Guidelines on Submitting Contests and Giveaways for Listing at All Things Bloggy - Contests and Giveaways at Life's a Charm!

Contest Prize DOs and DON'Ts

Please follow these DOs and DON'Ts in providing the contest prize information in the 'Submit a Contest-Giveaway' Form.

• DON'T use any of these terms: giveaway, review, enter, win, etc. This is to avoid redundancy and confusion.
• DON'T provide your giveaway details by using any of these phrases: 'leave a comment', 'visit your sponsor's site', 'twitter about this giveaway', etc. This is to help establish that the contest-giveaway is being held in your site and not here.
• DO provide ONLY the information being asked.
• DO limit the information you provide to only the description and specifications of the product, the shop or sponsor.
• DO provide valid URLs to the product desription, the shop's or sponsor's site.
• DO follow the suggested format for the following specific prizes: (* optional information)
• • For gift card or gift certificate:
  • • $[Value] Gift Card to [Sponsor Shop/Site] *for [Products Available with Gift Card/Certificate]
    • $[Value] Gift Certificate to [Sponsor Shop/Site] *for [Products Available with Gift Card/Certificate]
  • For gift sets or prize packs:
  • • [Name of Gift Set or Prize Pack] *by [Brand Name], includes [please itemize]
    • [Name of Gift Set or Prize Pack] *from [Shop/Site], includes [please itemize]
  • For Books, DVD or other Media Format:
  • • Book, [Book Title] by [Author] *from [Publisher, Shop, or Sponsor]
    • Children's Book, [Book Title] by [Author] *from [Publisher, Shop, or Sponsor]
    • DVD, [Title] *from [Sponsor]
    • Bluray, [Title] *from [Sponsor]
    • CD, [Title] by [Singer/Narrator/Voice] *from [Studio/Sponsor]
• DO provide valid 'Prize Description Tags' that best categorizes the prize (example: shoes, baby, books, clothing, technology, CD, etc.)
• DO provide valid URL for 'Link to Image'. It will make a better looking giveaway post.

How to copy the 'Link to Image'

• In Internet Explorer:
  1. Hover the mouse pointer on top of the image.
  2. Right-click once. A menu should pop out.
  3. Click on 'Properties'. Another menu should pop out.
  4. Highlight the link in 'Address (URL):'.
  5. Right-click on the highlighted link. A menu should pop out.
  6. Click on 'Copy'.
  7. Paste on a text area or any text editor (notepad, etc.).
  8. The text pasted is the 'Link to Image'.
• In Firefox:
  1. Hover the mouse pointer on top of the image.
  2. Right-click once. A menu should pop out.
  3. Click on 'Copy Image Location'.
  4. Paste on a text area or any text editor (notepad, etc.).
  5. The text pasted is the 'Link to Image'.