Can you guess why these people DON'T call?

IN what is suspected of being an automated system, gets automated results! ( trash )

The power of setting an appointment / time and date. If in your "online' communication you say that the contest ends at say midnight on Friday, and to expect notification on Saturday. I would bet your Saturday response would be better.

You are building in the expectation, the anticipation, the DRAMA... and for middle of the road America to actually get that E-mail on Saturday... LOOK PA we might have won!!!!

Hope that Helps!

Still looks like fraud and misrepresentation to me.

BTW, which is correct? The op where you say "I mean, you just entered to win it..." or the above quote where you say " I don't tell anyone who enters that they've won anything".

In the first quote I'm writing about the contestant's intent. I would think they're hoping to win, why else enter a giveaway? So I presume they enter the giveaway to win. That's why I'm puzzled that they don't follow through with the next step towards winning when they're notified and directed what to do next because I would think they're still fresh in that "I'd like to win this" zone. In the second quote I'm referring to what I write them when they're notified, and I don't say anything like "congratulations, you've won" but rather, I give them the next step. Both statements are correct.

Interesting NLP point. Seems to go against my marketplace's personality, as I think they mostly do want instant gratification, but of course I could be wrong about that.

Good point. I do have a deadline, long enough to be realistic for my market, short enough so they don't forget. And it worked fine when I was notifying the bunch once a week. But not with the same-day notice.

I do some vinyl work, make signs, make shirts, do vehicle decals the like. I got an e-mail from my supplier this evening, they are extending an offer to their good customers. The email, says to give them a call to get the offer. THERE IS NO PHONE NUMBER IN THE E-MAIL!!

misterme? Did you remember to put the phone number in the last batch of e-mails you sent out?


hahahahahaha

Might sound silly but...

On top of what everyone else has suggested do you think that getting their written permission (EchoSign = OK) ("Clicking A Check Box On Your Site" = NOT OK) during the opt-in process will help?

I would guess it depends on your offer. You're a pro, no need for me to lecture you on SMS' value.

But it has to be a scam.... forget the fact the first post points out YOU WERE getting 35% return, then you changed the pattern of delivery and it dropped to zero.

Reading comprehension is a learned skill I think

If anything, I made it tighter.

They don't get a sales pitch. And nothing I write makes them feel a pitch is coming.

It's like radio show contests where you enter and then when your name's announced on the air you call in. Maybe then you have to have the right answer or whatever. It's loosely based on the same model.

I used to do that but in wanting to scale up I took out a couple of the form fields to see if that encouraged more entries, which then I'd ask the qualification questions when they called to weed out the un-bonafide.

Lo and behold, someone called and claimed the giveaway as is. Though now after this one, I've reverted back to announcing the call in once a week instead of daily.

Well the phrase "timing is everything" has been around since the dawn of time. There must be a reason for that.

Good to see you got your swagger back!

Thanks for chiming in. Hate to be repetitious yet I need to emphasize a point already stated: they're not given the notion they've won anything. They've entered for a chance to win.

Subsequently, I go through the entries and select those which appear to be bonafide, as per the entry instructions. There are quite a few which don't meet the entry requirements but that doesn't deter them from entering. There are also those who don't follow the directions at all. Then there are those who look to stuff the ballot box so to speak hoping to increase their chances of winning, even though the instructions state one entry is all that's permissible.

The bonafide ones get an email which instructs them to the next step, which is to call in. I have a couple of questions to ask to make sure they're for real.

I also have to make sure they understand the giveaway because even though I'm very crystal clear about what they'll get, not just 1. where they first read about it but also 2. on the landing page and then 3. in the email notice I mentioned above... there are usually always those who think I'm giving away the entire store. I think that's a matter of what they're hoping for.... but it also signals where their minds are at. No worries. They weed themselves out on the call when I go over it again. Even then they ask me to confirm that I'm saying what I'm saying... which I do and further point out it was all stated previously a couple of times...

Interestingly, if that email goes out soon after they've entered, less people respond. If it goes out a few days after they enter, response seems to hover around 35%. If the email goes out over a week after they've entered, responses drop again. So it's not the email that causes the difference in response. It appears to be the timing.

And now that I'm writing this, I'm thinking maybe the 65% who don't respond are ones who, upon reading the email, finally understand what was plainly spelled out before about what the giveaway is. Seems some of these people just enter things without reading anything or thinking or even checking out the thing I'm giving away.

ok now the real question. How in the Goly Gee Wilikars are you getting 33% response rate on an e-mail? That is just straight up silly! Can I hire you to write copy? hahahaha my gosh I still come back and see this post and shake my head 33% I'm such a loser!