I was looking for a way to boost the number of entries in my American Girl Doll giveaway, so I emailed a popular giveaway blogger who gets hundreds of entries on every giveaway and asked her for suggestions. She asked if she could give me some feedback. I said of course she could! She told me that the main entry requirement for the giveaway was too complicated. That it sounded like entries needed to be an impassioned plea and that I would pick the "best" entry as the winner. That was totally my fault for not explaining it correctly. American Girl is encouraging girls to be active in their communities, to help others. What I SHOULD have said in the main entry requirement is "tell me who you'll give this doll to if you win, and whether they do anything to help their community, such as helping with food drives, giving unwanted clothes and toys to Goodwill, etc." I use a plugin called "And the Winner Is" to choose the giveaway winner, it searches through the comments on the post … [Read more...]
American Girl Doll Giveaway -Enter By 7/31/10
This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the randomly chosen winner: comment #24 from Hannah B.! American Girl is giving you a chance to make a big difference in the lives of children through their Shine On Now program, which I first told you about last week. Their goal is to donate $1 million dollars to four childrens' charities and in order to make that happen, one million virtual stars need to be donated to the program. Here's how it works: Go to the Shine On Now website and look for the Donate Your Star! box. Type in the name of your child and a parent email address and click the arrow. This box will pop up: Click on the star, drag it into the outline, and you've donated one star. For every star, your daughter gets one entry in a drawing to win an American Girl Doll, they are giving away one every day until July 31st. You can donate up to 100 stars a day so that's 100 chances to win! Not only did American Girl donate 1000 stars in my name to the program … [Read more...]
American Girl Gives Back With Shine On Now
I am thrilled to be among a group of amazing bloggers who are helping American Girl with their Shine on Now initiative. From now until July 31st, girls and their parents can go to shineonnow.com and put their collective efforts to powerful use. Visitors can contribute up to 100 free stars each day to help American Girl reach its goal of collecting one million stars by the end of the program. If the target is reached, American Girl will donate its maximum gift of $1 million dollars in clothes, books, dolls, and money to four designated charities - Kids In Distressed Situations, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, National Wildlife Federation, and Save the Children. YOU CAN HELP! It's SO EASY! ALL you have to do to have a star donated is go to the site, fill in your child's name and a parent's email address, and click donate. You don't even have to wait to get a confirmation email! You'll see a graphic pop up with a star and a star outline, you … [Read more...]
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