The Internet Potential: The Blog

Recently I decided to start entering contests during my free time to see what I could come up with.  A quick Google search of “contests” and “sweepstakes” turns up hundreds of giveaways, likely many of them unreal and a waste of time.

Consequently, I decided to refer to several sites where I knew there would be reliable contest and giveaway posts.  One such site is Free Stuff Time’s ‘Contests’ section (http://www.freestufftimes.com/contests/) and Slickdeal’s ‘Contests and Sweepstakes’ section (http://forums.slickdeals.net/forumdisplay.php?f=25).

Part of the problem with entering into many of these contests is that it takes time, and the chances are good you won’t win anything to speak of.  With that being said, the best strategy is to get form autofilling software such as the one provided with Google Toolbar or RoboForm to make sure you don’t spend a lot of time doing this.  Also, only do this when you have absolutely nothing else to do.  Everyday, it’ll take about 10-15 minutes to enter into all of the contests posted for that day.

One would think that I probably haven’t won anything in the week that I have been doing this, but so far I have entered Microsoft’s Office for Mac contest, and I won a copy of Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Special Media Edition ($500 value) and also a Bic Triumph 730R Roller Pen (http://bictriumph.com/promotion.aspx).  They are giving away 100 pens per day for 30 days.

I guess I got lucky.