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Etiquette

Blog Etiquette: Selecting a Winner for a Giveaway

April 23, 2008

I’ve received many questions regarding the etiquette of giveaways on blogs and it’s oh-so-appropriate because I’m currently hosting the Quarterly Bloggy Giveaways Carnival! Selecting a winner for your giveaway is fairly simple. Many people use a random number generator to pick a number. They then match that number to the comment number and voila! Instant [...]

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I’ve found some great pictures of bentos created by people in Japan. Because of the language barrier, I do not know how to request permission to re-post the picture in my blog.

March 12, 2008

I can’t post someone else’s picture without their permission, right?  Even if I am saying nice things about it and linking back to their original post? I know it’s tempting to just post the pictures–especially because of the language barrier and, therefore, the difficulty in asking permission and because you’re saying nice things. Unfortunately, this [...]

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How should I alert the winner of my giveaway–via e-mail or just an announcement on my blog?

March 6, 2008

I do not have a tried and true answer for you on this one, it’s done both ways. For my own giveaways, I prefer to send out an e-mail to the winner. That way I know I have tried to contact the winner. I can put a time-limit on how long I’ll wait for a [...]

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If the winner of my bloggy giveaway doesn’t contact me, is it OK to not select another winner and save the item for another giveaway?

March 5, 2008

My feeling on this is that it would be wrong to save the item for another giveaway. Usually, if you offer something as a giveaway, you need to give it away–even if it means picking multiple winners until someone steps up to claim the prize. I give winners of my giveaways four days to respond [...]

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What do I if the winner of my giveaway contacts me to claim the prize, but then drops the ball and doesn’t send an address?

March 4, 2008

If you have contacted the winner of your giveaway and he/she has responded, but without supplying an address, send them a reminder e-mail. This e-mail should remind them that they have X number of days (I usually limit it to four) to respond with an address or they will forfeit the prize. If you don’t [...]

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Blog Etiquette: Giveaways–Selecting a Winner

March 3, 2008

Last week I received many questions regarding the etiquette of giveaways on blogs and it’s oh-so-appropriate because I just took on the administrative duties at Bloggy Giveaways! Over the next few days I’ll be answering these giveaway etiquette questions. Selecting a winner for your giveaway is fairly simple. Many people use a random number generator [...]

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Do I have to accept a tag for a meme? How do I decline?

February 27, 2008

Memes. You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. Sometimes you just use them because your brain is fried and it’s an easy post. And there are million memes to choose from. One of the biggest issues with a meme is that you’re usually tagged or asked to tag other bloggers to keep the meme [...]

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Scraping

January 24, 2008

I received the following e-mail: From time to time I find a link back to a post I made (either on my WordPress dashboard or Technorati) in which the blog linking to me appears to be just links to other posts surrounded by Google ads rather than a real blog: there is no original content, [...]

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Podcast: Etiquette, Blogrolls, Reciprocal Links

January 23, 2008

Finally! The long-awaited podcast with Shannon from Rocks In My Dryer. This is not the entire podcast; I’ll be posting more in the coming weeks. This portion of the podcast covers blog etiquette, blogrolls, linking to another’s blog post, and reciprocal links. The podcast is just over eight minutes long and you can download it [...]

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When is or isn’t it appropriate to contact a blogger via e-mail?

January 16, 2008

If you are leaving a comment at a blog, that’s obviously OK or they’d have their comments closed. No sane blogger is going to close their comments on a current post because we all live for the comment crack. So comment away! However, I assume this question is asking whether it’s OK, once you know [...]

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