Giveaway! Putumayo Kids Music 12-CD Collection ($180 Value)
January 21, 2010 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 206 Comments
With the Olympics right around the corner, now is the perfect time, if you already haven’t, to begin raising cultural awareness and pointing out the beauty in diversity with your children.
This week’s #gno Twitter party provides excellent tips for how to help your kids celebrate the vast and diverse cultures in our world. And this week’s giveaway gives you a great start to help with that as well—with music!
Prizes
One winner will receive the Putumayo Kids Playground Collection, which includes 12 CDs with songs from around the world. ($180 Approximate Retail Value)
Putumayo Kids is the children’s and educational division of Putumayo World Music. The Putumayo Kids music team chooses songs with child-friendly lyrics and rhythms by both renowned and undiscovered international artists. The collections of songs are tested in schools and with families. An international music selection contributes to the education of future global citizens while holding true to Putumayo’s mission of sharing music that is “guaranteed to make you feel good”.
Entry Requirements
Please do the following three things to enter for a chance to win and leave a separate comment for each:
- Visit Putumayo Kids, check out the various CDs in the Playground Collection, and leave a comment here, sharing the culture’s music you’d most like to expose your children to.
X - Follow @putumayokids on Twitter.
XXXX - Post these messages on Twitter and leave comments here with a link to your tweets:
GIVEAWAY! Enter 4 chance 2 win @putumayokids 12 CDs/kids’ songs from around world ($180 ARV) http://bit.ly/7KhrcI #gno PLS RT
Visit @putumayokids for awesome resources to raise culturally aware kids! http://putumayokids.com #gno PLS RT
Extra Entries
The following three entries are completely optional and will earn you one extra entry each. Leave a separate comment on this post for each completed optional entry.
- Follow @momitforward on Twitter.
- Become a Friend of Mom It Forward’s Google Friend Connect (see box in right sidebar).
- Subscribe to the Mom It Forward RSS feed (click on orange heart at the top of the right sidebar).
The Fine Print
No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Mom It Forward and Putumayo Kids employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Wednesday, January 27 at midnight PT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. Winners will be notified and will have 24 hours to confirm receipt of the e-mail. If they do not reply within 24 hours, another winner will be selected. Open to participants in the US and Canada 18 years and older. One entry per person.
For a complete listing of sweepstakes terms and conditions, please click here.
Full disclosure: Mom It Forward, Inc. offers brands sponsorship opportunities, which include giveaways.
What’s on Your Holiday Wishlist This Year? ($3800 in Prizes???)
November 23, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 9 Comments
Win a Sleighful of Gifts!
TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter, I’m sharing this meme with you. Did I mention this giveaway features $3,800 in prizes? For those of you that know me, you know I’m not exaggerating, because if I were, I’d exaggerate using an odd number. LOL!
Click here to check out the ginormous amount of goods.
To enter to win them, all you need to do is the following three things:
- Answer the questions in this meme on your blog.
- Make sure to post links back to TodaysMama.com and Provo Craft (using this link: http://bit.ly/4ikY3c ).
- Tag your friends!
Create a Wishlist!
1. What 5 items are top on your holiday wish list?
- A piano
- A trip to India
- Maid service (even one a month would be heavenly!)
- A trip to New York City (I would love to get this gift early, so I can go this December!)
- A new printer like my old one (where the sheets feed into the copier)
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?
Do my grandma’s banana cookies count? Honestly… there is no better handmade gift than that!
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?
I’d love to knit a hat as long as someone else could do the knitting for me!
4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?
Holly Hobby Easy Bake Oven… hands down the best gift evah!
5. What items are top on your kids wish list this year?
- My 6YO wants an electric guitar.
- My 8YO wants us to get a piano. He’s willing to forego toys for it!
6. What is your favorite holiday food?
Where to begin?
- Reindeer cookies
- My MIL’s sugar cookies
- Saurkraut
- My mom’s prime rib roast
- Caramel Apple Spice from Starbuck’s
- Hot chocolate
- Veggie trays (especially if I got to chop the veggies)
- Olives (especially when eaten off my finger tips… tell me you did that as a kid too!)
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?
Thankfully, nada (unless making reindeer cookies as neighbor gifts counts)!
8. What is your favorite holiday movie?
All of them! I love holiday movies!!! If I had to choose just one, I would probably say How The Grinch Stole Christmas, especially the part when his heart pops out of his chest!
9. Favorite holiday song?
I can’t choose just one:
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- We Three Kings/Star of Wonder by BNL & Sarah McLaughlin
- Bring the Torch, Jeanette Isabella
- That one by the Osmond’s that @troypattee dies for (can’t remember the name… not Puppy Love though!)
10. Favorite holiday pastime?
Giving!
Tag! You’re It!
Now, it’s tag time! I’d love to see answers to these questions from all of you, but since the task is to tag some of you and since tagging all of you would mean the rest of you would have no one to tag, here we go!
- Amy from Mom Spark
- Niri from Mommy Niri
- Robyn from Pensieve Robin
- Melissa from Isly
- Carissa from Good and Crazy People
- Angie from 7 Clown Circus
- Elizabeth from Parenting Pink
- Kim from Crafty Mama of 4
- Holly from June Cleaver Nirvana
- Jenny from Jenny on the Spot
Giveaway! Let Crayola Help Make Your Holiday Gift Giving Easier!
November 7, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 434 Comments
Enter to win one of two amazing gift packs and let Crayola help make your holiday shopping easier this season!
Prize
Two lucky winners will receive gift baskets from Crayola right in time for the holiday season and gift giving.
- Grand Prize Winner will receive a gift pack loaded with 30 amazing starter products to get those first-time Crayola kids started on some colorful fun (retail value: $200).
- Second Place Winner will receive six new products from Crayola: Magic Light Brush, Glow Board, Glow Station, Glow Dome, Color me a Song, Crayon Maker.
Entry Requirements
To enter for a chance to win, you are required to do the following four things. Make sure to leave a comment here linking to each one:
- Check out the #gno Crayola Whrrl story and leave a comment on one of the pictures.
- Follow @Crayola on Twitter.
- Become a fan of the Crayola Facebook Page.
- Retweet and/or post the following two messages on Facebook and Twitter and comment here, linking to your update/post:
Join #gno Tues 11/10 (9-11 pm ET) 2 chat about creative holiday gift giving w/@crayola RSVP: http://bit.ly/1cuZfL PLS RT
GIVEAWAY! Enter 2 win @Crayola gift packs just in time 4 holidays (2 winners/ret. val. $200!) http://bit.ly/QoTq8 #gno PLS RT
The Fine Print
No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Crayola and Mom It Forward employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Wednesday, November 11 at midnight PT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. Winners will be notified and will have 24 hours to confirm receipt of the e-mail. If they do not reply within 24 hours, another winner will be selected. Open to participants in the US and Canada 18 years and older. One entry per person.
Giveaway—Crayola Model Magic Gift Pack ($200 Retail Value)
August 9, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 315 Comments
Creativity is a powerful element in our lives. It helps us have fun and makes life more enjoyable. But, it also helps us build and strengthen relationships, problem solve, and create unique solutions to all sorts of scenarios. Crayola knows how important creativity is and this week, is providing a gift pack giveaway to help enhance that (see product details below).
Prize
Coupon
Everyone’s a winner. Enjoy a discount toward Crayola products by downloading a Crayola coupon here (good through August 31).
Grand Prize
One grand-prize winner will receive the following products in a Crayola Model Magic gift pack for endless hours of hands on, build-your-own fun ($200 retail value)! (See entry requirements below.)
- Model Magic Fusion
- Model Magic Fusion (Cinderella’s Castle Kit)
- Color-Fillz (SpongeBob Square Pants)
- Color-Fillz (Disney Fairies)
- Color-Fillz (Disney/Pixar Cars)
- Model Magic (4 oz.) in the following colors: Black, Green, Red, Yellow, and Shocking Pink
- Model Magic (1.5 oz.) in the following colors: Black (2), White (2), Radical Red (2), Laser Lemon (2), Brown (2), Blue, Purple and Yellow Green.
- Color Wonder Glitter Paint Set (Disney Fairies)
- Color Wonder Watercolor Paint Set
- Create a Plate Kit
- Crayon Town Kit
- 3-D Sidewalk Chalk
- Color Switchers
- 10 ct. Classic Markers (broad line)
- True to Life Markers
- True to Life Colored Pencils
- Heads ‘n Tails Colored Pencils
- 12 ct. Classic Colored Pencils
- Twistables Colored Pencils
- Window Mega Markers
- Window Crayons
- Poster Crayons
- 24 and 64 Ct. Classic Crayons
- Twistables Slick Stix
- 16 ct. Pip-Squeaks Mix ‘Ems Markers
- Pip-Squeaks Washable Glitter Glue
- Pip-Squeaks Colored Pencils
- Pip-Squeaks Washable Markers
- 2 Crayola sticker sheets
- Embroidered Crayola apron
Entry Requirements
To enter for a chance to win, you are required to do four things (make sure you leave a separate comment for each of your entries).
Note: Entries that do not follow all of these requirements will not be considered.
- Leave a comment on this post, including your e-mail address.
- Join the new Crayola Facebook Page AND leave a comment on the wall, sharing your favorite Crayola memory.
- Follow Crayola on Twitter.
- Post these messages on Facebook and on Twitter and leave comments here, linking to your messages:
Join #gno Tues from 9-11 ET for a chat about creative connections w/#Crayola. RSVP: http://bit.ly/whba3 PLS RT
Enter for a chance to win @Crayola’s Model Magic giveaway. More than 30 #crayola products! @ http://bit.ly/17LkxP PLS RT
Extra Entries
You can earn up to five extra entries for this week’s giveaway. Leave an additional comment for each.
- Subscribe to the Crayola site at http://crayola.com.
- Post something you learned during #gno this week on the Crayola Facebook Page wall.
- Post a picture of an arts & crafts project using Crayola products on the Mom It Forward Flickr group. (Note: This picture may show up on the Mom It Forward homepage.)
- Join the Mom It Forward Friend Connect (in the righthand sidebar).
- Join the Mom It Forward Facebook Page.
The Fine Print
No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Crayola and Mom It Forward employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Sunday, August 16 at midnight PDT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.
Giveaway—Win an iPhone 8GB, $50 iTunes Gift Card, & Autographed Diane Birch CD
May 31, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 117 Comments
Mom It Forward has a summer full of fun giveaways planned and is kicking it off with the mother load of all prizes this Tuesday night, June 2. Sponsored by singer/songwriter Diane Birch and S-Curve Records, this giveaway not only gives you the gift of music, but also supports one of five great causes that you can read about here.
Giveaway Prizes
Three winners will be randomly selected to win one of these prizes:
- Grand Prize: iPhone 8GB, 2 Diane Birch concert tickets, an autographed Diane Birch CD
- First Place Prize: $50 iTunes gift card and autographed Diane Birch CD
- Second Place Prize: Autographed Diane Birch CD
Entry Requirements
To enter to win, you are required to do the following two things and leave a comment on this post by Monday, June 8 at midnight EDT, including a link to your blog or social networking site, your e-mail address, and information about your extra entries, if applicable:
- Write a post on your blog or social networking site about the concept behind the Discover and Donate widget.
- Post the Discover and Donate widget on your blog or social networking site.
To receive extra entries (for a total of three extra entries):
- Tweet about this giveaway, including this link: http://www.dianebirch.com/charity/index.php.
- Click here to join the Mom It Forward Facebook group.
- Post about this giveaway on your Facebook wall, including this link: http://www.dianebirch.com/charity/index.php.
The Fine Print
No purchase necessary to enter this giveaway. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Family members of Diane Birch, S-Curve Records employees, One2One Network, and the Mom It Forward team are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Monday, June 8 at midnight EDT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.
How Can I Make My Blog Giveaways Better?
March 26, 2009 by jyl johnson pattee · 4 Comments
Jessica is the founder of MomFuse.com a popular site for moms that features product reviews, awesome giveaways and so much more. When she started Mom Fuse she mainly wanted it to be a place where moms could come and get honest reviews on the products moms might use, this soon turned in to companies offering to host giveaways.
Giveaways are becoming very popular, especially with the way the economy is. Now, more than ever, people are getting online to find the best products for the lowest price or even for free.
Why do companies sponsor giveaways?
Companies sponsor contests and giveaways in order to get their products in the hands of consumers. Why? Because if you like a product you’ve tried, you are likely to tell someone you know. Hence, word of mouth marketing. This is also why companies want to get their products reviewed. Companies are seeking out more and more mom and family related blogs to do product reviews and giveaways.
If you’re hunting down companies to sponsor a giveaway or have been approached by a company that is interested in hosting a giveaway on your blog here are some simple tips to help make that giveaway a successful one.
1. Tell your readers why you would want the product.
Your readers trust you, if they didn’t, they wouldn’t read or subscribe to your blog. So, if the product you’re giving away isn’t something you would want, why would they want it?
2. Make it easy to enter the giveaway.
I know when I visit blogs and enter giveaways, if the process of entering to win is too complicated or there is too much stuff to do, I won’t enter. —I am a stay at home mom to infant twins, I run MomFuse.com and the BartingMomsClub.com, and I like to spend time with my family. I don’t have the extra time to do a ton of extra stuff!
3. Promote, Promote, Promote
Promoting a giveaway is the only way people will know you have one. There are tons of free sites out there to list your giveaway (just do a Google search). There are also other blogs, like Mom Fuse, that allow you to list your giveaway. You would be surprised at how much extra traffic and giveaway entries you receive from these.
Twitter, which has become very popular, is also a good way to promote your giveaway or anything else terrific on your blog. Be sure not to come off as spammy. People don’t like spam or those who spam them.
Another great way to promote is to offer additional entries to those who post the contest info on their blogs. This not only helps spread the word about your giveaway but also gets people linking to your website and in turn getting you more visitors and better stats.
The bottom line, write a story, not just a review… companies will appreciate your creativity, and so will your readers!
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