{"id":239,"date":"2010-04-07T19:42:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/?p=239"},"modified":"2010-04-07T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T18:42:33","slug":"a-prize-is-worth-10000-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/building-your-subscriber-base\/a-prize-is-worth-10000-subscribers","title":{"rendered":"A Prize is Worth 10000 Subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_249\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_000005647341XSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-249\" title=\"Champagne makes a great prie!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_000005647341XSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_000005647341XSmall.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_000005647341XSmall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you&#39;re going to offer a prize make it something good!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They say a picture is worth 1000 words&#8230; We say a good prize is worth 10,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Build your list of subscribers by bribing your\u00a0community with a prize each month. For example, you could offer a prize for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the best comment<\/li>\n<li>the nicest testimonial\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>forwarding the newsletter to the most people<\/li>\n<li>proving you read the newsletter by answering a simple quiz<\/li>\n<li>just being on the list (random selection)<\/li>\n<li>any of the above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThis will increase your subscribers and keep them subscribed for longer in hope that they win, it also helps to build your user community. Run the prize\u00a0regularly and make a point of asking the winner to send in a photo\u00a0showing them enjoying the prize, this will help to reinforce the message to other community members.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the prize is something good like case (not a bottle) of champagne and offer an alternative prize, in case the user doesn&#8217;t drink, for example an iPod Nano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Publicise the prize everywhere, on your Facebook profile, Linked In, Twitter as well as on your website and blog. Use a nice graphic, here are some inexpensive\u00a0champagne images you could use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-2135310-champagne-bottle.php\">http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-2135310-champagne-bottle.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-video-4926563-champagne-celebration.php\">http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-video-4926563-champagne-celebration.php<\/a>\u00a0(video)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use your blog to promote the prize each month naming the winner of the last prize, ideally with a photo of them and the prize.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a reliable supplier of champagne in the UK, \u00a0at $80 \/ \u20ac70 \/ \u00a360 + postage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginwines.com\/product\/prod_case_details.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442987071&amp;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374303106973&amp;bmUID=1270663845528\">http:\/\/www.virginwines.com\/product\/prod_case_details.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442987071&amp;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374303106973&amp;bmUID=1270663845528<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Any suggestions for a US \/ EU supplier anyone?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: You may want to have a terms and conditions page for the prize,\u00a0so you don&#8217;t\u00a0get in to trouble sending a case of champagne to someone under the legal age limit.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for our prize-post to see how you can win a case of champagne!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say a picture is worth 1000 words&#8230; We say a good prize is worth 10,000 subscribers. 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For example, you could offer a prize for: the best comment the nicest testimonial\u00a0 forwarding the newsletter to the most people proving you read the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-your-subscriber-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nouri.sh\/buzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}