Jan 31st, 2010 Posted in Winners | one comment »
The Triaminic Giveaway had 147 entries in less than 5 days! I’d like to extend a big thank you to all everyone entered! Here are the winners..
Darcie K: #3 | I follow your blog with Google Connect / Blogger #1
Becky M: #11 | email subscriber
R Schulz:
#56 |
kids have 6-10 colds a year
Whether you participated in the giveaway or not, you can still feel like a winner by downloading a coupon to save $1.50 off the purchase of any Triaminic product! They are a most trusted brand of Cold and Cough medicine and the coupon is available right from the
Triaminic website!
All of the winners are being notified by email right now!
Jan 30th, 2010 Posted in Blogging, Technology | 4 comments »
How many of you look at expiring sweepstakes on websites such as All Things Bloggy and Online-Sweepstakes? Have you ever found an awesome giveaway that you wanted to enter, only to find out that it ended earlier in the 
day? In the months that I have hosted giveaways I have discovered that my two biggest days are the first couple days and the last day of the giveaway.
The first day of my giveaway, my newsletter goes out and attracts a few visitors. Then, as I continue my promotion in the opening days of my giveaway, it is listed in all the “New Sweeps Added” sections of the giveaway sites. The last day, I usually see a nice upsurge in visitors due to being listed in the “Expiring Sweepstakes” area of many websites. PR Bloggers who end their giveaways early in the day are losing visitors and potential subscribers.
Many giveaway entrants will become subscribers, followers, and friends. It is also common practice to gain contest entries in exchange for backlinks/button placement. These are all invaluable tools to help promote the growth of our blogs. I am surprised by the number of people who end contests as early as noon!
A few weeks ago my computer failed. In the weeks that it took to get back up and running, I didn’t enter hardly any sweepstakes. Once I had my computer reformatted and texter reinstalled, I wanted to catch up on giveaways that I had missed. I checked up on many Expiring Sweepstakes to gain some last minute entries on giveaways I had previously missed. I am usually only able to “sweep” in the evening after the kids go to bed, so about half of the sweeps “expiring” that day had already ended!
When bloggers are promoting their giveaways, they are always asked to provide an ending date. The date (and not the time) is usually used to categorize the giveaway, so participants can find it when they seek out giveaways ending on that particular date. Failing to end a giveaway at 11:59 pm causes listings in the popular Expiring Sweepstakes sections of websites to be valueless.
Of course, the reason I say 11:59 pm and not midnight is because once midnight strikes, it becomes a whole different day. I currently end my giveaways at 11:59 pm CST, even though I would be better off ending them using PST which is an hour behind my time zone. I know that I have missed certain giveaways due to EST being ahead of our time zone.
For a blogger just starting out, it can be a huge mistake to end giveaways too early in the day. I have discovered many great blogs from looking at expiring sweepstakes lists. There are many other blogs that I have found from these lists and then left disappointed after realizing that a contest is over. This is probably why almost every PR/giveaway blog I subscribe to ends their contests at 11:59 pm. There may be many more reasons, but I don’t think any more reasons are necessary.
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Jan 29th, 2010 Posted in Friday Follow | 9 comments »
I have decided to participate in the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! This is the third week of the Friday Follow celebration, but my first week participating. I am late posting this, so I don’t expect many comments. Still, do not be afraid to drop a comment any day this week. If you follow my blog and leave a comment here, I will go to your blog and follow you back!
Jan 29th, 2010 Posted in Comedy, Funny Foto Friday | 2 comments »
If anyone can think of a better caption, please leave it in comments.
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Jan 28th, 2010 Posted in Business, Entertainment | 2 comments »
On FEBRUARY 9, 2010 a new Disney DVD starring Minnie Mouse will be in stores everywhere!
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Bow-tique will includes four Minnie-Themed Adventures Plus A Never-Before-Seen* Episode and a Delightful Minnie Magnet Bow Frame! I will be posting a review in a few weeks, so keep a look out for it.
Walt Disney Home Entertainment sent me the information and cover art for this post.
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