HOT SUMMER GIVEAWAYS!! Looking For Shops!

I will be hosting a week of giveaways! The giveaways will start tomorrow, with a set of hair items from my own shop. I am looking for shops who would like to participate by donating items to give away.

As some of you know, I run an advertising page on facebook, and reach over 4,000 people daily, and will be advertising your etsy shop or facebook page or blog along with the giveaway.

Details:

You will have a 5 day giveaway period. Your post will be posted and advertised for 5 days here on the blog, as well as on Facebook, and in other blog giveaway linkies.

Your item will be given to a random comment. To enter, participants are required to:

• Like your facebook page OR pick an item they love the most from your Etsy shop OR follow your blog. You can choose which to require, but only 1 is required. 
• Like my facebook advertising page.

For extra entries, they can also:

• Like, follow, or pick items from your facebook, blog, or etsy shop.

Winners will be randomly drawn by me. People donating prizes are required to ship within 5 days at their own cost.

If you are interested in participating, let me know!!

You'll need to get me the following info:

• Contact me at Herberkids3(at)yahoo.com OR send a MESSAGE to Heather Tompkins on Facebook. 
• A description and photo of the item you wish to give away. If you wish to do something custom, please get me a comparable photo to post, and make sure to list that it is A) custom, and B) how long it will take to arrive.
• A logo from your shop, facebook page, or blog!
• Links to which ever of the following you have: A facebook shop, an Etsy shop, a Blog.
• A description of items you offer in your shop! 
• Snag a button to share on your blog- you can link it directly to the blog, or to your specific giveaway!

Please leave a comment if you wish to participate! I'm looking to have items to giveaway Tuesday through Saturday, with the giveaway announcements starting Sunday. I will do several per day, if there are more shops interested.

Heather

Welcome to Talented Tuesday!

And as it usually happens, the week has changed, and with it, another Tuesday. Welcome, then, to Talented Tuesday, where you get to strut your stuff!

As you have no doubt noticed, I'm strutting a new blog look, and loving it! With it comes a brand new, hopefully permanent, Talented Tuesday icon. If you are using any of the past ones, please swap out for the new one!!

And for those of you who have your own blog or Etsy shop, I am now offering Talented Tuesday Sponsorships. For $5, you will be able to post a tutorial, or feature your own past projects, along with choosing a handful of projects you enjoyed from the prior Tuesday's link party. This will result in advertising for your blog or shop, and extra hits to your page.

If you are interested in sponsoring a Talented Tuesday link party here on my blog, please email me at herberkids3(at)yahoo(dot)com, with "Talented Tuesday Sponsor" as the subject matter.

 

You can also now advertise with My Frugal Family on a monthly basis. Please check out our advertising rates here.

Without further bugging you, here are a few of my favorites from last week's post. 

For those of you featured, you can pick up my new "Featured On" button here. When I was placing it in the post, a lot of people thought it was the Talented Tuesday button, and used it for that.

Cheryl at Sew Can Do turned her old newborn clothing turned into clothing for older babies- perfect!

Just a bit of paint turned this rental kitchen from Blah to Fab! Bridgette at All Thingz Related re-did a dated paneled kitchen and made it gorgeous.

To fully appreciate this makeover, you must go view the original! Bonnie at House of Grace re-did her guest bedroom for under $100, and it looks fantastic!

Last, but hardly least...

Jen at Mimi Bella Boo recently lost her grandmother, and wanted to create something special to wear to the funeral. She dug through her Grandma's drawers and found vintage t's and costume jewelry, and made several lovely necklaces to remember her by.

 

There were many more wonderful posts last week, but I'm pleading a headache, and heading to bed early tonight (though, for once, I've got the post done, and won't be scrambling to finish it at 8am tomorrow!).

Thank you all so much for participating! Don't forget to spread the news of the party- the more the merrier!

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The Rules

1) Post a blog about something you've made- a refurnish, recipes, a craft project, a sewing project, room decoration, anything you've done!

2) Add a link to your blog post- not to the blog itself, but to the individual posts! You can post more than one project, just add more links! The links should look something like:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/2010/01/love-banner.html

and NOT like this:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/

3) Add the code below to each post you link to the MckLinky, so that others can post their projects here as well! The list will accept new links through Saturday, so if you make something new, come back and post it! Don't forget to look at the links on the list, and let people know where you found their post at!

This MckLinky will remain open and accepting links through Thursday evening!! 

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<a border="0" href="http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv318/princessspanky/tt1.png" /></a>

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Advertising on My Frugal Family- Get More Views!

Do you have a blog, website, or Etsy shop? I now offer advertising here on My Frugal Family.


I regularly post links on My Frugal Family's facebook page, which draws in more page views, and new sponsors will receive 1 facebook link per week that they are advertising. For the 30 day, you will get 4-5 facebook posts (depending on how many weeks are in the month!), and for a Talented Tuesday, you will get 1 facebook link.

The facebook links will go directly to your website, NOT link back to mine!


My 7 day average views vary between 500 & 750, with some individual days going up over 1000 page views.


Payment can be made via Paypal, and is due before the ad is placed. Your ad can be renewed at any time, and will be removed automatically when the advertising dates have run their course. Please let me know prior to the cut off date if you wish to renew.


Rates

• $5 for a 30 day 125x125 block ad (you provide the ad graphic), which will run in the upper right hand corner section, in view of anyone who comes to visit My Frugal Family. This comes with 4 to 5 direct link posts on my personal Facebook page, and the My Frugal Family Facebook Fan page.
• $5 for a Talented Tuesday Sponsorship in post ad, which will also come with either craft features of yours, or a new tutorial of yours. Tuesday's typically garner anywhere from 900-1400 page views, and include a link party. You provide what you want posted for the week. This ad is for a single Talented Tuesday ad.This comes with a single direct link post on my personal Facebook page, and a single link on the My Frugal Family Facebook Fan page.

If you are interested in  advertising, email me at herberkids3(at)yahoo(dot)com, and include the word Advertising in the subject line.


All ads are subject to approval based on appropriate material.

I'm Wondering About Advertising

I've been noticing more and more blogs that are selling ad space. I'm contemplating doing the same, but I don't really know that my blog is big enough to really generate hits.

Right now, based on the past 7 days, I have an average daily visit count of almost 700. It fluctuates up and down, though, depending on how crafty and linky I am on any given week. For the most part, I stay up around or over 500, and have since I started doing Talented Tuesday's 6 weeks ago.

What do you guys think? Does anyone else out there currently do blog to blog advertising? Do you like it? How much do you charge?

Then there is the layout- I would really need a new layout (probably a 3 column) to do this "right".

Help!