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I have a few questions lovely ones! All about giveaways.
  1. When did you host your first giveaway? and for what reasons?
  2. If you've hosted a giveaway before, how do you determine the winner? or does the program do that for you?
Thanks in advance for your answers! 






BTW I just want to win giveaways LOL!!
This is what I do when I lose :(
I enter a lot of giveaways. I figured I might not won,but than again maybe I will.So it can't hurt to try!

(Don't own these graphics just using them for entertainment)
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  1. 365_books_a_yearJune 30, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    1. I did my first giveaway a few weeks ago for making 100 followers. It will end in a few days. I have another one ending around that time too.
    2. I didn't want to learn how to use Rafflecopter, so I've run my two contests differently. They're not based on luck. I don't want to post the links, because I don't want to spam your blog. But you can check them out- and enter them- if you want.

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    1. Crystal B.June 30, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      Thank you so much! your post was very informative on alternate but effective ways to host giveaways!


      Thanks for stopping by :D

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  2. Carmen ShawJune 30, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    I did my first giveaway when I had been blogging for about 6 months. I did a giveaway because an author had contacted me and asked me to review her book and host a interview & giveaway on my blog. (I was so freaking excited!) And you determine the winner through rafflecopter. I wasn't sure if i wanted to use rafflecopter cause i thought it'd be all complicated but it's not at all, I figured how to use it right away! Once the giveaway has ended, you click a button and it will randomly select the winner 4 u!

    Shae @ Understanding Shae's Story

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    1. Crystal B.June 30, 2012 at 6:48 PM

      Rafflecopter sounds like a good way to host giveaways, I'm finding out that every way will have it's own negatives and positives.


      Seeing that you didn't host one until six months is very helpful. I see people that have giveaways every week and ask myself "I'm I suppose too be doing it that often?"

      I don't think I will be doing a giveaway for a while either.Until I establish myself as a blogger.

      Thanks for stopping by :D
      Sorry this was so long

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  3. UnknownJune 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    1. First giveaway was in November 2011 when my blog was around 10 months old and I did it because someone approached me asking if I would host one for their product :)

    2. I used to use google docs and then I would use a random number generator to pick a number and then the entry that matched that number would be the winner. These days I use rafflecopter for the majority of my giveaways as it basically does everything for you. At the end of the giveaway you simply ask it to choose a winner and it does! Simples :)

    -Laura
    What's Hot?

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    1. Crystal B.June 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM

      I don't think I will not be doing a giveaway anytime soon.Until I've been her for a while either. I just see a lot of giveaways and on some newer bloggers and I wanted to know how they funded so many, and if this was expected for all blogs.


      Thanks for the advice and for stopping by :D

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  4. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 6:02 PM

    I haven't hosted a giveaway before but I'm thinking of having one when my blog reaches 100 followers.

    I would probably use Goodreads to host the giveaway or Rafflecopter as most people use those, but like Laura, I could always use Google docs.

    I love the gif, haha. I have entered so many Goodreads giveaway and I still have not won! Not one! Hopefully, I'll win one someday.

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    1. Crystal B.June 30, 2012 at 6:53 PM

      Those sound like excellent ways to host giveaways! Don't think I will be doing one in the near future, but at least now I know what to do.


      Thanks for stopping by :D

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  5. 365_books_a_yearJune 30, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    I didn't have the energy to do a Rafflecopter and then I read someone's post about cheating on Rafflecopter:
    http://www.radiant-shadows.com/2012/06/cheating-cheaters-cheat.html

    Didn't want to have to deal with that.

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    1. Crystal B.June 30, 2012 at 6:55 PM

      Thanks for this post, it was very helpful. I guess people just always want to cheat systems.

      When I do my first giveaway I will take all these comments/advice into account and come up with the best way to host a giveaway.

      Thanks for the post and for stopping by :D

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  6. SandyJune 30, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    When did you host your first giveaway? and for what reasons?

    I did my first giveaway less than a month after I first started my blog. About two weeks. I did it because I wanted to give something away and I wanted to give my blog greater exposure and gain more followers. Giveaways are an easy way for gaining new followers but not the kind that keep returning so I don't do them for that reason any more though it's a nice side effect.

    If you've hosted a giveaway before, how do you determine the win? or does the program do that for you?
    I use random.org to pick a winner. You just put 1 and the amount of entries and then hit a button and whatever number it gives back is the winner.

    For giveaways I also suggest putting a disclaimer letting people know that you aren't responsible for prizes that get lost or damaged in the mail during shipping.

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