Surprise Prize give-a-ways! (help incrase overall traffic)

So basically it'd be the same concept as the rest of the prize give-a-ways except don't announce the giveaway -- simply just announce a winner. This way you are weeding out people that SPAM to get their post count up during the "X" days the sweepstakes usually take place AND you are not obligated to spark interest with what the prize actually is, more the concept of just winning.

Futhermore the time(s) for sweepstakes would be more random -- 1 prize for a random amount of time (say 2 prizes in 2 days or 1 in one month) and they could range in $$ value. Say, a hothardware t-shirt one day, a SSD drive 3 weeks later, and some case badges a week later or something....

Once word catches that for posting quality posts at HH random prizes are given away I think it'd generate quite a bit of extra traffic (unless your give-aways were like Marcos dirty socks followed by Dave's workout shorts or something )

or a random box from der's closet...lol

ice91785:

Once word catches that for posting quality posts at HH random prizes are given away I think it'd generate quite a bit of extra traffic (unless your give-aways were like Marcos dirty socks followed by Dave's workout shorts or something

That would be cool I would like a Cool HH t-shirt! But you can keep Marcos socks and Dave,s sweats!LOL

amdcrankitup:

ice91785:

Once word catches that for posting quality posts at HH random prizes are given away I think it'd generate quite a bit of extra traffic (unless your give-aways were like Marcos dirty socks followed by Dave's workout shorts or something

 

That would be cool I would like a Cool HH t-shirt! But you can keep Marcos socks and Dave,s sweats!LOL

I don't know why, but I laughed pretty hard when I read that.  I think this is a great idea and I think it will bring in more members that are willing to stay.  I know what Der is talking about and many names come to mind...  I just put my HH case badge on my case!  WooHoo!

Sounds like a good idea! Would stop another Kamrooz

tanka12345:

Sounds like a good idea! Would stop another Kamrooz

 LOL I havent heard that name mentioned around here in a long time.  Mental that HH badge adds a little class to a Rig dont it!

Indeed it does!  You put yours on yet?

Matter of fact I sure did looks good thanks to you! Now I got to worl on stablizing that 3.8 overclock got some new tweaks just might try this wknd! Still need to get that coolermaster v8 to install but might try the tweaks this weekend just have to keep a close eye on the temps!

Thanks for the positive feedback on this guys! (It's always nice to know that one's ideas aren't ridiculous ) I wonder if the admins have had a chance to read this yet? **HINT HINT Marco, Dave**

amdcrankitup:

Mental that HH badge adds a little class to a Rig dont it!

ice91785:    good idea. random prizes would be a good perk and always an unexpected pleasure if you win.

I think it's a good idea also.

Wit the recent success of the Cyberpower PC giveaway, I think maybe a combination of the two would help.

The one thing I was surprised when the contest was announced was how no one spammed the forums and the news feeds.

That's an awesome idea!

LOL at myself tho as I am not a big poster, more often then not, lurking.

Eh, you got a good points-to-post ratio (good has been arbitrarily defined as >10).

Even better, require us to have our current address on file and then BAM surprise! You've got a sweet a$$ HH t-shirt in the mail!

Or some random stranger will be like "What's Hot hardware? Is that a porn site?" And then they will use the shirt for doing manual labor or oil changes :-(

All because you goons didn't keep your info up to date!! See what you did?! You ruined a perfectly good HH shirt you hooligans!!