Tips on how to Effectively Promote a Blog Giveaway

One thing to keep online readers interested and at the same time attract new followers to check out your website is to launch a blog giveaway contest. This is probably one of the easiest, funniest and quickest way of promoting your website. After all, everyone is up for free stuff right? But the challenge for the blog owner is to come up with a contest that people will actually get interested to sign up and at the same time spread the words to others.


There’s always a thing or two that bloggers should learn about hosting a giveaway contest. Problems might be encountered along the way and poor planning could lead into an unsuccessful campaign. Here are some tips on how to come up with a blog giveaway or contest that will surely become a great success:
  • Get organized and start thinking of a catchy phrase that you can use as the contest title. Keep it simple, short and easy to remember. Keep in mind that internet users usually want to get information at first glance. Make sure to come up with a contest title that has a good memorable recall.
  • Be clear about instructions. There’ll be a lot of aspects to pay attention to such as the guidelines on how to join the contest, the rules of the contest and the announcement of winners. These details are the main point of the blog contest. Come up with easy to read and understand rules instead of complicated terms that might get readers confused.
  • Promotions are very important. Invite other blog friends to participate and join in the fun. Use all possible forms of social media in order to get people aware of your blog contest. Remember to check all the details before you launch the blog giveaway and be ready to answer questions during the entire promo period.
Sabrina is a freelance content writer. She enjoys reading and writing about women’s fashion and lifestyle. Currently working for tasker, she sees this as an opportunity to share information about bags.

Comments

  1. Found you on the Alexa Drop Hop. Always looking for ideas to promote my brand new blog. Eventually, I'd love to hook up with some people for giveaways and will definitely be looking for advice!

  2. rona says:

    have you been tweaking? you're learning how to tweak na din? hihi.

  3. rona says:

    naku ok lang algene, I'm sure nag-eenjoy kang makita ung mga changes na gusto mo. Naiintindihan kita. Jan ako nagsimula eh. haha. Enjoy tweaking. At baka maging designer ka na din, clap clap!

  4. wow nice! well…i dont have time to start a contest. tho i would really want to! waaaa

  5. Karren says:

    Hi there, I am stopping by from the Alexa Hop on Racing and Savings Mama to show support and help boost your Alexa rating.
    Hope you can do the same for me at Oh! My Heartsie
    Hope this helps to boost your ratings, Thanks in advance, Karren

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  7. seth says:

    I am planning to have a blog giveaway and this post is very timely. Thanks!

  8. redamethyst says:

    hosting a contest is a great way to promote your site. sponsoring a contest would help too.

  9. Ada says:

    Thanks for the great tips! I just recently had my 1st giveaway on my own & thank God it has actually went pretty smooth,but after reading this I know I could have done some things different. Will keep this in mind.

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