Why I enter blog giveaways

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5 reasons why YOU should enter blog giveaways -- savingsinseconds.com

My husband watches TV, I play online—that’s the way we spend our evenings after the kids are asleep.  Exciting?  It might not seem so to other people, but at the end of a long day, it’s just what the doctor ordered.   I started entering blog giveaways last year as a way to pass the time.  To my great surprise, I even won a few!  Although I don’t always take the time to enter giveaways, I recognize how easy it is to snag some fun prizes while doing a few good deeds at the same time.

When my husband asked why I enter blog giveaways, I wondered that myself.  Here are my reasons.

Reason #1:   There’s a great chance of winning.  
Since the pool of entrants is smaller than a sweepstakes like Publisher’s Clearing House, the odds of winning just seem better to me.  After all, take a look at this giveaway — the one in which I was the only entrant.

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The thing is, the prize was a beautiful handmade Etsy scarf — I wore it to work last week and got lots of compliments.  Totally worth the few seconds it took to enter!  Are you ready to enter some?  Click any of the giveaways over to the right for your chance to win ——->

Reason #2:  It helps the blog owner.
Before I became a blogger, I had never heard of Google Analytics or Alexa ratings.  Most readers probably don’t know or care what those stats are, either.  The thing is that those numbers really impact the success of a blog.  See,  Google keeps track of the visitor count on Savings in Seconds.  The more people who visit my blog, the better opportunities for things like great product reviews and awesome giveaways.  So if you want to support the blog, entering a giveaway can help the blogger offer even better things to her readers!  Plus, it makes the blogger SO VERY HAPPY to know that people are reading the blog.   We know that ya’ll are busy and took time to stop at our sites.  Every entry is like a little gift! 

Reason #3:  I find great new brands and sites
I love finding out about new products and brands.  Wearing all my different hats (mom, teacher, wife, blogger, girly girl) requires me to use a lot of products.  Bloggers often have the first news about fun stuff.  Plus by sharing the giveaway link on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest, I can tell people about the blogs I like to visit.  Spreading the word helps the blogger even more!  I’m always excited when I find a cool new blog that I want to read all day.  If you are, too, be sure to share it with others. (Like Savings in Seconds?  Please click the flares to the left. Just sayin’.)

For example, I entered several book giveaways this week.  While I was on those blogs, I found lots and lots of new titles and authors that I added to my Amazon wishlist.  Can’t wait to get started on those!! Plus, I won a new book (see below).  After I read those books, I share them with my sister, friends, or mother-in-law so they get to enjoy the winnings, too.

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Reason #4:  It only takes a few seconds. 
It’s so easy to enter giveaways online.  With just a few clicks, you can get lots of entries into the raffle.  Whether the blogger uses Rafflecopter, Giveaway Tools, or some other form, it’s usually just a few seconds’ time and you’re finished.  Now, some people complain that there are too many entry options.  I don’t mind that at all (which is why I offer LOTS of optional entries on my giveaways.)  After all, if you don’t want to tweet, you don’t HAVE to!   I love that I don’t have to mail anything in or even look up a website.  Everything is linked right from the entry form.  Couldn’t be easier.

Reason #5:  It’s FUN!
Have you ever been present for a door prize drawing?  You know how everyone stops their conversations and holds their breath (even if they don’t admit it) because of course, it’s fun to win!!  Getting an email that notifies me of a prize just makes me happy.  And it makes me want to visit that blog again!! Win, win!!

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Do you like to enter blog giveaways?  What are your favorite reasons for entering — or what’s the best prize you’ve won?

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Comments

  1. i enter because i want a kitchen aid and dont have the numbers to review one on my own haha

  2. I wish I had more time to enter more blog giveaways, but I have had quite a few to manage on my own blog and I really do appreciate all the entries!

  3. Alicia Owen says

    I won 3 or 4 prizes back when I first started blogging. The best one was the rumble rattler push behind toy thing from Melissa & Doug. My daughter loves it now that she’s to that age and who doesn’t love Melissa & Doug?

  4. Jenna Wood says

    I completely agree. Sometimes I feel there is a stigma for blog owners who enter giveaways. so long as there is no past pr conflict, I think it is great to support other bloggers and have a little fun!

    • I never really thought about that. I guess I figured that so many blog owners are also the blog readers, so it make sense that they would enter and win.

  5. I do now and again. Depends on the prize. I just won some chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate.

  6. Yes I Won A Few I LOVE FREE Product Coupons!! 🙂

    • I love free product coupons too. I have a few sent to me by some companies. I should run a giveaway for those. Thanks for the idea!

  7. I have been entering giveaways on blogs for almost two years now. One year of that, I have been blogging as well. I don’t remember why I started entering giveaways (I think and author I followed had a link for one on facebook one day) but I am hooked. I have won so many things, mostly books, and they always make me happy when I get the email and then again when I get them in the mail.

  8. Michelle Knopp says

    I love entering blogs. It’s like down time for me. Instead of playing candy crush, searching the internet, or painting my toenails, I enter blog giveaways. Like you said, I enjoy helping other bloggers and I find a lot of great articles along the way. I even find new blogs to follow.
    Who knows what I will win? I have won a few. I agree with Rebekah. It’s like winning twice, once when you get that email and then again when you open the mail.

  9. Judy Gregory says

    I enter giveaways to help bring in a little we wouldn’t have otherwise. I’m disabled and it not only gives me something to do but, provides Christmas and birthday gifts for family and friends. I’m not trying to “poor mouth”. I hate when comments seem to be constructed for sympathy. I’m just being honest. Giveaways help.

    • And that makes ME want to offer more on my blog!!! It’s great that you found a way to stay busy but also helps others.

  10. I love entering giveaways! I personally enter them every day. My husband used to think it was stupid, but then I started winning thousands of dollars worth of baby gear that we didn’t need to buy. 😉

    Giveaways have literally funded and filled my cloth diaper stash. I have a son on the way, and I have lots of diapers now that will work great for him (as well as my daughter) without paying a cent. Yup! I love me some giveaways. 😀

  11. Very cool! I never win but I love hosting giveaways!

  12. SHELLEY R ZUREK says

    Yes, I love to enter giveaways. I know certain sectors get NO entries into their giveaways and I stalk them like crazy. #LowHangingFruit

  13. Great summary of reasons to enter blog giveaways. I really need to enter more. Thanks for the kick in the pants.

  14. Robin Christofaro says

    I love entering blog giveaways. Since I am addicted to blog reading and even thinking of starting my own blog, I am there anyways. I may as well try to win something too! I find the odds of winning are amazing, and I have won quite a few things…nothing big, yet – but I am always finding new products and books to read by reading and winning from the blogs that I love!

  15. Sherry Compton says

    I have really gotten into blog giveaways. They are fun and a great learning experience. Just like you I found some wonderful brands and ideas that I didn’t even know about. I enjoy all the different sites out there. Often when you enter, the blogger even has a discount code if you shop at that store. Good luck and have fun! Please keep entering and hosting giveaways!

  16. Sheila Owen says

    I enter all the giveaways I see, well most of them. I didn’t realize how it helped the blogger, so now when I am entering, I won’t feel so greedy….lol I wish I had your luck though, even without it, I will keep entering them.

  17. I read this the other day and could claim it as my own. It’s fun, you learn a bit along the way, and the winnings are lagniappe. There are certainly worse ways to pass the time.

  18. Susan McNeills says

    It feels so good when you win… and helps with the Christmas shopping, too!

  19. Rebecca Parsons says

    I love entering giveaways also. And glad that it helps blogs also. I have one a few though and never received the prizes which kinda stinks.

    • Yeah, that does stink. It’s happened to me a couple of times when a sponsor just didn’t follow through. Turns out they weren’t getting my emails. I got in touch with them via Facebook on behalf of the winner.

  20. I am an addict. There, I admitted it. I just think it’s fun and I call it my part time job now that I’m retired. I don’t even have a TV (did win one & gave it away) so the time others spend mindlessly watching TV I spend entering contests. I like entering for gift cards and try not to enter for things I wouldn’t use. Thanks to all bloggers who hold contests!!!

  21. Carey Oberly says

    I just started doing these and it is fun and does help out when money is tight. Winning anything is fun. You can always know someone who might need it if you dont.

  22. natalie parvis says

    Wow, that’s awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever entered and been the only etrant!

  23. Hannah Avery says

    I like to enter blog giveaways to win things that would normally not be in my budget, as my budget is pretty tight. I have won probably upwards of 10 cloth diapers and other cloth diapering accessories that have really been a blessing. I won a $50 AMC card that I used to buy most of the things I needed for our Christmas dinner last year. I recently won a nice down coat that I have been wearing this winter, and a pretty red dress that I plan to wear to our Valentines banquet. It is also fun to get things in the mail and find new stores I didn’t know existed. I try to only enter giveaways I will be excited about if I win. Its kinda my hobby, or what I do when I am nursing the baby!

  24. john hutchens says

    Great reasons to enter. I enter the blog giveaways as a way to find new things my significant other would love. As a man it is difficult to figure out the best or latest trend for women. She loves that special gifts arrive for her and she “thinks” I am on top of the latest things women love for their home, fashion and beauty. Blog giveaways Rock!!

  25. Mary Brandis says

    I have only started entering blog giveaways since I retired recently from my job. I enjoy it!! I mostly have been entering for fiction books but now am getting out of my comfort zone . I like coffee and tea. Hope I win. It’s fun to win something and get a package in the mail. So far I have been winning fiction books and I won a $5.00 Amazon Card.

  26. I enter Blog giveaways because occasionally I actually win. It helps with my budget when I do

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