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I spend a tremendous number of nights in hotel rooms so in addition to getting caught up on C-Span, I like to troll on-line contests and see what other brands do. You should take a night a quarter and just look around. This is a great site for "professional contest players" to find updated lists of promotions.

https://www.sweepsadvantage.com/

One of the things that a lot of these contests will offer is/are bonus points. Share this contest on your social media and get 5 bonus points. Refer a friend and get a bonus point. Like us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and get ten points each.

KS95 in the Twin Cities did it with "Win Crisco's Cash" last year. Refer a friend and if either of you win, you split it with them.

Bonus Entries I spend a tremendous number of nights in hotel rooms so in addition to getting caught up on C-Span, I like to troll on-line contests and see what other brands do. You should take a night a quarter and just look around. This is a great site for ...

The Best Morning Show Valentines Guests...Ever Do a contest or topic based on finding listeners with the parents who have been married the longest. Then get three of these couples in on Valentines morning to talk about their secrets to long relationships. Can we get a ...

Ain't Never Been Done I don't think anyone has ever melded Halloween and Valentines. With that in mind... ...when I was at Kiss 102 in Charlotte, Mrs. Paige and I double-dated with Jo Jo Wright and the psycho record rep he was seeing, and went to see "Ghost" when it ...

Radioisms My friend Todd runs a golf course. His wife doesn't golf. And about once a year he takes her to a conference where all anyone talks about is the minutae of running and maintaining a golf course. As Leslie said, "Think 'Star Trek' but with sod." No one likes ...

Don't Do This An AE somewhere submitted a contest proposal that would have listeners "enter to win a chance to win". Run. Away. Just like your listeners would if they heard that. Getting Them Out Of The Dog House Every guy has, at least once, f'ed up Valentines. ...

The Best Question At CRS At conferences I sometimes like to stop the attendees in their tracks and ask the room: Q: "Why do radio stations have vans?" This will get stunned silence and someone will reply "To haul our (bad term) around". But also A: When radio ...

Leap Year Thank you to Tom Oakes with Summit Media for sticking February 29th on the radar. What if you did a kiddy party for all your listeners who were born on 2/29. Like Cindy in HR who turns 4 this year! Have a clown, kids games and a bouncehouse. Disregard My ...

Snowfies KDWB in Minneapolis does better submit-post-vote galleries that anyone else, and their hashtag ticket contests regularly cripple social media. For Valentines last year they did a sponsored gallery promotion that awarded a wedding package to the "Frolicking ...

On-Site Alternatives To A Cut Out Power 96 in Miami has one of the best Promo MacGyvers in Radio with a guy named Gino Reyes. He's a master of making stuff for shows and artist appearances. Like this for a Weeknd show. Listeners stood in front of a white backdrop, ...