Blogging has a way of connecting people that under normal circumstances would never cross paths. It’s an exciting new way of communicating, making new friends, sharing experiences and learning valuable lessons.
With the vast number of blogs crawling the internet, and even greater number of new bloggers joining their ranks, it can easily become a daunting task trying to visit them all. Which is why I decided to start featuring a new blogger each week that we all can get to know.
This weeks featured blogger is Bobbi Sharp aka Giveaway Addict. I came across her blog while visiting sites through 
(my absolute favorite free advertising program). And who doesn’t love giveaways. Get to know more about her below, and don’t forget to visit her blog.
How long have you been blogging? I started blogging after the birth of my daughter in January 2009, but started Giveaway Addict in August of 2009 after becoming addicted to giveaways. Shortly after I began hosting my own giveaways.
What inspired you to start blogging? To start off blogging I wanted to keep my family around the world informed of everything going on with our journey into parenthood. I also use my personal blog as a baby book, publishing it every so often. One day I will pass the collection onto my children. From there I ventured into entering as many giveaways as possible, because, well who doesn’t love free stuff? After a while of posting about giveaways on my personal blog I became a little guarded with some of the people who were reading about my baby girl. I decided that in order to protect my family, in this crazy day and age, I would start a separate blog to share my great giveaway findings with friends and anyone who was interested. After a while it bloomed into me doing the giveaways and reviews.
What is your blog about? I love to review and giveaway products for Mom’s, Babies and children. But being so new to the giveaway world, you take what you can get. So I’ve had a mish-mash of products from household goods, to amazing kid products, to intimate items for Mommy and Daddy. I’m really trying to get more Mom, Baby and Pregnancy oriented stuff on my site…
How has blogging changed your life? It went from being informative for my family and logging memories for my children to being a near full time job. I didn’t expect it would take so much time from emails with sponsors to answering reader questions to typing and posting information. It’s a lot of hard, rewarding work.
What have you learned about blogging that you would like to share with others? 1) If you do giveaways, be prepared to work extra hard. 2) Every day is different, and in some small way you’ll be proud to know that you’ve made someone smile. Free stuff makes me smile anyway. 3) Love every minute of it. Yes it is hard, but it is amazing to see some of the feed back from winners and people who are appreciative of your opinions.
Name 3 blogs you love to read? Gobs of Giveaways, Mommy Loves Giveaways, and Mission Mommy
If you are interested in being featured as “Blog of the Week”, please contact me for further details.
Nov 02nd by admin
