freebies/prizes. You can also try http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1827170 in the Contests (1.515 available recipients) category, though it German audience, but I got 11 signups on my English offer.