Bank Promotion Ideas: How About a Lucky Envelopes Contest?

bank promotion ideasAre you looking for some great bank promotion ideas that will help you increase traffic at your location as well as offsite special events?  Here’s a fun promotion a Missouri bank ran at a local festival: a Pick ‘Til You Win-style Lucky Envelopes contest.

During the four-day-long festival, one lucky attendee each evening was selected to play Odds On’s Lucky Envelopes game. Each of the four participants got the chance to pick from 40 envelopes on display, each of which held one of three different prize symbols.  Whichever symbol the contestant got “five” of first, was the prize that they would win!

In this case, the prizes consisted of $2,000 cash, $2,500 cash… and an insured grand prize of $15,000 cash, compliments of the bank and paid for by Odds On!   Although no one ended picking the five grand prize inserts right off the bat, all four contestants left with a tidy sum in their pockets, thanks to their friendly local bank!

Pick ‘Til You Win is one of my favorite Lucky Envelope games, because every participant leaves a winner regardless of what envelopes they select.  And did you know that Odds On can also supply you with optional money bags to store your envelopes in, or even a stock or customized game board to increase the visibility and appeal of your promotion?  Or, if you’d rather, you can use your own props — whether they be cases, beer steins or otherwise!

Give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 for a FREE copy of our Top 5 Bank/Credit Union Promotions PDF which contains more bank promotion ideas… or simply email us to request it today!  After you’re finished reading it, contact us for a free, no-obligation quote.

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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. 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!

Horse Racing Promotions: Performance Bonus Prizes for Jockeys/Owners

horse racing promotionsOdds On Promotions can insure just about anything, so long as there is a risk associated with it — and that even includes horse racing promotions, believe it or not!

Check out this particular promotion that comes to us from an insurance agency based out of Texas, which helped a racecourse in the East Coast to insure a Player Performance contest for the 10th year in a row!  Oh… and did we mention that they’ve had a $250,000 winner in the past?

During the promotional period, prize insurance was in place during three separate races of the season.  If the same New York thoroughbred horse ended up winning all three races, then the owner(s) of the horse would have been awarded $250,000… compliments of the insurance agency and paid for by Odds On!

The great part about horse racing promotions is that they don’t have to be limited to performance bonuses.  Odds On can also insure a vast variety of conditional promotions and parlays.  Not to mention all of the other non-skills based contests we have to offer, such as jumbo dice rolls, horseshoe tosses, Lucky Envelope games and more!

For more information on horse racing promotions, feel free to give Odds On a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote.  Or, you can email us any time for more information!  Have ideas for horse racing promotions that aren’t listed on our website?  Let us know and we’ll work with you to get it rated and insured!

P.S.  Horse racing promotions not your thing?  We insure dog racing promotions too!

Baseball Contest Ideas: Home Run Derby Worth $30K

baseball contest ideas - homerun derbyIn need of some baseball contest ideas that will increase fan attendance and engagement at your next big game?  If so, then you’re going to absolutely love hearing about this baseball promotion we helped a Minor League team in the Northeastern U.S. to insure as part of their  Opening Day
— a Home Run Derby Contest!

Here’s how the baseball contest worked … on Opening Day, one lucky fan, chosen via raffle ticket, was selected to take three swings at a baseball off of a hitting tee placed at home plate.  If they successfully “hit one deep” over the six-foot-high fence, they would have been awarded generously – with a brand new truck valued at $30,000, compliments of the sponsor and paid for by Odds On.

While unfortunately, the fan who was selected didn’t score the vehicle, they still had an absolute blast — as did all of the other fans!

While winning an insured grand prize is always nice, it’s definitely not all that counts. When I think about what qualifies as a “winning promotion”, I tend to think about factors such as increased attendance, fan excitement, and interaction… as well as capturing valuable marketing information from your fans!  Speaking of which, be sure to check out our Online Contest Registration.

More Baseball Contest Ideas

Need more baseball contest ideas?  Be sure to visit our website.  You can either fill out an information form via our website or give us a call at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote!  You can also email us at any time for more information and baseball contest ideas.  Go ahead and contact us today to get a baseball promotion set up for your next big game(s) — trust me, your fans will thank you!

 

Baseball Promotional Nights: $5,000 Grand Slam Inning

baseball promotional nights - grand slam inningAre you looking for an exciting baseball contest that will showcase you team or a key sponsor’s business during a baseball promotional night?  Odds On has been working with a Minor League Baseball team based out of the Northeastern U.S. to insure a baseball promotion at ten of their games during the season!

For this team’s baseball promotional nights,  the contest is a Grand Slam Inning promotion. During each of the ten games, if a member of the team makes an out of the park grand slam home run during the 4th inning of the game, one randomly selected fan will score a $5,000 home theater system, compliments of local Audio/Video retailer  – the contest sponsor, and paid for by Odds On Promotions!

Interested in more ideas to help you sell baseball promotional night sponsorships, please feel free to visit our website, or give Odds On Promotions a call today at 888-827-2249 for a free, no-obligation quote.  You can also contact us via email with any questions you might have.

P.S. Looking for a fun and unique way to register contestants, while gathering valuable marketing information in the process?  Be sure to check out a demo of Odds On’s Online Contest Registration to see just how easy it really is, then give us a call for pricing information!