Donuts Anyone?

When we ran the contest back in 1998 we had a idea there would be a few visitors but we got a big surprise. We had up to 1000 people per hour from the local area sitting on the web site waiting for the cop to come in the drive thru. We ran the contest for 2 months and it was the best advertising we had ever done. It produced more then 500 new customers per month and caused a bunch of people to get involved in a contest we felt was going to be middle of the road. As I met with a marketing guru 2 months ago we had sat and chatted about advertising that worked and the Donut shop cop came back to life.

We had been looking for a way to bring customers to our new products that we had been offering on the net www.nostingkypits.com & www.growumgreen.com these products needed to get out to the public and get know we felt this could be accomplished with donutshopcop.com. as we had a list of emails that I had collected from jokes friends and family had sent me I sent out a email inviting them to have a look and see if they wanted to join and play the game.

After I sent out a total of 1500 emails personally addressed we got a whopping 85000 hits. It may have to do with the fact of offering win your weight in donuts. Also the fact is when the friend who you referred wins you also get the same prize. This month we are doing some test advertising for a company in Cambridge. It seems to be going ok and people are hitting the site just fine.

Some of the equipment we are using for this can be bought off the shelf if you have the desire to set this up. We used a ATI all in wonder pro for capture. For the camera we used a Samsung video cam on a video cable back into the card. The computer is a old p3 500 with 128 megs ram on Windows XP. The cam software is Webcam32 it is a breeze to setup. It pushes a still back to the server every 60 seconds. It all sits on a cable connection for a local business. There are from 3 to 9 cop cars in the donut shop each day and your chances of winning are high.

For the first win we give them a Tee shirt and some product samples with all names going into the draw for the monthly prize. We plan to offer bigger and better things as we go along. Internet access (1 year DSL connection), lease on a car for a year, boats , bikes and other products as we get rolling all it takes is a little imagination and the sky is the limit.

On our next venture we are going to setup other cams in fast food places and it may be a cop or who knows !!!!

The cam is setup on the Tim Horton's in Waterloo Ontario Canada.

Looking for help or more info you can contact me directly

Richard Willis owns and operates Donutshopcop.com he also owns and operates Puterdudes a full computer service company. he has been in the computer business for the last 17 years involved with different companys and projects.

---

Powered by Feedzilla

Contact Us Today For Ad Information...

Ebooks, Scripts, Websites, and more...

Cheap Domain Names

Outsourcing Website Services - Can Your Business Benefit?

Would it surprise you to know that Compaq Computer? outsources?... Read More

Generating Traffic to Your Web Site

When promoting any product or service every hit to your... Read More

Why Running Contests Can Help You Attract and Retain Quality Community Members

Assuming that it is legal to do so in your... Read More

Promote Your Website Using Newsgroups

At present there are over 3.3 billion pages indexed by... Read More

How Popular Are You,... Online That Is?

With the web today you "sorta haveta" have a rank... Read More

Website Promotion: 10 Power Secrets To Keep Your Profits Rolling

Here are 10 power secrets to help your website promotion... Read More

Website Promotion: 10 Reasons Why People Dont Visit Your Web Site

If you are not getting traffic at your website and... Read More

Kick-Off Your Web Traffic Virus!

Have you noticed lately how savvy webmasters are using simple,... Read More

Increase Your Web Traffic without Breaking the Bank

If you are like most webmasters, your goal is to... Read More

Promote Your Website: Search Tools

Many companies after spending a substantial amount of money on... Read More

Planning and Evaluating Marketing Programs

Measuring and understanding your Website's success is a critical process... Read More

The Sure-Fire Ways To Attract New Customers Now

1. Give Away An Electronic Information Product The product could... Read More

Cross Promote Online For Maximum Profits

Cross promoting is when two or more businesses promote their... Read More

What is Froogle?

Keeping in touch with other sites like Amazon.com, Buy.com and... Read More

Google Gives Web Page History More Importance

The Google patent application submitted in March, 2005 has generated... Read More

10 Ways To Extend The Reach Of Your Site

Successful websites extend their reach far and wide! They build... Read More

If You Build It, They Will Come?

Many of you will remember the line from the movie... Read More

Capturing Leads on Traffic Exchanges

There are 3 basic components to capturing leads on free... Read More

Signatures -- The Long and Short of It

What is the accepted standard for signatures? Who sets these... Read More

Website Promotion

Have you ever wondered why some websites get a thousand... Read More

Web Site Advertising: 10 Blockbuster Secrets To Make Your Web Site More Profitable

Do you want to make your website more profitable?If you... Read More

Promoting Your Business Website - Where to Begin?

Website promotion is certainly a main focus of all business... Read More

Track or Perish

Who me? Track?Now I realize some turn a blind eye... Read More

Tips to Maintain your Website to Keep Visitors Coming Back

When you design a website you should create it so... Read More

How Important are Back Links?

When setting up your website for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)... Read More