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There is a new frontier in online sweepstakes. It brings a whole new meaning to words “will you be my friend?”.  What started out as just a fun place to hang out and play games Facebook has evolved into a place where you also enter sweepstakes.  Sponsors and advertisers are eager to build their facebook community and sweepstakes promotions are helping them accomplish this.

The type of facebook sweepstakes vary depending on the what the sponsor is trying to accomplish. For some facebook contests you are asked to simply “like” the sponsor. If you are already a facebook member this is very simple. You don't even have to fill out a form. You just click the “like” button.

For other facebook promotions you asked to install a facebook application. Before you get nervous this is actually pretty tame. The facebook application will only run while you are on facebook and really doesn't install a conventional program on your computer.  Most of the time it's just a little app that allows you to play a game or take a survey or even fill out a form. If you've ever played a facebook game before like Farmville you'll undertsand that this is pretty common.

What is amazing is that Facebook has actually expanded the world of online sweepstakes and contests.  There are even whole new companies started like wildfire that cater to helping companies easily launch new facebook sweeptakes or contests.  If you have not entered a facebook sweepstakes before I would give it a try.  Sweepstakes Advantage and Plus have a category dedicated just Facebook.  Further,  Sweepstakes Plus subscribers have a facebook My Sweepstakes Category.

Just taking a look at the 13 new facebook sweepstakes added today the prizes range from (6) $500 Amazon.com Gift Cards to Trips! I hope we hear of some new facebook prize winners from Sweepstakes Advantage today!