Skip to content
Marden kane gold logo
  • Home
  • Our Services
    • Our Process
    • Our Work
  • Company History
    • Team
  • Careers
  • FAQ
  • Scammer Alert
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Our Services
    • Our Process
    • Our Work
  • Company History
    • Team
  • Careers
  • FAQ
  • Scammer Alert
  • Blog
Contact us

Category: Contests

Use Unique Codes for Your Next Instant Win or Sweepstakes

  Use unique codes can enhance your next sweepstakes, giveaway, or instant win game. With unique codes incorporated into your promotion you can: Provide tracking of entrants back to a region or store. Give your sales team a specific range of codes that can be tracked back to their sales, which can give you the opportunity to reward the highest producers. Pinpoint game participation to a specific geographic area. Determine

Read More »
February 28, 2020

How to Run a Legal Scavenger Hunt

  Ever thought about running a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt as part of your brand’s marketing efforts? A legal scavenger hunt is the way to engage your loyal customers and offer a fun, immersive experience. Depending on the level of skill involved in your scavenger hunt, the promotion may be deemed a contest (skill-based) or a sweepstakes (game of chance). Either way, you will want to have a full

Read More »
January 22, 2020

Can You Run an Instagram Stories Sweepstakes?

  Clients have been asking us lately if they can run an Instagram Stories sweepstakes or contest. Here are the facts. What are Instagram Stories? Instagram Stories are a feature of Instagram that allows users to post short videos or photos of their day in a sort of “highlight reel” that disappears in 24 hours. Similar to Snapchat, you can add text or animation or effects to your posts, as

Read More »
January 3, 2020

12 Reasons to Run a Holiday Promotion — 12 Days of Christmas Style

  Thinking of how to sell in the idea of a holiday promotion to your client or manager? Here are 12 reasons why a holiday promotion would help achieve your 4th quarter marketing goals this year – with a little help from the 12 Days of Christmas. Build your brand: Your brand may be new — no followers, no customers, no sales. What better way to start off than to

Read More »
November 6, 2019

Cyber Monday Promotion Ideas to Bring Customers to Your Online Site

  A Cyber Monday promotion could be the difference between someone choosing to shop at your online store or at your competition. Plan early for a Cyber Monday promotion specifically tailored to your brand and audience. If you sell online products and want to increase Cyber Monday sales overall: Run an online instant win game with chances to win high value prizes. An instant win game is a fun way

Read More »
October 23, 2019

6 Things NOT to Do When Planning a Holiday Promotion

  Frequently we give out ideas or strategies for promotions, but sometimes we need to talk about the failures to prevent companies from making the same mistakes. Here is a quick list of what NOT to do when planning your holiday promotion so your brand can outshine the rest. Don’t forget who your customer is. One of my favorite “they did not just actually do that, did they?” moments was

Read More »
October 16, 2019

Sweepstakes Rules Generator vs Custom Sweepstakes Rules

  The allure of a sweepstakes rules generator is that you can create a set of sweepstakes rules for less money and less time. In fact, back in the day, Marden-Kane had an online sweepstakes rules generator of our own. Clients at that time could easily and cost-effectively create their own sweepstakes rules without legal fees or lengthy review times. The reality, however, was that most of our clients actually

Read More »
September 19, 2019

6 Ways to Have a Sweepstakes Advantage

A sweepstakes is a promotion that involves an element of chance – usually a random drawing or random instant win. So are there ways to have a sweepstakes advantage if the drawing is random? Only if you make your entry count. Here’s how: Enter! Seems simple enough, but we have seen people start the entry form process and then never get to the submission success page. You can’t win if

Read More »
September 12, 2019

What Promotion Incentives Work Best?

  We are constantly asked by our clients what promotion incentives work best. Should they give away a lot of small things, or one big thing? What is the ideal value of an incentive or prize? Do small incentives work? Here is a short summary of what promotion incentives work to entice consumers to register for a promotion such as a sweepstakes or contest or loyalty program.     But

Read More »
September 5, 2019

How to Create Sweepstakes and Contests So Easy Anyone Can Enter

One of the biggest problems we see with online sweepstakes and contest concepts is that they can get overcomplicated or are run on platforms that the target audience is not using. When that happens, people get confused and do not enter — or worse, start bad-mouthing your brand. It’s time to start creating contests and sweepstakes so easy anyone can enter.   As we like to say, don’t set the

Read More »
April 18, 2019
« Previous Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Next »

Recent Posts

Sweepstakes Winners: W-9’s and 1099’s in 2026

Good Criteria for Judging a Contest

What is Promotional Marketing?

Criteria for Judging a Photo Contest

The Difference Between Sweepstakes and Contests

What Makes a Good Promotional Campaign?

Categories

  • Administration & Compliance
  • Articles
  • Branding
  • Case Studies
  • Consultation
  • Contests
  • Digital Marketing
  • Facebook
  • Infographics
  • Instagram
  • Instant Win Games
  • International
  • Loyalty
  • Marden-Kane
  • Marketing Innovations
  • Mobile
  • Multicultural
  • Prizes
  • Promotion Planning and Trends
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • Sweepstakes
  • Taxes
  • Technology
  • TikTok
  • Twitter / X
  • Uncategorized
  • YouTube
  • Archives
  • Administration & Compliance
  • Articles
  • Branding
  • Case Studies
  • Consultation
  • Contests
  • Digital Marketing
  • Facebook
  • Infographics
  • Instagram
  • Instant Win Games
  • International
  • Loyalty
  • Marden-Kane
  • Marketing Innovations
  • Mobile
  • Multicultural
  • Prizes
  • Promotion Planning and Trends
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • Sweepstakes
  • Taxes
  • Technology
  • TikTok
  • Twitter / X
  • Uncategorized
  • YouTube
  • Archives

Use Unique Codes for Your Next Instant Win or Sweepstakes

  Use unique codes can enhance your next sweepstakes, giveaway, or instant win game. With unique codes incorporated into your

Read More

How to Run a Legal Scavenger Hunt

  Ever thought about running a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt as part of your brand’s marketing efforts? A legal

Read More

Can You Run an Instagram Stories Sweepstakes?

  Clients have been asking us lately if they can run an Instagram Stories sweepstakes or contest. Here are the

Read More

12 Reasons to Run a Holiday Promotion — 12 Days of Christmas Style

  Thinking of how to sell in the idea of a holiday promotion to your client or manager? Here are

Read More

Cyber Monday Promotion Ideas to Bring Customers to Your Online Site

  A Cyber Monday promotion could be the difference between someone choosing to shop at your online store or at

Read More

6 Things NOT to Do When Planning a Holiday Promotion

  Frequently we give out ideas or strategies for promotions, but sometimes we need to talk about the failures to

Read More

Sweepstakes Rules Generator vs Custom Sweepstakes Rules

  The allure of a sweepstakes rules generator is that you can create a set of sweepstakes rules for less

Read More

6 Ways to Have a Sweepstakes Advantage

A sweepstakes is a promotion that involves an element of chance – usually a random drawing or random instant win.

Read More

What Promotion Incentives Work Best?

  We are constantly asked by our clients what promotion incentives work best. Should they give away a lot of

Read More

How to Create Sweepstakes and Contests So Easy Anyone Can Enter

One of the biggest problems we see with online sweepstakes and contest concepts is that they can get overcomplicated or

Read More
Load More
let’s talk

Leave Nothing to Chance

Schedule a consultation with our team and let’s make things happen!

Contact us

Who We Are

Marden-Kane is one of the nation’s foremost promotional marketing service providers. For over 67 years, we’ve supported leading brands to create the best promotional experiences for their most valued customers.

Contact Info

  • Marden-Kane, Inc.
  • 575 Underhill Blvd. Suite 222
  • Syosset, NY 11791-3416
  • expert@mardenkane.com
  • 516-365-3999

join our Newsletter

Select list(s) to subscribe to


By signing up to this newsletter list you're agreeing to receive updates, promotions and news about Marden-Kane, Inc.
© 2025 Marden-Kane, Inc. Designed by Fullerton Strategies

Privacy Policy | Opt-Out

Linkedin-in Facebook Instagram