I'm New.. Help please

sarah.lcg90

Hi Everyone,

I have recently been made redundant and was struggling to find ways to fill my time around the job hunting! So I have decided to give Comping ago, I have entered a few competitions in the past but never won anything or taken it seriously, so I was just looking for a little bit of help/advice, any would be greatly appreciated

Ps.. Sorry if i have posted this in the wrong place!

Thanks

fire**fly

hi & welcome

best advice/help I can think of giving is to read our great comping guide here..
(if you've not already seen it) x



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sarah.lcg90

Thats Perfect thanks )

messia07

sarah.lcg90 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I have recently been made redundant and was struggling to find ways to fill my time around the job hunting! So I have decided to give Comping ago, I have entered a few competitions in the past but never won anything or taken it seriously, so I was just looking for a little bit of help/advice, any would be greatly appreciated

Ps.. Sorry if i have posted this in the wrong place!

Thanks

im the same, took a second job but didnt work out so thought i would give comping a go, worked a few years ago for me

some basic advice i would give you would be to keep a list of all the comps you enter, you can do this on windows notepad.

use a mobile number for all your competitions (a lot of people here have a dedicated, cheap 2nd mobile just for comps )

& watch out for scam competitions, here is an example in the news http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/watch-out-for-the-asda-facebook-voucher-scam-114204409.html

if in doubt about a competition, just ask here - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/173789

JessicAhh

Good luck

Personally, I don't have much advice... I also probably comp 'all wrong' in the comping purists' eyes :rotfl:
I keep lists of wins, but not of what I've entered... I use the tick and cross buttons on the comps board to keep track of that.

I do keep a list of instant win comps though, and a list of regular comps (e.g. there are ones on FB that only come up on certain days of the week, etc).

grannybiker

jessicawshoscombe wrote: »

Good luck

Personally, I don't have much advice... I also probably comp 'all wrong' in the comping purists' eyes :rotfl:
I keep lists of wins, but not of what I've entered... I use the tick and cross buttons on the comps board to keep track of that.
Me too, making that list would slow down my comping :eek: The ticks & crosses suits me just fine as I don't use any other sites, (Except Facebook & twitter, but most make it on here anyhow.)

I do keep a list of instant win comps though, and a list of regular comps (e.g. there are ones on FB that only come up on certain days of the week, etc).

A useful list here of comps on different days, so I don't bother to bookmark, just scroll to each day

Go through Dailies here every few days and pop a direct link in my own folder on favourites.

Like many others, I comp by end date, using links such as this, also in my favourites. I have more than one saved, at different intervals. I try and stay a couple of days ahead, but if real life is too entertaining and I miss some, I never "Get behind."

Dive in & have fun :beer:

labazs

first of all main thing is enjoy it doesnt matter if you have small or big wins the main thing is you enjoy it! ive been comping for over 35 years and though the way of compng has changed with the internet i still enjoy it. if i didnt id stop tomorrow! other main thing is more comps the more chance you have