Blog Review/Giveaways, auctions, donations.

Last Month I came up with an idea to have bloggers/pages enter for a chance to win a a sponsored giveaway  for their page. As a blogger I know what it's like when you are starting out and how helpful giveaways are.   I set a goal of 1400  likes done through "shout outs" and I would pick a winner.

It seemed like  a fairly good idea even our friends at Cloth diaper contests and giveaways mentioned it..  but it didn't get the buzz I expected.. apparently some bloggers just want the giveaways without the work.. or perhaps they just didn't think it was for them

To the people that participated thank you so much and  Since you did here's what I'm going to do..  Our friend over  at Mintee Mama put  in a lot of effort with her entries even tweeting! so I will be contacting her about a review/giveaway after this.

The reason I am cancelling this contest is because it was hindering me from doing more giveaways on my own page, it wasn't fair that I was getting the "likes" all on my own.. so I wasn't getting much in return, the purpose of a review/giveaway is to benefit both parties.

For future requests I will do something else, I will be coming up with a form to be filled out and I will pick a blogger/page  periodically to do these. I feel this is the only fair way to do so, I hate saying no and I want to help other moms at the same time.

Stay Tuned for the Form, if you are interested in hosting a review/giveaway.


Now as far as requests for auctions to benefit those in need, I am not opposed to participating I love helping people just please if you do so, send some information as well, what is the story, how is a donation going to help etc.  A simple could you donate? Wont do.. I understand it is a lot of work to post on a lot of pages but if you're going to ask, ask the right way. You can copy an paste a link to a blog explaining your cause just as easily as you can paste  "could you donate"  I am a simple Work at home mom who puts a lot of though and effort and as much hard work into donations as I do into what I sell so I don't think it's too much to ask.


"X"  # of fan giveaways..  If your market is not that a cloth diaperers or has a good chunk of them.. I will sadly have to decline there is no point in putting effort into these if I get nothing from it. Sorry :( 


Hope you all understand where I'm coming from.  I would rather just do giveaways directly on my page. But like I said I am not opposed to helping or doing outside giveaways now and then :)