Encourage multiple entries and your contest participants get exposed to your promotional texts multiple times.

Ok, what about contest prizes?

If you publish an e-zine and you sell advertising space, you can give away free ad space to winners.

If you have your own product, or a product you have resell rights to, you can give away free copies of it to your winners.

If you have a service, why not put that up as a prize?

In any case, though, let your prospective contestants be interested in prizes. Yes -- put complete prize descriptions, along with contest mechanics, on autoresponder too.

And then include links where they can purchase prizes. Hey, some people might not want to wait to win your contest! So it's good to cover all bases.

Run a contest that lets autoresponders handle entries and confirmation receipts and you'll have a promotional tool that can bring in profits for you!

Copyright (c) 2004 Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ

7. When you ship out or deliver your product, include a coupon for other related products you sell in package. This will attract them to buy more products from you.

8. Send your customers a catalog of add-on products for original product they purchased. This could be upgrades, special services, attachments, etc. If they enjoy your product they will buy extra add-ons.

9. Sell gift certificates for your products. You'll make sales from purchase of gift certificate, when recipient cashes it in. They could also buy other items from your web site.

10. Send your customers free products with their product package. The freebies should have your ad printed on them. It could be bumper stickers, ball caps, t-shirts etc. This will allow other people to see your ad and order.