Comments on: Product Reviews and Giveaways: Yay or Nay?

By: Liberty

Liberty — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:24:12 +0000

Mobi, giveaways really are a lot of work, aren’t they? A LOT. But I know a lot of readers dig swag (I know I sure do). Hmmm…

Thanks for weighing in everyone. I’ll definitely press on with the ones we have scheduled and go from there.

By: Mobi

Mobi — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:01:43 +0000

Our blog started getting into the giveaway thing, but we dumped it quick after we found out how much work it was. We determined we were better off devoting our limited time to other aspects of the blog.

If you look at it as a separate profit center, assign one blogger to handle the giveaways and nothing else, including writing all associated posts, winner selection, receiving products, dealing with companies, mailing and dealing with returned packages and the like, and the cost of that blogger seems to justify the estimated additional traffic and links, then it might be worth it.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:40:36 +0000

yay. definitely.

By: A'Llyn

A'Llyn — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:34:06 +0000

I love swag, so it’s all good with me.