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5 tips on how to win online giveaways

5 Tips On How To Win Online Giveaways

I have had many people tell me they have yet to win anything on my blog, yet they enter pretty much every giveaway I have to offer. They want to know if there is a ‘secret‘ or certain way they should be entering and I always tell them the same thing: ALWAYS use the extra entries!!! Do them, they are there for a reason!!!

The people who come back, day after day, to enter my giveaways and those who make sure they do the daily entry (tweeting/sharing), usually win giveaways. Yes, it is dedication, but if you really want to win that particular prize, put in the work! It will pay off eventually 🙂

That brings me to my 5 Tips On How To Win Online Giveaways…

I am certainly no pro at winning tons of giveaways, but I have won quite a few in my time! Each time I have won? It was because I went back and did my daily entry! Below are a few more ways to ensure your spot in those giveaways!

1.) Do the daily entries!!

2.) If there is extra entries, make sure you do them all

3.) Pick your top 10 most favorite giveaways and enter them daily (I find it so much easier to focus on 5-10 giveaways at a time so I don’t get confused or forget to enter them. When they are over, choose another 10 to do!)

4.) Write down what giveaways you have entered and when you need to go back and do that daily entry

5.) Don’t be put off by the entry form or lack there of. If you want to win that prize, ENTER IT!

If you follow my tips and are dedicated, you will start winning some giveaways (if you have not already!). Think Christmas gifts!!!

Things I Have Won…

$25 Victoria Secrets Gift Card

$500 Lamps USA Credit

$500 Visa Gift Card

2 Beautiful Bracelets

$50 Amazon.com Gift Card

$50 AMEX Gift Card

McCormick & Shmick’s $25 Gift Card

$100 Worth Of Beauty Products

Those are just to name a few! I was really on a roll there for a while. Then, I got very busy with my own blog and well, I stopped entering giveaways as much. But now that the holidays are coming, I have been entering more! I have been using my 5 tips above and I know I will be receiving a winners email one of these days!

 

Do you have any tips on how to win contests/giveaways? What has worked for you? Do tell!!

About Kim Delatorre

Kim Delatorre is a mommy to three beautiful, smart kids and wife to an amazing husband of 24 years! She enjoys reading, writing, spending time with her family, and blogging.

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  1. Buddy Garrett says

    Is it really worth entering. I have won several prizes but the problem I have is when I send an email with my information I never receive the prize. Do bloggers check their email or does it end up in spam. I don’t know the answer. I have about decided to give up on online sweepstakes. I wish some blogger would speak about this.

  2. Christian Alejandro says

    wow lucky you! I’ve won a couple of things here and there, but a big prize still eludes me.

  5. Tara O. says

    I absolutely agree that you should come back each day and do the daily entries to help your chances of winning. It seems to have helped me!

  6. Donna K says

    Thanks for the great tips. You have won some really good prizes. I agree, you need to do the extra entries to increase your chances of winning.

  8. Robin Gagnon {Mom Foodie} says

    I have won some nice stuff & gift cards on blogs throughout the years. I don’t do too many giveaways on my own blog anymore. They are actually quite a bit of work to administer, and I got burnt out offering a lot of them. Now I do maybe one or two a month.

  9. June S. says

    I have done many of these good tips to win. It’s really weird because it kinda goes in streaks for me, I’ll win a bunch of stuff and then it will be quite again for awhile. I love getting those wonderful emails saying YOU WON (awesome) Oh and this is really addicting to do also. I am hooked!

  10. Stephanie Larison says

    Great list! I wish I had more time to put into sweeps. I find myself getting behind the new lists out daily.

  11. Sandra Beeman says

    I enter so many giveaways it is difficult to keep track of requirements. Thanks to your post, I now write down ten posts I need to revisit daily. I’ll let you know if it works.,

  12. HilLesha says

    These are all tried and true tips! In the past month, I have won a 3-in-1 Safety 1st Car Seat, $500 Expedia Gift Card, an overnight stay/4 passes at a waterpark and resort in Wisconsin Dells, a dress, and $100 Fandango. The key to winning is enter, enter, enter.

  13. Jan Lee says

    I agree with all your tips… the problem is finding the time to do all of them and all the giveaways! I end up staying up so late and sleeping in the next day lol

  14. Karen Glatt says

    It is so important when entering giveaways to do all of the entries if possible, and to come back every day and do the extra entries. Anytime a blogger has a giveaway and they are so generous to give extra entries, I go back and enter. This is how I have won some terrific giveaways.

  16. Denise Taylor-Dennis says

    I have been winning so many things that have helped me get by some tough times. I always try to do the daily entries. I have the giveaways in groups of no more than 15 in my Chrome favorites. I open all of the giveaways in a particular folder then do the daily entries, then move on to the next folder. I am saving stuff for Christmas already.

  17. Todd Lovessweeps says

    Thanks for the tips – here is another one for you that I do – rather than write down the links to the giveaways use a Google Docs document to copy all of the links to – I also make note of when each one is expiring and sort them by expiration date.

  18. Jennifer T. says

    I’ve won giveaways on your blog! I think winning on any giveaway is a combination of dumb luck and doing lots of entries. You’ve got to enter to win–even only one entry is better than none. I dedicate time in the evenings when I’m watching TV to enter. I win consistently when I enter consistently.

  20. Dee @ Cocktails with Mom says

    I used to enter giveaways often a while. Never won anything major but didn’t do all the extra entries either. Maybe I should try again to see if the would help my chance. Is there a certain place you use to search for giveaways?

  21. Rebecca Parsons says

    I pretty much follow your methods, sometimes I win but it is just hit and miss. There are a few sites out there that are just too big to even think about doing the giveaways on.

  22. Natalie F says

    I win probably two giveaways per month and I know I’ve won from here at least two times. I just have about 20 blogs I stick with that get 4,000 or less entries per giveaway. I try to hit onees with less than 2,000 entries.
    If it’s something I really want, I do the google search like Cynthia!

  23. Cynthia R says

    i win 3 to 5 giveaways every week. I keep my twee entries on a spreadsheet and I do the tweets everyday except on weekends. I also do giveaway blog hops and find so many new blog sites that way. Also if I notice a giveaway I really want, say Croods bluray I google search for it and find different blog sites that way.

  27. Christina says

    Your trips are all great tips! I think doing most (if not all) of the entry options as well as the daily options is the big thing. I win, wouldn’t say I win a lot, but it comes in spurts. A few weeks ago I won 3-4 giveaways in one week.. then nothing for a few weeks, then one win. Just keep entering, like everyone says, you can’t win if you don’t enter!

  28. Wanda McHenry says

    I’m no pro and how I ended up doing all these giveaways started with Southern Savers when I found out about couponing. I have no idea how I got to this point of massive blog giveaways. You have to do the daily entries, but at the situation I’m in, I follow and follow bloggers and they don’t follow back and then you reach your follower limit and your limited to your entries. So, then you have to make the decision who to unfollow and maybe that blogger hasn’t chosen the winner yet. I try to read my newsletters and my inbox is so full, but you should because you’ll find one. Don’t just enter all, but enter the ones that you really want that prize. Enuf said

  29. Maria Malaveci says

    I agree 100 percent with all of these. I win things a lot and people think I am lucky or that I should write a book about how many wins I have had, but all your feedback is right on! I love giveaways!

  31. Marcie W. says

    I’ve been entering giveaways for about four years now, long before I had a blog of my own, and love every single one of your tips!

  32. Renee Walters says

    You have won some great prizes! I agree with your suggestions. Good luck on your future entries!

  37. Jackie says

    These are all great tips. I used to enter giveaways all the time now I rarely do unless it’s something that I really, really want. Guess I should start again!

  38. Natalie F says

    Your tips are right on. I have about 15 sites that I enter giveaways on, so doing the “extra” entries is very little effort. I’ve won lots of giveaways.

  41. Beeb says

    As a dedicated sweeper I second all this! I, too, do more entering around holiday time. I would also stress the importance of reading rules – people may actually be winning but getting disqualified because they didn’t follow a simple step; or they might be missing prize notifications if they don’t check their SPAM filter.

    • Natalie F says

      Agree 100%! I constantly see people leave comments that do not qualify and I know most bloggers verify entries.