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Contest Queen
ShowNotes: Host Brenda Trott of Pajama Party Profits interviews Carolyn Wilman, known as The Contest Queen, about how sweepstakes realistically support your lifestyle, how she turned a hobby into a work-from-home business, and how manifestation plays a major role in winning and in entrepreneurship. The conversation includes stories of winning life-changing prizes, preserving Helene Hadsell’s legacy, using sweepstakes sites and algorithms, and building a business around books, audio, workshops, and community. Connect with Carolyn (“Contest Queen”): Website: https://www.contestqueen.com Publishing House: https://wordsforwinning.com Social Media: TikTok: search “Contest Queen” YouTube: search “Contest Queen” Facebook & Instagram: @thecontestqueen Books & Resources Mentioned: “You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter” by Carolyn Wilman “The Name It & Claim It Game – WINeuvers for WISHcraft” by Helene Hadsell (republished by Carolyn) Additional books by Helene Hadsell, Tag & Judith Powell, and Carolyn’s catalog: available on ContestQueen.com and WordsForWinning.com/books Annual National Sweepstakes Convention information and recaps available on ContestQueen.com InThisEpisode, You’llLearn: Whether sweepstakes can actually pay the bills and how prizes can stretch a budget The three types of wins: things you already buy, things not in your budget, and priceless experiences Stories of life-changing prizes, including celebrity meet and greets, trips, and big-ticket items How Carolyn went from unemployed to “Contest Queen” and how intuition pushed her to write her first book The mindset side of sweepstakes and how Helene Hadsell used contests to teach manifestation principles Why reading mindset books out loud changes what you absorb The cruise manifestation story that happened while Carolyn was recording audiobooks Practical sweepstakes strategy using Instagram’s algorithm and sweepstakes aggregate websites Carolyn’s KDP workflow using one master template for all her books and how audiobooks reveal writing issues How translations are handled and why she uses professional translators The role of community, the annual National Sweepstakes Convention, and the unexpected friendships formed through the hobby
