My husband watches TV, I play online—that’s the way we spend our evenings after the kids are asleep.  Exciting?  It might not seem so to other people, but at the end of a long day, it’s just what the doctor ordered.   I started entering blog giveaways last year as a way to pass the time.  To my great surprise, I even won a few!  Although I don’t always take the time to enter giveaways, I recognize how easy it is to snag some fun prizes while doing a few good deeds at the same time.

When my husband asked why I enter blog giveaways, I wondered that myself.  Here are my reasons.

Reason #1:   There’s a great chance of winning.  
Since the pool of entrants is smaller than a sweepstakes like Publisher’s Clearing House, the odds of winning just seem better to me.  After all, take a look at this giveaway — the one in which I was the only entrant.

The thing is, the prize was a beautiful handmade Etsy scarf — I wore it to work last week and got lots of compliments.  Totally worth the few seconds it took to enter!  Are you ready to enter some?  Click any of the giveaways over to the right for your chance to win ——->

Reason #2:  It helps the blog owner.
Before I became a blogger, I had never heard of Google Analytics or Alexa ratings.  Most readers probably don’t know or care what those stats are, either.  The thing is that those numbers really impact the success of a blog.  See,  Google keeps track of the visitor count on Savings in Seconds.  The more people who visit my blog, the better opportunities for things like great product reviews and awesome giveaways.  So if you want to support the blog, entering a giveaway can help the blogger offer even better things to her readers!  Plus, it makes the blogger SO VERY HAPPY to know that people are reading the blog.   We know that ya’ll are busy and took time to stop at our sites.  Every entry is like a little gift! 

Reason #3:  I find great new brands and sites
I love finding out about new products and brands.  Wearing all my different hats (mom, teacher, wife, blogger, girly girl) requires me to use a lot of products.  Bloggers often have the first news about fun stuff.  Plus by sharing the giveaway link on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest, I can tell people about the blogs I like to visit.  Spreading the word helps the blogger even more!  I’m always excited when I find a cool new blog that I want to read all day.  If you are, too, be sure to share it with others. (Like Savings in Seconds?  Please click the flares to the left. Just sayin’.)

For example, I entered several book giveaways this week.  While I was on those blogs, I found lots and lots of new titles and authors that I added to my Amazon wishlist.  Can’t wait to get started on those!! Plus, I won a new book (see below).  After I read those books, I share them with my sister, friends, or mother-in-law so they get to enjoy the winnings, too.

Reason #4:  It only takes a few seconds. 
It’s so easy to enter giveaways online.  With just a few clicks, you can get lots of entries into the raffle.  Whether the blogger uses Rafflecopter, Giveaway Tools, or some other form, it’s usually just a few seconds’ time and you’re finished.  Now, some people complain that there are too many entry options.  I don’t mind that at all (which is why I offer LOTS of optional entries on my giveaways.)  After all, if you don’t want to tweet, you don’t HAVE to!   I love that I don’t have to mail anything in or even look up a website.  Everything is linked right from the entry form.  Couldn’t be easier.

Reason #5:  It’s FUN!
Have you ever been present for a door prize drawing?  You know how everyone stops their conversations and holds their breath (even if they don’t admit it) because of course, it’s fun to win!!  Getting an email that notifies me of a prize just makes me happy.  And it makes me want to visit that blog again!! Win, win!!

Do you like to enter blog giveaways?  What are your favorite reasons for entering — or what’s the best prize you’ve won?