NEW GUIDELINES: Major Changes to Comp Posting- Read Before Posting

Glad

to take effect from APRIL 1st

For everyone asking to keep things simple

Simple guideline

Regs board

Daily and weekly drawn comps that have no overall promotion end date
Once only entry into a draw when registering for a site or signing up for a newsletter

Main board

Anything else

Glad

please note

Main board users
every monthly comp will now be posted on the main board as a separate thread each month, that will mean maybe 200 extra comps ending on the last day of each month
weekly entry/drawn comps will now be posted in ongoing threads, if the promotion has an overall end date these threads will be on the main board, if they are ongoing they will now be posted on the regs board, so if you have previously only used the main board you will need to check the weekly sticky to find them

regs board users
all monthly comps will now be posted on the main board as a separate thread each month and will not have a link in the monthly sticky (one off register for a site and be entered into a draw promotions will still be on the regs board and there will be a sticky listing them)

Glad

a few other points which will be included in an updated Comping Guide by velvetglove :T

Expiry Date Format - Post all comps using the expiry date format, e.g. E: 01/01 Win.... If unsure of end date, then use your best estimate and put guessedenddate anywhere in the thread. This is only to be used where a Promotion has a definite (but uncertain) End Date and not for Ongoing Competitions as these are to be posted in the regulars Forum.
Ongoing Competitions in regulars should be posted as E: DAILY or E: WEEKLY. Promotions with a one time only entry should be posted E: ONCEONLY followed by register, newsletter, sign up as appropriate.

Title Tags – These are very useful in thread titles (see below) so are often used when posting a new competition, to help members decide which competitions to enter and assist with searching the Competitions Forum
We all want to be able to enter competitions easily and quickly, however we do need to co-operate and help each other to be able to do this. These are a selection of Title Tags that members have found useful in the past. You will not need to use every tag in every title, just which ever ones work best for your competition.

a) Please mention Kids, photos/purchase required, effort, email, newsletter sign up, etc in title if entry requires these. Occasionally a competition may have specific entry requirements ie 10-14 year olds, teens, 21+, etc, please ensure that these are mentioned if necessary.

b) Please mention FB, Twitter, Blog in the title, when a competition depends on these sites for entry.

c) Please remember to add Daily/Weekly in the title when posting a competition with multiple prizes or entries
If you post a competition with a daily or weekly entry please post a link on the dailies sticky or the weeklies sticky and add to your post that you have done so. If you enter a comp where it hasn't been mentioned that a link has been posted in the relevant sticky please could you add the link and post to say you have done so