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A Winteresting
Pastime - Part 4
By
Lynne Suzanne
You can win your dream prizes whether it's travelling
the world, a weekend break or a Caribbean holiday.
Lynne Suzanne cruises through some ideas to help
you win...
When
you dream of sailing the seven seas on a luxury liner
and ending each action packed day with a romantic moonlight
walk on deck, then take action.
Write a few apt and winning words and you could be cruising
the oceans worldwide, courtesy of a prize win.
Seek
out tiebreaker slogan competitions offering cruise prizes
– or whatever prize you dream of winning.
You’ll find entry forms in high street stores
– check out travel shops as well as glossy magazines,
freebie in-store magazines, bookmark entry forms in
bookstores, on radio, TV and on the Internet.
See examples of entry forms with Lynne’s
Slogan Tips at www.wincompetitions.co.uk/whatsinstore
Gain inspiration for writing your tiebreakers by reading
the accompanying text on entry forms.
Then start by making a word list, for example:
cruise, harbour, ocean, sunshine, blue skies, blue lagoons,
sandy shores
To
make your entry stand out from thousands of similar
sounding tiebreakers and to increase your chances of
winning, try to think beyond the usual words. Remember
your first thoughts may be the first thoughts of thousands
of other compers.
Come up with different slants for instance:
island hopping, treasure island, gold and silver, pirates,
marooned, message in bottles
As
soon as you have an idea for your tiebreaker, write
down a few phrases, for instance:
Marooned on a beautiful dessert island
Don't want to come home - leave me marooned
Toy
with phrases to build into tiebreakers as in:
My message reads, having whale of a time, don't rescue
me !
Or how about: Golden sunshine, blue lagoons, don't rescue me, leave
me marooned!
When
competition rules allow you to submit multiple entries,
send in different tiebreaker ideas. Rather than rework the same tiebreaker, go back to your word
list for more inspiration.
See what you can do with the pirate idea.
How
about:
Pirates searching oceans and seas, never discovered
islands like these
Or,
to bring in the product, for instance it may be a competition
promoted by a cereal company to win a cruise or island
holiday. You
could say:
Pirates searching seven seas, never discovered cereals
like these
You
may like to choose words with double meanings for example:
harbour.
”I'd
like to win a cruise with product because...
…both
`harbour' happy times of enjoyable pleasure, with pastimes,
entertainment and times to treasure
Should the product be chocolates, you could adapt it
to say:
…both `harbour’ happy times of enjoyable pleasure,
with scenic sights, romantic nights and delicious chocolate
treasure
Don’t
miss Part 5…
© Copyright 2002 Lynne Suzanne www.win-with-lynne.co.uk
About
the author
Lynne Suzanne is a freelance writer, consultant and
speaker. She has written four books on winning prize
competitions and slogan writing and presents Win With
Lynne Roadshows and marketing seminars.
FREE Win With Lynne Expert Guide to Winning competition
prizes
http://www.win-with-lynne.co.uk
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