Those that have been here a number of years will remember the high level of interest and even server overload from previous giveaways ! So we are looking at doing this again this year.
What we are looking for is companies/business to give away an item or items over a certain amount of $$ worth (so no, you wont get a free plug for giving away a single $4 usb drive). What we will be doing is a mail out to all members, all 55,000 registered accounts except for banned and/or spammers. Obviously not all of them will be active and some will have their settings not to receive email from us (though by default accounts are set to receive email from us).
We then do a mail out advising members we are going to be doing some free giveaways, the benefits of being in it etc etc and that they can change their user CP settings if they dont want to be involved. When we do the giveaway, we email all participating members and advise them of what we are giving away, who the sponsoring business or company is that is in partnership with us in the giveaway and their website, and how the forum member can be in line to win the item.
In the past, we have for example sent out an email saying that you have to be on the site at a certain time, on a certain day and wait for a thread called " Giveaway " or similar to appear and be poster number 30 for example.
Its a bit of fun and is of benefit for everyone - Austech gets a bit of publicity by emailing all users and getting a few dormant members back on the site. The product supplier gets a plug to all users for giving away the item - this is a very cost effective form of advertising !! Austech users of course get the chance of a free prize. As in the past, Premium Members will get double the chance of winning as thanks for their support.
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