Read what our customers have to say about UPICKEM.
WBTV News 3, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte, NC, is actively extending its brand online at www.wbtv.com.
Adrienne Craighead, Integrated Marketing Specialist, has this to share:
"The support that UPICKEM offers is unmatched. Whenever I have a quick question I dash off an email
and always get a quick answer." She adds, "We also appreciate the multitude of ways their product allows us
to deliver value to our sponsors. Building customized logo presence on the website, including sponsor's logos
with hyperlinks next to the item they've provided on the prizes chart, and even adding text or html sponsor messages
on the customized emails sent out to participants ...all these features allow us to sell this program through
to our advertisers and deliver exceptional value for their dollars."
"The Statesboro Herald is thrilled with the response to the customer college football contest they created with UPICKEM Engine.It really has taken off. We even have people blogging about it on TSCsports.com. Everyone in the Georgia Southern Eagle Nation is excited about winning prizes and playing against our VIP pickers. We also have a facebook group . . . Thanks for letting me know about this contest! We are so happy with it! We have sold 14 sponsorships!"
Julie Gresham Regional Online Marketing Director Morris Multimedia
"Gray Television, Inc was in need of a company that could offer full-functioning contest applications for each of our markets. We needed something that could be market specific, sports specific and ability to roll out quickly when needed. UPICKEM was the best company we found to meet all our needs.
With 30 markets we needed to make sure that UPICKEM would be able to handle the customer service support and level we expected and from day one we were told that would not be an issue and it never has after 4 years of working with the company. It has come to a point for us now, that when we think of running a contest in one of our markets, we make sure we look at the options available by UPICKEM. "
Mike Braun Gray Interactive Media Sales & Marketing Manager
NewsOK.com in Oklahoma City has been using UPICKEM for more than 5 years, and continues to customize contests for football, basketball and other special events along with the national sports contests.
Alan Herzberger of NewsOK describes the success: "We get thousands of users for all of our contests every year, so we consider it an excellent tool for building and maintaining audience. And one of the great things about UPICKEM is that is has the easiest administration of all our third-party vendors. I can do it all on my own and see the changes immediately."
Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity fund located in the Midwest. Thompson Street is always looking for creative ways to market themselves to their industry in the hopes of increasing their contacts to lead to new opportunities. They wanted to increase their contact database and strengthen relationships with the companies they already know.
"UPICKEM has been a great way for us to attract people in our industry to our website," Thomas D'Ovidio, a principal with the firm, said. "Not only did they come back every week and play, they also registered with us and many requested more information about us as a result of that process."
D'Ovidio had been invited by peers in the industry to join different pools on Yahoo! and ESPN, but he saw the real value would be to invite people to play on the Thompson Street's website.
"We didn't know what to expect when we invited people to play on our website," D'Ovidio said. "The response exceeded our expectations. We give out prizes every week and the people who win definitely remember Thompson Street and that's the whole point of this thing. Not to mention it's just plain fun."
