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Automated Competition Entries
Loquax has been campaigning to make compers and more importantly promoters aware of Automated Competition Entry Services. These sites can submit thousands of entries to a competition without the entrant ever visiting the site. The entrant pays for this service, but it means promoters don’t get visitors and prizes possibly given away to people who don’t even know about the competition.
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Back On The Case Of Automated Entry Services
Posted on: May 23rd, 2012
We’ve not blogged about automated entry services for a while so we thought we’d get back on the bandwagon. We want to make sure compers and promoters are aware that they’re still around and that they’re still piling in loads of entries. Those who sign up to such services also need to be aware too! …
Automated Competition Entry IPs & Emails: Updated Help For Promoters
Posted on: February 27th, 2012
It’s been almost a year since we started blogging about automated competition entries and the effects that they have on online competitions. Over that time we’ve managed to reveal email accounts that organisers, agencies and promoters need to be on the look out for when it comes to making sure that their competitions are automated …
Did Your Competition Get Automated Entries In January?
Posted on: February 8th, 2012
It’s been an interesting month with regards to automated entries. There’s good news, some changes and some bad news. The good news is that we’re starting to see brands and promoters respond to the issue. We’ve had favourable feedback via Twitter, Facebook and email from a number of sites that have been targeted and we’re …
Did Your Competition Get Automated Entries In December?
Posted on: January 9th, 2012
We’ve not done a “did you get…” type blog post for a few months, so we thought as it’s a New Year we’d revisit and remind compers and promoters about the issue of automated entry services. Automated entry services are subscription sites where people pay to be entered into prize draws. A computer script then …
More Automated Competition Entry Emails To Watch Out For
Posted on: November 22nd, 2011
We’ve not mentioned automated entries on the blog for a while, but that’s not to say we’re not still concerned about them. We still believe that all compers should be speaking out about automated entry services and that they should be banging on to promoters about them – especially when terms and conditions don’t take …
How To Make Sure Automated Entries Don’t Ruin Your Competition
Posted on: October 21st, 2011
Ever since we started revealing the names of sites/brands who appear on the “entered” lists of automated competition entry service sites a few things have happened. Firstly, promoters have started to add “no automated entries” to their rules and secondly the auto entry sites have started to “hide” their information. Given that they believe what …
The IPM And Automated Competition Entry Services
Posted on: September 29th, 2011
Compers may well be familiar with The Institute of Promotional Marketing (The IPM). They’re the people to turn to when a competition or promotion goes wrong. We contacted them recently regarding automated competition entry services. Back in 2009 (then as The ISP) they warned via Marketing Week that “fraudulent multiple entries is threatening online competitions …
Spot The Difference Competition
Posted on: September 24th, 2011
To end our first week of starting to let promoters know about automated entry competition services we’re having a spot the difference competition. It involves one of the sites, Prize Draw Centre. They’re the ones who seem to ignore competition terms and conditions about accepting automated entries! Anyway – here’s the competition! Image 1 – …
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