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It’s true! Holding blog giveaways is a great way to get more traffic toyour blog or website. The trouble is many people don’t know how to go about it. There’s more to it than just slapping some product up that you may have on handor got for free for writing a review. You need to know good ideas forgiveaways, how to promote the giveaway and how to benefit the most from thegiveaway.Ideas for GiveawaysYou may have seen other online marketers host a giveaway,but they were unsuccessful and didn’t get very many entries or gain any newtraffic from their giveaway simply because the product they were giving awayjust wasn’t that appealing. In order to have a successful giveaway, the prizehas to be appealing to a wide range of people, and more specifically to yourtarget market. So, let’s think about what would make a great giveaway product: ·       Useful. The giveaway item should be somethingpeople can use in their everyday lives or something they can use to furthertheir online business. It should also be something you normally wouldn’t go outand buy, or is too expensive to buy in most cases.·       Special. The giveaway item should also bespecial to your target market. For example, say your target market is stay-at-homemoms with children under 5. Some good giveaways for them would be a night outwithout kids, groceries delivered to their home, or a product that makes a certainchore easier.  The possibilities are endless, but the point is to findsomething that will attract new people in your target market to your site.  How to Promote theGiveawayOnce you find a good item to giveaway, the next trick is topromote the giveaway so that you get the results you desire. You don’t wantjust 20 or 30 people vying for your item. You want hundreds. So, how do you goabout reaching all those people? Go where they are: ·       Facebook: With over 5 million users, Facebook isthe number one place to connect withothers who have a common interest. The best way to go about promoting your giveawayon Facebook is by word of mouth. Start with your friends and family. Send thema message asking them to do 2 things: 1. Enter the contest and 2. Tell othersabout the contest. When you send the message, be sure to include the rules and specificinstructions, as well as a link to the contest. This will begin to stir up someexcitement and get the word out·       Twitter: Twitter is the next largest socialnetworking utility. If you’re not on Twitter, you should be. You can reach somany more people outside of your usual circle on Twitter. The key to Twitter isbuilding your list of followers through mutual “tweeters” and by buildingrelationships. You never want to just tweet about your promotion or try to sellsomething. But, once you have a good following you can start tweeting aboutyour giveaway. One of the rules for entry should also be to have thecontestants tweet about the giveaway. In the rules, give them the specificwording along with the link to your giveaway.·       Blog about it: Obviously you will be bloggingabout your giveaway, and so should the contestants. In the rules specify thatin order to enter they must link back to your giveaway and put a button to yourblog or giveaway on their sidebar.·       Send out an email to your list with the rulesand instructions, and of course a link to the giveaway. Ask the people on yourlist to send it to their list.  Promoting can be fun! You could also make a video forYouTube about your giveaway and have your YouTube audience get extra entriesfor making a video about it with links back to the giveaway. As you can seethere are lots of ways to promote your giveaway! Obviously the main reason for a giveaway is to get moretraffic to your site. Once you have a good item to give away and beginpromoting it using the suggestions above, you will soon see increased traffic.But, now what? How do you maintain that traffic and keep them coming back formore? You must continue to provide your audience what they want: usefulinformation, products and or services they need, and a stylish, user-friendlysite or blog. Don’t go cluttering up your site with links and content that yourtarget market doesn’t want or can’t use. It will just drive them away never toreturn.  Another way to make the most from your giveaway is to makesure you get their email address and add it to your list. You do this by havingthem subscribe to your newsletter or opt-in as the main requirement for entryinto the contest. If contestants have previously subscribed, then ask them tosend an email to their list. You could even have one already prepared for themand give them 5 extra entries for doing this activity. You would keep track byhaving them submit to you the date and time it was sent, along with the numberof people on their list.  Holding a giveaway on your blog is a great way to boosttraffic when done properly. Using the suggestions and ideas above, you’ll soonbe reaping the benefits from the giveaway. Kelly McCausey is an internet marketer, blogger, businesscoach and business owner. Mom Giveaways (http://momgiveaways.com) is one of themany blogs in her network for work at home moms. Mom Giveaways is a directorywhere you can promote your giveaway and/or enter giveaways held by others.