How To Enter Contests And Giveaways On Blogs
How To Enter Contests And Giveaways On Blogs
Did you know that a great way to win contests and giveaways is by entering them on blogs? Blogs are full of contests and giveaways every day! Especially around Christmas. Why does this happen? Two reasons. One, bloggers want to promote their blog and gain more readers. Sometimes the giveaway will be hosted by the blog owner. Other times, companies want to advertise their products. What better way to promote products could there be but by giving a blog owner a free item to review and an extra free one to give away. If the blogger has many devoted readers, the company just put their product in front of a large audience without spending an arm and a leg in advertising. It's pretty genius! That blogger that wants to promote and gain readers does well too, even by hosting their own giveaways. Readers will stick around and come back if they think there are more great giveaways to enter.
Look, someone is winning these things and it could be you! So how do you get in on the good stuff? Start visiting blogs and making notes of the ones that are your favorites. Couponing blogs and Mommy blogs are the ones I've seen with the most giveaways, but there are also fashion blogs, beauty blogs, music blogs, photography blogs...you name it! The ones with lots of readers will most likely be doing contests and giveaways.
So what types of things do they give away? It could be anything, but I've seen gift cards, aprons, candles, coupons for free products (like a 6 pk of yogurt), makeup kits, cookware, even cold hard cash!
I've seen all these and more, and have entered some of them. So now the burning question is have I won any? Yes! I've won at least one that I can think of. It was a cute crochet baby hat for my daughter.
Now, as a blog owner, I also get lots of free stuff just to review. I've gotten free candles, body wash, yogurt, and even a one of a kind keepsake tile worth $50! I love FREE stuff, and I know everyone out there does too. Contests and giveaways are fun whether you win or not just because of the prospect of winning. But, winning is even more fun! But, you can't win if you don't enter. So, how hard is entering, you wonder? EASY!
When a blogger has a giveaway, there are usually guidelines in how to enter. Read them carefully. Usually there will be a set of tasks you can complete, and leave a comment on the blog post after each one you choose to do. These tasks will be something like following them on twitter, pressing the like button on their facebook account, signing up for their blog subscriptions, or posting a blog post about their giveaway. Usually, there is a really easy entry such as just leave a comment saying you want to enter, and the other entries are optional. Lots of times I just do the easiest entry and leave it at that, but other times I do all the facebook liking and twitter following. It's cool.
How are contests and giveaways decided in a fair way? Usually it's via a website that "draws" a random number. Each comment on the blog post is numbered, so it's easy to tell who has won by matching the winning number with the comment number. As far as I can tell, most blog contests and giveaways are legit. Use good sense when entering. Don't ever pay money as an entry that is more like a raffle and is illegal to do online in most cases. If the item seems too good to be true (win a house or a million dollars) it more than likely is. Don't put any info on anything like that.
A good rule of thumb would be to create a free email account separate from your regular email account and use it for entering. Just be sure to check it often, because if you win, you only have three days to respond to claim your prize. You'd hate to win and miss it! Well, that's it...get going and enter! You just may win something cool very soon.
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