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The intent of this thread is for users, both new and not-so-new, to ask questions, and help with tips/advice. This is not by any means the "gospel". Please feel free to add your words of wisdom, and if you have questions, just ask! If you have a tip that will make sweeping easier for folks, please feel free to share. This is a community effort. We all will benefit in some way.


The Basic Advice/Tips for the new-to-sweeping folks.
Enter for the items you want/need. If you have no interest in trips, avoid the sweeps where the only prize is a trip. If you know you can't afford the tax on a new vehicle, avoid entering for those.

Set up folders in your bookmark/favorites. Create a separate one for each month, and file any sweeps you are interested in into the folder corresponding with when it ends. Then, if you have a day where you're pressed for time, enter at least the ones ending that day.

Play the instant win games.

Follow the rules! If a sweep is restricted to only females, a certain age group, certain states, etc, make sure you fit the criteria! If you don't, move on to another sweep that you do qualify for. Do not create a bunch of email addresses so you can enter something more than once, or so you can play an Instant win game more. The Sponsors can tell, and will DQ you. You're better off playing by the rules than cheating and getting disqualified and having NO entries.

Don't immediately dismiss essay required sweeps (or recipes, photos, etc)....well, unless you know you don't want to write something. A lot of people pass on them, so you might have a better shot at winning something.

Don't expect this to be lucrative enough to become a job. Yes, a lot of us win, and often, but not nearly enough to quit a job!

Expect things to go slow at first. It takes a while for the wins to roll in. But once they do...look out!

Expect to occasionally hit a dry spell. It happens to ALL of us.

DEFINITELY USE YOUR REAL INFO! If you use a fake phone number, and a sponsor is calling to notify people of wins, you'll never know what you missed out on. I, and many others, have been doing this for a long time, and we have no problems with sales calls. Also, use your real name. If your name is Robert or Catherine, using Bob or Cathy is ok, as they are known acceptable shorter versions of that name. if your name is Matilda, and you go by Fluffy, don't use Fluffy. Looking at your ID to get an affy notarized, they may reject it because the names don't match. The sponsor may also say "Fluffy won, not Matilda". So stick with using your real name, or something close to it.

Most of all, HAVE FUN! And don't be afraid to ask questions. We were all new to this at one time. Any one of us would be happy to answer questions.


For easy form filling, check out Roboform [roboform.com]. Google Tool bar and the autofill feature on IE also work well.

For Mac users, the best form filler is 1Password: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password (thanks javaFlower!)

FireFox Form Filler browser extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/...ll&cat=all

To set up the autofill feature in IE: Click on Tools, then internet options, then choose 'content'. When that pops up, click on "Autocomplete", and make sure to check the boxes for forms and passwords on forms. This is not a good idea if you are on a shared/public computer!

February 17, 2009, 3:10 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes.

July 12, 2010, 3:23 pm: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes.
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The intent of this thread is for users, both new and not-so-new, to ask questions, and help with tips/advice. This is not by any means the "gospel". Please feel free to add your words of wisdom, and if you have questions, just ask! If you have a tip that will make sweeping easier for folks, please feel free to share. This is a community effort. We all will benefit in some way.


The Basic Advice/Tips for the new-to-sweeping folks.
Enter for the items you want/need. If you have no interest in trips, avoid the sweeps where the only prize is a trip. If you know you can't afford the tax on a new vehicle, avoid entering for those.

Set up folders in your bookmark/favorites. Create a separate one for each month, and file any sweeps you are interested in into the folder corresponding with when it ends. Then, if you have a day where you're pressed for time, enter at least the ones ending that day.

Play the instant win games.

Follow the rules! If a sweep is restricted to only females, a certain age group, certain states, etc, make sure you fit the criteria! If you don't, move on to another sweep that you do qualify for. Do not create a bunch of email addresses so you can enter something more than once, or so you can play an Instant win game more. The Sponsors can tell, and will DQ you. You're better off playing by the rules than cheating and getting disqualified and having NO entries.

Don't immediately dismiss essay required sweeps (or recipes, photos, etc)....well, unless you know you don't want to write something. A lot of people pass on them, so you might have a better shot at winning something.

Don't expect this to be lucrative enough to become a job. Yes, a lot of us win, and often, but not nearly enough to quit a job!

Expect things to go slow at first. It takes a while for the wins to roll in. But once they do...look out!

Expect to occasionally hit a dry spell. It happens to ALL of us.

DEFINITELY USE YOUR REAL INFO! If you use a fake phone number, and a sponsor is calling to notify people of wins, you'll never know what you missed out on. I, and many others, have been doing this for a long time, and we have no problems with sales calls. Also, use your real name. If your name is Robert or Catherine, using Bob or Cathy is ok, as they are known acceptable shorter versions of that name. if your name is Matilda, and you go by Fluffy, don't use Fluffy. Looking at your ID to get an affy notarized, they may reject it because the names don't match. The sponsor may also say "Fluffy won, not Matilda". So stick with using your real name, or something close to it.

Most of all, HAVE FUN! And don't be afraid to ask questions. We were all new to this at one time. Any one of us would be happy to answer questions.


For easy form filling, check out Roboform [roboform.com]. Google Tool bar and the autofill feature on IE also work well.

For Mac users, the best form filler is 1Password: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password (thanks javaFlower!)

FireFox Form Filler browser extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/...ll&cat=all

To set up the autofill feature in IE: Click on Tools, then internet options, then choose 'content'. When that pops up, click on "Autocomplete", and make sure to check the boxes for forms and passwords on forms. This is not a good idea if you are on a shared/public computer!

February 17, 2009, 3:10 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes.

July 12, 2010, 3:23 pm: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes.

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Mar 12, 2013 02:03 AM
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JangMar 12, 2013 02:03 AM
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Quote from KMA :
I'm just now going back over Pinterest sweeps to see how they contact you. I thought they'd email me, but that's not always the case. I won something in August, but never found out until last month when I was entering another sweeps by the same company and re-pinning from their board. That's where I saw my name! Amazingly, they honored it and sent my prize even though I contacted them more than 25 weeks later. I'm going to start paying closer attention to the rules for Pinterest and maybe adding that to the wiki when there's no form to fill out. I think we all should start noting that and bookmarking the entry pin (when we have to submit our links to it), to check back later.

Good idea.
Mar 12, 2013 07:40 AM
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KMAMar 12, 2013 07:40 AM
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UPS alert for a 2lb package from MERCHANDISING SERVICES INC. Any ideas?
Mar 12, 2013 01:18 PM
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ITAF3CanMar 12, 2013 01:18 PM
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Quote from KMA :
UPS alert for a 2lb package from MERCHANDISING SERVICES INC. Any ideas?
I got one for a 1lb package. Don't know what it is. It was shipped to me with "LEAVE AT DOOR/DO NOT RETURN" underneath. Scheduled for delivery today.
Mar 12, 2013 01:50 PM
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KMAMar 12, 2013 01:50 PM
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Quote from ITAF3Can :
I got one for a 1lb package. Don't know what it is. It was shipped to me with "LEAVE AT DOOR/DO NOT RETURN" underneath. Scheduled for delivery today.
Mine is for Wednesday, so I'm anxious to read what you got (and from which sweeps it came).
Mar 12, 2013 03:00 PM
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implodeMar 12, 2013 03:00 PM
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Anyone having issues with Womans Day contests not loading this morning...
Mar 12, 2013 03:59 PM
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implodeMar 12, 2013 03:59 PM
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Anyone heard if Coors Light will be running their March Madness promotion again this year....seems like if you enter every day you were guaranteed to win something almost. With 3 scores generated a day you could really rack up prizes.
Mar 12, 2013 04:35 PM
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JangMar 12, 2013 04:35 PM
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Thanks for the heads up implode.

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Mar 12, 2013 09:52 PM
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allyn9Mar 12, 2013 09:52 PM
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Quote from implode :
Anyone heard if Coors Light will be running their March Madness promotion again this year....seems like if you enter every day you were guaranteed to win something almost. With 3 scores generated a day you could really rack up prizes.
Quote from Jang :
Thanks for the heads up implode.

I agree! Son and I got in that one late, but each still managed to win once!
Mar 12, 2013 10:09 PM
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ITAF3CanMar 12, 2013 10:09 PM
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Quote from ITAF3Can :
I got one for a 1lb package. Don't know what it is. It was shipped to me with "LEAVE AT DOOR/DO NOT RETURN" underneath. Scheduled for delivery today.
It was a barrel of monkeys! Any idea which contest it was from, I can't find it anywhere.
Mar 12, 2013 10:15 PM
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KMAMar 12, 2013 10:15 PM
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I'm experiencing a Facebook issue and it started yesterday when I received 3 messages to confirm I wasn't spam, etc, with a reminder to review community standards. Today I received another one, then I was temporarily banned from using certain features with a threat of permanent banning. During yesterday's and today's messages I was in the middle of entering sweeps on blogs, using the Facebook log-in. All I can think is that the repeated use of it set off red flags about possible spam. I decided to use Rafflecopter with my name and email and not with Facebook (so far it hasn't caused me to lose any previous entries to ongoing sweeps I've already entered). Has anyone else had this problem and am I right about what is causing it?
Mar 12, 2013 10:17 PM
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miggy82Mar 12, 2013 10:17 PM
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Quote from KMA :
I'm experiencing a Facebook issue and it started yesterday when I received 3 messages to confirm I wasn't spam, etc, with a reminder to review community standards. Today I received another one, then I was temporarily banned from using certain features with a threat of permanent banning. During yesterday's and today's messages I was in the middle of entering sweeps on blogs, using the Facebook log-in. All I can think is that the repeated use of it set off red flags about possible spam. I decided to use Rafflecopter with my name and email and not with Facebook (so far it hasn't caused me to lose any previous entries to ongoing sweeps I've already entered). Has anyone else had this problem and am I right about what is causing it?
I also received a message today to confirm I wasn't a fake account.
Mar 12, 2013 10:35 PM
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KMAMar 12, 2013 10:35 PM
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Quote from miggy82 :
I also received a message today to confirm I wasn't a fake account.
What were you doing when this happened? I know I was using Rafflecopter, because when I switched to another blog it said I couldn't log on using Facebook and I knew I hadn't logged off since I'd just finished entering through it. Each time this happened I immediately went to a new tab to log onto Facebook and received the message.
Mar 12, 2013 10:54 PM
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miggy82Mar 12, 2013 10:54 PM
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What were you doing when this happened? I know I was using Rafflecopter, because when I switched to another blog it said I couldn't log on using Facebook and I knew I hadn't logged off since I'd just finished entering through it. Each time this happened I immediately went to a new tab to log onto Facebook and received the message.
I wasn't doing anything. I was in a twitter party and when I went to open facebook I had been logged out. I signed in and the pop up came up telling me that somebody had reported my account as a fake account and then I had to confirm that I wasn't.
Mar 12, 2013 11:13 PM
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ChrisB65Mar 12, 2013 11:13 PM
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Quote from KMA :
I'm experiencing a Facebook issue and it started yesterday when I received 3 messages to confirm I wasn't spam, etc, with a reminder to review community standards. Today I received another one, then I was temporarily banned from using certain features with a threat of permanent banning. During yesterday's and today's messages I was in the middle of entering sweeps on blogs, using the Facebook log-in. All I can think is that the repeated use of it set off red flags about possible spam. I decided to use Rafflecopter with my name and email and not with Facebook (so far it hasn't caused me to lose any previous entries to ongoing sweeps I've already entered). Has anyone else had this problem and am I right about what is causing it?
One thing that will cause your Facebook account to be flagged for confirmation is if multiple unconfirmed accounts are being logged in and out of over a very short period of time under your IP address. It doesn't matter if it is actually multiple users or one person using multiple accounts, it all appears to be the same to them.

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Mar 12, 2013 11:27 PM
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conehead433Mar 12, 2013 11:27 PM
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Quote from KMA :
I'm experiencing a Facebook issue and it started yesterday when I received 3 messages to confirm I wasn't spam, etc, with a reminder to review community standards. Today I received another one, then I was temporarily banned from using certain features with a threat of permanent banning. During yesterday's and today's messages I was in the middle of entering sweeps on blogs, using the Facebook log-in. All I can think is that the repeated use of it set off red flags about possible spam. I decided to use Rafflecopter with my name and email and not with Facebook (so far it hasn't caused me to lose any previous entries to ongoing sweeps I've already entered). Has anyone else had this problem and am I right about what is causing it?
The same thing just started happening to me, so I'm glad to know that it's not just me, no that I would wish this on anyone. I initially used the tagged photo recognition to authenticate my account. Upon the second request I went ahead and used my cell # thinking that would stop it. I've gotten three account verification notices today already including one when after my FB page sat idle for a few minutes. I contacted FB about the incessant requests for account verification and got a standard email reply which probably means they'll do nothing. I suggest that everyone that's getting these do the same and maybe it will actually catch their attention. I remember when others here had posted about similar problems, and had no idea at the time how very annoying it is. I would just give up FB, but some of my better wins have come from sweeps entered there.

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