Hello Beauty Through Imperfection readers! I am excited that Paula gave me the opportunity to blog today about something special. I hope you take a few minutes to read through and decided if you want to take part of maybe even share!
Last year, on my blog – Singing Through the Rain, I started a small business Christmas gift guide. It was full of small businesses and authors and their descriptions so that people could view them and decide to shop from the various shops and such for Christmas presents. This year I am opening up this guide again for the 2013 Christmas season and would love to see some new faces on the guide for others to shop from!
What You Need to Participate:
- Cost: $5.00 (paypal only)
- Word limit: 50 words or less
- Link limit: up to 2
- Image size: 150×150
- Pinterest link (if interested – see below for details)
- Deadline: September 13, 2013
How it Works: This would be a small ad on a blog post that would send people to your site(s) to buy your products for the Christmas season. Once you decide that you want to be on the list, you would send me an email (singingthroughtherain@gmail.
Your description would be something about your products and why you think they would make perfect gifts for Christmas. Please don’t include more than 2 links. These can be links to your site and Facebook page or wherever you want people to order your products from. The image should be no larger than 150×150 and can be a picture of a product or products, a logo, or anything else that you would like to represent your book or business!
I will be working to promote the post and your products to thousands of people. My blog averages over 42,000+ views per month and last month reached 80,000+ views. I will also be sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest and will be having others blog about it as well. Please keep in mind that this is a first come first served basis. If 3 people who sell Mary Kay email me to be on the list, I can only take the first person. It wouldn’t make sense to have 3 different Mary Kay websites on there. So please email to reserve your spot, ASAP!
Exceptions: Please no e-books unless it’s able to be used on kindle and no photographers (Because photographers are a local business it’s hard to drive traffic to their sites, unless it is local traffic.).
Pinterest
For those of you that choose to be on the list there will be a Pinterest Board just for you to pin and post your small business items and books (please include your pinterest link in the email if interested). These items that are pinned will be viewed by my 6,000+ followers and will be another great way to get the word out about your book or business. I will add those who are interested to the board on October 1st. I will be checking to make sure that there is no more than 5 images per person per day. Here are the rules:
- This board is ONLY for images having to do with your shops, businesses, books etc that you are advertising on my blog. If you are not sure about an image or have any questions please let me know.
- Because this could possibly get out of hand I would like to limit it to no more than 5 images per person, per day. That means if you sell candles for example, there should be no more than 5 candle images per day and those images should have to do with your shop/business.
That’s it! I hope that you will consider being on it and I look forward to working with you. Please email me if you have any more questions!
Emily @ My Love for Words says
What a neat opportunity! Thanks for sharing :)
Lynne says
I really appreciate you sharing this information with us. Thanks so much for your help!