Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs

fire**fly

sidmark wrote: »

I'm a complete Newbie when it comes to Comping I have only been trying in ernest for the last three weeks. My questions is...... How many postal comps per week / month is the usual amount? I have entered maybe 45 in the past few weeks is that normal! is there any secrets that will increase the amount of replies or dare I say it ......Prizes? Thanks

hi, i just enter the postal ones for the prizes i wish to win, don't think there's a 'normal' amount
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sidmark

Ok thanks, I'll carry on and let you know if I'm lucky!!!

breakfastslalom

huhu, the truth i never won anything

katieandlee

Just wanted to say thanks for this guide. I spent half an hour or so getting familiar with it before I stated entering competitions and it seems to have paid off so far!

frannywill

Sorry, but what does the 'enter' button do?

lilias

frannywill wrote: »

Sorry, but what does the 'enter' button do?

It puts a little tick by the side of the comp so that when you look at the list of comps you can see which ones you've already entered.

garynumanfan

i have been running 40+ competition round robin groups for 5years or sothey are monthly -ish packs of entry forms and postcardsgoing round in packsi have a few spaces in the groups, so if anyone wants to join,contact me for details. Or you could search "round robin " on here and you will find a few posts about it

happyg0th

Thanks so much for this guide
Really appreciate the help getting started

misa.blue

Hi guys, I hope it's ok to post my question on here.
I have entered Facebook competition to win trip to Hollywood. It is run my MTV UK. I have submited my photo entry and getting my friends to vote for me daily.
The trouble is, that it does not show how many votes do the entries have. So I don't know really if I have any chance..
Is this normal way to run voting competition? It seems quite unusual to me. I tried to contact MTV UK and they just responded saying "if I'm the winner I will find out"..

VelvetGlove

misa.blue wrote: »

Hi guys, I hope it's ok to post my question on here.
I have entered Facebook competition to win trip to Hollywood. It is run my MTV UK. I have submited my photo entry and getting my friends to vote for me daily.
The trouble is, that it does not show how many votes do the entries have. So I don't know really if I have any chance..
Is this normal way to run voting competition? It seems quite unusual to me. I tried to contact MTV UK and they just responded saying "if I'm the winner I will find out"..

Hi misa.blue

The best place to ask questions is the Discussion Thread as that gets a lot more 'foot traffic' than here on the Guide It is one of the threads that is stuck to the top of page 1 of the comping forum. Click here for a direct link to the current Competition Discussions Thread (part 15)

I haven't really entered many voting comps so couldn't really say one way or the other, but on the Discussions thread you will hopefully be able to find more help

Happy Comping!