1st Annual Pre-Holiday Sweepstakes!
Hurry and enter my 1st Annual PRE-Holiday Sweepstakes! You can win one of the three great prizes listed below. There are several ways to enter from now until 11:59pm November 3, 2008. Results will be posted Tuesday November 4th - US Election Day!
Prizes!:
1. Business Card Web Site
A one page web site/business card site. Designed and hosted for 6 months. Perfect for those who don’t have a website yet or for someone who has several sites and needs a portal to direct visitors. Example of Portal Site Example of Business Card Site
OR-if you already have a site…
Existing Website/Blog Spruce Up: New header and/or other site graphics and color changes. This would be a great way to get a temporary makeover for the Holiday season with festive graphic and color changes.
(Prize offered by 13Pumpkins.com)
2. Free 1-yr Subscription to Saponifier Magazine
A big thank you to Saponifier Magazine’s Editor in Chief, Kathy Tarbox who graciously offered this prize for the giveaway! Saponifier Magazine is a must for Soap, Candle and B&B makers. If those titles don’t apply to you – you probably have a friend that will appreciate it immensely.
3. A DIY Perfume Kit from Bramble Berry
These are great kits that come with several different fragrance options. You can create up to 12 bottles of perfume for yourself or make four bottles perfect for holiday gift giving. Instructions included.
Here’s how to enter:
1. Comments
Leave a comment on this post from now until 11:59PM November 3, 2008.
IMPORTANT! Comments must be limited to how the current economic crisis is effecting your business and/or your personal shopping habits this holiday season. Info will be shared in post next month.
2. Get your Blog Readers to Enter
If you have your own blog, write your own post about this giveaway using the graphic at the top. (Right click on image and save it to your computer to use in your post.) IMPORTANT! Encourage your readers to tell me where they heard about the giveaway and you will receive one additional entry for every entry that originates at your blog.
3. Get your Twitter Followers to Enter
Tweet about this giveaway and encourage your followers to tell me who sent them. You will receive one additional entry for every entry that originates from your tweets.
4. Other Media
If you don’t have a blog and are not a Twitter user, find another way to tell your soaping friends about the giveaway. Facebook, My Space and Forums would work well. You too will receive one entry for each person that enters the contest and tells me who told them about it.
Winners will be selected by Random.org.
Good luck everyone!
Christina Rose Says:
The economy is changing the way I spend. With my hisbands job being commission based, we have less income coming in. We will make more items ourselves, by generics, and get what we need, not what we want.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Amy Says:
Thanks for the sweepstakes!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Anne-Marie Says:
What a great give away! Thanks for including us. =)
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Nanci Says:
My personal shopping habits are definitely changing this holiday season. I’ve committed myself to giving mostly handmade gifts and not getting caught up in the commercial insanity this year. Interestingly, as I plan and make gifts I find that I’m looking forward to the holidays much more than usual this year…in my mind the feeling is comparable to leaving rush-hour freeway traffic in favor of a relaxing drive on a two-lane country road. Guess it’s true that every cloud has a silver lining!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Bodynaturalsoap Says:
My spending habits are changing this season for two reasons. First is I am spending more on gas and other items, and have a little less disposable income. The other reason is more personal in that My 5 yr old is getting a little spoiled and materalistic so I am going to have him do some voluntering with me and we are going to do with fewer gifts.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Bryna Says:
I am making a special trip out of town to visit my whole family this year. I have not seen them in over 3 years all together, and this years holidays will include a ton of personalized handmade gifts for all of them!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
country comfort soaps Says:
I am getting back into soaping after taking a break. I have been busy making soaps, candles, body butters, etc. I am planning on giving gift baskets for Christmas as funds are tighter this year. We are all spending more for fuel and food. I am not a shopper either. I hate to waste time wandering around the malls. If I can’t find it online these days, I am not buying ! Thanks for the opportunity.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
LeAnnB Says:
The economic crisis has killed my business – literally. I just shut down the website yesterday. I am so lucky that this was not my sole source of income!
As for Christmas, we are doing a lot of theme baskets and handmade gifts this year. We are also staying home instead of traveling, which will be VERY nice
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Misty Says:
well honestly bad as it sounds to say this I happen to benefit when the economy is bad. I work in foreclosure stuff(when the bank is selling to a new owner). I have been soo busy at work the last 2 years, but I can say I have seen a slow down in our business in the last 1.5 months or so which means even now people are picking up the great deal houses.
In my business where I notice the problems is with buying supplies as the suppliers have all had to raise the prices on everything. I use to get a block of paraffin wax for about $7 around 3-4 years ago and when I picked up a block the other week it was almost $17! that is a large jump in price. Even things like shipping are up. I can’t believe how much it costs to ship a few bars of soap now at the post office. I feel bad but you then have to pass the costs down and if the customers don’t have as many $’s around then your sales will be down. Going to be very interesting to see how this holiday season goes. Many are reporting being up in sales so far, so fingers crossed that keeps up for everyong else.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Karin Says:
The economy has me limiting what I make and how much I order in supplies. I don’t have a business yet, fewer supply orders means less research and more care with what I have as well as more concern for minimizing waste. I am also making most of my Christmas gifts instead of buying them.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Sarah Says:
My friends, family, and I must live in a bubble, because we aren’t really noticing any effects from the current economic crisis.
We were just sitting around talking about that last weekend.
Gas is finally going down here, and when prices were high we didn’t take as many trips, but that’s the only effect I’ve seen.
We normally only buy for the children, parents and siblings in our extended family, so my personal shopping habits won’t change.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Jo Says:
Here in the UK things have increased in price very noticeably. Where I didn’t bother to check too much before, I now find I’m comparing prices all the time – and the amount the prices vary is scary!
By the way, I love this blog and thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
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Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Mel Says:
Thanks for hosting this sweepstakes. The crisis has diminished our retirement savings and net worth by at least 30%. This means that we now have to save more to try to re-coup some of the losses. also, with the instability in the markets globally, we are spending on what we absolutely need & trying to get things on sale.
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 12:46 am
Michele Says:
Wow! What great prizes. I have recently discovered the blogs of others since I now have a soap obsession and I have to say I love blogs too.
While I have always been a conservative spender. I have found that I am taking much more time to compare pricing regarding such daily items like groceries, gas etc. Now that gas is down some I can say that I feel some relief but, I don’t think we’ll see the price of milk, eggs, and other basics that rely on being shipped going down. Too bad!
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
TeresaR Says:
You’re wonderful, Marr!
Since we’re just getting started in business, I can’t really say how the current economic crisis com is affecting it. As for spending habits, combined with other personal factors, the poor economy is making us downscale gifts for the kids at Christmas (we’ve been downscaling a bit every year for a couple of years now anyway). As well (as I’ll be mentioning in my blog later), I’ll be doing one of those “buy nothing” experiments for a few months come the new year. Even before the downturn, we’ve looked to the book Your Money or Your Life as inspiration.
That said, when I do buy things, I like to support small businesses and local businesses, as well as the organic and fair trade ideals.
Ok, off to post about your giveaway on my blog and Twitter!
Thank you!!
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 8:15 pm
carrie Says:
With ever rising prices– I am trying to use what I have before buying more supplies- and keeping better records to do so. Also- I have been going more “green” in an effort to make my little corner of the world more earth friendly.
I love to re-purpose, re-use (shipping packing) etc. when at all possible.
Many a little crunch in the economy can be a very good thing in so many ways- in other words- think of the positive effects and be proactive on what would be best for the business, community, and our mother earth…
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
carrie Says:
Almost forget to mention— Teresa from Life, Homesteading, and Everything gave a shout-out to this wonderful give away! Hey Teresa!!!!!
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Julie@Cool Mom Guide Says:
Teresa from http://homesteadnotes.blogspot.com/ sent me :0)
Sounds like a great contest!
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Merryn Says:
This economic downturn has hit my business VERY hard, and I wasn’t big to begin with. I’ve had to reach out and look for other ways to market my product and see if that will help. Here’s to hoping. I did start a blog and that does bring in more traffic to my site, so that helps. I think it’s going to be a hard season for everyone, especially those of us who are small businesses.
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Firefly Mom Says:
Sign me up! Teresa, over at “Life, Homesteading, and Everything” sent me ;D
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 2:22 am
Cecilia Says:
The economic crisis hasn’t affected me. Shopped till I dropped yesterday.
But I am upset that I just never got around to taking advantage of those low stock prices we had for a while.
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 am
Sarah Says:
Thanks for the contest. So far the economy has not effected me. I am a full time graduate student and I live in University subsidized housing. I also walk to work/school so I hardly ever use my car (which is paid off). So the only thing that could really effect me is food cost, but since I by mostly local/organic food I am already used to the high prices.
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am