Alright, I've been thinking of this for awhile previously to this question being asked and have came up with several good ideas.
What these contests all come down to is exposure for the affiliate program it represents, with
Dating Gold in mind I bring to you a contest:
- we want to achieve maximum exposure and new affiliate sending traffic towards
DatingGold.com ( new rules state that contests will be 10 days in length ) so for 10 days we want to remain high on the first page of GFY and with Sigs of contestants being aimed towards DatingGold.com
and lets do this with an advertising budget of no more than $10,000 and with a solid long term ROI to DatingGold of at least 200%
-we want people to have fun and make cash. Whats fun ? making cash ! so lets do that at the same time !
Variables of the contest:
at least 1 prize per page (50 posts) this retains interest and keeps the contest flowing at a pace to ensure maximum affiliates and/or page views
multiples of 50 wins 10$ multiples of 100 wins 25$ intervals of 250 wins 50$ and intervals of 1000 wins 100$
posts 50, 150, 350,450....... and so on wins 10$
posts 100,200,300,400......... and so on wins 25$
posts 250,500,750,1250........ and so on wins 50$
posts 1000,2000,3000 ......... and so on wins 100$
ok that covers constant contest bumping, now lets cover fun with a ruleset unique and interesting:
1) "Multiply Your Potential" post #'s 1367 , 2367 , and 3367
The winner of these posts will be allowed to multiply a winning post by 1.5. He can either use it quickly to ensure he gets credit for his 'x1.5' on say a 10$ post to win $15 or he can risk waiting and winning say a $100 prize for a total of $150. But if the contest ends before he claims his multiplied prize, he will not get credit for it ( risk vs. reward ! )
2) "Double my account and hook up $200 !" (post # 5000)
The winner of this post will have the amount earned in
DatingGold for the payperiod following the contest doubled and win $200 !!
2) - "MidNight Madness" (first post's at midnight EST)
The first post at 12:00 a.m. EST for each of the 10 days will win $100
3) "More Traffic... More Money !" ( #'s 2028 -> 2528 )
The contestant who best explains a fresh, unique concept on ways to send traffic to an a dating sponser will win 250$
3) "Best Bang For your Buck!" ( #'s 4072 -> 4572 )
The contestant who best describes a feature or features that could be implemented into Dating Gold to either help coversion, retention, viral publicity, profibility in general will win 250$
4) "Generation Guesstimation" ( #'s 5419 - 5719 )
The person who most closely guesses the total amount of females in DateMatch.com will win 75$ and whoever guesses closet amount of males will win 75$
5) "Hotty of the Year!" ( #'s 6732 -7232 )
The user who posts the best looking female will win 100$
Conditions:
-you must have your
DatingGold userid and link in you sig for the duration of the contest ( 10 days)
-to claim prizes under 100$ you must have a
DatingGold.com and have sent at least 100 unique visitors to a DatingGold site
-to claim prizes over 100$ you must have a DatingGold.com account and have sent at least 1 Lead or free signup to a DatingGold site.
Total Prizes:
800 $
2250 $
1500 $
1000 $
200 $
1000 $
250 $
250 $
150 $
100 $
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7500 $ after multiplier posts:
approx $8000-10,000 in prizes, but tons of new traffic and affiliates for DatingGold