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Blog Tip Challenge of the Month ~ Host a Contest!

12:52 AM, Dec. 22, 2008

When's the best time to host a contest? Whenever you want really! Think about the prize, is it suitable for a holiday that is coming up? If so, and your gift is a physical one, then hold your contest a couple of weeks in advance to allow for mail time. You don't have to wait for a holiday, however. People are always looking for something fun to do.

Blog Tip Challenge of the Month

So, have you decided to host a contest yet? Then, tell us about it! The bloggers want to enter your contest and you want bloggers to enter, so spread the news right here on the HSB Company Porch. To make this even more fun, the Porch is also hosting a contest for the most creative contest! If your contest is the most creative, then you will win a one-year subscription to The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine (or one-year renewal)!

Once you have your contest posted, share it with us so we can enter! Just come back here to the HSB Company Porch Blog Tip Challenge and sign up with Mister Linky. Don't forget to leave a comment as well, so I'll know you've entered the contest.

The contest rules are as follows:

You must be at least 18 years of age to enter.
You must live within the U.S.
You must sign up for the contest using the Mister Linky below. Make sure it is a direct URL to your contest so that the people who want to enter don't have to search for the contest.
Don't forget to leave a comment! This is just so I can get a notification email that you have entered.
Your contest must be family friendly. Any contest found to not be appropriate will be deleted with no notification.
I must have access to your email address either in your comment or from your blog. Contest winner will ONLY be notified by email.
If after one week the winner does not reply to the notification email a new winner will be chosen.
This contest ends Jan. 3, 2009. Your contest can end whenever you like.

I can't wait to see what kind of contest you come up with!

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

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Comments
Three Little Princesses Giveaway

12:08 PM, Dec. 22, 2008, posted by necrone

Hello, my name is Nicole and I blog at www.homeschoolblogger.com/nicolec and at www.homeschoolblogger.com/BirchwoodAcademy. I have posted a giveaway on my blog (nicolec) for one item under $10.00 at my homebased boutique, Three Little Princesses. This store may be accessed at www.threelittleprincesses.com. My email address is nicole@threelittleprincesses.com.

My Contest on my blog

2:59 PM, Dec. 22, 2008, posted by ElCloud

As a TOS Crew member, I know I'm not eligible to enter or win this contest. So I didn't add my name to Mr. Linky.

However, I am doing a contest of my own, and I wanted to post about it here ... hoping more people will see it.

I'm giving away 3 sets of Peterson Directed Handwriting (level K, 2, and 4) that we reviewed.

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ElCloud/635456/

April E.

Edited by ElCloud on Dec. 22, 2008 at 2:01 PM

Blog Giveaway

1:36 PM, Dec. 29, 2008, posted by Raesfamily

Thanks, Tia, for an exciting contest idea.

My giveaway is for the book "Steams in the Desert" by LB Cowman. All I'm asking for is a story of how God met you in the most surprising of ways. I blog about joy, hope and the power of God and I couldn't think of a better way than to record the amazing power of the Lord in our lives!

Blessings,

Rachel

Big Book Giveaway - This is Going to be Fun!

11:50 PM, Jan. 28, 2009, posted by momma24blessings

Hi Tia, I realize I'm too late to enter the contest, but I wanted to spread the word about a really fun giveaway I'll be hosting on my blog for the next few months. The Lord has been dealing with me about letting go of "stuff", being a cheerful giver, and blessing others, so I am clearing my bookshelves of all kinds of homeschool books! Every month, I will be giving away two books or two book sets. I have Charlotte Mason, classical education books and references, textbooks and teacher editions, reference books, Christian Liberty Press, Christian fiction, and many more! You never know what I'll be giving away each month! I am so excited! I can't wait for other homeschool families to enjoy these great books! It'll be more fun than Ebay, because you won't have to pay a thing for great homeschool books!Thanks for spreading the word, and God bless you! The link for the giveaway is: www.homeschoolblogger.com/LisaCoburn/651841/

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