{"id":2561,"date":"2011-10-17T10:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:52:13","slug":"how-to-win-as-a-rockaholic-on-98-7-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=2561","title":{"rendered":"How to win as a RockaHolic on 98.7 (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK.. so in the previous posts I talked about how to GET the points to win.\u00a0 Now I’m going to talk about what to enter to win.\u00a0\u00a0 Because this is really how I win.\u00a0 Its not the NUMBER of entries.. its WHERE you place them.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The concerts are listed first.\u00a0 In order of expiration.\u00a0 Followed by the Items, in order of expiration.\u00a0 There are usually about 3-6 pages of contests to enter.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 You might notice a few things that can weight your decision on where to place your points.\u00a0 If an item is worth $50 the points you need will probably be 500 points to enter.\u00a0 So just add a zero to the item you’re interested in and ask yourself is it worth winning.\u00a0 Because once you win, you cannot win again for 30 days.\u00a0 So if you’re REALLY hoping to win, say tickets for Coachella, you don’t want to win a Bissel Cleaner worth $50, 30 days before that!<\/p>\n

In that same vein, you don’t want to pass up on the smaller contests in hopes of only winning the big ones.\u00a0 In 2010 I entered 100 points to win Coachella.\u00a0 I didn’t win.\u00a0 In 2011 I entered only 50 points and DID win.\u00a0 So more entry points may not be that necessary.\u00a0 And the contests I DO win the most are the smaller Penthouse Performances by local indy bands that few people enter.<\/p>\n

So here’s my standards.\u00a0\u00a0 If its a band I know I’ll enjoy then I’ll enter 5 entries.\u00a0 If its an item I like but don’t think I’ll win or not too upset if I won’t win… I’ll enter 1 point.\u00a0 (after all gotta play to give Fate the chance to help me win!)\u00a0 If its a band I’m not sure about.. a quick Google to see a video or hear a song and I can decide if I’d enjoy seeing them to a Penthouse performance.<\/p>\n

Because the Penthouse Performances are really fun.\u00a0\u00a0 The band only plays about 4 songs, but they are a mere feet away from you.\u00a0 Plus there is free valet parking and pizza and alcohol… so overall its a very nice 3 hour date!<\/p>\n

Although as I publish this blog I have to ask myself…. am I giving myself MORE competition to win these?!<\/p>\n

Ha!… as if anyone reads the blog!<\/p>\n

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OK.. so in the previous posts I talked about how to GET the points to win.\u00a0 Now I’m going to talk about what to enter to win.\u00a0\u00a0 Because this is really how I win.\u00a0 Its not the NUMBER of entries.. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-narcissist-secrets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions\/2623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}