Online Contests

EZ$Contests

EZ$Contests is an easy way to give your on-line visitors and print subscribers a fun, interactive experience and a way to drive more traffic to your website. It supports both "Photo Only" contests, as well as text/story contests. It handles the entire process of submitting registration, voting and online payment processing and can be used for any on-line contest.

How it Works

1. Decide on the kind of contest you want to have. Our customers have used EZ$Contests for “Cutest Baby”, “Pet Parade”, “Best Photo” and even EZ$ Fantasy sports contests.
2. Contact us to help you set up your first contest. We will guide you through the entire process.
3. Create a link from your website to EZ$Contests.
4. Have fun and start making money with your new contest!

Features List:

• Credit Card Processing - APT is fully compliant with PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards
• Supports Banner Ads (Newspaper keeps all revenue)
• Links back to your newspaper
• Reporting Features
• Administrative Tools
• Supports multiple categories
• Real-time contest results for both
• Online registration and online voting

Benefits Include:

• Increased revenue
• Involves your community
• Increases the number of people visiting your site
• Increases readership
• Helps with brand familiarization
• Easily integrates into print product
• Easy Administration
• Easy User Interface can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• No other APT products required

What are Customers Saying?

"Thanks for all your help with our first online ‘Pet Parade Contest’. It was a great success, surpassing all our expectations! We used it as an added component to our annual print pet section. By adding the contest element, we were able to generate four times as much revenue as we have previously with only a print product. Working with you was a pleasure and the set-up and operation of the contest was easy. We’re already looking forward to our next contest." Nancy A. Reece, Classified Advertising Manager, Kentucky New Era, Inc.

"I was very happy with the assistance provided during our contest and the application was very user friendly and our contest went very smooth. I am looking forward to more partnerships in the future. We are a very happy customer."Tracy L Shively, Sales & Operations Manager, Chronicle-Tribune

"Our contests ran smoothly and the revenue we received was well worth the small amount of work it took to run. We will definitely do it again. "Kristin Johnson, Kokomo Tribune

EZ$ Fantasy Racing

APT's EZ$FantasyRacing application enables your readers to create a fantasy team of NASCAR® drivers and tracks their progress throughout the season. EZ$FantasyRacing presents the race and team results both on-line and in print with virtually no effort to the newspaper!

Benefits Include:

• APT handles all updating of the database. The newspaper does not have to enter races, drivers or results.
• Each paper creates its own unique groups or can select from preset groups.
• Participant registration is "on-line" reducing the newspaper workload and encouraging more participation.
• APT clears all the credit cards and the 10% fee includes all the credit card charges.
• APT produces a ranked list of participants "on-demand" for inclusion in the print product.
• APT shows the ranked participants on a web page that can include paid rotating sponsor banners.
• The newspaper keeps all sponsor revenue.

EZ$ Sports Contests

APT's EZ$Sports Contest application can be used for any sports for high school, college, pro or arena seasons. It's easy to use and quick to set up. The newspaper manages the games and the scores and each fan who registers can choose the team they think will win and the score of the games.

Benefits Include:

• APT handles the set up and creation of your sports contest website.
• Each newspaper manages the games and you can start a contest at anytime during the season. You choose how many games will count for points.
• Participant registration is "on-line" reducing the newspaper workload and encouraging more participation.
• APT clears all the credit cards and the 10% fee includes all the credit card charges.
• APT produces a ranked list of participants "on-demand" for inclusion in the print product.
• APT shows the ranked participants on a web page that can include paid rotating sponsor banners.
• The newspaper keeps all sponsor revenue.
• Many more benefits - Download the brochure for a complete list and instructions on how to set up a contest.