Sweepstakes Scavenger Hunt - Get Motivated!

Have you ever... Created an email address just for sweepstakes entries?

Tip: Learn how and why to set up a sweepstakes email.

Entered sweepstakes online?

Tip: Get an overview of sweepstakes entry methods.

Entered sweepstakes by mail?

Entered sweepstakes by email?

Tip: More about entering sweepstakes by email.

Entered sweepstakes by telephone?

Tip: Alternatives to using your home phone when entering sweepstakes.

Entered sweepstakes by text message?

Tip: How to Enter Text Message Sweepstakes.

Entered radio contests?

Tip: Improve your odds of winning radio contests.

Entered blog contests?

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Entered essay contests (non-fiction)?

Tip: How to find contests to enter.

Entered fiction writing contests?

Tip: Learn why you should enter contests.

Have you ever... Entered photography contests?

Tip: Learn how to take prize-winning photographs.

Entered recipe contests?

Tip: Learn how to create winning recipes.

Entered video contests?

Tip: Tips to Create Contest-Winning Videos.

Entered more than 25 sweepstakes on the same day?

Entered more than 50 sweepstakes on the same day?

Tip: Use Roboform to enter more sweepstakes in the same time.

Entered more than 100 sweepstakes on the same day?

Tip: Enter sweepstakes in half the time.

Entered sweepstakes every day for a week?

Tip: How to create a winning sweepstakes strategy.

Entered sweepstakes every day for a month?

Entered daily sweepstakes every day from start to end of the entry period?

Tip: Find the newest sweepstakes to enter.

Gotten up early (or stayed up late) just to enter sweepstakes?

Turned down an invitation to stay home and enter sweepstakes?

Won a prize?

Tip: Improve your odds of winning.

Won at least 5 prizes?

Tip: Discover the best sweepstakes to enter.

Won at least 10 prizes?

Tip: Use my 20 Best Sweepstakes Tips to win more.

Won at least 50 prizes?

Tip: The Lots of Prizes List can help you win more often.

Needed to return a notarized affidavit to receive a prize?

Tip: Learn more about affidavits.

Won a prize worth at least $100?

Tip: What is an ARV?

Won a prize worth at least $500?

Tip: Learn the difference between FMV and ARV.

Won a prize worth at least $1000?

Tip: Is my ARV too high?

Won a prize worth at least $10,000?

Have you ever... Won more than $1,000 worth of prizes in a single month?

Won more than $10,000 worth of prizes in a year?

Received a win notice or prize by email?

Tip: Learn how winners are usually contacted.

Received a win notice or prize by telephone?

Tip: How to use call forwarding to never miss a telephone win.

Received a win notice or prize by postal mail?

Tip: Research win notifications to avoid falling for scams.

Received a win notice or prize by courier (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc.)?

Tip: Make sure you receive win notifications when you move.

Followed up with a sponsor to receive a prize that wasn't shipped?

Won instant sweepstakes?

Tip: Instant Win Sweepstakes to enter.

Won daily sweepstakes?

Tip: Daily Sweepstakes to enter.

Won one-entry sweepstakes?

Tip: One Entry Sweepstakes to enter.

Have you ever... Won radio contests?

Won phone-in sweepstakes?

Won cash?

Tip: Cash Sweepstakes to enter.

Won a car, truck, or boat?

Tip: Car Sweepstakes to enter.

Won sporting equipment?

Tip: Sports Sweepstakes to enter.

Won a vacation?

Tip: Vacation Sweepstakes to enter.

Won a gift certificate?

Won a computer, laptop, or game console?

Tip: Electronics Sweepstakes to enter.

Won electronics (other than computers and game consoles)?

Tip: These prizes are also found under Electronics Sweepstakes.

Won jewelry?

Tip: Jewelry Sweepstakes to enter.

Have you ever... Won a grill?

Tip: Grills are listed under House and Garden Sweepstakes.

Won a party, movie screening, or other group event?

Won fashion prizes (t-shirts and caps count)?

Tip: Fashion Sweepstakes to enter.

Won appliances?

Tip: These prizes are found under House and Garden Sweepstakes.

Won a pass to a sporting event (NASCAR, baseball, football, etc.)?

Tip: These prizes are found under Sports Sweepstakes.

Won tickets to another kind of event (a play, the opera, a concert, etc.)?

Won movie tickets?

Won the chance to meet a celebrity?

Won a room, backyard, or home makeover?

Tip: Find these prizes under House and Garden Sweepstakes.

Won a house?

Tip: Read about the annual HGTV Dream Home.

Have you ever... Won more than once in the same week?

Won more than 5 times in the same month?

Won an essay contest (non-fiction)?

Get some tips on winning writing contests.

Won a fiction writing contest?

Won a photography contest?

Won a recipe contest?

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Won a video contest?

Won more than once from the same sweepstakes (when the rules allowed)?

Tip: Learn more about the importance of reading sweepstakes rules.

Won more than once from the same sponsor (different sweepstakes)?

Had a prize show up at your doorstep without knowing about it first?

Have you ever... Sent a thank-you note to a sponsor?

Tip: Read more about being a considerate sweeper.

Sent a photo to the prize winners' photo album?

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Tracked your sweepstakes wins?

Tip: Learn how to track sweepstakes wins.

Started a scrapbook or memory box of your sweepstakes wins?

Tip: How to Create a Sweepstakes Scrapbook.

Reported sweepstakes prizes on your taxes?

Tip: How to Pay Sweepstakes Taxes.

Given a prize as a gift?

Tip: How to win prizes to give as gifts.

Given a prize to charity?

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Sold a prize?

Become friends with someone that you met through sweepstaking?

Have you ever... Been to a meeting of a sweepstakes club?

Tip: 5 reasons to join a sweepstakes club.

Started a sweepstakes club?

Attended a sweepstakes convention?

Tip: 5 reasons to attend sweepstakes conventions.

Entered a friend or family member for the chance to win?

Tip: Make sure you understand the sweepstakes entry restrictions before doing this.

Received additional sweepstakes entries for referring friends?

Tip: Learn how to multiply your chances with sweepstakes referrals.

Given someone your email address to use for sweepstakes referrals?

Tip: Consider joining the Sweepstakes Referral Exchange on the Sweepstakes Forum to increase your chances while helping others win.

Convinced a friend or family member to start entering sweepstakes?

Been told by friends and family that "you're so lucky?"

Tip: If not, maybe you should see if a luckier attitude might help.

Purposely tried to improve your luck?

Tip: Try the top ways to improve your luck and see if you become more successful!

Have you ever... Read "The Secret" or a similar book?

Tip: Read my review of The Secret.

Read a book about improving your luck?

Tip: If not, Richard Wiseman's The Luck Factor is a good place to start.

Researched feng shui?

Tip: Read more about feng shui and luck.

Given someone else advice about how to win more?

Shared trivia answers, UPC codes, entry blanks, etc.?

Tip: If not, the Trivia Answers and UPC Codes section of the Sweepstakes Forum is a good place to start.

Helped someone else win by voting in a contest?

Tip: If not, check out the Vote Requests section of the Sweepstakes Forum to see who needs some help.

Written for or published a sweepstakes newsletter, book, podcast, or website?

Been featured in the media (newspaper, tv, etc.) because of sweeping?

Sponsored sweepstakes yourself?

Felt that sweepstakes have changed your life?

I hope that sweepstakes have made a positive change in all of your lives, enabling you to answer this question with a big "YES!"

Whew! You're through! Now tally up your answers and see how you did do!