could you advise me please

labazs

having done competitions for years over 35 actually coming to this site is the best i have ever done but i just want to make sure im getting the best out of the site. i usually go to page one of the competitions each day and just comp away. anyway i saw the regular comps last week and when i started going through them it took me two days to do them all without doing the main comps. thing is obviously these comps are coming up again and again i get that but how is it best to use the board? how best to combine it with the other comp postings so i dont m iss anything?

fire**fly

hi, think everyone finds their own way to comp

way i usually work the boards i subscribe to certain threads so then get an instant email as soon as a new comp/posting is posted
such as these for example

Magazine Daily competition thread - updated regularly

puzzler.com competitions - regularly updated (Part 4)

Take a Break Puzzle Magazines - regularly updated

Postal, Text and Phone Competitions - Part 22

WEEKLY COMPETITION POSTS: Updated Regularly

Daily competition thread - updated daily

i go through the listed
Regular Competitions
in the mornings to enter
dailys/mag dailys/etc (whichever ones to want to enter for)
then i go to main board & go back to my last green tick/red cross where I've left off from the evening/time before & work back to page one,

i use this helpful link as well for any time i want to check for End dates & quick checks etc

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=63573667&postcount=6

from this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4803146


i also have the magazine posters who post the weekly magazines such as that's life! / Pick me Up /
Chat / Real People / Love It! / Bella etc on my contacts in user cp & check each week on their profile for the new postings

prob wouldn't work for everyone but i find it a quick way to work the boards x

labazs

what a brilliant system thank you that has really helped ive never won from those magazines but if i keep going who knows? last time i won a magazine competition was a bouquet from womans realm:eek:!

fire**fly

last week & the week before I had pm's from peeps on here that have won a couple of the big money prizes from Take Break magazine weekly & know of others that win from other mag postings,
think it's just the same old saying, the more you enter the more chance of winning & you've got to be in it to win it as they all say:)
wishing you lots of good luck for whichever system you find good to use, happy comping & keep entering :j

labazs

with the regular comps is there a way of finding which are unentered apart from clicking on each one to check

rosemac

click the green tick and it will show up on the comp page at the side of the comp post

rosemac

Your wellcome labazs

Dreaming_of_Kubera

labazs wrote: »

having done competitions for years over 35 actually coming to this site is the best i have ever done

I agree completely! I love this site & the folk are just lovely.


As someone has already said it's just a personal preference thing...how you use the site. So I'll give you my method but I'm not sure it's the best way to do it


Daily:

1. I go through the previous 24hrs main board comp postings. Excluding any ITV comps** I find here (although I pop them in favourites)
2. I do the magazine dailies.
   I don't usually check here for answers unless I am really stumped.
3. I go through the ITV comps** And enter to the max with my land & mobile phone numbers using RoboForm (do download this gem of a program if you haven't already!)
4. I go check the POSTAL board and enter those that take my fancy.

Weekly:

1. I buy (what I call) the misery mags - Take A Break, Chat etc., because I really love puzzles. But I refuse to waste life on Word Searches so I do cheat and look for the answers on here for those

Good luck with your comping!


Rae x

JessicAhh

I only started in December, but so far what I do...

Competitions Main Board - I enter everything that takes my fancy (currently up to date with the whole board, so if I have to miss a day for whatever reason, I don't miss too much)

Mag Dailies - I tend to enter all of these once per magazine; this is not the best way to win, I know But I find it boring entering the same comp time and time again, so I leave that to fate... :rotfl:

Magazines - Always feels like cheating to get the answers from here, so I do buy Take a Break / That's Life / Chat, and do the puzzles for the prizes I would like to win. I enter those online, leaving the boxes blank for any prizes I don't want.

I second Dreaming of Kubera's suggestion of Roboform: it saves me lots of form-filling time, I also have it set to remember some of my logins, and I have a 'no thanks' setting so it automatically fills out those annoying boxes on the magazine dailies.

JessicAhh

Oh, and the other thing I do several times a day is go into the IWIWIW forum... for two reasons:
1) It's inspirational to see winners and keeps me motivated...
2) I believe in good karma - I like being pleased for others, as I think it generates good luck vibes for myself... If I can be happy for others, that makes me feel good, and gives me good comping karma. :rotfl: