Mum shares her number one secret for winning competitions – ‘I won £17,000 in 2022’ | Personal Finance | Finance
The professional comper from Brighton won more than £17,000 worth of prizes in 2022, which works out at £46.57 per hour if she was paid a salary. Here she shares some of her top secrets, learned after years of entering competitions.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, blogger Di Coke explained how she first began entering competitions in the late 1990s because she wanted to go to festivals but couldn’t afford the tickets.
More than 20 years later and she’s turned her hobby into her job, earning a living out of entering competitions and sharing her secrets on her blog Superluckyme.
Di explains: “I was keen to go to music festivals but wasn’t earning much money, so I started entering postcard competitions in NME and Q Magazine.
“I won loads of Glastonbury and Reading tickets, plus VIP backstage passes for my friends.”
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Di still loves going to music festivals but also enjoys holidays – especially when they’re free – she’s been to Iceland, New York and Japan and hasn’t had to fork out a penny.
A huge highlight of the last year was winning cash prizes of £1,000 and £2,000 which she is putting towards a dream family trip to South Korea.
She explained: “These days I spend about an hour a day entering competitions, but I focus on effort-based, local, Instagram and purchase necessary competitions where there’s a higher chance of winning.
“Sometimes it feels like competitions have taken over my life, but it’s incredibly rewarding to help people win their dream prizes – as well as occasionally win my own dream prizes too.”
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Di has already tried and tested the best tricks when it comes to winning and doesn’t mind sharing her tips with others.
She said: “A good tip is to be active on TikTok and Instagram, follow your favourite brands and engage with them – and also to be confident, have fun and not feel embarrassed about making a fool of yourself in your videos!
“It doesn’t need to be a hobby where you sit at your laptop all day clicking boxes and filling online entry forms.
“There are competitions on the radio, at events, in supermarkets – and lots of creative ways to win prizes.”
Di has some great tips for people who are new to comping:
- New compers should steer clear of pay to enter competitions and stick to free entry prize draws.
- The more effort people put into finding and entering competitions, the more chance they’ll have of being successful.
- Comping can be overwhelming at first, so it’s a good idea to create a wish list of the most wanted prizes.
Di Coke has just published a new book called BootComp: 2023 comping planner and goal setter to help people replicate her comping success
