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Business Boosting Football Promotions

Want to attract more customers and close more sales this Fall? Offer the chance to win big-dollar prizes like free HDTVs, cars, even a million cash, with a giant-prize football contest from Odds On Promotions.


Rushing for Riches
Make every customer feel like a winner with Odds On’s Rushing for Riches envelope promotion. Gives players the chance to “rush” downfield for cash and prizes with every winning play they select. Contestants get a chance to select five envelopes from a group of 15. All the envelopes contain a yardage and if the total yardage selected equals 100 yards or more, the contestant wins and Odds On Promotions will be there to pick up the tab!

Ready to make someone a winner this Fall like Lennar Homes did when they ran their Take It to the House football promotion, which landed the lucky winner a brand new home?  Check out at all of the other fantastic football promotions Odds On has to offer first, then give us a call at 888-827-2249 or shoot us an email for more information!

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NACMA Releases Online Library

 

“I just got back from Orlando and I can hardly wait to share this,” says Linda Thomson, Sports Marketing Specialist with Odds On Promotions.

What’s this?  NACMA (National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators) has  released a new Online Library that’s designed to be a one-stop shop for members to share ideas, upload documents and share best practices utilizing a user-friendly, technologically sound format.

According to NACMA president Kurt Esser, “It’s important for marketing administrators to have an opportunity to share and offer ideas with one another over the course of the year and we feel the Library will give our members that opportunity.”

Want to know more? Check out this informational video about NACMA’s Online Library.

Then drop Linda an email to get the scoop on what else you may have missed in Orlando.

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Using Facebook Sweepstakes to Qualify Contestants

Looking for a Facebook sweepstakes? It could end up being a good investment since the business pages with the most engaged “friends” wins … or so it seems, now that search engines are incorporating more social signals into their algorithms.

But, while adding and engaging followers, improving customer communication, and garnering more buzz on search engines are all appealing reasons to improve your social profile, unless you’re primarily an online or over-the-phone business, chances are brick & mortar traffic still pays the bills.

That’s why we love this easy-to-implement idea from Damien Anderson, Odds On’s Internet Business Development Manager…

Use a custom Facebook sweepstakes to qualify a portion of your contestants for your next giant-prize promotion.

Odds On Promotions’ customized Facebook sweepstakes programs include:

• Custom email marketing template to promote your Facebook Sweepstakes
• Custom Facebook Welcome Page featuring your Promotional/Contest Graphics
• Custom “Share” Feature
• Official Contest Rules
• Winner Selection, Verification and Announcements
• Opt-in email collection, mandatory “Likes” and the technical support you’ll need to get your social sweepstakes up and running.

Looking for more cost-effective applications and promotions that will help you create an engaging and impactful Facebook presence, increase your fan base, improve your online visibility, and increase sales?

Give Damien Anderson a call today at 800.504.9553!

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Top 3 Summer Fundraisers from Odds On

Summer fundraisers, you say? We’ve got ’em! Holding a golf tournament this year?  Looking to add in a little something extra to help generate funds for your cause?  You’re in luck! Hole In One International has just released their Top 3 Summer Fundraisers to help you achieve your desired fundraising goals! Let’s take a look:

1. Duck Race
Sell more ducks and raise more bucks with a duck race promotion. If the preselected duck crosses the finish line first, then we’ll pay out the prize! It’s as easy as 1-2-3:

  • Choose an amazing prize (cash, vehicles, houses or anything up to $1,000,000 in value) and sell your ducks.
  • Before your event, we’ll select a group of Lucky Ducks.
  • If one of those ducks crosses the finish line first, the owner will win your amazing prize, and Odds On will pay for it.

2. Golf Ball Drop
A golf ball drop can either be used as a standalone event or as an add-on to your golf tournament, either before or after your outing. Here’s how it works:

  • Generate funds by selling numbered balls.  How much you plan to charge is strictly up to you!
  • Once you’ve sold the balls, all of them are then dropped from a helicopter or cherry picker above a target.
  • If one of the balls closest to that target is on a  pre-selected list of lucky balls, then Odds On will pick up the tab!

3. Poker Run
Hop on your car, boat or motorcycle this summer and you could potentially cruise your way into some serious dough! Just “buy in” by following these easy steps:

  • Design your own course with 5 different stops in which your contestants must travel to.
  • Have each contestant stop at each location and select a card.
  • At the end of the contest, each contestant enters their assigned contestant number and highest 5-card hand into our touch screen verification unit. If they have the preselected lucky hand, we write a check for the prize!

Already purchasing prize insurance through another company? Give us a call today at 888-827-2249 or email us – we guarantee to save you and your sponsors money!

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Advertising Your Promotions

Running a promotion?  Offering a great prize? Don’t forget to advertise it!

Sure, it may sound like common sense… but sometimes it can be an easy thing to forget when you’re caught up in the “here and now” of setting everything up for your promotion.  Especially if you’re on a strict deadline!

If you’re not advertising your $5,000 conditional rebate prize, your $20,000 direct mail promotion or whatever you happen to be insuring at the time, then you risk your promotion becoming a big “bust”.  So whatever you do, make sure to advertise accordingly!

Odds On Promotions is here to offer some Advertising do’s and don’ts to help you out along the way:

Do advertise your promotion on all of your marketing materials!  If you don’t, you risk losing traffic and revenue… and nobody wants that!

Don’t bury the advertising!  Make sure you announce your promotion and the prize being offered where it can be clearly seen!  No one should have to search for it; it should stand out above anything and everything else on your materials.

Do give your sponsors the recognition they deserve!  Make sure their names are posted on the appropriate promotional materials, whether it be signage, banners, presentation checks or otherwise.

Don’t be boring!  Make your promotion stand out above the rest by being creative and using unique approaches.  Need some fresh ideas?  Feel free to check out Odds On’s YouTube channel, where you’ll be able to see past promotions of all kinds that other people have done.

Have any other questions?  Need further guidance? Email us or give us a call at 888-827-2249.