Running a fabulous giveaway and need some help promoting? Here is a list of free places you can submit your blog link put together by Sarah at Moose and Tater and myself . The list is ordered by day of the week and is checked often to make sure the information remains current. If you find an error in any of the links, or a linky stops participating just leave me a comment and I will fix it. If you would like to learn how to promote your blog giveaway the simplest way is to follow each of these links on the given day and add your link to their list. Make sure your title includes what the prize is, who it is open to and the end date. For example- Vitamix Blender System, US & CAN, Ends 10/20/14. After you have entered a few you will find that the system recognizes you and filling out each form just takes seconds. If you are having a hard time seeing this list, make sure you are signed into Google. If you would like to submit a giveaway linky for consideration in this list, please leave me a comment with the day the linky is published and also the URL to the linky. ...
Why I Will No Longer Run Giveaways
Once upon a time I wrote an article on how to host a blog giveaway. But with all the blog changes I have going on I began doing some research on blog giveaways and realized it is just not something I am comfortable with anymore. Lots of blogs are writing about the subject and I have had a few very smart conversations with friends regarding this topic. Let's begin with why I personally choose not to run blog giveaways going forward.A month ago a ran a giveaway here on the blog to win a field trip with my family. I got ONE entry! Big ego slap! But I puzzled and I puzzled til my puzzler hurt and then I finally asked some friends why they didn't enter. The biggest two reasons were that my friends see me all the time anyway and they are totally over blog contests. Fair enough. I realized my readers (friends and family) don't come here for a chance to win something. That made me happy.I started having conversations with smart friends in social media who brought up the fact that blog contests may not be exactly legal. I did some research (easy to read discussions here, here, here, here, here and here) and found there is a lot of gray in this area. I don't monetize this blog and don't ...