Ricky Willis is an award-winning blogger - he runs the Skint Dad blog. For inspiration and further tips check out Di Coke over at - this lady has won it all and more. I’m by no means a competition expert but they do exist. If you don’t believe you will ever win then you probably won’t. If you wake up each morning telling yourself it’s going to be a rubbish day then it probably will be. If you go through a barren period of not winning you can look back at this to keep you motivated. If you do start to win a few competitions, note down what you won and when. It’s no good entering and winning a competition for a holiday in the Bahamas if you can’t take your children! Yahoo or Gmail offer free email accounts and they are easy to set up.

Set up a separate email account as you will get a lot of mail.

How to win competitions - Ricky's expert tips And, if you do start to win the odd prize it will be like Christmas all year long. If you like to settle down in front of the TV during the evening, it doesn’t take much effort to have a laptop in front of you entering competitions at the same time. Looking back I have been extremely lucking to win some fantastic prizes but take those away and it can be a lot of effort for very little reward. Tickets cost between just 50p and £1.35p. I worked shifts so I always had a few hours in the morning or evening to myself. Win cash prizes of £15,000, £20,000, £25,000, £30,000 or £40,000 in the Midweek Lifestyle Competition cash giveaways.

When I was entering competitions on a large scale it was because I had a lot of spare time. Cash A holiday A car A VIP experience A year's supply of bacon Appliances All of the tea Is it worth the time and effort?

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