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Sponsor Me for A Harvest Halloween Blog Tour

August 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

I had a lot of fun participating in the Christmas in July Giveaway hop, and I was pleased with the exposure that my blog got, so I’ve decided to participate in more of these events!

I just signed up for A Harvest Halloween Blog Hop hosted by Savey Spender. And now I need sponsors!

The event will take place October 25 through November 1. Prizes must be Fall or Halloween themed, and I must have a $50 prize pack to participate.

If you’d like to sponsor me, you don’t have to donate a $50 prize. You could do a $20 prize, or even a $10 prize. (I just have to have a total of $50 in prize from all my sponsors.) Also, you can feel free to donate a particular item from your shop or store credit. Either is fine with me.

Now what do you get for sponsoring?

If you wish to sponsor me, you’ll be featured in the giveaway post (of course). And then additionally I’ll do a “Sponsor Spotlight/Giveaway Preview” post about you.
Since this is a giveaway hop, there’s a a chance of getting a lot more exposure than with other giveaways.
And this also gives you the chance to get new followers and potential sales.
My Christmas in July Giveaway received 350 entries (plus 64 early entries), and through the giveaway promotions, my sponsors got lots of new followers and likes to their Facebook page.

If you’d like to sponsor me for this event, please send me an email.

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Seeking Giveaway Sponsors for Christmas in July

June 6, 2011 3 Comments

I am participating in the Christmas in July Giveaway Hop hosted by Just Married with Coupons, and I’m seeking giveaway sponsors for the event.

To participate, I need $50 in giveaway prizes. This could be one $50 prize from a single sponsor or a combination of prizes from more than one sponsor, totaling $50.

The Giveaway Hop will take place July 25-31. My sponsor will be featured in the giveaway post, and if I have more than one sponsor, I will write separate feature posts for each sponsor (in addition to the actual giveaway post).

And apart from my usual giveaway “link ups” the giveaway link will be promoted through the Christmas in July Giveaway Hop on 125+ participating blogs!

If you’d like to be a sponsor, just send an email to me at simplysweethome@hotmail.com, with Christmas in July OR Giveaway Hop in the subject. Thanks!

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Friday Favorites

December 17, 2010 1 Comment

I just wanted to remind everyone who may come by today that I’m not a hosting a Friday Favorites Party this week! Instead I invite you to link up to my Christmas Recipe Party. The party will be open through the 22nd, and when you link up you’ll qualify for some great prizes! Old and new posts are welcome, so get to linking up!

As for Friday Favorites, it will return next week, and I’ll be featuring some of the posts that were linked up here last week at that time. Since it will be Christmas Eve, I don’t expect to get too many visitors, but I don’t want to skip 2 weeks in a row, so it will be here for anyone who wants to come by.

Also, just as a heads up to everyone who was sweet enough to stop by today, I’ve got a really awesome Christmas giveaway coming next week! It should be up on Monday or Tuesday if everything goes according to plan! And you’ll have a chance to win some great Baking Supplies for your kitchen worth over $100! Very exciting!

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

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Site Problems Fixed

December 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hey guys. If you came by here earlier today and things were looking a bit “shabby” I apologize.

I had exceeded by bandwidth at photobucket and needed to upgrade to pro. Had I known how close I was to exceeding, I would have upgraded sooner. But the good news is that if my bandwidth was exceeded, that only means that people are actually placing my buttons on their sites. So I guess I should thank you! lol.

Anyway, if you visited your own sites earlier today and my buttons didn’t load properly, they should all be working now! Thanks for understanding!

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New Poll and Giveaway Winners

April 28, 2010 2 Comments

Hello all! I’ve added a new poll in the right hand sidebar. I’m always curious to know how everyone prefers to get their blog updates. So the new poll question is: What is your favorite way to keep up with your favorite bloggers?

Answer selections are:
Twitter
Facebook
Google Reader (or equivalent)
Ning
Blog Frog
Email Subscriptions
Other

I also have a few winners to announce:

The winner of the Uprinting Rolled Canvas giveaway is Angela at Groovy Baby Blog.

The winner of the ecoStore USA $25 giftcard is DEBIJOT who does not have a blog.

And the winner of my UBP – Free Ad Space Giveaway is Imperfection Perfectly. Please stop by this fabulous blog and give her shout!

Please join me in congratulating these winners!

-Jerri

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Announcements: Spring Gift Guide, Giveaway Winners, UBP, and Asking Advice

April 14, 2010 4 Comments

Hello Ladies & Gents! I have a few blog announcements (and some requests) to make today.

Spring Gift Guide – First off, I’ll be launching my Spring Gift Guide in May (exact date to be announced). The gift guide will be reserved for mostly small retailers (etsy shops, mompreneurs, etc.) This is one of the things that I do to say thank you to all of my blog sponsors. Everyone who sponsors my blog gets a feature post written about their shop, and then the gift guide feature is just a little something extra I do to say thanks and to help promote these talented ladies. So if you’d like to be a part of that, take a look at my PR page for all the details on ad prices and packages. Also, if you’re interested in sponsoring a giveaway on Simply Sweet Home, I will include you in the gift guide as well. So send me an email if you are interested in that.

Giveaway Winners: I have 3 winners to announce: The winner of the Survival Seed Giveaway is Kerrie. The winner of the $100 Gift Certificate to Tea Collection is Jennifer of Frugal Front Porch. And Rebecca of Buttons and Bows is the winner of the DIY Fashion Giveaway. Join me in congratulating them! Also, I want to send out a big thank you to everyone who entered and anyone who helped promote these giveaways!

UBP 10′ – I also want to take this time to thank everyone who’s come over here from the Ultimate Blog Party and say thanks and welcome to all my new fans and followers. It’s so great meeting everyone, and I hope to see more of you in the future.

Also, I have all the commenters from my UBP post saved in my inbox, so if you’ve visited me & commented, and I haven’t been around to your blog yet, I should get around to you in the next few days. And just because the party’s over, doesn’t mean the blog hopping has to stop! I, for one, had an incredibly busy weekend and didn’t have time to go to nearly as many blogs as I wanted to (although I did get a chance to visit some great ones! ::wink::). And then I had a local event to go to which prevented me from going to the twitter party, so when I get an some “free time” I’m going to try and head over to some more blogs from the party!

Request for Blog Advice – Finally I have a small favor to ask. I’ve been thinking of swapping to my own unique domain this year, and I was discussing this with my husband the other day, and he thinks I should try to do that soon. But I’ll be honest….I’m clueless about this stuff! I have a few people in mind that I’m probably going to email about this, just to get some general questions answered: which service did you use? how hard was the transition? etc. And I just figured while I’m posting some announcements here, I may as well throw the question out there to everyone. So if you’ve gotten your own custom domain, I’d love for you to tell me about your experience (in the comments or by email). Some issues/problems that I’ve heard of from other people that I want to try and avoid are: losing followers, losing pagerank, losing comments, etc. So if you can help out, I will greatly appreciate it! And I’ll love you forever!

-Jerri

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Ultimate Blog Party

April 8, 2010 56 Comments

It’s time for one of the biggest blog events of the year: The Ultimate Blog Party at 5 Minutes for Mom! This is my 3rd year to attend the party, and I can tell you that it is great fun! It’s a great chance find new blogs, to meet new bloggers, and promote your own blog. There’s even a chance to win prizes! (I’d love to win #3, 15, or 35 on US/Canada list….or #32, 36, 9, or 5 on the US list!)

Thanks for hoppin’ by Simply Sweet Home! My name is Jerri, and I try to make every day a party at my blog, sharing food, fun projects, crafts, home decor, household tips, and great giveaways with my guests!

I’ve been married for 3 years to a wonderful guy named Mark. We don’t have any kids yet, but we have 2 little “cat children” that pretty much run our lives.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy my party post!

Before I share my blog with you, would you like a piece of Darn Good Chocolate Cake? It’s my husband’s birthday this week, and he insists that it’s bad luck if you don’t have a piece! So please take one…or two!

My Blog Events: I’d love for you to participate in my weekly event “Friday Favorites” or one of my other upcoming events!

Spring Gift Guide 2010 – In May I’ll be highlighting some products and businesses. For a guaranteed spot in my gift guide, become a sponsor of my blog. My prices are very low, and I offer a lot of extras with the ad space!

Friday Favorites – I host this weekly linky event. Stop by and link up your favorite post of the week from your blog. Each week I’ll feature bloggers who participate!

Sweet Thursday – This is my monthly dessert carnival where everyone shares a dessert that falls under a particular theme. To be featured in my post you can email a submission to me before the event, or you can stop by the day of the event and leave a link on Mcklinky. Next Event – Cupcakes & Muffins on May 27.

Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash – Last year Simply Sweet Home and 4 other blogs hosted this week long Christmas linky event. I’d love for you to come back for the 2nd annual HBCB.

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Current Giveaways:

Ad Space Giveaway – In honor of the UBP, I’m giving away a month of ad space for free. This will be for a 125×125 ad, and since I know everyone does not have a shop, this can be advertising for blogs as well. Everyone who comments on my party post will go into the drawing, which I’ll do some time next week!

$100 Giftcard for Tea Collection – Win a $100 giftcard toward Children’s Clothing from Tea Collection.

$25 ecoStore USA Giveaway – Win a $25 giftcard toward products from ecoStore USA (household cleaning products, health & beauty, and petcare).

DairyMakesSense.com Prize Pack Featuring Cuisinart (upcoming)

Uprinting Rolled Canvas Giveaway (upcoming)

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Connect with Me

-Stay connected with my blog by subscribing to my feedblitz mailing list or becoming a follower. All followers and subscribers get extra entries in my giveaways and a heads up about special events and giveaways I’m having.

-You can also follow me on twitter @SimplySweetHome or become a fan on Facebook.

-Let me know that you’re following me, and I’ll come follow you too!

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My Etsy Shop

I also have an etsy shop called Simply Sweet Creations where I sell jewelry and other items. Check it out here: http://jhrivers.etsy.com/ And my jewelry blog is http://simplysweetcreationsblog.blogspot.com/.

10% off Sale – In honor of the UBP, I’m offering you a coupon code. The coupon code is “5Minutes” and you can use it through April 13 at my shop to get 10% off your purchase. To use this, just purchase an item from my shop, but instead of paying for it immediately, send me an email or convo message with the coupon code, and I’ll send you a revised invoice for the item for 10% off!

Thanks so much for partying with me at Simply Sweet Home!

-Jerri

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New: I Was Featured Button!

February 3, 2010 1 Comment

After seeing so many sites with “I Was Featured” buttons, I finally decided to put up one of my own. Feel free to grab one if you’ve ever been featured for Sweet Thursday, Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash, or one of my other posts.

And as always, I welcome you to grab the “regular” Simply Sweet home button, as well as my shop button and the Sweet Thursday button. To show my appreciation to you for helping me advertise my blog, everyone who has my button gets extra entries in all of my blog giveaways.

Also, if you’d like to do a button exchange, I’m willing to do a few of these at this time. Just send me an email or leave a comment.

-Jerri

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Advertising & Sponsoring Information for Simply Sweet Home, Updated

February 1, 2010 Leave a Comment

Simply Sweet Home offically began selling advertising space after receiving offers from Castle Cover and other companies in January 2009. Since opening this site up for advertising, product reviews, and giveaways, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many fantastic companies.

At Simply Sweet Home I strive to constantly improve my content, expand my readership, and work to bring customers to my sponsors and ensure they are satisfied with the advertising I’ve provided.

As such, I’ve worked over the past several weeks to come up with new ways to make advertising more affordable and worth while for small businesses, namely for etsy shop owners, work-at-home moms, and other small online retailers, which make up my core readership. If you are a member of one of these groups, you are eligible for the special packages and pricings I’m offering for advertising (see rates below).

Advertising/Sponsoring: If you would like to advertise on Simply Sweet Home, you can email me at simplysweethome@hotmail.com, and I’ll send you more information. If you are from a PR company or large organization, I will be happy to negotiate a price with you for advertising. I’d also love to write a product review or host a giveaway for you (information below). If you are WAHM, etsy shop owner, or other small business owner, please see my new rates & packages for ad campaigns on Simply Sweet Home.

New Rates & Special Packages for Etsy Shops & Small Online Retailers: All new sponsors not only recieve ad space and a fabulous write-up but will also get a campaign of advertising through Twitter, Facebook, and additional feature posts on my blog.

One Month Basic Packages: Includes ad in sidebar. A feature post with one photo. A couple of announcements each on Twitter and FB.
• 125×125 – $6
• Etsy Mini (or large ad) – $11

3 Month Basic Packages: Includes ad in sidebar. A feature post with 3-5 photos. Announcements on Twitter & FB. A feature in craft posts or gift guides (when applicable).
• 125X125 – $15
• Etsy Mini (or large ad) – $25

6 Month Premium Packages: Includes ad in sidebar. A Feature post with 5 photos. Several announcements on Twitter/Facebook. Featured listing(s) in one of my holiday gift guides. A second feature post with one photo. Feature in craft posts (when applicable).
• 125×125 – $25
• Etsy Mini (or large ad)- $45

One Year Simply Super Packages: Includes ad in sidebar. A feature post with 5 photos. One text link at the top center of the blog. Many announcements on Twitter/Facebook throughout your advertising period. Featured listing(s) in both of my holiday gift guides. A second feature post with up to 3 photos. Feature in craft posts (when applicable).
• 125×125 – $50
• Etsy Mini (or large ad) – $60

Reviews: I love trying new products, and I’d be happy to introduce your product to my readers. All reviews will be written within a week of receiving the products unless otherwise stated, and I keep all products that are sent to me for review. (See previous product reviews.)

Giveaways: Giveaway sponsors will be responsible for providing a giveway prize and shipment of the prize. If you’d like to sponsor a giveaway on my site, I’d love to work with you on that. It is great advertising for shop owners, and it’s fun for the readers too. I run most giveaways for about 2 weeks, and I list them on a number of sites, so you are sure to get a lot of exposure and advertising for your business! (Example of a previous giveaway)

Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash Sponsorships: In 2009, SSH and 4 other blogs hosted the Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash with great success. I plan on holding the event again this year and will be looking for sponsors in the fall of this year for that.

Testimonials: Here’s what a couple of my sponsors had to say about their sponsorship experience.

“I am so thrilled!! Thank you so much for posting such a Great write-up about my jewelry!! I love that you added so many links and everything you wrote was very nice!! I truly appreciate you taking the time to do that as well~definitely worth more than what I paid for the advertising alone!” -Amy at Our 2 Peas in A Pod

“Jerri is a joy to work with, and I am very pleased with the results from both my ad and my giveaway. I have seen an increase in views of my shop and several sales!” -Cheryl at Lavender Cottage

If you’d like to become a sponsor on Simply Sweet Home just send an email to simplysweethome@hotmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you!

-Jerri

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New Shop & Blog Launch

January 13, 2010 2 Comments

While hubby’s been out of town as at a training conference, I’ve been a busy bee!

The new Simply Sweet Creations blog and shop have now been launched! Yay! The shop only has a few listings but you have to start somewhere. Right? And I promise there will be much more to come.

The new shop URLs are http://jhrivers.etsy.com/ or http://www.etsy.com/shop/jhrivers

You can also access the new jewelry blog here: http://simplysweetcreationsblog.blogspot.com/

New Newsletter:

If you’re interested, I’ve added a new newsletter to go along with the new blog. I’m not sure if I noted previously when I added the business blog or not, but in case I didn’t, I should note: Each of the three blogs has it’s own separate newsletter. So if you’re subscribed at Simply Sweet Home, you will only get Simply Sweet Home Updates. If you want be subscribed to 2 or all three of them, you will need to subscribe separately at each blog.

The Simply Sweet Creations newsletter will only come out once a month (unlike the SSH newsletter which comes out once a week). And it will include the latest post updates, new products, and sales. Also, if you subscribe to the newsletter, I’ll occasionally send out special coupon codes and subscriber-only sales. (If Hubby were here he’d say, “Oooh! How exclusive!”) And since Simply Sweet Home is my main blog, sometimes I’ll send out similar offers to the SSH subscribers as well.

New Button: Also, I was asked if there would be a new button for the shop. The answer is yes. You can find the new button code right beneath my Simply Sweet Home Button, or you can get it from the new SSC blog. Thanks to everyone who decides to display any of my buttons on your page. I really appreciate the promo!

Sneak Peak at Future Listings: I’m planning to add new listings gradually over the next few weeks. Here’s a sneak peak of some of the things I’ll be adding in the near future.