Share the Joy and Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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I’m new to this giveaway via website thing, so I’m curious about what sorts of prizes you all might be interested in. I know an Amazon Gift Card is always a good fallback giveaway for a literate crowd, but other ideas are appreciated.

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Gift Card Holders (Photo credit: campbelj45ca)

Please leave comments with ideas for giveaways below or on my Facebook page.  My budget is pretty small for this sort of thing right now… I’m thinking of making it a regular Saturday or Sunday feature with a value of between $25 and $50.

I want these giveaways to be items people really want and need. I live a fortunate life, and want to share that fortune with others (and no, I don’t mean financially fortunate, I mean full of joy).

Books? Yarn? Gift Certificates to various online retailers (ideas welcome)? Donations to favorite charities in your name? Handmade goodies (does Etsy have a giftcard program? — yes! yes, they do!).  What kind of giveaway do you want?

As a note, I don’t intend to necessarily restrict myself to affiliate programs, and I don’t intend to coordinate giveaways with retailers for promotion of their goods. These giveaways are my idea, and they come from my heart and pocketbook (and my bookcase and yarn stash and fabric stash). So feel free to come up with ideas that don’t involve traditional sources or prizes.

On another note, another tradition I plan to start tomorrow is to call attention to a noteworthy cause or individual deserving of micro gifting or a micro loan. I plan to work with existing organizations for these sorts of things as much as possible, and would appreciate it if others could make me aware of such organizations other than Kiva, MicroGrants Indiegogo, and Heifer International.

So that’s all, folks. Like my Facebook Page and share this post around to participate in sharing joy and making someone’s day.

 

 

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  • Maureen

    Your idea regarding anytime Amazon or a Starbucks or caribou Coffee gc are great. I am a knitter and yarn and accessories can be quite costly so any of those are great too. Thank you so much for your consideration.

    • http://amnottheonlyone.com/ Maureen O’Danu

      Knitpicks and Hancock Fabrics and JoAnn and FabricMart and NordicMart are all possibilities. I like gift cards because (selfishly) they save me on postage, but I want more variety than that as well. Etsy gift cards could buy hand spun yarn or hand made notions, too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nollymullican Cathy Mullican

    DonorsChoose.org is my favorite for small donations.

    For giveaways, an IndieBound gift card would be great. There are a lot of indie yarn stores online, too.

    • http://amnottheonlyone.com/ Maureen O’Danu

      Great ideas. Thanks!