I have been blogging for 2 years now. It wasn’t until just a few months ago (besides Twitter) that I really started trying to attract fans or visitors. In fact I never even had a subscribe button, google friend connect or facebook fan page. I prided myself on that fact until I realized that in order to move forward with my plans for first-time-mommy.com (not just the blog) I was going to have to build up a fan base.
The past year has been amazing for me as far as my blog goes. I love reviewing products that I know other parent’s will appreciate. I also love entering contests and sweepstakes myself. All the blogging I did in the past year allowed me to first and foremost, exercise my brain! When you’re home alone with 2 small children and all you’ve watched is Nick Jr for days you can go stir crazy. The second benefit of blogging and sweeping for me is that I have been able to make a small amount of extra money for my family in an extremely tough economy where there are no traditional jobs available.
It has always been my goal in life to have my own business. When I bought first-time-mommy.com it had literally taken me 10 years to find my niche. I discovered that I really love helping other mothers in any way I can. I had big plans for first-time-mommy.com until I discovered that parenting takes A LOT OF TIME. That’s when I started relying on blogging a little more instead of going through with my original plan.
So where am I going with all of this? Well, my new years resolution for my “professional” life is to push forward and get started on developing my website and not just my blog. However, I love blogging so much that I also want to continue to move forward with that as well because after all, all work and no play makes Monica a dull girl.
In Summary
I want to do something for all the fans, friends, and followers I’ve made this past year that have helped me get this far and all the people I will meet this year that will help me push it to the next level. I’m going to take the money I have made with sponsored tweets, twtmob, google adsense, and paid blog posts and reinvest it back into YOU so you have a head start accomplishing your own New Years resolution!
You can expect more giveaways like this throughout the year and hopefully lots of other great reviews and giveaways but for now, let’s get down to business!
Prize: 2 winners will receive a $50 Visa Gift Card (This contest is open to EVERYONE)
To Enter: Please complete the required task or answer the required question. If the required task is not completed then none of your entries will count. After that you have several other ways of getting extra entries. Make sure that for each one you do you leave a separate comment. Each comment counts as one entry.
Required: What is your biggest New Year’s Resolution? You must also follow me on either Google friend connect (in my right sidebar) or Facebook. (Pick 1 only for your main entry) If you already follow me that way just let me know.
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* Leave a genuine comment on any non-giveaway post found on my blog. The possibilities are endless. (This is a great way to get to know me)
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* Enter any of my other giveaways coming up or already posted in the month of January
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(Leave me a comment with a link to your tweet. You can come back each day and retweet for 1 extra entry per day. Just make sure to leave a comment each day you do it!)
(Don’t know how to show me you RT’d? Just place your mouse directly under your tweet where it says “1 minute ago from web” and click to get the URL of your status update. Copy and Paste.)
Good Luck!
Giveaway is open to all, 18 yrs of age or older. Any posts not including the requested information will be deleted. This giveaway ends: Sunday, January 30, 2011 12am EST. Winner will be contacted immediately and announced Monday January 31, 2011. In the event the winner does not respond to email within 48 hours I will choose another random winner. I will be using random.org to do this
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My biggest New Year’s resolution is rather all-emcompassing-to be a better person. I guess what that means will evolve over this next year. I follow you via GFC as dwellenstein.
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My New Years resolution is to lose 25 pounds
My biggest new years resolution is to lose 60lbs this year.
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I follow you with google friends connect – barbara wright
My biggest new years resolution is to be REASONABLE about living a more healthy life. If I focus on how many pounds I want to lose, I’ll do crazy things, lose it… and then gain it right back. So I’m trying to say that I will exercise MORE often, I will eat healthy snacks more often, etc.
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My new years resolution is to get healthy and lose weight!
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Hi and I like your website! My biggest New Year’s Resolution is to keep trying to get and stay healthy with good nutrition and everyday exercise.
To gain weight.
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My biggest resolution is to exercise 4 times a week. That’s huge for me, as I despise movement that makes me tired and makes my muscles sore!
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