I recently hosted my first JV Giveaway and was delighted with the results.
The Giveaway was a success, no doubt about it and I added over 3,000 new subscribers to my mailing list as a result.
Almost 30,000 visitors hit the website during the pre and post launch periods and I am sure a LOT more people are aware of me now than before I ran the giveaway!
Most giveaways pass by relatively unnoticed, attracting perhaps a couple of hundred contributors and maybe the same again in members when it has launched.
This is a wasted opportunity because giveaways can be real, exciting events and my own results speak for themselves
The good news is there isn’t a “magic formula” to giveaway success, it just takes a bit of extra work than throwing up the default template and hoping people will find it.
I have identified 10 areas which made my giveaway stand out above the sea of mediocrity that was other events taking place in May and you can use them to ensure your own giveaways are a success.
1. Make Your Giveaway Personal or Stand Out
Most giveaways are themed to some degree. You have the usual “Easter Giveaways” in April, “Summer Giveaways” from June through August and inevitably, there will be a slew of “Christmas Giveaways” around December.
This is all well and good but it’s a little predictable and will not differentiate your giveaway from any of the others taking place at the same time.
Where I believe mine stood out was because it was totally personal to me – the giveaway was all about me and my 30th Birthday.
My giveaway had instant personal branding and if the people taking part were not aware of me before, they certainly were by the time the event ended.
You don’t even have to make it personal if you don’t want to, just make it stand out at least!
There are loads of crazy national days, weeks and months and little-known holidays from around the world you can use as inspiration to build your giveaways around.
An incredible resource for this type of thing is Gone Ta Pott – sure, the design doesn’t look like it’s been updated since 1996 but there is an absolute wealth of information in there!
For example, why follow the herd and create yet another “Independence Day” themed giveaway in July when it is also National Hot Dog Month?
If your giveaway is a little more off the wall, it will make people take notice.
(photograph attributed to Austin ampersand Zak)
2. Customise Your Home Page!
There’s nothing worse than finding another giveaway to participate in and reading the same templated homepage for the hundredth time this year.
The host has spent a little money on header and footer graphics to theme the giveaway but when it comes to customising the home page any further, well, that’s just like too much hard work, isn’t it?
I will be as bold to suggest 9 out of every 10 giveaways use the same scripted homepage and it is just lazy.
Inject some of your own personality into the event and make people want to get involved!
In the six months or so I have participated in giveaways I did not see a single host record a video of themselves inviting people to join their giveaway.
So, what did I do?
Exactly.
I kept the video introduction to around a minute or so and tried to speak as passionately as I could about the giveaway – if people saw I believed in the event then they would too.
All of the default homepage text was stripped out (people have read it hundreds of times before, right?) leaving just my video intro and a few other important details.
(photograph attributed to Mr Berns)
3. Give it the ‘Hard Sell’
The reason most giveaways pass by largely unnoticed is because the host is too lazy to promote it hard enough.
The event ends up on a few JV Giveaway sites and a trickle of contributors register.
If you are happy with mediocrity then that’s fine – but I wanted my first ever giveaway to launch with a bang, so here’s what I did…
Over the past few months I have been slowly building my contacts list on Skype and I messaged every single one of them to tell them about my giveaway and ask them if they’d be interested in participating.
I know what you are going to say next: “I don’t have a contacts list”.
Well, you are going to have to start building one – contacts and networking is what this business is all about.
Even if you only connect with one new person per day then in a month or so you are going to have a decent set of contacts to get you started.
I don’t have a mega set of contacts on Skype – I must have only contacted around 50 or so of my more “prominent” contacts in addition to mass mailing my existing subscriber list to let them know about the event.
But, getting the event in front of people worked tremendously well and resulted in over 700 contributors registering before the giveaway launched on 6 May.
(photograph attributed to chad.croft)
4. Offer Your Contacts a Free Upgrade
Making money from this giveaway was way down on my priorities. I just wanted my first one to be successful and for people to take notice.
I am sure I will be able to make money from future events now my name is associated with a high quality and high trafficked giveaway.
Therefore, I had no qualms in offering my contacts a free upgrade when I approached them directly.
So, not only have you singled out somebody to invite them to the giveaway (which will make them feel special and give their ego a boost) but you are also giving them VIP status within your event which you normally have to pay for!
There’s nothing more those involved in internet marketing like more than to feel special, part of an “insider circle” and also to get a freebie!
Of course, this still doesn’t work on everybody and a number of people I used this tactic with still didn’t promote the giveaway.
Nothing personal I am sure but for my next event I will only give a freebie to those who showed support and commitment to my first.
(photograph attributed to jtyerse)
5. The Ultimate Incentive – CASH!
Cash motivates list owners like nothing else.
With so many different products being launched each month, all offering affiliate commissions in abundance, you also need to grease the palms of those list owners if you want them to promote your giveaway.
There appear on average to be around eight giveaways launched every month and almost none of them offer a cash incentive to the most successful promoters.
Sure, almost all giveaways offer a commission percentage for those who upgrade their membership but an additional cash bonus will swing things in your favour when you are chasing down promoters.
Larger list owners will flex their Aweber muscle if they know there is a cash reward for finishing top of the leaderboard and it is the more prominent marketers who can make or break your giveaway.
My giveaway attracted a number of marketers who don’t usually bother much with them because I made it as worth their while as I could.
You don’t need to break the bank in terms of cash incentives – anything is better than the nothing on offer by most giveaways but all my future events will have a minimum prize pool of $1,000.
This will bring them into line somewhat with other “pre launch” product contests which offer cash prizes based on lead generation.
(adapted from an image by strollerdos)
6. No Downgrades for “Non Promotion”
This is a great idea that was introduced to me by Paul Teague, a very experienced giveaway host.
What this means is nobody will have their contributor account downgraded to “member” status if no referrals are registered against their account.
This is great news for new marketers who have a very small list, or even no list at all because they can use the giveaway to add new subscribers to their list without being “punished” for not being able to promote it.
Isn’t that what giveaways should be about? Enabling people to grow their list?
Quite often it’s not that new marketers are not promoting the event, it’s just they are not really able to do so and the “no downgrade” approach allows them to have a fair crack of the whip.
Several new marketers emailed me to thank me for adopting this approach and that mine was the best event they had ever participated in, in terms of new subscribers received.
(photograph attributed to 500CPM)
7. Customise the Email Copy
While I love the Ultimate JV Giveaway Script by Scott Case for it’s overall design and functionality, the one aspect of it that really sucks is the pre-loaded promotional emails.
I am not sure what Scott was thinking of when he added them but they are awful.
They don’t read properly and barely make sense.
Yet, lazy giveaway hosts are using them to promote their giveaway to their own lists.
I wrote fresh email copy for my giveaway, it took perhaps half an hour, to make it easier for my contributors to promote it.
Serious list owners would not mail that default gobbledegook to their lists but may not have the time (OK, perhaps they are lazy too) to write their own so I did it for them.
If somebody receives yet another badly written default email promoting yet another half-assed giveaway and your original copy on the same day, what event are they more likely to be drawn to?
(photograph attributed to colorblindPICASO)
8. Send Email Updates – It Is an Event, Isn’t It?
Where the majority of giveaway hosts also miss a trick is they don’t treat their event as, well, an event.
Again, this comes down to sheer laziness.
They hope people will miraculously find their giveway, join it and promote it while the host sits back and counts their new subscribers.
If you are going to get the best out of your giveaway then you have to keep people motivated right to the end.
Have you seen how most product launches have a JV Blog, complete with a leaderboard and “smack talk”, almost goading those involved to do even better?
These updates, sometimes on a daily basis, keep your JV partners interested, motivated and even reminded to promote your event for you.
Internet marketing is a competitive industry and people love the bragging rights of finishing top of a leaderboard – even more so when there are cash prizes involved!
I emailed leaderboard updates regularly during the contributor phase of the giveaway and when it had launched properly to encourage all my JV partners to mail out as often as they could.
The end result? Over 3,000 new subscribers added to my list!
9. Customise the Welcome Area
This isn’t something that will attract more people to your giveaway but it will maximise the revenue you earn aside from registrants upgrading their commissions or purchasing one of the Special Offer products.
I added a number of “bonus gifts” to the Welcome Area which is the very first screen people are taken to when they log in.
Of course, these aren’t just any old free gifts – they are free gifts with my affiliate link in them!
So, a member can get a high value free gift, like a membership to Mark Austin’s Resell Rights Weekly website.
But, if they decide to upgrade their membership from free to paid for even more benefits, then I earn a commission.
There are so many giveaway hosts who are happy to just go along with the template default and they are leaving so much free money on the table in the process.
There are numerous other areas within the giveaway site you can customise in order to add more affiliate products and you can even create your own pages as well.
The key is to not be lazy, add some content of your own and make the giveaway work for you!
(photograph attributed to sfllaw)
10. Your Giveaway Needs a Short Shelf Life
There’s nothing worse than a giveaway that out stays its welcome.
I see it all the time. Giveaways which run for a month or longer and some which don’t even have an end date.
The host’s thought process behind this being the longer the giveaway runs for, the more subscribers they will add to their list.
Wrong!
People get bored very easily with giveaways so it is better to have them run for a short period and your JV partners promote hard during this time.
My giveaway ran for 10 days which I think was ample time and future events of mine may run for as little as seven days.
Give your JV partners a short time frame with a clear, defined deadline and you will reap the rewards!
Now, It’s Your Turn!
I hope this post has given you plenty of food for thought when setting up your own JV giveaways.
They can be a great list builder – or a complete non-event. Like anything else, it all depends on how much effort you put into it.
If you have any comments to make about my 30th Birthday Giveaway or have any queries regarding a potential event of your own, please leave them in the comments section below!
Hi David,
The way you have analyzed your first giveaway is great. Observing, analyzing and drawing conclusions is the way to make the next one even more successful.
Although I am a newbie in internet marketing, have a small list and can’t compete with the great names at all when it comes to the kind of contests you have had too, I don’t jump from giveaway to giveaway. I have experienced once I had been downgraded because no one signed up under me and that one is from my list. If I had been one of the lazy ones ok, but within my limitations I had promoted the event. So that was really one of the attractions of your birthday giveaway: no downgrading. Let’s say your future giveaways will have my attention. Whether I am a newbie or not I am selective.
A lot of success and that you may receive many comments at your blog post!
Regards,
Wilma
Hi Wilma,
Thank you for a great comment. Giveaways are meant to HELP people to build their lists and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that those just starting out will have some difficulty in getting referrals. I hope you found my giveaway useful and that it added a few new people to your mailing list!
David
Twitter: GazzMan
May 19, 2010 at 11:51 am
David, David, David…
I was laughing my OO’s off reading that post. Why? Coz it sounded frighteningly like me. Did I infect you in Las Vegas with Gazzmanitis or have you always been sarcastic while trying to inform others on what you think is the “correct” way to go about doing things?
Nice post – full of good info. Yeah! Like, what else was I gonna do but praise your sardonic wit?
GazzMan
TEMPLE
.-= Gary Simpson´s last blog ..The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Lisbeth Salander =-.
Hi Gazz,
Glad you liked it! I think I’ve always been a bit sarcastic although I didn’t think I was overdoing it in this post. I tried to make it as useful as possible to people wanting to run their own events.
David
Good post. I got to No 10 I believe with just 2 emails to my 3.5k list and a couple of PS’s on the bottom of other email promotions – though its been cut out of your screen shot.
As you say its a great way of adding subscribers to your own list, and 3k for a couple of weeks work is a good return.
Time will tell for you but I’m not sure as to the likely responsiveness of a list built this way. Someone told me that he had a 5k list built this way and he was only getting 50 or so clicks per mailing which is not a good return – despite trying to ‘recover’ or ‘nurse’ the list.
Regards
Pete
.-= Peter Davies´s last blog ..Reasons Why Email Marketing is Better Than Print Advertising =-.
Hi Peter,
You did really well on the leaderboard and was up against some veterans of the giveaway game.
Time will tell with regards to the responsiveness. All my new subscribers are going through my AR sequence and will receive my weekend newsletter so I can hopefully build a relationship with them.
David
Hey David,
Interesting analysis of your giveaway, and yes you are right there is just far too much tosh out there to get remotely interested in or wanting to promote.
Without sucking up to you David, you did a great job for your first giveaway because it had a quality look, and appealed to many, with great incentives!.
Just be careful, warn the postie that the cards will be on the increase through the letter box next year
Talk soon.
Sean
.-= Sean Beardmore´s last blog ..My *NEW* Accountability Video =-.
Thanks a lot Sean – I wanted my giveaway to stand out from the crowd and I believe it managed to achieve that.
David
A great blog post, one that should be “sticky” to anyone thinking about doing a Giveaway.
Well done on yours and a big “hronia polla” from Greece
.-= Simon Warner´s last blog ..I’m A Bad, Bad Blogger =-.
Congrats on the outstanding success of your Giveaway David!
As a new list builder, the no downgrade feature was a godsend and I really appreciated it. I was very surprised with the miniscule size of my list that I did actually get a couple of referrals. I do believe that was because your event stood out from the crowd, not only in size but in appearance too.
Another thing I really liked was your obvious commitment to making it a success. I have not participated in many giveaways, but the few I have joined recently have not put in the effort to keep contributors updated. It does make a difference!
But, that is enough of me bowing down with cries of “We’re not worthy!” Let’s hope that other event organisers implement even just one or two of the points you have raised, particularly my main pet hate – changing the template copy.
Hi David
Very nice post, very informative, the kind of posts a newbie like to read because it explains how to do things.
Unfortunately I didn’t participate in your giveaway, I didn’t notice that there were no downgrades, so as i still have 0 people in my list I’m not looking for giveaways yet, but maybe I should change my mind?
What Peter Davies said about the lists that come out from giveaways usually are not very responsive is something that I’ve been hearing very often. What do you think?
By the way, as an Alex new student I’m posting in my blog some hints about different techniques to get traffic and build lists and my last post is exactly about Giveaways and Ad Swaps.
Could you (and everyone else that is interested) take a look a leave a comment? It will mean a lot to me have a “big guy” comment in my blog :p
Once again, very nice post, I’ve bookmarked it for future reference.
Cheers
Jorge
.-= Jorge´s last blog ..Marketing With Alex… =-.
Hi Jorge,
Thank you for the comment. Further to Peter’s comment above I can only wait and see as to the responsiveness of the giveaway list but I have to be optimistic!
David
Hi David. I have often been tempted to join as a contributor in JV giveaways but get a bit confused. They state you must promote it to your list, but the whole point is I don’t have a list. That’s the reason I’m there. So what’s the protocol when you have no list?
Cheers Mike.
Hi Mike,
My giveaway had a “no downgrade for no promotion” policy, so those just starting out were not penalised if they could not attract referrals underneath them.
Without a list, you can try promoting via other methods such as Twitter and Facebook until you add some numbers to your subscriber base.
David
Hi David,
Your giveaway was great, as you said you put effort into changing the graphics and standard script emails. WELL DONE
I am very please to come 3rd place with a list of only 6k~ it just shows you you can keep up with the big boys with 10 times you list size if you make the effort and have the relationship with your list.
Look forward to your next one!
Mark
.-= Mark Terrell´s last blog ..Authority Job Killer Review =-.
Thanks a lot for your support Mark.
You did very well in the giveaway and I really appreciate your support right up until the end.
I will let you know when the next one is online!
David
Hi David
10 great points there, I am planning my first giveaway at the moment and have already included a couple of your points, ie not downgrading for non promotion and free upgrades.
I will be referring back to this as I progress.
Thanks
Julie
I have to agree on all counts.
Congrats on your first giveaway and the way you went about it so that everyone who participated got the most out of it.
I congratulate you for customising it to the point where anyone could start to build a list while being a contributor. We all had to start somewhere, right?
I appreciate this, as do many others.
Giveaway events gave way to greedy events.
It’s about time they got back to being GIVE AWAY events instead.
Kudos to you!
Jason
Hi David
An excellent post giving us details of how your giveaway went. I have seen many giveaways with the same promotional emails some of which say you will get 5,000 to 10,000 signups for being a contributor in them.
Who are they trying to kidd?
Your attitude to those who did contribute made the process enjoyable for all participants. I hope to be in a position to do a giveaway myself later this year and will refer back to this post for inspiration.
Richard
.-= Richard Moloney´s last blog ..Why Should YOU Write Ebooks? – Part 11 Pricing Part 2 =-.
This year, 2010 I am focused on one thing and that is building my email list. I have been joining every giveaway out there and upgrading in every giveaway but as you said most are not worth it.
David, your giveaway was head and shoulders above every giveaway I have ever been in. All of the points that you have made in you post are absolutely true.
I also appreciate your latest email that had a big list of giveaways and you recommended that we should only upgrade in one of those. I really appreciate that kind of information because that way I will not be wasting my “upgrade” money on events that are not really events at all.
Congratulations on you extremely successful giveaway and I am really looking forward to your next one with Paul Wilson.
(It was sure great meeting you guys in Las Vegas.)
All the best,
Glen Wayne
P.S. I do agree the Gazzman has had a little too much influence on you. Lol!
.-= Glen Wayne´s last blog ..Dan Tredo and Glen Wayne Release Their New E-book =-.
Hi Glen,
I am glad you enjoyed the giveaway. There are numerous events launched every month and while I will attempt to be involved in most (if not all) of them for the exposire, only a small percentage are worth paying for. My next event with Paul Wilson will be one of them
David
Hi David
Great ways to build list. I took part in your giveaway event. Its great event with thousands of members. Now I’ve already known your secrets.
Good job!
Wong Asriman
.-= Wong Asriman´s last blog ..How to Convert Your Subscribers into Buyers =-.
Hi David
I agree with the comments submitted here, it was a bit of a nice change! So far yours has been the exception (all Giveaway Templates suck)!
For me though the biggest point was:
No Downgrades for “Non Promotion”
That is essential for newbies like me who cant really promote without a list…
Look forward to the next one.
Joe
.-= Wayne Evans´s last blog ..Profits Are Better Than Wages (Jim Rohn Video) =-.
Twitter: paulteague_uk
May 19, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Really interesting post David and a great Giveaway too.
It’s really good to see people taking Giveaways seriously now, and not just knocking out the same old stuff that the basic script gives you.
I’m absolutely convinced that they’re the best way for newbies to build their list from scratch and I’m pleased that you found the ‘No downgrades for no promotion’ suspension popular too, it seems to me it’s the biggest thing you can do to help people make real list building progress in these events.
Fantastic first Giveaway, it’s great to have game raisers like you on the scene.
Paul
.-= Paul Teague´s last blog ..What information do want? =-.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for dropping by and thank you for all your help during the run up to my giveaway – I couldn’t have done it without you!
David
David, how’s it going?
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog.
This post is brilliant and when I get through MWA I’m definitely going to look into hosting my own giveaway event. At the time I hope I can contact you since you’ve had a good experience with them.
3000 people added to your list. To say the least, that’s nice
Thanks for the post David and I’ve really taken a few pointers from it.
Also watched the Twitter videos that you did for Matt Wolfe’s APCF. I’m bummed that TwitterKarma have taken away the Bulk Unfollow button. Didn’t check the other paid version you suggested but I guess that that’s gone as well as Twitter say it’s against their rules. (spoilsports)
Reach new heights my friend,
Nathan
.-= Nathan Rufus´s last blog ..How The Heck Does An 80s TV Show Help You Make Real Money Online? =-.
Hi Nathan,
Thanks for leaving me a comment and feel free to get in touch when you are ready to host your first giveaway – there is a bit of work involved but it’s worth it!
David
Twitter: keithpurkiss
May 20, 2010 at 1:12 am
Hi David,
I’ve been waiting for this post as my Summer Giveaway launches soon
Now I have to look for a new title – unfortunately I can’t make it my 30th birthday giveaway…
I’ll be using your post as a checklist.
I decided to go with 100% commission as an incentive, but I’m not sure how this will compare with offering prizes.
It should motivate the smaller JVs more as they wouldnt win the prizes anyway and get paid more, but I’m not sure about the big players that I really want in.
How long before the launch did you notify your main JVs? I’m concerned about giving too much notice in case it loses momentum.
I’m planning on contacting people a week before the JV part launches and then there’s 30 days to promote followed by 2 weeks for the actual giveaway.
Thanks
Keith
.-= Keith Purkiss´s last blog ..My Good Buddy and twenty identical emails =-.
Hi Keith,
Haha, please, please call it something different than “Summer Giveaway”, there are going to be hundreds of them…
I only gave my main JVs about two weeks notice, I wanted to give more than that for my event with Paul but we have fallen a little behind. It is likely to be two weeks again.
David
Hi David,
3000 subscribers! Are you serious? Wow! That is awesome. Congrats! Thanks for sharing these 10 great points to a successful giveaway. It seems like you benefited the most by being an organizer. As a contributor what is the best way to recognize whether a giveaway is worth upgrading or not? Clearly, they are not all created equal. Thanks again for the awesome post.
Hi PJ,
As far as determining whether a giveaway is worth the upgrade or not, this comes with practice and registering for as many events as possible to check on the registration numbers.
You will notice the same people running crappy giveaways on a monthly basis and you’ll know to keep your money in your pocket. You will also spot who is running quality events and can make an informed decision on whether to pay the upgrade fee or not.
David
Hey David, the giveaway was a resounding success by the looks of things, I hope you run another one and next time I will have a great gift to give away. I think I finally understand what Alex keeps saying about basing content on an event, you explained it really clearly, thanks for sharing so much background information on the giveaway, really does help us newbies see the mechanics behind such promotions online, Sally
.-= Sally Neill´s last blog ..Alex Jeffreys Oil Rig Blog Hopping Made Easy =-.
Hi David,
I had no list before I joined your giveaway, at the urging of Paul Wilson. I eventually was able to send a couple people to the event via my Twitter account that I am building using your video in Matt Wolfe’s Autopilot Cash Formula series.
I ended up with my first 25 subscribers and my list is now up to 85 using some other methods. It’s a start! The other giveaways I am in at the moment are not producing very good results. I guess I got spoiled to enter the best giveaway as my first:-)
Thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter,
I am glad you found my giveaway useful and hope you will be on board my next one!
David
Great idea to give a wrap up after your successful giveaway. With so many giveaway events these days doing so poorly, its good to see someone taking the lead and helping not only themselves but the industry by flashing some evaluative thoughts about their event. Well done.
Hey David,
Great tips on making your giveaway stand out from all the others. Unfortunately I missed yours but I know what kind of work you do so I’m sure it was great.
All giveaways are created equally crappy. I don’t even read them anymore because they are all from the same template. That’s bad because if someone does add a little something different I’ll miss it.
I do like what you did with the no downgrade feature. It doesn’t really affect me now but it did when my list was at zero and I was trying to build it. That’s part of this whole Internet business thing is to help people, and with the no downgrade you’re helping people get started which I think is great.
I’ll make sure I don’t miss your next one.
Later,
Jeff Sargent
.-= Jeff Sargent´s last blog ..Aweber Click Tracking – How Not To Do It =-.
Hey David,
I’ve used your website as a resource for JV Giveaway events, for many months now. Thank you.
You’ve been providing a lot of great guidance on giveaway events that I find very helpful.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to visiting your sight again.
When you find a moment, please visit my blog.
Here’s To Achieving Success,
Tom
.-= Tom Alexander´s last blog ..The Use Of Back Links to Boost My Web Traffic And Page Rankings… =-.
Hi David
Thank you for the ‘no downgrade’. Your 30th Birthday Giveaway was a pleasure to be in. I got more subscribers from your giveaway than from others I have been in.
I’m looking forward to the next one!
Anthony
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Hi David,
This is my 1st visit to your site and I’m sorry I missed what sounds like a great GiveAway Event that you had. This article is excellent information and it makes me want to participate in an event like what you’ve described here.
Question: Do you know of any upcoming high-quality GiveAway Events that would demonstrate the methods you’ve outlined here? Then, can you recommend a JV GiveAway resource site for finding good events to participate in?
Thanks in advance!
John Messmer
Very good read and congrats on your Giveaway’s success. I have also found the promotional materials made available far too sparse. Most Giveaway Events canned emails are awful and chock full of typos. Just this week I spell checked and fixed two of the current big JV events for the owners, I just can’t stand it. I do so much unorthodox promotions that should be standard at all Giveaways if you ask me..
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Hi, David
I was just getting into the JV Giveaway scene when you ran yours – so signed in as a member and got lots of good stuff – thank you.
Now I’m underway and, even as a newbie, I see lots of giveaway promotional material that is identical, e-mails badly written, etc, etc, Just as you say.
I have decided to only look at JV Giveaways that are promoted “differenetly”, showing that the host is really interested in the contributors and members. So your video invitation would certainly fall into that category!
Looking forward to your next one – whenever that is!
Jennifer
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