Promotions for Xmas SUGGESTIONS NEEDED!

[Joe Bellissimo]

Gday guys,

As you already know I'm the car audio sponsor on here. I've been very happy with the support I've recieved on here but now its time for me to give something back.

I want some ideas on an Xmas promotion/competition.

I've already been thinking about offering gift vouchers up for grabs in a competition, I'm just hunting ideas for the competition and/or suggestions of different types of promotions to run.

Let me know guys! I'm open to suggestions!

[delcowizzid]

free stereo gear to the first 2 kiwis who apply

[Joe Bellissimo]

Sure, then I will find out I cant ship it there and I will hold it for you

[delcowizzid]

haha worth a shot just paying customs only on my end would be enough of a killer.maybe do a free sub with every headunit and 4 speaker combo bought would be a good draw card

[Joe Bellissimo]

Ah okay, a buy this and get something free promotion. That could work.

Any ideas on a competition?

[delcowizzid]

guess the exact make and model numbers of some stereo gear in a pic for a prize, add a pic of headunit speakers amp and sub, guess them all correct you go in the draw

[MagiTEK]

How about some sort of mini writing comp. People have to write a paragraph or 2 about why they deserve [insert prize here]. Pick the most entertaining/funny/sad stories and post em in a poll for voting.

Trying to think of other stuff, but being on a forum does limit your options.

Perhaps a guessing game. pick a number between 1 and 1 billion or something and everyone gets a single chance to guess it. run it for a week to get a decent crowd. draw the closest. Good idea, but a bit spammy.

In a twist on the original idea, get people to write a good review/tech article. Something that contributes to the community, pick the top and poll it for the crowd to choose.

Just some random ideas while i wait for the v8s to come on tv.

Oh.. theres another one. Make people pick a v8 driver. (or winner of any sport for that matter) The group that wins that goes to the next round. Pick another sport etc. Rinse wash repeat till a winner.

[Joe Bellissimo]

Keep the ideas coming guys!

I want the competition to help people get to know my gear a little bit better as well so the picture guessing comp is really good.

The tech review articles are also a good idea but it needs people to own my gear first which is GREAT I'll offer discounts in exchange for reviews and a chance in the competition.

I would need someone else to run a sports comp! I don't keep up enough LOL

[delcowizzid]

slaps pics of your whole sub range up and guess the prices from cheapest to most expensive to win

[holdenboy]

What about a SPL comp....

[Joe Bellissimo]

You just want that because you will win...

[Joe Bellissimo]

slaps pics of your whole sub range up and guess the prices from cheapest to most expensive to win

Another good idea

[holdenboy]

OK, a serious one....lol.

What about "hiding" little santas in your website, like hidden in certain pics of products etc......gets people looking through your site and its a Christmas theme. Then people just have to find maybe a certain amount that have something special on them (like a hat - the rest dont have a hat, etc).

Just an idea

[Joe Bellissimo]

Hmmmz, and if they find the SPECIAL santa?

[holdenboy]

I've already been thinking about offering gift vouchers up for grabs in a competition

Maybe a gift voucher?



But make them really small, so theyre not easy to find......throw in a few "normal" santas to get their hopes up, until they look closer and realise its not a special one

[UFO]

I'm not into audio. Not that I'm not interested mind you, but because it's very hard to know where to start.... and how much money I need to spend. I guess the idea of a christmas promo is also to get you new business.... from my point of view if you want my cash going from my wallet into your cash register, you should make it as easy as possible for me to make the decision to do so .

I've never looked at your website or anything, so I don't know exactly what services you offer, but for newbies to car audio like me (I've done research online so know a little theory) it's still very hard to know what speakers to get with what amp with what sub and how much it'll cost to install and the like.

Offer Christmas audio stockings... matched packs... different price points... something where someone like me (and in my opinion most new customers) find it easier to be able to pick. Walking into JB is nice and all, but when you look at the wall with all those speakers it's very hard to know where to start. Now, I've been reading some of your posts on this forum and you seem to know what you are talking about. This is what you can offer customers that JB can't. Believe me I've gone in there and it seems like the pimply faced teenager is just wanting to push the items that are easy for him to sell... and not what I'm actually looking for.

You are always going to get guys who suck you for info then potentially match price somewhere else. Offer a 'christmas special' of sorts where they have to commit to something before getting something. A discount to forum members or those that quote a certain code before a certain time, or get a freebie upgrade... a carrot so to speak to get them to commit. Afterall you arent working for free!

If it's a competition you want (and have the time to administer), then something like a guessing game- you know when you have those comps where you guess the number of jelly beans in a jar? Well you can do the same with car audio. Set up a new thread and everyone with x number of posts to their name gets ONE guess (to prevent regulars making new user names and multiple guessing). Then have existing car audio setups meassured for SPL (or whatever its called). Get the people to guess which audio setup has the highest SPL and the one with highest SQL, and then to make it really tricky which one they choose and it's exact SPL/SQL reading is to one decimal place (or the person closest to it). Previous installs on customer cars is a great way to showcase your work and products, doesnt cost you anything (other than what you choose to offer as a winning prize), and gets people discussing the choice of equipment for quality or loudness. Pick 3-5 previous installs or whatever and away we go trying to guess. (well maybe not me, but others!) Or have 2 groups of theoretical installs with like 10 in each( 10 spl 10 sql), getting people to pick the best setup on each and why. That way you get reviews/opinions on products that others (like me) can read and then potentially come see you to buy (at a 'christmas only' price to encourage the big spend).

[Joe Bellissimo]

Thanks mate! I'm glad you actually appreciate what I do on here and I'm really liking your ideas. I will be adding those to my think tank!

[HCVP]

How about a new car lol

[Joe Bellissimo]

Sure! A Caprice!

[Joe Bellissimo]

More IDEAS PLEASE

[whitey152]

you can just give me a free sub u know u want to

[Joe Bellissimo]

I'll give you a free sub if you buy a very large monoblock off me

[whitey152]

well ill need a large one after i get some gear

[Joe Bellissimo]

Stetsom - Amplifiers - Amplifiers Product Catalogue

$6072, should be able to power almost anything

11900RMS, enough POWA?

[whitey152]

that should do it