What’s the phrase? Better late than never?
I’ve been blogging for a whopping 3 weeks now. Since that time, I’ve come across some amazing blogs! And some amazing ideas, one being the Bloggy Giveaway. Scootch on over there and give ‘er a look!
For my first Bloggy Giveaway, I will be giving the winner a $10 giftcard to our beloved Starbucks. Oh, don’t ya just love Starbucks. Please follow the directions to be included.
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Browse through my new, very cool blog by clicking on the title, Milk in the Closet. This will lead you to the rest of my blog. Leave a comment on the post entitled, “Deep Thoughts by a New Blogger,” specifically leaving a tip for new bloggers. Comments left without advice will be crushed and destroyed. (Didn’t your teacher ever tell you to read all the directions?) And please don’t tell me just to have fun and be myself. While I appreciate the gesture, it’s actually not that helpful since I now know that. I look forward to reading your blogging tips!
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No duplicates, please.
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A winner will be chosen using some fair, objective method (random.org or something similar) at the end of the Superbowl on Sunday, February 3, 2008.
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Winner will be contacted via email, so be sure you leave your email address either in your profile or on the comment itself. In the event that some poor soul gives the wrong email address or does’t reply to the email, another winner will be selected within 3 days.
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Contest is open to bloggers and non-bloggers alike, but to U.S. residents only.
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You do not need to comment on this post.
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Hmmm…what else. Oh, I’m new at this, you know, so if you have a blog and add me to your blogroll, I’ll enter you twice! How’s that for a deal? Just be sure to comment twice, letting me know you have done so.
Okay, I think that’s it. Remember to check out the other 800+ giveaways over at Rocks in my Dryer. Thanks and good luck…even though I don’t believe in luck.
Have a blessed day!
63 responses to “Bloggy Giveaway! Okay, so I’m a bit late…”
Shannon
January 31st, 2008 at 07:52
Enter me please for the giveaway! Love some Starbucks!!
palmersf@comcast.net
Jane Marie
January 31st, 2008 at 07:57
Advice for new bloggers: Repeat your blog title in the first paragraph so the system can find your blog when others are searching for that subject.
Enter me in the giveaway, please. Love that Starbucks!!
Christina
January 31st, 2008 at 08:13
Now to find this post you’re talking about… LOL
Robin
January 31st, 2008 at 08:13
Well, welcome to blogging :). It’s a WILD adventure..and a wonderful outlet, yes? Funny, I blogged for SIX MONTHS before I even shared my URL with anyone. Now? Well…I just lurvelurvelurve it!
Thanks for your Starbucks give-away, I’m headed over to your other post now, but I wanted to say hello here, too.
🙂
Ooooo, and I’m giving away DAILY prizes, so if you have any interest in lots of stuff, I’d love for you to visit, too.
Daily give-aways til Friday!
Allison
January 31st, 2008 at 08:24
Comment has been duly posted at the appropriate spot. Hope it’s useful.
Dina
January 31st, 2008 at 08:26
Hi, can ya enter me too!!! I have a very intimate relationship with Starbucks…. 🙂
Check out my giveaway too over at http://www.mommysworldonline.com I am giving away a $10 gift card to Victorias Secret..!!
D
Laura Graham
January 31st, 2008 at 08:31
Tip for new bloggers…well I would say to keep your page updated! We aren’t so good at that 🙂 Please enter me in the contest!
Wendy
January 31st, 2008 at 08:38
Hmmm…my tip to new bloggers…Have fun with it!
gail
January 31st, 2008 at 09:03
I think you should just follow your own advice, be yourself. I think of blogging as journaling, but with the bonus of opening myself up to others who are lead to me by God. Otherwise it’s so easy to get stuck in our own thoughts, fears and ruts.
Adrienne
January 31st, 2008 at 09:08
I just found the bloggy giveaway site and am enjoing reading the blogs. I love Starbucks and am posting my tip under the specific post. Please enter me in the contest
Rachie S.
January 31st, 2008 at 09:10
LOVE starbucks!!
You have to be honest!!
Glass Half Full
January 31st, 2008 at 09:14
YUMMO!
Lori
Leah
January 31st, 2008 at 09:16
Keep updated. I believe some subtract from their list if you haven’t updated within a month. I guess that’s fair. I like keeping things somewhat simple too.
Thanks for including me. LOVE Starbucks! And good luck on your blogging endeavors!
Michelle
January 31st, 2008 at 10:03
I posted a comment on the blog post you mentioned, but wasn’t sure if you wanted us to come back here and post as well or not. I would love to be entered in your giveaway.
I wish you all the best in your blogging endeavour.
Margaret Smith
January 31st, 2008 at 10:03
Thanks for the great giveaway. Please enter me. Love Starbucks. Thanks.
Jodi W
January 31st, 2008 at 10:06
advice for new bloggers: back up your code! Be very, VERY careful when changing the format of your blog – I learned the hard way! Love me some Starbucks!
Tracy
January 31st, 2008 at 10:06
Great giveaway! I left my comments on the appropriate post but wanted to let you know here as well!
Susan Ramey Cleveland
January 31st, 2008 at 10:12
I do love Starbucks! Count me in please.
Wendy
January 31st, 2008 at 10:19
Welcome to blogging…I left my comment over there:)
Tracy N
January 31st, 2008 at 10:29
Enter me
tnayar at verizon dot net
Cindi Hoppes
January 31st, 2008 at 10:31
I left a comment on your blog. Please enter me in your fabulous drawing. Thanks,Cindi
Lisa
January 31st, 2008 at 10:38
Tip to new bloggers,
Just go for it, even if you are 88 or 15. You can do it!
Thank you for you having such a generous giveaway! I would LOVE to win!
Thanks again!
Hannah
January 31st, 2008 at 10:38
I posted over on your other post and added you to my reader. I’m looking forward to reading more from you!
Jeannie
January 31st, 2008 at 10:50
I’m still new to the whole “BLOG WORLD” thing too!
I don’t think you would call this a tip but it’s just a few of my thoughts about the blog world! I love it…I’ve met some really nice people on here!! I signed up because my BFF lives in Atlanta and I’m in Texas…this is a way for her and I to keep in touch with one another!! A tip I received was NOT to post with yoru real names….my frine in Atlanta has some issues becasue she posted with her last name and some FREAK was searching for them on the net and leaving mean and nasty comments! So…I’m “J”….really it’s Jeannie but you will never hear me say my last name. My boufriend is Mr. “S” and his little girl is Lil Miss “H”! =) I think this is a GREAT way to meet people…get things off your chest!!!! It was nice chatting with you…I don’t have a blog roll (I don’t know how to set that up…that is how new I am)…I just added you to my blog fav folder!!! =) I will be back!!!! Be sure to stop by and check me out as well!!!
Thanks for a cool give-away! =)
Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings
January 31st, 2008 at 12:47
Count me in please.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Stop by my place to win a bath set & candles or one of two copies of a book I’m giving away. Don’t miss the daily edition of contests galore that I post on my blog.
Laura @ Laura Williams’ Musings
email is in my profile or you can contact me via the contact form on my blog.
Lovesprout
January 31st, 2008 at 13:28
Starbucks. Yay!
Mommy
January 31st, 2008 at 13:33
Oh please enter me ! I love Starbucks! Thank you, and welcome to the blogging world. It is “lots” of fun!
Poppy
January 31st, 2008 at 13:46
Enter me please!!
Amy
January 31st, 2008 at 14:19
ooooh, you are so good! very clever way to do the contest. Next time, please give me some tips! 🙂
By the way, thanks for the song. I don’t think I can listen to it at work, but I will at home! I’m adding you to my blogroll…how come I hadn’t before?
Fresh Girl
January 31st, 2008 at 14:20
Please put my name in the hat! Thanks! My email address is in my profile. 🙂
kelly
January 31st, 2008 at 14:35
Please choose me!
cezovski
January 31st, 2008 at 14:42
Love Starbucks! Especially the Chai Tea Latte!
digicat@sbcglobal.net
Bri
January 31st, 2008 at 14:51
Please enter me. I would love to splurge on some starbucks!
chantelle
January 31st, 2008 at 15:25
awesome! thank you!
Liz Reese
January 31st, 2008 at 15:58
maybe it’s a slight pet peeve of a tip, so not a “real” tip, but i don’t like it when people have music that has to load and play while you’re looking at their blog. it totally slows anything else down on my computer. sigh. . .
love hot chocolate at starbucks!
check out my contest:
http://alittlegirlie.blogspot.com/
Eleanor Anderson
January 31st, 2008 at 16:09
I’m very new myself, and I think your blog looks a lot better than the one I’ve been trying to do. My lame advice is to read other people’s blogs and see how your can incorproate their ideas into your blog. Also, write about whatever interests you because there’s someone out there with similar interests that you might makes friends with and exchange ideas with! Good luck.
Talitha Lee
January 31st, 2008 at 17:58
Ignore anyone who doesn’t like what you have to say!
airalynn@gmail.com
Dan
January 31st, 2008 at 18:01
please enter me
Susan
January 31st, 2008 at 18:02
Yummy
Leigh @eneral Ramblings
January 31st, 2008 at 18:37
Hope I win! Cool!!! Thanks!
Bonnie
January 31st, 2008 at 19:39
Yummy!
acupofjoy
January 31st, 2008 at 20:55
Fantastic! Please enter me!
renae68
January 31st, 2008 at 22:10
Okay, since the name of MY blog is Morning Coffee, and I honestly have to save the beloved Fourbucks – oh I mean Starbucks visit for very special treats, I really think you should take pity on a fellow coffee lover and blogger and give the prize to me.
As for blogging tips, just hang in there, and keep your writing real – as in transparent. People love it when they read that someone else had that very same thought – you know the one that you thought you’d die if anyone knew you were thinking that! People will find you eventually, if not overnight, and they will keep coming back if you give them something meaningful.
Blessings to you, fellow blogger!
Needing and praying for caffeine from heaven . . .
Renae
http://www.renaebrumbaugh.com
Lynne
February 1st, 2008 at 00:49
Your blog looks awesome…I am considering starting one..
Congrats on yours. I love it.
Count me in on the give away. I love coffee
Lynne
Tina Jett
February 1st, 2008 at 02:13
Hi, my tip would be to add colorful pictures to show your readers what you’re talking about. Who doesn’t like pictures??? 🙂
Please add me to your giveaway! Thanks!
palmtreefanatic
February 1st, 2008 at 05:27
GREAT giveaway
count me in!
Deborah
February 1st, 2008 at 09:07
Okay – being a non-blogger (just simply can’t figure it out and guess I’ll forever be electronically-challenged), I have (sigh) no good tips to offer.
I have only recently discovered ‘blogs’ and have found myself living vicariously through many, many, MANY of you. I have found my interests are varied – newborns, crafts, food, recipes, SAHM (ha! Can’t tell you how long I read blogs about SAHM’s before I figured out what that meant), and I find it so interesting when I’m reading and it will say “I told you about that ‘here’ and voila’ I click on that and I go to a previous entry that had been made. I love pictures of local events, family members (sometimes with faces turned so you cannot see the individual person), food items that have been prepared, and various other things.
Stuff I don’t like? Blogs that I can’t maneuver around in – for instance I get to the bottom of the last blog entry and there is nothing there that says “Older Post” or “Newer Post” and I can’t figure out how to read any more. Blogs that have movies or music that I’m having to wait for all of that to upload/download (told you I was electronically challenged) before I can even start reading.
Maybe one day I’ll figure out how to join this wide world of friends. In the meantime, I’m out here as just one other anonymous person.
And hey – I don’t even know if I have to put my e-mail address in this ‘comment’ block or if you can see it where it is diplayed in the ‘e-mail (required)’ block.
So since I don’t know any better. Here is my standard comment “If I win, please contact me at dmj53(at)hotmail(dot)com.”
Mama Luxe
February 1st, 2008 at 09:21
I love chai–and you can use random.org to pick a random number–that’s what I do with my random giveaways!
chadandangela
February 1st, 2008 at 10:38
ok….I read some of your posts…and it seems you occasionally leave a word in some sentences…..I still understand, it just makes it harder to read. And your blog for Amy..i didn’t understand at all…….
So hope that helps…you wanted us to comment so I did, please still ENTER ME!!!! THANKS!!
stephanie
February 1st, 2008 at 10:47
I don’t blog, but I do lurk. However, lurking is only fun when the blogger is entertaining. Therefore, there is my advice. And by the way, Target Giveaways ROCK!!!
Good luck with the blog!
Sara
February 1st, 2008 at 11:29
Thank you for entering me. 🙂
Jennifer H.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:38
I’m a fairly new blogger myself, but have recently discovered Windows Live Writer and I love it! That would be my suggestion for easier posting! I’d love to win, so please count me in! Thanks for the chance. Have a great Friday!
Jennifer 🙂
KJ
February 1st, 2008 at 12:33
OH WHAT FUN! THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND PLEASE INCLUDE ME…
KJ
CALIFORNIA
Sarah A.
February 1st, 2008 at 13:55
Advice is to write often. People will read it more.
Theresa Shafer
February 1st, 2008 at 15:17
Joining rest of starbucks addict here for a chance to get a green tea – double scoop with soy milk.
Remember to keep any reference to where you are a secret. No pictures of landmarks right next to you.
One blogger already talked about having to start a new blog due to stalker.
Be safe , have fun.
Kara
February 1st, 2008 at 17:03
Mornings are a better time with a Peppermint Mocha in hand!
Doreen
February 1st, 2008 at 17:41
I would just say to update often so you don’t lose any Readers! 🙂 Would love to win some Starbucks pleeeeeeeaseee! 🙂
Amy
February 1st, 2008 at 20:29
I really want this prize! I would love to have a “coffee date” with my hubby. 🙂
lindass
February 1st, 2008 at 20:48
Thank you for offering a prize that everyone loves – I’ll never drink too many hazelnut Lattes:)
Nicki
February 2nd, 2008 at 09:46
Enter me please!
Jenna Z
February 2nd, 2008 at 21:16
Ooh, nifty! Please add my name to the hat!
jennifer573
February 3rd, 2008 at 09:40
would love to win 🙂
Diana
February 3rd, 2008 at 09:53
I love starbucks raspberry mocha, yum, thanks.