Welcome back to Ask Us Anything. This is our short episode during the week where we get questions in all week long. We get work questions in and we get in ridiculous questions. We try to tackle one of each.

And if you actually want to submit a question, it's real easy. You go to jswettleson.com slash podcast,

and there's a button right there that says, ask us anything. And you could put in any work-related

or any crazy ridiculous question. We'll try to tackle it.

So don't forget, we also have our longer episode at the end of the week.

It's 10 minutes long where we do over new tips and tactics and stuff.

But anyway, let's jump into this week.

The question, the work question we got in is from Aubrey.

Aubrey is from Boise, Idaho.

I've been to Boise, Idaho many, many times. I remember going through the airport

there. This is no joke. And they have a French fry vending machine. This is tremendous. The only

problem was it was disgusting. Yes, I did try it. Of course I tried it. How do you not try a French

fry bending machine? Anyway, gross.

Don't do it.

Moving on.

Aubrey, what is your question this week?

Here's the question for marketing.

Do contests and giveaways work in marketing or at an event?

Oh, no brainer.

Among the best ways to grow your database,

among the best ways to get your database, among the best ways to get engagement, to fill

a pipeline. But there's things about contests and giveaways that marketers really don't do

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