So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Good Bye (for now, anyway)

I’ve spent the last four months deliberating whether to keep Bloggy Giveaways open. This site has become a fun place to promote products and businesses that cater to women, and I am very proud that it has grown to this scale. In fact, it’s become so successful that the behind-the-scenes work required to administrate the site has required me to reconsider some professional priorities. My passion is in the behind-the-scenes coding and development of blogs, not in product marketing.

After discussing my options with Shannon (who originally started Bloggy Giveaways), we’ve decided to sell Bloggy Giveaways. If you are interested in more information (serious inquiries only, please), contact me for more details at askchilihead AT gmail dot com.

I want you to know that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with you and building a community. You are the reason Bloggy Giveaways is a success. I wish you luck and prosperity.

Demographic Survey

In order to find vendors and products that are the best fit with you, my Bloggy Giveaways readers, I need to conduct a short survey to collect some demographic data.
This survey is completely anonymous and I will not contact you via e-mail (or any other way) for more information. This survey is voluntary and I respect your right to privacy. I’m not collecting your name or e-mail address. My only intent is to use this information to know my audience better so I can make Bloggy Giveaways the best it can be for everyone. Advertisers and vendors are interested to know who my audience is (and I so am I!). Having this information allows me to choose exactly the right products to showcase as giveaways!

You only need to take the survey once (although I may put it up every four months or so just to see how things are changing and you’ll be welcome to take it again then!). Thank you!

Click Here to take the Bloggy Giveaways demographic survey.

Reminder for E-Mail Subscribers

This is a quick reminder to those of you have subscribed to Bloggy Giveaways’ RSS via e-mail. In order to enter a giveaway, you must click on the giveaway link in the e-mail and leave a comment. Simply replying to the e-mail is not entering you in the giveaway–it’s sending me a personal e-mail. As much as I’d love to be able to enter each of you manually, I simply don’t have the time.

So remember:

  1. Receive your e-mail with that day’s giveaway.
  2. Click through to the giveaway post.
  3. Leave a comment on the post.
  4. Cross your fingers. ;)

Good luck!

Please Update Your Links & Feeds

This is a sticky post and will be up here for a few days. If you’re looking for the newest giveaways (and they are awesome!), please scroll down.

New URL: http://www.bloggygiveaways.com. Please update your links and blogrolls. Thanks!

New feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ bloggygiveaways/woyk

New mail subscription feed: Subscribe by Email.

To update your feeds, simply go to your feedreader (e.g., Bloglines or Google Reader) and delete your entry for Bloggy Giveaways. Then re-add my new feed by clicking on either the New Feed or Subscribe by Email link above. Easy-peasy. Make sure you won’t miss another fantastic giveaway!

Bloggy Givaways Giveaway

This giveaway is closed.

Today’s featured company:
BloggyGiveaways.com

A little more about them:
BloggyGiveaways.com offers giveaways from etsy, small businesses, home-based businesses, and corporate vendors. Each day, Monday through Friday, a new product is offered and each giveaway runs for four days. The minimum prize value from a single vendor is $75, but many prizes are valued even higher.

I’ve worked hard to make Bloggy Giveaways a value-driven site. I encourage my readers to visit a vendor’s web site before leaving a comment as entry into a giveaway. This so-called ‘hoop’ serves two purposes:

  1. My readers are introduced to a company and become more familiar with its products. By asking them to visit the vendors’ sites, there is a higher likelihood the reader will bookmark the site for later purchases.
  2. My vendors receive a significant boost in traffic during a giveaway. Many vendors have reported an increase of over 300%!

What they’re giving away:
I’m giving away a Bloggy Giveaway to one lucky winner! I usually charge for my giveaways because of the time involved in putting them together, promoting them, and all the behind-the-scenes stuff you don’t want to know about. I want to give you an opportunity to waive the admin fee and promote your product here at Bloggy Giveaways.

The winner of this giveaway will still need to abide by my vendor guidelines (I’ll send them to the winner) which are basically:

  • Meet the $75 product minimum. Worried that your products won’t meet that? You can always do multiples (e.g., three $25 gift certificates).
  • If you are giving away gift certificates, they must be in a denomination that will allow your winner to receive a complete prize without having to pay anything extra. In other words, don’t offer a $25 gift certificate if everything on your site costs $30 or more. Of course, if you offer a $25 gift certificate and that would reasonably purchase something completely, but your winner chooses something that costs $50, the winner would pay the difference (you would still cover shipping).
  • Cover shipping of your prizes.
  • I’m sorry, but I don’t hold giveaways for multi-level marketing companies such as Arbonne, Creative Memories, etc.

How you can win:
Please leave a comment on this post tell me the type of product you’re interested in giving away.

You can also tell me at least one of the following (the more you tell me, the more helpful it is to me when I promote new giveaways!):

  • Whether you’ve bought anything from a vendor during a giveaway
  • Whether you’ve bookmarked a vendor for future buying (and whether you eventually bought something)
  • Your favorite part about the BloggyGiveaways.com community
  • Your favorite vendor or giveaway you’ve seen at BloggyGiveaways.com

Who is eligible:
Everyone (except multi-level marketing companies, see above). You don’t have to be a blogger to win, just supply a valid e-mail address.

When the giveaway ends:
Saturday, March 7. I’ll e-mail the winner, and results are always posted here as well. If the winner doesn’t respond within four business days, a new winner will be drawn.

Special offer for Bloggy Giveaways readers:
If you would like to schedule your own giveaway with me, I will reduce my admin rate to $25 through the end of this giveaway (please mention this giveaway when you contact me).