During my Blogging Basics Series, we have covered getting some more readers and finding review and giveaway sponsors. Now, lets talk about getting more comments on the giveaways that you host.
Until you build up a crazy following of readers (not a following of crazy readers), you are not going to have a ton of comments on your giveaways. You need to develop a list of giveaway listing sites and spend an hour or so devoted to listing your current giveaways there.
I looked at TONS of giveaway listing sites years ago and recorded the emails of those that accepted giveaway listings via email. I saved each email addy to a distribution list in my Outlook and now when I do a giveaway, I drop an email to that list. Simple and it goes to several sites with one quick email. Then, I spent some time on Yahoogroups looking for giveaway sites and joining them. I added those emails to the distribution list. 
So, with one 10 second email, I reach thousands (probably millions) of people!
If I notice that my giveaways aren’t getting the comments I think it should (or if I have too much time on my hands – OR if I have a pretty expensive giveaway) I also spend some time listing giveaways on linkies and such:
If none of that is making the difference I want, then I google “list your giveaway” at Google and start at the top adding my giveaways.
At one point, I did have a giveaway Tuesdays Linky on this site, but I got too busy to keep it up. If anyone is interested in brining that back, please email me. It is NOT a paying position, but you can include your small author bio with a couple links (like your fan page, website, and twitter) at the bottom of each post that you write.
Good luck! Is there something you would like to see in my Wednesday Blogging Basics Series?
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These are all good ideas! I’ve found that including my giveaways in the linky at Money Saving Mom brings in a lot of traffic, as well.
At times I’ve offered extra entries for adding the giveaway into someone else’s linky, but no one really does that. I’m not sure why!
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@Melissa, Melissa, I have a few readers that do that.
It is one of my bonus entries and some people take it
As always great advice!
Listing your giveaways certainly is time consuming… but you’ve gotta do it.
Here is a great list complied by the day of the week for all of the sites who offer link ups for your giveaways. http://mommysnacks.net/2009/02/list-for-giveaway-hostlinky-sites/
I would love to see a blogging tip on preparing a Media Kit for your site. What goes in it, pointers, how to….. I don’t ask for much, do I? ha
You rock Kelle!
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@Crystal @ Co, Thanks so much for sharing the link, Crystal! But, it won’t show up for me. LOL! I just get a blank document.
great ideas, thanks for sharing! I am now following your site. I thought I was before but for some reason I wasn’t.
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What do you feel gets you the most exposure? I’ve just started giveaways/reviews and have the most referrals from online-sweepstakes. It takes me about 2 hours each saturday to list all my gives on 4 different sites. It’s exhausting.
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@brandy, Online sweepstakes is by far the best for me. But, if you start looking at some of those sites where you typically list your giveaways, I bet you will find at least a couple that allow you to submit via email. If so, add the email to a distribution list and remove the site from your line up. Then, just shoot off one email to several sites with a list of ALL your current giveaways.
Wow. You girls put a lot of work into getting your traffic. It makes me think of how I need to ‘step it up’ and that those stats don’t magically pop up. Thanks for the post and the subsequent comments!
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@TerriAnn, Hi TerriAnn, I consider it a business and treat it as such.
I am not a hobbiest so, yeah.. I put in a ton of work. LOL!