Giveaways

A Novel Mind likes to do more than tell our readers about the books we are reading. We like to really encourage our readers to read!  The best way to do this is by putting books in their hands through giveaways from great sponsors like you.  If you’d be willing to offer your product to our readers through a blog giveaway, we’d be honored to host it for you. Below you will find some basic details about A Novel Mind Giveaways:

Our Obligations

• All giveaways will run for a minimum of one week.  At your request, we will frequently be willing to run it longer.
• Your giveaway will be run in the “Featured” category on the home page for at least one day.
• If you have a 125 x 125 pixel advertisement button, we will run it for two weeks after posting your review in the upper half of our sidebar.
• We will provide at least a 100 word description of your product and one image.
• We will require all contest entrants to go to a website of your choice for entering the contest.
• Contests will be open to all US residents. If you would like to open the contest to a wider audience, please inform of us.
• Contest will be submitted to multiple contest listing sites to increase entries (and thus hits to your site).

Your Obligations

• Providing complete description of prize for contest post is the responsibility of your company.
• Shipping of winning item is the responsibility of your company, not A Novel Mind or the winner. At the end of a contest, we will send you the winner’s shipping information, and you are responsible for shipping directly to them. Please DO NOT send contest prizes to A Novel Mind.  We will send you the winner’s information!
• Prizes should be sent to winner within one month unless arrangements are made prior to the contest with other details.

Gift Certificates

• If you would rather offer a gift certificate (mailed or e-code) we do ask that it be an amount that will cover the entire purchase including shipping of at least one item available on your website.

Combining The Giveaway with a Review

Would you like to increase the exposure and efforts of our team?  A product sample is not required  for giveaways, but is always welcomed. This will allow us to provide a more comprehensive review of your product/service. In exchange for offering a product for review and for a giveaway, you will receive the following:

• Your giveaway will be run in the “Featured” category on the home page for at least two days.
• If you have a 125 x 125 pixel advertisement button, we will run it for three weeks after posting your review in the upper half of our sidebar.
• We will provide at least a 300 word review of your product/service.
• An extra entry will be given for linking back to the website of your choice.
• Contest will be submitted to a larger number of contest listing sites – generating more traffic for you.
• In addition to completing your review/giveaway, we will forward you a list of other blogs that may be interested in promoting your product (if requested).

Want to get maximum exposure of your product from A Novel Mind?

If you’d be interested in the “prime package” of support and advertisement from A Novel Mind, consider donating to Blogger’s Give.  Below you will find a brief summary of Blogger’s Give.  If you think you’ll be interested, go here to see all the benefits of working with this great organization.

ATTENTION: We would also like to encourage you to consider participating in something called “Bloggers Give” which you can learn more about here: http://bloggersgive.com/. Bloggers Give is a program run and organized by bloggers who are collecting items for special charities. We are a participating blog, and we are committed to giving back to people in need.

Any time a participating blogger commits to a review or giveaway, we are asking the product sponsor to consider donating an identical item to Bloggers Give. This is not a requirement to work with us, but it will provide additional exposure for your company and your product. In addition to the review and giveaway on my site, participating sponsors receive sidebar advertising on the Bloggers Give site for each month they donate, a permanent listing in the Bloggers Give donating companies archive, plus there are additional perks each month for the sponsor who donates the most in a given month. On top of all that, you will be providing a charitable donation that could change someone’s life!

If you would like to help us make a difference and get extra exposure for your product, let me know know and I will make all the arrangements for you to participate in Bloggers Give!