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Giveaways are fun

Giveaways are a popular method used by bloggers to increase readership.  They are also an effective way for a business to market its product to its target audience.  And did I mention, they are just plain fun?

How it works
From time to time, Domestic Adventure will host a giveaway for its super-dedicated readers.  Once a generous business has offered to provide a product for the giveaway, we’ll write a post about the product.  The post will include:

  • At least one photo
  • At least one link to your site
  • A detailed description of the product that is being offered in the promotion
  • A follow up post to reveal the giveaway winner, which will also include a photo and a link

Moreover, my tweets and Facebook status updates will announce and promote the giveaway.  Best of all, the original and follow up posts are permanent and will live on our site so long as it shall live, which means search engines have one more way to find your business.

Entries and Choosing a Winner
The giveaway will close at 8 p.m. EST, three days after the announcement.  For example, if your giveaway is announced on Monday morning, it will close at 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday.  Readers can enter the giveaway by commenting on the post.  Readers who tweet about the giveaway, share it on Facebook, or blog about it will be entered for a second chance IF they return and submit a second comment with the link.

Once the giveaway closes, I will punch the number of entries into random.org and come up with the comment author that is the winner.  The next day, the winner’s name and comment number will be revealed in a follow up post on the blog.

Your responsibilities
Want to join in on the giveaway fun?  It’s simple:

  • Pick out a product to be used for the giveaway (preferably something worth at least $25-$30 in value)
  • Provide a link to your website
  • Provide a description of the product, if requested by Erin
  • Ship the product to the winner once Erin provides the information

My responsibilities
My job is simple: to execute the blog posts and related promotion as described above and make the giveaway as effective as possible at marketing your business, all while keeping the needs and desires of my audience in mind.

So, why am I worthy?
Domestic Adventure is relatively new to the blogosphere, but it has seen early and promising results.  DA came online back in August 2009 and I started posting seriously beginning in October.  In three short months, readership has grown incredibly, averaging 5,500 unique visits per month and 8,500 page views per month. That includes the first month when readership was a mere 15 visits a day!

What’s even better is that DA has developed a loyal following with 130 subscribers, 120 Twitter followers and 60 Facebook fans.  We have a long way to go, for sure, but don’t you want to be part of the exciting growth that is sure to come?

Ready to make my readers happy?
If you’d like to participate in a giveaway promotion, just contact me and we’ll get started!

If the giveaway is a great success for your business, you might consider sponsoring Domestic Adventure!

Fine print: In the interest of protecting the blog’s integrity and voice, Domestic Adventure reserves the right to reject giveaway requests for any reason that our little hearts desire.

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