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Reminder Idea

1. 3 years ago#1

   banshee

   

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   Joined: Jan '09
   Posts: 1

   What if when the contest ends it sends you a text or calls you to remind you to check or every hour to tell them when they can get another ticket for the speedy raffles

    

2. 3 years ago#2

   IndyMac

   

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   Joined: Nov '08
   Posts: 3

   I was thinking of a Raffstar Widget. Of course you'd have to be at or around your computer to be notified. I just use a timer widget for the hourly giveaways and reset it after I get new tickets. I also use Twitter to notify me of new prizes and when prizes end. Just search 'raffstar' on Twitter.

    

3. 3 years ago#3

   fishpen0

   

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   Joined: Nov '08
   Posts: 5

   If you have Gmail, there is a way to get text messages when contests you follow end.  Simply check the box on all of the contests that says "Notify me when this giveaway ends."  This will send messages to your email.  Using Gmail filters you can have it automatically forward all messages from raffstar to another email address.  Most mobile phone providers allow cellphones to recieve eamil via sms.  You phone must be able to recieve text messages for this to work.  Simply make the forward adress the adress of your phone.  For example, I use AT&T and the adress is areacodemynumber@txt.att.net.  A simple google search should help you find the address that you should use with your provider.  When it is all set up, you should get a text message whenever a prize ends.
   
   As of right now I am unaware of a way to do this when it is time to draw another ticket.

    

4. 3 years ago#4

   SneakyNinja

   

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   Joined: Nov '08
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   I would like to make 2 suggestions regarding this topic:  

   1.  Allow people to specify a specific address for notifications.  That way you can use a cell phone email address and, emails like newsletters et. al. still get sent to a regular email address.  Everyone should have a cell phone email address: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details  

   2.  Modify the notification emails so that they are less than 160 characters (including the link).  Currently they are too long and require multiple messages to be recieved.  The worst part is, it breaks up the link, so I have to visit the link manually.

    

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