December Blog Giveaway!

Hey ladies,

I have now posted to our blog and started a thread on Etsy for the December giveaway! I hope this helps spread the workload a little better this month by having me take these first steps.

If anyone else wants to donate a prize, feel free! We'll comment about it in the blog and on the thread (I think I can edit my post), or just surprise some lucky person!

I'm not sure how the promoting assignments worked last time, I seemed to get a new list each time. If anyone knows, please post the assignments for this month or I'll just copy and paste the last set and have everyone do the same sites.

This giveaway is short, as I'm going out of town and don't want to have to think about this over the holidays. Plus, I want the prize to get to the winner before the holidays! It ends December 15th, so promote!


LINK: ETSY PROMO THREAD

Here is the advertising places for the December giveaway. I've changed it up a bit, please let me know if this won't work! Sholeh and Teresa deserve a break for all their hard work, so their lists are absent. Thank you everyone, you guys are great!

Code for the Craiglist ad

Insert the code below in your craiglist ad

Code:

<a href="http://ejdssteam.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/zeba_01_2008/Decembergiveaway.jpg"></a>
<p>Don't miss out on a great opportunity to win great handmade prizes.  Click on the Picture to enter today.

All prizes in this giveaway are from a member of the independent, handmade community
(i.e. the artisan sells their own work; no corporate stuff please)</p>

Mr Linky Instructions
At the end of the list a form shows up that says, enter name and URL, in the name you put in the name for blog, the prize and the end date and in the URL you put in the direct URL to the giveaway.

DON'T FORGET TO POST TO CRAIG'S LIST! And post back here when your list is done or if you have any troubles.

Sarah DONE
etsygiveaways
Big List of Give Aways
The Give Away Diva
Mom's Take on Things

Sylvia DONE
Prizeatron
Contest For Moms
Mom Give Aways
Look What Mom Found (sun.)

Hannah DONE
The Frugal Kennedys (linky)
Can Contests (must be open to Canadians) (linky)
Blog Contest Station
Blog Aways
Mother 2 Mother you must leave a comment with the giveaway information.

Layney
Canadian Give Aways (must be open to Canadians)
A Contest Blog
Contests 4 Mamas
My Blogs 4 U (linky)

Hannah DONE
Mom Contests
Chic Give Aways (mcklinky)
Contest Alley
Contest Girl

Kathy
Live Give Aways
Sweeties Sweeps
Deal Seeking Mom (linky)
Online Sweepstakes

Christina
Laura Williams Musings
Island Life
My Four Monkeys (mon)
Kiddies Corner Deals (linky)

Victoria
Alicia\'s Review Give Away (linky)
Blog Give Away Buzz
Blog Sweeps
The Give Away Gallery

Lale & Sema
Eighty MPH Mom (linky)
Bloggy Treasures
Moomettes Magnificents (linky)
[url=http://angiemarion.blogspot.com/search?q=mr. linky]A Simple Kind of Life (sundays)[/url]

Aprilee DONE
Peanut Butter and Pickles (friday linky)
Free Blog Give Aways
Momfuse (linky)
Contest Corner (saturday linky)

Theresa
The Contest Hub (linky)
Only Free Stuff Here (linky)
Reviews and Give Aways (linky)
A Blog of Goodies (linky Sunday)

Hannah DONE
Mom Made That (linky)
MMK Money (mondays)
the Nurse Mommy (linky)
Give Aways

Dawn
the Lucky Ladybug Click the box for her button being posted on our blog. I put it on our blog already.
[url=http://www.coupongeek.net/search/label/got giveaways]Coupon Geek (Sunday linky)[/url]
DK Mommy Spot (linky)
Great Deals Everywhere (linky

Jane
the Freebie Blogger (sunday
Women-Prenuer Galore (link on right sidebar)
Go Graham Go (thurs. Mr. Linky)
J. Leigh Designz (wed)

Cali DONE
Rosey\'s Give Away (email Rosey)
CI Give Aways (linky)
Top Pick Give Aways (linky)
Frugal-Freebies (mon. mr. linky)

Lisa
Life's A Charm
The Sits Girls (sunday)
Mommy\'s Money Cents (mr. linky tues)
[url=http://outnumbered3-1.blogspot.com/search/label/Contest Tuesday]Out Numbered 3-1 (mr. linky tues)[/url]

Jen
Dore\'s Diaries (tues)
Thrifty and Chic Mom (linky)
Loads of Freebies (linky)
HM Give Aways

Diana
All in a Moms Life (linky)
Wee Finds (mr. linky wed)
Copper Brick Road (wed)
Moms Most Wanted (wed)

Barbara
Piece of Me (thurs. - close to bottom of page)
Latina on a Mission (linky)
[url=http://dailyessentialsanddeals.blogspot.com/search/label/Sign up Saturday]Daily Essentials and Deals (mr. linky sat)[/url]
Mud Bug (linky friday)

Kirsten
Blogfully (linky wed)
[url=http://doresdiaries.com/search/label/Weekly Giveaway Roundup]Dore's Diaries (linky Tues.)[/url]
Connie's View
[url=http://www.babylovingmama.com/search/label/List your Giveaways]Baby Loving Mama (linky)[/url]

Natalie
Catch the Drift (mr.linky friday)
[url=http://bargainbriana.com/tag/freebie-friday/ target=]Bargain Briana (friday)[/url]
Dealectible Mommies
Ice Fairy\'s Treasure Chest (linky)
Katydid and Kid (sat)

Rebecca
[url=http://www.themommy-files.com/search/label/Share Your Giveaway Sundays]The Mommy Files (sun)[/url]
Arlana's Corner
Bearable Deals
Autism Learning Felt (linky)

Hannah DONE
Contest Guide


Sholeh offered to make the giveaway photo with the information, so hopefully that will be up soon! Photos are on flickr:
Red Agate Earrings for the threadkiller and Deco Rouge Necklace for the blog giveaway.

I saw that several people had "threadkillers" in the Etsy promotions. Basically, the person who "kills" the thread wins a prize. It's either when the thread hits a certain number of posts, say 100, and the 100th person wins, or when a certain time is up (Dec. 15th at 9pm est for this particular one) and the last person to post before that time wins. So, it's the last person to post to the thread who "kills" it and the contest is over!

Hope that makes sense. Seemed like a good way to keep our promo thread alive w/o just us posting to it.

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Sholeh offered to make the giveaway photo with the information, so hopefully that will be up soon! Photos are on flickr:
Red Agate Earrings for the threadkiller and Deco Rouge Necklace for the blog giveaway.

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The ad is done, it looks like and it can be found at https://2img.net/h/i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/zeba_01_2008/Decembergiveaway.jpg

I fixed the craig list ad with the new information.

Thanks for the break, I will use it wisely, LOL.

this is short, please promote! if it goes well, maybe the other giveaway will be shorter too, to give us all breaks between them!

Etsy thread: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6364925

You may want to re check your promo list. Some people on their are either no longer members or are temporarily away. An up to date list is in the General discussion forum under "Welcome to the Team".

I like the "Thred Killer" thingy & you explained it very clearly (thank-you)! I am going to do my promo list today!
(Off Topic) Could someone post that I'm having a sale on my handsewn floral headbands in my VictorianFantasy shop on the team blog? There is no end date, but supplies are limited! Thanks!

I have updated the ning site and will finish my list as well this morning. I also just bumped the etsy thread!

The threadkiller is a great idea Thanks for mentioning it!

I've updated the giveaway list - Cali you now have a list! I'm taking care of the ones that the original members aren't here for. Remember to post here when you've finished!

I have finished my list except for:

Contest Alley - http://www.contestalley.com/submitcontest.shtml - does anyone know how to post here?

and

Giveaways I'm entering - http://dishfriends.blogspot.com/

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Hannah (PZ Designs) wrote:

I have finished my list except for:

Contest Alley - http://www.contestalley.com/submitcontest.shtml - does anyone know how to post here?

and

Giveaways I'm entering - http://dishfriends.blogspot.com/

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Since I was at the contestalley site, I did it. You select 'One time entry' then under the search select 'Add new', then enter the URL for the contest page. fill in the rest, it asks for a password, I must have registered for the site at some time and then submit. It is done.

Thanks, Sholeh!

My linky list is done - some of the submissions are pending (mom's blog) - hopefully they will go through no problem!

So where are all our members? I see the thread is being viewed!

I'm starting to think that our "monthly" giveaway events should be quarterly, interspersed with other events. it would give us all a break from promoting, though I don't see how that could help sales, and maybe we'd all be more enthused.

if you are doing your lists, visiting the forum, etc., post here to let us know! remember, this giveaway is short, only until the 15th!

Hannah

Hannah (PZ Designs) wrote:

So where are all our members? I see the thread is being viewed!

I'm starting to think that our "monthly" giveaway events should be quarterly, interspersed with other events. it would give us all a break from promoting, though I don't see how that could help sales, and maybe we'd all be more enthused.

if you are doing your lists, visiting the forum, etc., post here to let us know! remember, this giveaway is short, only until the 15th!

Hannah

Welcome to my world! Ain't it fun?!! Frustrating is more like it. All talk and no action!

Just gave the thread bump!

Etsy thread: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6364925[/quote]

i have finished my list except for the CI linky and the Frugal linky which kept booting me off after about 10 tries each.

Also, i am sorry that I have not been posting recently. I have been having an extremely hectic month and am still trying to hash out some issues that have arised with payment issues with paypal. I will try to post to the thread more!

Let me just say that I can only speak for myself but I do not always get the chance to get to the computer every day, and if i do it is for a very limited amount of time. I will try to take a little of that time to post to the thread, as i would like to stay a commited member of this team, but i can only dedicate as much time as i have and that is very limited.

Hey, I know we only have to post once a week, I get busy with school and baby too and can't always check, but when it's a new month and a new giveaway event, it'd be nice to have people check in earlier rather than later, that's all!

I gave the thread a bump this morning.

I just bumped the etsy thread!

Hannah (PZ Designs) wrote:

Hey, I know we only have to post once a week, I get busy with school and baby too and can't always check, but when it's a new month and a new giveaway event, it'd be nice to have people check in earlier rather than later, that's all!

I am sorry if I sounded a bit defensive, I was a bit fried that day and didn't mean to come off sounding angry. I was dealing with an issue with one of my buyers and i was just fed up. I will definitely get around to thread bumping sooner as this benefits everyone in the team! By the way, it is quite a beautiful necklace that you made!

Thanks! Sometimes it's hard to put something up for sale.

Don't worry about it, I wasn't offended. I think it's just a stressful time of year. I just finished my final paper for the semester! now, I only have a final exam left......