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Yes – we are amazed at the turn out for our little ol’ party! It is fabulous to see so many new faces! Thank you all for coming out and for spreading the word.
First, we wanted to let you know, that we decided to give all the last minute arrivals a few more hours to get through the door and sign the Mr. Linky to be eligible for the prize draw.
So, we have changed the deadline to sign the Mr. Linky (and thus to be eligible for the prize draw) to 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) Friday, March 9, 2007.
We will then have the draw and scramble to sort out from your wish lists who gets what prize. Our goal is to announce the prizes at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) Friday, March 9, 2007.
We have no idea how long it will take to sort out those lists and get all the winners and their blogs posted with their prizes – this is a first for us to have so many prizes and wish lists too! – so we do hope we can get that done in seven hours. (The problem is that our kids still demand to be fed and tended to – don’t they know we are trying to have a party?!?) If we are late, please send us mommy-empathy and forgive us. We will do everything we can to get it sorted out and posted by 9pm Eastern, Friday, March 9.
Second, many of you have mentioned that you have loved this party and hope we do it again. So – yes – we definitely will make it an annual affair! I am sure it will only get better each year!
Also, we will be continuing to have regular contests (at least two per month) as well as other events. So remember to keep in touch so you don’t miss out on more fantastic prizes and fun blogging experiences.
Susan and I are committed to promoting what you wonderful women do – from your blogs to your businesses. We will be constantly looking for new ways to enhance this mommy-blogging community and to build connections for you all to discover each other.
Can I let you in on a little secret? On Friday we will be announcing a special prize draw (You have to wait until Friday to find out what the prize is – but I think you will be happy with it! hint: It is from one of our stores.) for everyone on our newsletter list. This prize draw will be announced two weeks from Friday on March 23, 2007. If you are not on our newsletter list – you can sign up here. (Please note that this is different than the FeedBlitz email subscription field you’ll find in the right column. The FeedBlitz email subscription will send you emails whenever we update our blog. If you are not already subscribed to our feed through Bloglines, etc., you’ll want to sign up for both features and stay connected.)
EVERYONE on our newsletter list is eligible for this prize draw. You do NOT need to be a blogger or post anything. Just so you know – due to our crazy busy schedules – we will not be clogging your email with tons of newsletters. In fact – it has been months – blush – since our last newsletter. At best you will receive 6 newsletters a year, but you will receive notification of special events and contests at 5 Minutes for Mom.
And finally, we will be leaving the blog party sticky post with the Mr. Linky up for at least a week, maybe longer, following the party. (The post will remain forever in our archives, so you can always use our search feature to find it.) With almost 800 blogs so far – and more coming in – we want to give us all extra time to visit as many parties as possible.
We are still slowly working our way through the list. Please understand that when we do make it to your blog, we don’t want to just rush right through. We want to take our time and get to know you and leave a meaningful comment. (No copy and pasting comments from us!) So in order to give each of you the attention you deserve, it will take us a significant amount of time to visit 800 blogs! It may take us a month – but we will visit you!
Thanks again ladies – we appreciate each one of you! Thank you for your wonderful comments and your emails! Your encouragement means so very much to us – and helps keep us going when we get overwhelmed! 🙂
Stacy says
Thank you for leaving up Mr. Linky. I’ve been trying really hard to visit everyone and I know I won’t make it by tomorrow night. I’ve met some great people. Thank you!
EEEEMommy says
Hey ladies, great party! I posted below, but I’m pretty sure now, that the Mr. Linky is off by about two from a couple of days ago. I’m not sure if you’re aware of it, but I’m concerned for you that since you had people give their number when they submitted their wish lists, that those numbers may be off. I may be mistaken, but I’ve been keeping a list by number of the blogs I’ve visited, and the blog that was 502 a couple of days ago, is now 500. Feel free to correct me if I’m mistaken, but I’m fairly confident. I just thought I’d give you a heads up in case you weren’t aware.
Carrie says
Oh thank goodness, I was hoping you’d leave the MrLinky up longer because I was just wondering how I’d get to even HALF of them in time. I like to browse around blogs and read lots of stuff; you find lots of good blogs that way. 🙂
The way everyone is giving away stuff this week (on their blogs themselves, not as official UBP prizes) it makes me wish I had something to give away!
Shauna says
At the rate people are signing Mr. Linky it may be over 1000 by Friday! I’m giving away a book on my blog, so come on over!
Linda says
Just signed up for the mailing list!
Linda
Jennifer says
Thank you for saying that it may take you a month to get through all 800 blogs. I was feeling like I had to visit everyone by Friday and it was kind of stressing me out 🙂
Adventures In Babywearing says
Wow- I am still amazed at this awesome turnout!!
And everyone, still please come on over & check out my fun Bump! Photo Tag going on! Hope you’d like to play along and post your favorite pregnant belly pic! (And we’d love to see expectant adoptive parent photos, too!)
Steph