1) As
soon as the giveaway goes live, link it up on as many outside sites you have
time for. http://GiveawayScout.com,
and http://Prizey.com are my favorites.
Facebook groups and blog/giveaway friendly message boards are also great
locations to list your giveaway at.
2) Be
sure to also send a link to the company when your review goes live, and if you
had a problem with the product, give the company a chance to correct the problem
before you even post the review.
3) Use
Rafflecopter to run your giveaway. It is free and is the easiest method to keep
track of entries and draw a winner with!
4) Make
following your Facebook page a mandatory entry into the giveaway. I’m finding
that more and more companies want you to have a large Facebook presence before
they’ll work with you.
5) Group
reviews/giveaways in themes. This helps bring companies in, and creates a good
“buzz” about the upcoming event among your blog readers. It’s also a bigger giveaway,
so more people will take the time to enter!
6) Consider
giveaway blog hops. This is where the participating blogs will all start and
end a giveaway on the same day and will all link up using a Mr. Linky. Most of
the time, there is a theme or $ amount that you must comply with. A great place
to find these events is the the Mom Powered Media Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/blogresourcesopps .You can also
find “low entry” places to list your giveaway at if you don’t have many entries
and the deadline is near.
7) Always
ask the company to ship the prize directly to the winner. This will save you
the cost, time, and headache of doing it yourself!
8) Don’t
shortchange yourself. Remember that you will be spending a good chunk of time
on a review/giveaway, the resources and money involved in your computer and
Internet, and that you are doing the company a favor if they send you a good
product. Your time and writing talent is worth something!
9) Don’t
be afraid to review multiple similar products. This is an advantage to your
readers because then someone has actually tried all of them and knows which one
is the best investment!
10) Link the
product you’re reviewing to an account that will give you a commission of any
sales made through your link! This might be done through becoming an affiliate
with the company you’re working with, or through a generic merchant like
Amazon.com.
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incredibly interesting comments!