PrintRunner Business Cards Giveaway!

We have a new giveaway going on and it would be a great opportunity for business owners, especially those of you (like me) who are just starting out.

Who could use some free business cards??

PrintRunner has been gracious enough to offer this giveaway. 

Here are the details of what you will win:

• Business Card Size and Style Business Cards - 2x3.5 (Standard)

• Quantity 250

• Colors 4/4 Color Both Sides

• Paper 14 pt. UV Coating on Front, 14 pt. UV Coating on both sides

If you look at their website, you will see that you can create some beautiful and eye catching business cards. Biz cards are great to pass around in hopes of getting your name and website out there to new eyes. 

You have until October 27 to enter the giveaway. Please share with your friends so that they can have a chance to win, too!

*PrintRunner has compensated me with a gift of free business cards for my own personal use.

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Win Handmade Jewelry and Gifts Giveaway!

We are hosting a giveaway for our new crafting business and I am posting it on all of my blogs. Feel free to enter and share with your friends, on your blogs, whatever you feel like!

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter easily starting September 10, 2012, and earn more entries! Here is what you can win:

Assortment of Handmade Jewelry and Accessories

3 Gem Magnets and 2 Greeting Cards

 

Close up of Beaded Bracelet with 3 charms.

 

 

 Close up of Beaded earrings

 

List of Prizes:

 

1 Beaded Bracelet with 3 Charms

 

1 Purple Hemp Beaded Adjustable Bracelet

 

1 Pair of Purple Hemp and Beads Earrings

 

1 Pair of Beaded Earrings

 

1 Brown Hemp Ring

 

1 Purple Hemp with Silver Spiral Beaded Keychain

 

1 Large Pony Bead Bracelet with Football

 

1 Small Child's Pony Bead Pink Heart Bracelet

 

3 Gem Magnets (1 pumpkin, 1 purple camo, 1 sunset)

 

2 Greeting Cards (1 Halloween, 1 Christmas)

 

Approximately $30 worth of prizes!!!!

 

Enter now for your chance to win and share with your friends!

 

We will be doing these types of giveaways often throughout the year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Upcoming Father's Day Giveaway!

Who is ready for another giveaway? I have teamed up with The Thrifty Things and a few other bloggers to bring you an amazing Father's Day Giveaway. Prizes will include:

A Linksy Router
A Copy of Microsoft Office 2010
An Eat Smart Retro Scale
A Cafe Press Gift Certificate
and more prizes to be added!!!

The giveaway begins on May 31st, so sign up for our email list (the subscribe button on the side) or bookmark us and come back to enter on the 31st! These would make some great Father's Day gifts (or to keep to yourself)!

More Freebies and Sweepstakes

Here are some of the freebies I've received lately. Freebies and samples seem to be very abundant lately. I like it! I mean, who doesn't like to get free stuff?? yay!!!

Mmm, there's even a chocolate chip cookie in there!!

I've still been entering giveaways and sweepstakes. I actually won something from a blog giveaway and I'm excited about it! I won a butterfly house! You know, the ones where you watch the butterflies grow from larvae to a full grown butterfly? I've seen these advertised on TV and thought it looked neat but not something I would spend money on... now I don't have to spend money on it. I can't wait to get it.. I haven't told my kids about it yet, they will be excited, too!!

How about everyone else? Have you won anything good or fun lately? Leave us a comment and tell us about it! 

Here are a few good sweepstakes I've run across recently:

A Kindle Fire a Day Giveaway

Laptop and Amazon Gift Card

Good luck!

$200 Paypal Cash Rainy Day Frenzy Giveaway!!!!!!

You have literally HUNDREDS of chances to win $200 Paypal cash from CouponTrade.com and The Ultimate Baby Shower!


CouponTrade.com is the newest and the hottest way to save because now, you can combine coupon savings with discounted gift cards for the same stores, plus sell all those unused gift cards and redeem whats yours, all in one place!!!



The Ultimate Baby Shower will offer MONTHLY diaper and Formula giveaways, as well as a seasonal NURSERY giveaway! That’s right- you can win the entire nursery, furniture, bedding, and all the baby gear you could need!



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Print Runner Sticker Giveaway!!

One of the best ways to promote your business or website is to advertise. Stickers are an amazing advertising tool because you can put them on anything! It can sometimes be difficult to find the right print service to use for your printing needs. Print Runner offers great prices on printing products for all of your advertising needs including stickers, posters, car door magnets, envelopes, magnets, and more. They are offering one of you a chance to try out their printing stickers for free!

Details:

Giveaway runs from now until April 9, 2012 (my birthday, btw, hint hint)
Winner will be chosen on April 10, 2012 and will be contacted via email.

Here is what you are entering to win:

250 Customized Stickers.
Size: 2 x 3.5
Full Color
Printed on Premium Sticker Stock 

You will be able to customize the sticker to have anything you want printed on it. You can put your logo on it or maybe your web address. Anything you want! All you have to do is enter via the rafflecopter form below.

*Print Runner has provided us with the opportunity to host this giveaway and is giving us a set of stickers in return.



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Freebies and Sweepstakes Mar '12

I know, I'm really late posting this for the month of March but I've been going through a lot lately and just haven't gotten around to it. Samples/freebies have been kind of slow lately, but I've signed up for a crap load of new ones in the past week or so, so hopefully I'll be getting more soon. I love getting freebies! Even though you are not actually earning money from it, it still saves you money in the long run. For instance, (I forgot to include this in the photo) but the other day I received a coupon for a free new Suave Karotin shampoo.. Just happened that I was out of shampoo and needed to go buy some but I ended up with a free bottle! Woohoo!! Here are a few freebies I've gotten in the mail:

My favorite is the Shick Hydro razor! I can't wait to try it out!

I usually don't review products that I receive samples of (unless they are sent specifically for a review) but I just wanted to share one of the freebies.

I have problems sleeping some times. Some nights it takes me forever to fall asleep, other times I fall asleep quickly but am awake various times throughout the night and then feel exhausted in the morning. The doctor has me on 3mgs of Melatonin which helps a lot. I couldn't wait to try out this iChill relaxation drink/shot, whatever you want to call it. It contains some relaxation herbs along with 5 mgs of Melatonin. I knew it would help me sleep just because of the 5mgs of Melatonin!

When I was a kid, I remember my grandmother always wearing this sweet smelling perfume. Well, if I had ever taken a drink of that perfume, that is exactly what this tastes like. Seriously. I couldn't even finish that whole tiny little bottle. Blech. It's a good idea but they definitely need to work on the taste.

I haven't done much sweepstaking for awhile, until today, that is... so I haven't had any wins (and still waiting on one of the wins I supposedly won last month). Here are a few good ones that I entered today though.


Win Shell Fuel for a Year

Win a $250 Personalized Pandora Bracelet

Win an iPad 3

Win a Ford Focus

Ok, that's it for now. Good luck and let me know if you have won anything lately!

Sweeping/Samples Update for January

A new month is upon us already, where does the time go? January seemed to be a bit slow as far as samples went. I got a few, but not enough to even bother taking a photo of. It included some lotion samples, acne medicine samples, a Progressive sticker (I love Flo!), and a few other things.

Sweepstakeing was a little better in January. I won a workout video from Kelly Coffee-Meyer which is perfect timing because I'm trying to get healthier and work out a few times through the week and this video is more for beginners, so it's perfect for me. I got an email saying that I won some free Maybelline products and a year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens. I'm still waiting to receive both of those though.

Anyone have any luck in January? I don't enter every day like I should, but I do it when I have some free time. The Facebook app is so easy to use, I can do it while I watch TV in the evening during some relaxation time. My kids just seem to think that it's AMAZING that I get free stuff just for filling out a few things online. They don't realize how many hundreds of sweepstakes I have entered compared to the few that I have won. I couldn't imagine what they would think if I won something huge like a trip or a car! ha!

A few Sweepstakes for you to enter:

Sweetheart Sweepstakes. This is through Money Mutual and they are giving away money every day through the month of February. You have to like their Facebook page to enter.

$250 worth of Jeans! Who wouldn't want some new jeans? For yourself, spouse, or your kids!

Auto Zone - They are giving away $250 and then a grand prize of $2500!


Amazon Kindle Fire - This is our very own giveaway! Only 2 days left to enter so enter now!


In a few days we will be hosting another giveaway, so keep an eye out for that!

Valentine's Giveaway: Win a Free Kindle Fire!!

BeeSavy has teamed up with bloggers to host the Heat Up Your Valentine's Day Giveaway! The grand prize is a Kindle Fire Tablet!





BeeSavy gives you the best prices for online shopping. They have everything from electronics, to home and garden products, toys, clothing, books, movies, music, and more and you can compare prices from millions of different stores to make sure you find the best price possible. They make online shopping easier by giving you the best prices for everything all in one place. All you have to do is sign up and that's it!

Now, onto the giveaway for the FREE Kindle Fire! Get entering! You have from now until February 8, 2012.



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Sweepstakes and Samples Report for December 2011

December was a busy  month for everyone. I didn't do a lot of sweepstaking. Just didn't take the time.. plus it was another month of no wins. Nothing at all. *sigh*. I know everyone goes through dry periods where they don't win a thing. I'm still entering giveaways and sweepstakes a few times during the week, but not every day like I did in the beginning. Maybe that's WHY my luck hasn't been as good because I haven't been entering as much? Who knows, really?

I did get some great samples and freebies in December though.

This month included a free Swiffer duster, Dove deodorant, a dog food sample, an Aero Shot energy shot (which I haven't tried yet, but I'm an energy drink fanatic so I'm sure I will soon!), and Purex UltraPacks. I also received a bottle of Purex laundry detergent, but after I finished the bottle off, i threw it away, so it is not in the pic. I got these free through Purex Insiders... you can get free full size samples from Purex and all you have to do is leave a review on their website, or on your blog! 

I also received THIS free from Wendys:

hahaha, I love it! It's a little small for me, but I think I'm going to keep it for my goal shirt to lose some weight so I can be hot n juicy!

I also think that once in awhile I will post a few sweepstakes that I am entering in case any of you would like to enter as well. Here are a few that I just entered today:

Win $250 worth of free gas!! Yeah!!!

Win $1,000 gift card to buy shoes for you and your co-workers! This is an awesome idea! I entered for my husband since I work from home (but could I use $1,000 for shoes for ME??? hmmmm)

This is through the Facebook sweepstakes app.. it's for a super cute bustier bag!! I want this!!

How about YOU? Any luck in December???

November Update on Sweepstakes/Freebies

Did anyone else have a good sweeping month in November? Not I. I did not win one single thing, nothing. I DID however receive my prizes that I won the month before, which were the fleece blanket and the freebie coupon for Bob Evans. November was already a depressing month for my family, doesn't help when I don't win a damned thing, either, ha! I still have yet to win any blog giveaways, even though I've entered hundreds. Again, I've been entering blog giveaways, along with finding sweepstakes on Facebook sweepstaking apps. I know there are a ton more out there, but I just don't have time for all of them.

Don't forget, "like" my FB page (link on the top of the left hand column) for more freebies and sweepstakes to enter. I try to post them on FB as much as I can to pass them along to my followers.

Since I didn't win any giveaways in November, here's a pic of the freebies I got:

The black thing in the middle is an oven mitt from Private Selections. I received it along with some coupons via Bzzagent. I also received like 6 packs of different brands of crayons for a test/survey. Of course the kids got all of them after I did the survey.

Have you had any luck getting any freebies or winning anything fun? Tell us about it and where you entered through!

Sweepstakes and Freebies Update for October

A few days after my last post about sweepstakes wins (and me complaining that I hadn't won anything), I got emails that I had won this:

This the Little Giant Xtreme Ladder that retails for almost $400! and I also won these:

Luna protein bars and a 2 pack from Softlips.

Since then, I haven't had any BIG wins. I got an email that I won a fleece throw from Sealy, and a free meal from Bob Evans, but haven't received either one, yet. I still do sweepstaking but only in my free time or when I am bored. Some days I just don't feel like it, other days I do. I do know that I could not sit and just enter sweepstakes for 8 hours a day like some people! haha I mostly use the facebook apps I mentioned in this post, and sweepstakestoday.com. I know there are more out there, but these keep me plenty busy for the moment. Anyone else had any big wins lately??

Also, some of the samples/freebies I have received in the mail:

These are not all of the samples I have received, but most of them! These include the Target beauty bag full of samples, a cook book, a Halloween tattoo from swagbucks (which, btw, when I used my swagbucks to order it, I thought it was an entire sheet, not one single tattoo!), and some coupons for free stuff.

Don't forget, you can follow my facebook page (link is in the top left column of the blog, for lots of giveaways and sweepstake opportunities and I will try to post as many free sample opportunities as I can (I don't always remember to save the ones I sign up for) on there. If you like my page, feel free to leave a comment and let me know that you came from the blog (you don't have to, it just makes me feel good that someone actually reads my posts on here!)

Sweeping 101: My First Month

I began my adventures in sweepstaking and entering giveaways just about a month ago. I've spent hours hitting the submit button and entering comments for entries. It became almost like an addiction at first and I would end up spending most of my day (and nights) entering these giveaways online. What do I have to show for these hours spent? Nada. Well, I did win some protein bars on a blog giveaway my first week, but 3 weeks later and I haven't even received them yet. *sigh*

I've read stories from various sweepstakers. Stories of how they were born lucky and have been winning things since elementary school. I've won a few things throughout my life, but only a few things. I've heard from people who have won trips to beautiful places, and money, money, money! Who doesn't love money!?! I think the excitement is starting to wear off now though since I've had such little luck. Now it seems more like a time waster than anything else. Am I ready to give up completely yet, though? Nope.

A few things I've learned along my first month of sweeping. I've entered both blog giveaways, and sweepstakes from large companies. The large company giveaways are usually pretty easy. If you enable the autofill settings in our browser to help save some time by filling in your basic information for you.

Blog giveaways can be either easy or difficult depending on the blogger running the giveaway. First of all, I love Rafflecopter!! It makes entering giveaways soo much easier, especially when the blogger wants you to follow this and tweet that for entries. It's so much simpler to be able to go right down the line and get your entries instead of having to go back and forth between the list of ways to gain entries, and back to the bottom of the blog to leave another comment. It's really a pain if the blog has 200+ other comments that you have to keep scrolling through. I think every one who hosts giveaways should use rafflecopter! If you go to the website, it says you need an invitation to join, but they sent me a personal invitation like a day or two after I submitted my email. Along with saving entrant's time, it also saves the blogger time by randomly picking a winner.

Another tip for bloggers hosting giveaways, if you are going to ask people to follow you via GFC or some other connection, make sure that the sign up widget is easily visible!! I get really pissed when I can't find the widget anywhere!!

I guess I don't really have a lot of tips or advice. If the prize is something you really want, enter as many times as you can. The more entries, the better chance you have of winning. IF/when I do win anything, I will post it here for all to see, along with samples I receive in the mail.

I have made a separate Facebook page for entering giveaways. Most giveaways, especially blog giveaways ask you to like their page or share something on your FB page. I don't want to annoy my family and friends with these, so I have a separate page. If anyone would like to friend me for lots of giveaway information, feel free to add me.

Finding Sweepstakes and Giveaways.

First of all, a good way to start is to friend me on my facebook page so you will be notified about various giveaways and sweepstakes. Once you begin entering blog giveaways, you will mostly likely "like" the hosting blog for an entry, then you will get updates from them announcing new giveaways. Eventually, your list will grow bigger and bigger and you will have all kinds of giveaways to choose from!

Facebook Apps. There are two facebook apps that I really love. One is called Sweepstakes. Do a search for the word "Sweepstakes" on FB and you will find it. It has a huge list of new sweepstakes for you to pick and choose from. They literally have pages upon pages of sweepstakes and giveaways listed. Some of these sweepstakes offer extra entries by getting people to enter under your name. You can share the giveaway on your own FB page and whoever signs up from your link, gets you an extra entry!

Hooplasoft Giveaways is another awesome app on FB. You can make your own giveaway (if you are having one on  your blog..etc.,) and it will be promoted to everyone who uses this app. It has a "Giveaway Stumbler" which shows you 6 giveaways and you choose the one you want to enter. You enter via FB and it only takes a minute. When you are done entering a giveaway, hit the stumbler button and you will be given 6 more to choose from. It also shows you stats on what giveaways you entered, which ones you lost, and if you won any. I love this app.! I could stay on it all day, it's very addicting. Many of the giveaways also have "referral winners". This means, if you post the giveaway on your page or invite people from your page to enter, and they win, you also win the same prize!  This app. is also great for promoting your own giveaway.

That's all I have for now. I will post more updates/tips as I learn them. Feel free to leave a comment and add your own!

Join in the fun and tell me what you have won?

My question is: Are people really born lucky? I guess I'm lucky; bad luck is luck, right??

Sweepstakes and Giveaways!

The other day, I was watching TV, and one of those new sweepstakes shows came on. It was showing two people who spend their days entering sweepstakes. One man makes a living from it by spending 8 hours a day entering sweepstakes. The things that he wins, he either keeps or sells. He has won trips and even a $50,000 car! This peaked my interest. I like to get free samples, so why wouldn't I like to win free stuff?? I always overlooked the giveaways on blogs because I just thought it was too much work to like this and follow that, but I gave in. I've started entering sweepstakes and giveaways. I don't have a lot of time to dedicate to it right now because I am doing my externship for school, but I will be done with that at the end of this week and then will have some time to put into entering sweepstakes. The things that I don't want, I will attempt to sell on ebay or craigslist. Well, that's assuming that I win something, haha. I have to admit, it is a bit tiring entering so many forms, but if I start to win some things, it will hopefully be worth it. This is just something I'm trying out; if nothing comes out of it, I will give up, but I will never know without trying.

My first suggestion is to make a separate email address for the giveaway and sweepstakes entries. You will most likely get a lot of spam mail from signing up for things, so if you don't want your regular email cluttered up more than it probably already is, make a separate address.

Do any of you enter sweepstakes and giveaways? I want to hear your story! Have you won anything? Tell us about your experience!

Here are a few of the websites I am using to find giveaways. Feel free to add your favorites in a comment and I may eventually make a big list for everyone.

About.com Contests

The Buck List

Giveaway for Prizes



Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter as I will sometimes post about specific giveaways I am entering, and you can enter, too!

Oh, and I may be hosting my own giveaway soon, so keep coming back, especially if you love to scrapbook!!