$10,000 Wedding Sweepstakes

Announce 10,000 Wedding Sweepstakes_____

(EUREKA SPRINGS, AR) –

“You bring the dress (and the rings), and we’ll do the rest,” is the motto of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce’s Wedding Committee Chair Melody Purdy.

Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce members who provide wedding, romance, honeymoon and anniversary services, along with other Eureka Springs businesses that collect the city’s advertising and promotion tax have teamed up once again to award one lucky couple a $10,000 Wedding through the “Romancing the Springs” Sweepstakes. The dream wedding includes everything from the location and ceremony, to the rehearsal dinner and reception.

Wedding service providers for the $10,000 wedding give away include Musical Elegance, The 1886 Crescent Hotel, the 1905 Basin Park Hotel, Rock House Plaza, Eureka Flower Shop, Reflections Photography by Ashley, The Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Sweets, Purdy Art Company, Eureka Springs Limousine, Angel at Rose Hall Bed and Breakfast, and the Gazebo Restaurant.

“We have given one lucky couple in each of 2007 and 2008 a $10,000 dream wedding in Eureka Springs,” explains Purdy. “It is a great opportunity to showcase Eureka Springs and all of her businesses as the most spectacular wedding and honeymoon destination in the area.”

Entries for the sweepstakes began Saturday, February 14. Those wishing to enter the sweepstakes can enter online at www.romancingthesprings.com or by visiting the wedding sweepstakes information on the Chamber’s web site at www.eurekaspringschamber.com. Official rules and regulations for the sweepstakes are also posted. Sweepstake participants may submit daily entries.

The wedding give away will be advertised on several nationally prominent Internet wedding portals including Get Married.com, One Wed.com, Arkansas Bride.com, The Knot.com, with an email blast to brides registered on Wedding Solutions.com. The Eureka Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission has dedicated advertising funds to reach these highly targeted audiences.

“The early returns on the give away entries are very impressive,” commented Purdy.

In addition, prospective brides and grooms can experience a “virtual wedding show” online at the Romancing the Springs web site.

“Brides and grooms (and family) will be able to visit the web sites of many of the wedding, romance, honeymoon and anniversary service providers in Eureka Springs directly from Romancing the Springs,” commented Purdy. “With over 4,000 weddings performed in Eureka Springs yearly, we are The Wedding Capital of the South.”

The contest runs through January 1, 2010 when the sweepstakes drawing will be held. The winner will be announced after the lucky couple is notified. The sweepstakes sponsor will post information on the winner on the Romancing the Springs web site after verification.

The winning couple will report to Eureka Springs beginning Friday, November 12, 2010, where they will begin their luxurious wedding plans with the ceremony held on Saturday, November 13, 2010.

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Chamber to Share Wedding Leads with Advertisers on the “Romancing the Springs” Give-Away Web Site

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce announced today that it would share information on wedding leads generated by the Romancing the Springs $10,000 Dream Wedding Give-away as part of the advertising package for vendors who are listed on the web site. Brides and grooms have the opportunity to enter the sweepstakes for the wedding to be given away in January 2010 online at www.romancingthesrpings.com or the Chamber of Commerce web site at www.eurekaspringschamber.com.

According to Melody Purdy, Chair of the Chamber’s wedding Committee, a major portion of the committee’s work plan is to generate leads for the wedding businesses in the Eureka Springs area.

The leads will be emailed to advertisers weekly. These Eureka Springs businesses can then copy the leads for their marketing activities.

“We are expecting many entries and a lot of lead generation with this sweepstakes effort,” concluded Purdy.

Help Us Help You

To All “Romancing the Springs” Give-away Advertisers:

Hopefully by now, you have heard about the “Romancing the Springs” $10,000 Dream Wedding Sweepstakes that is being conducted online sponsored by the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and supported by the CAPC.

For full details of the sweepstakes visit www.romancingthesprings.com or visit the Chamber web site.

The main purpose of the sweepstakes is to generate wedding leads for businesses that provide wedding services or interact with wedding guests.

In order to drive traffic to the sweepstakes site and generate leads for you, the Chamber is requesting that you add a link to the Romancing the Springs web site to your own business web site. Directions and code for adding the link on your web site are found below. Many of you will have to consult with your web host to place the link on your site.

By placing the link on your web site that goes directly to the Romancing the Springs web site, we should see many more leads generated that we can share with you weekly during the sweepstakes period between now and January 2010.