How do you get the word out about giveaways?

[Felicia Chien]

Hey guys, just curious on how people get their word out about giveaways? The usual tweeting about it usually doesn't get much word out for me. I also added my giveaway on the meme hosted by Lori from Pure Imagination and Candace's Book Blog, Saturday Situation, but it hasn't been getting any attention. Is there a better way to get the word out? 

 

My current giveaway is an e-book of Bloodlines by Lindsay Anne Kendal if anyone is interested, please go to this link: Livin' Life Through Books. 

 

Thanks! 

[Bobbie Crawford-McCoy (NURTURE)]

Excellent. I hope that my tips help. :-)

[Mary (BookHounds)]

I started a new facebook page calledWIN A BOOK where you are free to post your giveaways daily!

You can also post author events and anything else book related.  It is almost up to 400 likes now, but the feed gets amplified since it shows up on all the members' home pages. 

I tweet about my giveaways daily as well-- at least when I remember!

 

It is always a good idea to give people extra entries for spreading the word as well.

 

[steph t-d]

Thanks great Idea!

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[The Girl from the Ghetto]

Cool, thanks for the tip!

 

[Jill Elizabeth]

It's tough - I use the forums and groups on here, as well as mentioning it on Twitter, FB, GoodReads, and my blog...  Sometimes it works, but sometimes not so much.  Honestly, I think there are a lot more giveaways lately, which is making it less of a big deal for people to see the words "GIVEAWAY!"...

 

That said, I still do them.  :)

 

So be sure to check out my latest book review and giveaway - "What About the Boy" is a lovely tribute to the power of a parent’s love and to their refusal to give up hope for their disabled son Joseph.  

The contest - available at: http://blog.jill-elizabeth.com/2011/10/25/book-review-and-giveaway-... - runs through November 8.

Good luck!

jill-elizabeth

[So C]

I have a goodreads and make events that people reply to.  It also helps if you have at least 50 bloggers to get the word out and to have contests for followers only.

[Lynda Coker]

I really like this new concept in promoting specific posts on my blog, those that are really important to an author, sponsor, etc. It's designed to give your targeted traffic. Check it out at - http://breebee.com/goingpostal

Best if Sucess

Lynda Coker

Between The Pages - http://betweenthelinesandmore.blogspot.com

[Beccie]

I post it on facebook but my fans MUST be on the mailing list to get contest and giveaway information.  When my blog reaches 3,000 fans we'll be having some GIGANTIC AMAZING GIVEAWAYS so come on by and tell your friends as well.  Hope to see you there.

www.facebook.com/Bookiesfan

[Laurie]

I do a lot of mine through goodreads. It's a great source for bloggers and authors. I have a few groups that helps in getting the word out and you can always send out a event to your friends so they can see what you have to offer. 

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/48293.Romance_Blogger_Events

 

Facebook helps alot also.

 

Hope this helps

Laurie

[Cecile Pryor]

Here are places that you can list your giveaways:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RYVSa_Vro4FsfvcEWwaeJBuPp0JpdxE...

 

[Lynda Coker]

Everyone has given wonderful advice, and one of my favorites has always been blog hops. However, there is a new promotional concept that is just starting. You can check it out...It might be just what your're looking for. You can pick and choose exactly what you want to spotlight, a blog post, a book review, a special event, your FB page, your Twitter account, etc.

"Let’s GO Post’al in a good way…Bloggers: Going ‘Post’al is a NEW concept in blog giveaways,growth,exposure,and ranking."

http://breebee.com/goingpostal

Lynda

[Laine Fulla]

Hi Felicia, Tweeting is the best one next to getting into Goodreads and joining club and posting your giveaway over there, much better if you do an event and you can send it to all of those hundreds members even thousands. thats much better.isnt it?Hope this helps.

Im also having a book giveaway check it out my blog if you like, everyone's welcome. Ficbookreviews