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Are you one of the many parents who think that saving money for your child’s future is an intergral part of your family financial planning? If you have already taken steps to secure your child’s financial future, we’ll like you to share it with us.
Smart parents like you already use Gaga’s to save a bundle when they dress their kids for special occasions. What other great money-saving tips do you know? Share your smartest money-saving ideas with Gaga’s and have a chance to win $1000 towards your child’s college future.
Win $1000 For Your Child’s College Education. a $1000 College Savings Bond.
Eligibility: USA 13 years+
Deadline: October 17, 2007
Share Your Smart Ideas Here
Written by guru2 on October 12th, 2007 with no comments.
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Some kids just LOVE getting costumed up for Halloween. Some parents just LOVE helping them! Here’s your chance to win some loot for a creative costuming event!
Send us a photo of your child in his or her Halloween costume, the theme is Halloween and you can dress him/her up in the most cute and the most bizzare ways that’s if you want to win some of our cool prizes. You could win a Kodak V1003 digital camera!
One winner will receive a Kodak V1003 digital camera.
Eligibility: USA 18+
Deadline: October 15, 2007
Enter The Halloween Contest Here
Written by guru2 on October 10th, 2007 with no comments.
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Have the urge or the oomphs to be a music artist, want to scale the peak but do not know where to start from then here is your chance, we are willing to record your voice and give you the big break if you have it in you.
The search is on for the next winner of CMT.com’s Music City Madness — the ultimate competition for unsigned artists and musicians representing the broad range of country music genres. This season, the stakes are even higher as performers from across the country vie for a trip to Nashville to tape their own Unplugged at Studio 330 performance.
The winning submission and/or his/her band members (maximum of four (4) band members) will receive an opportunity to record a performance of the winning Submitted Video at CMT’s STUDIO 330 SESSIONS; a trip to Nashville, TN The total approximate retail value (the “ARV”) of the Grand Prize is $1,200.00
Eligibility: USA 13 YEARS +
Deadline: October 15, 2007
You Have It then Enter Here
Written by guru2 on October 8th, 2007 with no comments.
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A publicist submitted this contest to the recipe contest database … first I was going to dump it because it is NOT a skill based contest … it is a voting game and a sweepstake. Then I figured, Why not! It’s for a good cause and my subscribers could win a great prize.” So here it is …
What you have to do:
Vote for America’s Steamiest Chef and enter for a chance to win a dinner with the winner! Five celebrity chefs are competing in Glad’s Steamiest Chef Contest, and they need your votes to win.
As if winning all that isn’t enough, you’re also helping out five charities! $30,000 will be donated to a charity of the winner’s choice, and $5,000 will be donated to the other four charities.
The prizes: The grand prize is a trip for two to meet the Steamiest Chef and receive $500 spending cash, first prize is a VIP trip for two to Miami, Florida with a private cooking class, and five second prize winners will receive twelve 10-count packages of GLAD SimplyCooking Microwave Steaming Bags.
Eligibility: USA, 18+
Deadline: October 17, 2007
Go and vote!
Written by guru on August 22nd, 2007 with no comments.
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Get your running shoes on, and brag about your accomplishments in the Walker of the Week contest.
Whether it was braving the rain to complete a day’s walk, or finishing your first 5K, everyone has something to brag about. Don’t be shy — tell the world about your accomplishment here!
You could win: a Sportline pedometer and water bottle, total average retail value $55
Eligibility: USA, 18+
Deadline: August 30, 2007
Enter your essay here
Written by guru on August 22nd, 2007 with 2 comments.
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The Nikon Photo Contest International is one of the biggest and most prestigious photography contests in the world.
Last year they had over 47,000 entries, which you can imagine, made the judges jobs VERY difficult.
If you enter photo contests, you need to keep in touch with the types of photos the judges choose as winners. This helps YOU become a better judge of your own photography.
Always remember, that though there may be objective criteria for narrowing down the field, from 45,000 photos to the last 100 … in the end the photos are chosen subjectively by each of the judges.
It is interesting to get some of that insight from the judges …
http://nikonimaging.com/global/activity/npci/npci2006-2007/result.htm
And … here are the top 53 Award Winning Photos from the 2006-2007 Competition:
http://nikonimaging.com/global/activity/npci/npci2006-2007/award.htm
The new 2007-2008 photo contest will probably open for entry sometime in Sept. I’ll be sure to let you know all the details.
Melanie
PS . Enjoy the winning images they are AWSOME!!
Written by guru on August 13th, 2007 with no comments.
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Just to remind you to visit the Contest Listings and Databases OFTEN:
Photography:
There are simple oodles of photo contests right now (the summer rush) in both the ongoing and deadline sections. You will find contests for both amateurs and professionals.
Deadline: http://proofpositive.com/contests/photocontests.php
Ongoing: http://proofpositive.com/contests/photocontests.htm
Writing Contests:
With over 50 deadline contests and loads of ongoing writing contests, you will be able to pick and choose. There are novel, poetry, short story, screen writing and more.
Deadline: http://proofpositive.com/contests/writecontests.php
Ongoing: http://proofpositive.com/contests/writecontests.htm
Cooking and Recipe Contests:
Dozens to choose from in virtually any cooking category. Cooking contests have some of the HUGEST prize packages available for any kind of contests … so if you love to cook and develop your own spin on recipes this is definitely a section to pay attention to!
Deadline: http://proofpositive.com/contests/cooking.php
Ongoing: http://proofpositive.com/contests/cooking.htm
I am working on a database for the “anything goes” category of contests, so that it is easier to look them up by deadline dates. Hopefully that will be done by mid-August.
Good Luck with your entries
Melanie
Written by guru on August 1st, 2007 with no comments.
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Become a Winner Now!!
Those of you who have subscribed to my newsletter for any time, or who have read “Contest Guru’s Guide To Winning Sweepstakes” know that I believe in the Laws of Attraction.
The nutshell version of the Laws of Attraction is that you get what you think about most. However it is a little more complicated than that … because part of the thinking process is keeping in the right “state” of mind or the right state of “feeling.” For example, If you are thinking “I am a winner” and you FEEL like a loser … the feeling a loser part will win out!!
There is a reason people have winning streaks and losing streaks. It goes like this … you win something. You feel like a winner so you keep on winning. Then one day for some reason … some stupid person says to you … “you can’t just keep on winning!” And you say to yourself “they’re right, I can’t just keep on winning.” So the winning stops. And you are now in a loosing streak. Until one day you say to yourself (and believe it) yes … it is TIME for me to win again. And you do.
Sound complicated? The following resource is a hypnosis/ subliminal audio CD or download that will help you get and stay in the WINNING FRAME OF MIND you need to be in, in order to become a WINNER!
CLICK HERE >>> Become a Winner NOW
Melanie
HYPNOSIS INSIDER: Your life will NEVER be the same!
Written by guru on June 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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A few months ago, I was forced to turn off “comments” because I was getting bombarded with spam. Everything from spammers selling Channel handbags to very much worse.
I have just found and installed a blog plug-in called Akismet. This is supposed to get rid of spam and make sure none of my visitors have to bump into anything unpleasant.
Comments will still be moderated … so if you are a spammer, go away. You cannot use this blog to advertise your stuff.
If you are one of my many loyal readers, or a first time visitor … please leave comments and questions if you have them.
Melanie
PS. I’m keeping my fngers crossed that this works … and that we can create a fun conversation about contests and contesting.
Written by guru on June 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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For Canadians only
Has anyone purchased a membership to CHEAP TRIPS?
This company promises to “teach” you how to get free or really cheap fares, rentals, cruises etc. If you have any experience with them … I’ll post it.
I have a neighbor who constantly goes on deep discount cruises and trips … and I’d love to do the same!!
Send your comments to editor @ proofpositive.com (take out the spaces on either side of the @ symbol). In the subject header put “feedback on CHEAP TRIPS
I am very wary these days and don’t want this to be another cheap trick!
Melanie
Written by guru on May 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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