OWJones 1,981 Posted June 27, 2014 Part of my business is making custom pin-back buttons using equipment from Badge-A-Minit. Each month they have a Hot Button contest and people submit their button designs for a chance to win prizes. One of my designs was selected as the Hot Button of the Month for May 2014. This is the 2nd time I've won the big prize, and I once won a runner-up prize. The first two times I won, I held on to my gift certificate for when I "really needed it" and ended up letting them both expire, so this time I had it spent within an hour of receiving it, wasn't going to waste it again! The trick to winning, I've found, is to include a good story about how the buttons are an inexpensive marketing tool and easy to sell to people - each time I've won, the design itself wasn't anything special but had a good story with it - some of the more elaborate designs that didn't have a good story didn't even get recognized... 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smendlik 113 Posted June 27, 2014 Congratulations, always cool to win a contest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OWJones 1,981 Posted June 28, 2014 Wow, the items I used my $100 on came with free shipping, so I wasn't expecting to get them any time soon, but they already showed up! I ordered their nice manual circle cutter and some extra blades and their button design software and they shipped it all USPS Priority Mail! Woohoo! Now I can try out the circle cutter at the flea market this weekend! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabscotthandyman 1,410 Posted June 29, 2014 I won a contest once and have kept my prize 46 years . Nice work 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites