Quick Poll – Do You Want Extra Entries in Giveaways?
We want to hear from YOU…
Do you want us to continue offering extra entries in giveaways for tweeting, subscribing to our RSS Feed and Newsletter, etc., OR do you want us to limit entries to one comment entry per reader?
Please let us know your opinion by answering this poll:
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Earlier today, we published a post about changing back to our old policy of only one entry per giveaway. We made this decision after reading a post at ShePosts.com about it being illegal to offer extra entries.
Susan and I avoid controversy and trouble like my son avoids homework and so we thought, “Well, that is simple. We will just go back to single entries.”
BUT, after listening to reader feedback and reading some links from comments at the ShePosts.com post, we realized that we may have reacted too hastily.
From reading these posts, one at About.com and one from Susan Getgood, it appears that the extra entries are not illegal.
However, many of the comments on our post thanked us for going back to single entries as mulitple entries are burdensome for readers.
While we appreciate the extra promotion of readers tweeting, etc about our giveaways, pleasing our readers is our BIGGEST concern. (Well after not breaking the law. We REALLY don’t want to do anything illegal!)
SO, please TELL US — what do YOU want? Multiple entries or single entries?
And if you are a blogger, let us know in the comments how you prefer to run your giveaways.
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Since I try to promote my blog (a little, anyway – since I’m not a pro-blogger), I sometimes offer extra entries for tweets and blog post mentions just to get my name out there. Yours is out there, so keeping it simple seems like the easy way to go. One per person. Thanks!
You know recently I wondered the same thing. I like being able to use extra entries to gain more chances of winning, but the next thing I know, 15 minutes are gone and I still have some left to do. I also like knowing everyone has the same chance of winning if we can all only enter 1x.
I give options on my giveaways, but when I look at the time I consume entering giveaways, I think about how my site might affect others and how they spend their time. Of course I do it for selfish reasons because companies want to know how many people are following you and how many subscribers you have and how many people are linked to your site, etc. People do the extra entries for more chances of winning and I offer them so I can continue to bring fun and family friendly products to their attention.
When I work with a company that has more than ONE way to enter, I ask them to use only ONE way and let the others be extras. I like either leaving a random comment or visiting the company’s site to see more of their products. I think that’s fair for the company!
Maybe some of the giveaways will be “worth” more extra entries. Who knows!
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