Times of India Bid for Free – Great Advertising Strategy
Times of India have launched a new Ad Campaign, Bid for Free for National Capital Region readers. The idea is very simple and innovative, all you need to look for the products available and bid for them FREE, yes it’s free and that’s the biggest reason which can make it a success and increase their readers base. Readers doesn’t need to spend any money to Bid then what is the item used for bidding purpose. Check out after jump.
So How to Bid:
1. Check the Times Currency on the front page of Delhi Times from Monday to Friday every week.
2. Add the daily Times Currency from Monday to Friday.
3. Look out for the ad that will appear every Sunday in The Times of India.
4. Use the week’s total to bid for any of the products shown in the ad every Sunday. Remember, you cannot use more than one Times currency for one day to arrive at that particular week’s total.
The highest bidder will get the chance to win the prize, if he will answer the contest question correctly.
You need to place your bid by sending sms BFF to 58888.
There are also more than 2,500 exciting prizes to be won every week including Nokia phones, Hitachi ACs and Refrigerators.
You can call at their helpline at 23302173/2147 /2864 for more details that will be open to answer queries from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
So, start collecting your Times Currency from today and make sure to bid for the prize every Sunday without spending a Penny.
The only thing I can say about this advertising campaign, Simply Great.
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i collected 93000 this week..
wht is the highest currency tht nyone has ever got??
I too collected exactly 1,09000 this week…
If i were to bid for two things from different mobiles ..and won both ..but redeemed only one .. wouldnt I be depriving someone of a gift ??
what al currencies u guys got??
finally i have collected 119100. now waiting for the result.
wht did u bid for??? wht all currencies u got??
I have done bid for every product.total 5 sms i have sent.
all frm the same phone???
wht all currencies u got??
hey guy what is the highest currency u got in a single day?
i got 23600 one day
i got 24400
wht all currencies u got??
i have also got maximum 24400 for 4th. lowest is 23300 for 7th in my collection..
any one have seen more than that ..
me bided 106500 for blinder this week dont
but what’s the answer for qution of this week
what’s u bided this week
i had collected 115200 , 108100, 107300 and 102600 as four sets for this week ..
now can anyone temme have the results been declared. ???????
because i dint get a message yet ..
plus if any winner comes by this page , what was the answer to the football world cup question. i wrote 2010 .
who won this week ?
Bided 113500 for blender… but nahi mila
whats was the answer? 2010 !
hey u won any of the products???
hw much u got on 6th jan?
Result will be out today ( 13-1-2010)
hw u knw?>>>
hw much did u bid??
Called on helpline number…
Paroda where r u from?
i called on the helpline number.
they said result was out yesterday itself (12/1/2010) and sms was sent to winners !..
i didnt win blender for 115200 .. toh mere se neeche waala koi nai jeeta hoga,.,
and i also askd about the answer to the ques ..
they said it was 2010 only..
HIGH BIDDING THIS TIME ..
PLUS THIS IS THE LAST WEEK ..
I.E. 11/1/2010 TO 17/1/2010
i asked again at 5.00 pm ..
they said result delayed ,, to be declared today ..
apologies !
plz respond in this page if nybody wins…
i won a 2 sandwich toasters for 108100, 107300 and a hand blender for 115200
i want to ask that 119100 (paroda ) guy if he won a tv?
I haven’t got sms yet… bided 113500 for blender
Arun, have won anything for 102600 bid
i had bid for steam iron for 102600 but didnt win it..
last week i won steam iron for 99200 ..
more and more people participating this week ..
but sad that this is the last week..
this week me bided hand grander and toast maker with 106500 currency with different sim,
i get the toast maker ………. this week ……….. d sms came at 8:00 pm 13-01-2010,
my answer is 2010………
best of luck to u all ……. and ……………
have a nice luck
do u have all the points u written 108100, 107300,115200
Whats the highest point u got this week ?
Whats the lowest bid for blender ? I’ve bided 113500 for blender and answer 2010.. But didn’t won
hi to all i thing my bid was maximum in all you guys.. i have won all items …… but not the TV..
i got sms fron TIO on 13th at 7pm.
i have sent bid of 119100 for items toi 16 17 18 19
i am from ajmer (rajasthan..)
Will u get all 4 items on single bid or any one product?
no i can’t get al 4 items because i don’t have currency.
only one set of currency i had.
i have selected hand blender of CG worth Rs1095.00
i have collected it from gurgaon office.
did u bid fr the tv???
Whats the highest point of this week?
i was bided 85800.
answer is 2010.
Product TOI18 blender.
date 10.01.2010
can i know whats a winner amount.
Most blender bids were above 110000
yes rinku i had all the four sets ,, out of which 3 i had won.
and i have collected my prizes today ,
2 sandwich toasters
1 hand blender
This week i’ve collected 108500 points
hey wht all points u got each day… i gt too low dis week..
this is the last week and i have collected
112400
112400
112400
112400
four sets
lookin for more amounts..
neone higher ?
i want some higher amount for 14 th jan ..
if anyone can help ..
i ve got 18400 on that date ..
if someone has a higher amount on that date.
pls mention the area u got that from and i ll search it in that area.
thanx.
i’ve got defective CG hand blender worth Rs 895… dont know if they will going to exchange it !!!!
among all the gifts only rice cooker and bedsheet are worth n good quality…. rest i dont find up to the mark
Arun Mohan
how much u got this week !
how do u know this is last week of Bid for Free contest?