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About Amy Fanter

Amy Fanter is the Marketing Writer/SEM for the Reno, Nevada-based insured prize promotions provider, Odds On Promotions and its sister company, Hole In One International.

Dice Roll Contest Insured by Radio Station Worth $40,000 Vehicle

Attention: radio stations! We’re here today to tell you how a dice roll contest is a fun and effective way of increasing both TSL for yourself and attendence for your sponsors/remotes! Just take it from this radio station based out of the Southeastern U.S. that insured a dice roll contest – for a brand new ride – at a local car dealership!

Wondering how it worked? Listeners tuned in to the station and were given exact details regarding the dice roll contest: where and when to show up, how the promotion would be conducted and the grand prize at stake. Come the day of the promotion, one randomly selected customer was chosen to participate in the dice roll promotion.

Radio station employees at the dealership gave the customer six of Odds On’s oversized 8″ dice a roll to see if they could end up with all six dice letter-side-up to reveal the word “W-I-N-N-E-R.” If they successfully did so, they would have scored a brand new vehicle valued at $40,000, courtesy of the dealership and paid for by Odds On Promotions.

Insuring a dice roll contest is a great way to increase sponsor visibility, drive traffic, increase listenership and help give one of your loyal listeners the chance to win big! For a free, no-obligation quote on a dice roll contest of your own, give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249… or email us for more information! Looking for more radio promotion ideas? No problem! Visit our website.

Online Promotion Ideas: Need One? Check This Out…

Is your business in need of some great online promotion ideas? Are you looking to collect valuable marketing information in the process? I recently assisted a mortgage company based in Virginia in insuring an online Facebook Instant Win promotion.

After sharing with me that their goal was to increase their Facebook fanbase via an instant win promotion, I suggested that the mortgage company run a month-long Prize Vault contest on their Facebook page featuring a $25,000 prize!

To kick off the contest, the mortgage company announced the start of their promotion in their target market areas using direct mail, social media and email blasts. Recipients were instructed to ‘like’ the company’s Facebook page for the chance to to participate in the online Prize Vault instant win promotion.

In order to better understand who the participants were, when the fans logged in with their email address, they had to answer a few brief questions before playing the actual game. Once the game was activated, and the “prize vault” was displayed on the screen, fans then got the chance to move the four dials on the vault and choose a ‘lucky combo’ of numbers which would hopefully open the vault… and reveal the insured grand prize of $25,000, paid for by Odds On!

While unfortunately, there was no grand prize winner, a variety of smaller auxiliary prizes, provided by the mortgage company, were randomly awarded to those who participated. These consolation prizes consisted of iPad Minis, Kindle Fires, Amazon Gift Cards and gift cards to Outback Steakhouse.

What I love about Odds On’s online promotions is that you don’t have to worry about facilitating the promotion once the contest is up on your page. We collect the marketing data, our system randomly determines the winner and all you have to do is sit back and relax, knowing that it’s all in the hands of Odds On Promotions and our A+ rated underwriters, Everest National Insurance Company.

Interested in experiencing a live demo of our “Prize Vault” instant win game? Check it out, then watch the commercial below. Feel free to give us a call at 888-827-2249 for more online promotion ideas. You can also visit our website for more ideas, or email us with any questions!

Drive Traffic with a Driver’s License Match

Wonder how you can magically get more people to appear at your next special event, sales or tradeshow exhibit? Here’s an idea from a venue that will be soon welcome Master illusionist Mike Super – who’s clearly a specialist in making magic happen.

The Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin is giving attendees the chance to win a brand new motorcycle in a Driver’s License match contest. If a fan’s driver’s license number matching the number that will be revealed, they’ll drive home a winner, paid for by Odds On.

Casino Contest: Need One? We’ve Got One – The Big Draw!

Hey everyone! I’m here to talk about an exciting casino contest that a client of mine in the Southeastern U.S. insured in order to keep players on their casino property for longer periods of time during the month of June: The Big Draw!

If you’re not familiar with Odds On Promotions‘ lotto-based casino contest, The Big Draw, then allow me to explain how it works:

Players swipe their player’s club card at the game’s kiosk and choose six lucky numbers (1-60) on the game’s touchscreen. After making their selections, players receive a ticket with their picks as well as the next drawing time. At the chosen time, the casino staff conducts a live drawing of six random numbers using Odds On’s ball draw machine… and if a lucky player manages to select all six, they’re a grand prize winner!

While The Big Draw can be used on a countertop, super or deluxe kiosk, this specific property used our 4′ x 8’ deluxe kiosk unit to conduct the promotion. Furthermore, the ball draw machine was provided, compliments of Odds On, to conduct the live drawings. Live drawings occurred every Friday during the month of June, which gave players the chance to win $1,000,000… paid for by no other than Odds On Promotions!

Unfortunately, there was no million dollar winner; however, the casino handed out prizes for those players who managed to select a lesser number of matching numbers. It’s always a great idea to hand out auxiliary prizes to players, whether it’s free play, dining comps, or otherwise — no one likes to leave empty-handed!

Are you interested in insuring The Big Draw? Give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote… or email us for more information! You can also check out the other casino contests we have to offer on our website!

Furniture Promotions Can Also Be Basketball Promotions!

Are you a furniture store looking for fun and exciting sales promotion? What if I told you that you could hold your next upcoming promotion in your own parking lot? That’s right — just take notes from this California-based furniture store who reached out to me, looking to insure a basketball half-court shot contest on their own turf!

Each day during the furniture store’s two-day sales promotion, a lucky customer was selected to take a half-court shot in the store’s parking lot for a chance to win a brand new outdoor kitchen valued at $10,000, paid for by Odds On! What’s more? If both customers ended up making the shot, they both would have been awarded $10,000, making it a $20,000 promotion! Insuring for multiple winners is always a great idea — not only will it end up costing you less in the end, you’ll never have to end a promotion early, should more than one contestant end up winning — and trust us, despite what the odds of that may seem like, a half-court shot happens.

Of course, if basketball promotions can also be furniture promotions, what else could be insured at your store location? Whether you’re wanting to insure a different kind of sports promotion (an indoor or outdoor bowling contest or golf putting contest, for example) or even a skills-based promotion such as a paper airplane toss, we can insure it!

Need More Furniture Sales Promotions Ideas?

Make your furniture promotions unique and think outside of the box — with Odds On’s prize insurance, almost anything is possible so long as it has a risk tied to it! Just ask us!

Visit our website for a list of furniture promotions, then give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote. You can also email us for more information!

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