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15 apr

Feeling Blue this Tax Season? – Enter these Tax Sweepstakes for a Chance to Win Cold Hard Cash Prizes

By: Sync Marketing | In: Contests, Sweepstakes

Happy Tax Day?  If you need a distraction from the reality of what Uncle Sam might be taking from your wallet this tax season, check out these online tax sweepstakes that offer winners cash money as prizing.

PACIFIC SEAFOOD “BLUE IS THE NEW GREEN” INSTANT WIN GAME

Pacific Seafood’s Blue is the New Green Instant-Win Sweepstakes is awarding daily prizes to winners. Enter and you could win some awesome prizes including Amazon gift cards, and cash prizes worth up to $10,000!

#IAMUNEEK PHOTO CONTEST 2015

Entrants are asked to take interesting and creative shots of UNEEK shoes for a chance to win weekly cash prizes in the Keen Footwear’s #IAMUNEEK Photo Contest. Plus, one lucky grand prize winner will be chosen to receive an additional $5,000!

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES™ $100,000” SWEEPSTAKES

Enter the NASCAR Xfinity Series $100,000 Sweepstakes, you could be one of four people to win a free trip to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Darlington Raceway Race. Plus, one of the final four will receive an extra grand prize of $100,000 in cash!

Alright, we might admit that entering a tax sweepstakes with the hopes of winning cash may not be enough to take the sting out of tax day, but it’s always worth a shot.  If you are a business planning to run a sweepstakes in 2015, check out our blog article with some helpful tips to ease your winners concerns this time next year.

 

 


01 apr

Fooled or Not? Steps to take if you have been told you won a sweepstakes or contest

By: Julie Link | In: Best Practices, Contests, Legal and Prize Fulfillment, Sweepstakes

In honor of April Fool’s Day, I wanted to shed some insight on how to determine if you’re being “fooled” or not when you receive a call informing you that you’re a potential winner of a sweepstakes or contest. Many times when we call consumers to inform them that they have been selected as a potential prize winner, they’re often skeptical at first, which is completely understandable. Even though they took the time to enter, not many people really expect to actually win a prize.  At Sync, we take many steps on our end to make sure potential winners feel comfortable and do everything we can to assure them that the sweepstakes or contest is legit, but here are some things to consider if and when you receive this type of call.

1. Do you remember entering the sweepstakes or contest? If not, make sure that the caller tells you the exact name of the sweepstakes and the company running the promotion.  Once you have this information, look it up for yourself and see if it rings a bell.

2. Who is calling you? Is it the company that ran the sweepstakes or a marketing agency, like Sync Marketing, who was the administrator? If it is in fact an agency, be sure to look them up as well and ask for a link to or a copy of the Official Rules to be sure they are the administrator of the promotion.

3. If they are telling you that the prize you have won is $600 or more, expect to receive a W9 form. This isn’t a scam, but a requirement to report this to the IRS since you will be receiving prize winnings of $600 or more.

4. If you receive a W9 form, expect to also receive an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release Form that details your prize. Make sure that the details of the prize and total ARV match the prize description in the Official Rules.

In the age of identity theft, it is understandable that one should be cautious, but once you’ve taken the steps to look into the legitimacy of the sweepstakes or contest for yourself, you should be confident that you are not being fooled before you provide any information.