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English term or phrase:sweepstakes
English translation:promotions contest and giveaway
Entered by: Elizabeth Lyons
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17:26 Apr 16, 2006
English to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / advertising
English term or phrase: sweepstakes
a communication tool in advertising
nata24
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:45
promotions contest and giveaway
Explanation:
These are private contests where people submit their personal information and are entered into a "drawing" where their names are selected randomly to win a reward. Intended to attract customers and collect or mine data for future advertising mailing lists. Prizes vary from cars to vacations to cash.

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-04-16 17:34:44 GMT)
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Thousands of links:

Contest & Sweepstake Mgt.
www.extra-mile-marketing.com Rules, legal review, state filings, winner selection, prize fulfillment
Promotional Sweepstakes
www.FineLiving.com Enter for your chance to win $10,000 & 5 day winemaking trip!
Sweepstakes, Spa Contests, Spa Sweepstakes, Spa Giveaways at ...To promote your Spa's special event, contest, or giveaway, or to contact us in ... Please notify us when sweepstakes, contests, and promotional events have ...
www.spaindex.com/contests.htm - 63k - Cached - Similar pages


Contests, Giveaways, and Promotions > Sweepstakes and ContestsContests, Giveaways, and Promotions. By Frank Fiore. ... Sweepstakes and contests are one of the most popular promotion gimmicks on the Net today. ...
www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=24044 - 26k - Cached - Similar pages


Entertainment Contests, Surveys, and Polls > Giveaways in the ...Sweepstakes community featuring a categorized, searchable directory of current sweepstakes, contests, and giveaways. www.online-sweepstakes.com ...
dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/ Contests__Surveys__and_Polls/Giveaways/ - 43k - Cached - Similar pages


Sweepstakes and Contests Information at Business.comCompanies offering sweepstakes and contests for promotional purposes. ... Provides promotional vacation giveaways to increase leads, sales, generate traffic ...
www.business.com/directory/advertising_and_marketing/ promotions/sweepstakes_and_contests/ - 38k - Cached - Similar pages


TIMBERWOLVES: Promotions Fans SectionFrom sponsor contests and sweepstakes to gameday giveaway items to the best ticket deals in town, this is your source for information on all the latest ...
www.nba.com/timberwolves/fans/promotions.html - 86k - Cached - Similar pages


Online Games and GiveawaysPromotion rules are a contract between the entity running the promotion and the person entering the contest (the entrant). Therefore, it is very important ...
www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,311824,00.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages


WCSR Promotions and SweepstakesWomble Carlyle sweepstakes and promotions lawyers. ... for clients sponsoring or fulfilling sweepstakes, contests, premium giveaways, rebates, coupons, ...
www.commlaw.com/default.asp?id=137&objId=31 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

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Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 12:45
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10promotions contest and giveaway
Elizabeth Lyons
5 +7sweepstakes is an advertising or promotional device......
Maria Luisa Duarte
4lucky number competitions
Dave Calderhead
4 -2The lotteryAnna Maria Augustine at proZ.com


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
The lottery


Explanation:
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Anna Maria Augustine at proZ.com
France
Local time: 21:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Refugio: That is not the meaning in the field of marketing.
34 mins
disagree  Cristina Chaplin: Ruth is absolutely right!
5 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lucky number competitions


Explanation:
designed to entice the consumer into buying a product

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 21:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Refugio: Not always based on numbers, especially those with internet registration.
31 mins
  -> Thanks Ruth, you are correct of course.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
promotions contest and giveaway


Explanation:
These are private contests where people submit their personal information and are entered into a "drawing" where their names are selected randomly to win a reward. Intended to attract customers and collect or mine data for future advertising mailing lists. Prizes vary from cars to vacations to cash.

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-04-16 17:34:44 GMT)
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Thousands of links:

Contest & Sweepstake Mgt.
www.extra-mile-marketing.com Rules, legal review, state filings, winner selection, prize fulfillment
Promotional Sweepstakes
www.FineLiving.com Enter for your chance to win $10,000 & 5 day winemaking trip!
Sweepstakes, Spa Contests, Spa Sweepstakes, Spa Giveaways at ...To promote your Spa's special event, contest, or giveaway, or to contact us in ... Please notify us when sweepstakes, contests, and promotional events have ...
www.spaindex.com/contests.htm - 63k - Cached - Similar pages


Contests, Giveaways, and Promotions > Sweepstakes and ContestsContests, Giveaways, and Promotions. By Frank Fiore. ... Sweepstakes and contests are one of the most popular promotion gimmicks on the Net today. ...
www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=24044 - 26k - Cached - Similar pages


Entertainment Contests, Surveys, and Polls > Giveaways in the ...Sweepstakes community featuring a categorized, searchable directory of current sweepstakes, contests, and giveaways. www.online-sweepstakes.com ...
dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/ Contests__Surveys__and_Polls/Giveaways/ - 43k - Cached - Similar pages


Sweepstakes and Contests Information at Business.comCompanies offering sweepstakes and contests for promotional purposes. ... Provides promotional vacation giveaways to increase leads, sales, generate traffic ...
www.business.com/directory/advertising_and_marketing/ promotions/sweepstakes_and_contests/ - 38k - Cached - Similar pages


TIMBERWOLVES: Promotions Fans SectionFrom sponsor contests and sweepstakes to gameday giveaway items to the best ticket deals in town, this is your source for information on all the latest ...
www.nba.com/timberwolves/fans/promotions.html - 86k - Cached - Similar pages


Online Games and GiveawaysPromotion rules are a contract between the entity running the promotion and the person entering the contest (the entrant). Therefore, it is very important ...
www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,311824,00.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages


WCSR Promotions and SweepstakesWomble Carlyle sweepstakes and promotions lawyers. ... for clients sponsoring or fulfilling sweepstakes, contests, premium giveaways, rebates, coupons, ...
www.commlaw.com/default.asp?id=137&objId=31 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages



Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 12:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Balaban Cerit
14 mins
  -> Hi Balaban : ) and thank you!
agree  airmailrpl: promotional contest and giveaway
16 mins
  -> Thanks so much airmailrpl! And hello : )
agree  Refugio
30 mins
  -> Happy Easter and thank you Ruth! : )
agree  Raging Dreamer
1 hr
  -> Thank you RD : )
agree  Dave Calderhead
1 hr
  -> Dave, you are always so gracious. This is very nice of you, thank you. : )
agree  Cristina Chaplin
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Awana, kind of you : )
agree  Ala Rabie
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, enshrine : )
agree  Alfa Trans
14 hrs
  -> Hi there Marju, thank you : )
agree  Isodynamia
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Constantina : )
agree  Will Matter
20 hrs
  -> Hi and thanks, willm!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
sweepstakes is an advertising or promotional device......


Explanation:
What is a sweepstakes?

By definition, a sweepstakes is an advertising or promotional device by which items of value (prizes) are awarded to participating consumers by chance, with no purchase or "entry fee" required in order to win.

More about sweepstakes.

Consumers often ask how companies can afford such substantial prizes. Because sweepstakes are so successful in generating attention to their offers, substantial revenues are gained for the companies that sponsor them.

Thousands of corporations give out millions of dollars yearly to lucky customers. Your chances of winning will vary with the number of people who participate in a particular sweepstakes and the number of prizes offered. You should realize, of course, that the chance of winning a large prize is generally quite small. In most cases, you can enter as often as you receive sweepstakes entries, and some companies will accept write-in entries on a postcard as well. Check the official rules to be sure. But, remember, there is no chance to win unless you enter!

Advertised prizes should be awarded unless otherwise stated in the rules. Check the official rules to see if all prizes are guaranteed to be awarded. Most sponsors will provide a list of all prize winners if you are interested in receiving this information.



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Note added at 9 mins (2006-04-16 17:35:27 GMT)
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A Sweepstakes is technically a lottery in which the prize is financed through the tickets sold. In the United States the word has become associated with promotions where prizes are given away for free. In other words, they specifically do not require a purchase to enter.(these are called prize draws in the United Kingdom). ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweepstakes


    Reference: http://www.dmaconsumers.org/sweepstakeshelp.html
Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kurt Porter: I liked both yours and Elizabeth's responses. Very detailed.
7 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Balaban Cerit
16 mins
  -> Thank you!MLD
agree  airmailrpl: sweepstakes is an advertising and promotional device
18 mins
  -> Thank you!MLD
agree  Raging Dreamer
1 hr
  -> Thank you!MLD
agree  Cristina Chaplin
5 hrs
  -> Thank you!MLD
agree  Ala Rabie
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!MLD
agree  Will Matter
20 hrs
  -> Thank you!MLD
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