Category Archives: Contests

Social Media Contests: New Podcast: “Is Your Social Media Contest Breaking the Law?”

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »

YouTube’s Quirky Contest Rules – Pays to Look Before You Leap (or Upload to YouTube)

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Standards Canada Launches “Truth in Advertising” Creative Contest

I spend a lot of time reading, advising on and blogging about misleading advertising (i.e., campaigns gone wrong) and contests.  As such, it’s refreshing to see an effort to increase truth in advertising.  In this regard, this interesting Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) contest for its … Read the rest of this entry »

Contests: Pinterest’s Tougher Contest Guidelines

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »

New Canadian Contest Rules & Forms – Facebook “Like” Contests

Contests continue to be a popular and engaging way to promote brands, events, product launches and other things.  Whether random draw contest, consumer generated promotion or other type, promotional contests are great for buzz, traffic and attention. Based on continued demand I’m pleased to offer … Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Canadian Contest (Sweepstake) Law Questions – Part II

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Canadian Contest (Sweepstake) Law Questions – Part I

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »

New Canadian Contest Rules and Forms Available – Canadian Trip Contests

Contests continue to be a popular and engaging marketing tool for brands in many industries. Readers of this blog will know that I follow contest and sweepstakes issues and work on a lot of Canadian and North American contests and other promotions. Based on a … Read the rest of this entry »