Home Improvement & Tool Giveaways at One Project Closer

September 22, 2008 | by Fred (email) |

Do you love free stuff? We do!  So we know you’re going to love what’s coming next…

Starting in late September ’08, we’ll be selecting one lucky reader each month to receive a fabulous new tool or home improvement item shipped right to their front door.  Imagine getting home from work to find a new lithium ion drill driver, a high quality bench grinder, a gas powered leaf blower, or even a pro series table saw awaiting on your doorstep… for FREE.  We’re not talking just any old tools either.  These are high quality, brand name tools that you can actually use to get your house projects done.

So you’re thinking to yourself, “What’s the catch?”  The answer:  there is no catch.  All you have to do is enter the contest.  In fact, you might already be entered if you’re receiving this article by e-mail (see below).

How to Enter OPC Tool Giveaways

There are three ways to enter the contest each month.  In fact, you might already be entered into the contest and not even know it!  Here’s how to maximize your chances of winning:

• 1 entries:  Leave a comment. Leave a comment on the month’s giveaway article to get one entry into the contest.
• 10 entries: Subscribe via e-mail. Just follow this link to subscribe to receive e-mail updates every day.  We’d love to be able to reward our RSS subscribers as well, but unfortunately RSS subscriptions don’t report any identifiable information for us to link you with the giveaway.

Why do we value subscriptions and blog entries more than comments? In the past, we’ve had a few online sweepstakes sites pick up our contests.  These sites redirect hundreds of people to the giveaway articles.  While we want to allow these folks to enter, we want to give our regular readers and fellow bloggers the best chances of winning each contest.  After all, the blogging community is really what keeps us going!

See the Fine Print below for additional details.

Current & Past Giveaways

• Irwin Vise Grip Tools Set (ended 9/21/08)
• Mosquito 86 Mosquito Prevention System (ended 9/30/08)
• Ceiling Fan ($175 Gift Card) from Home Depot (ended 10/31/08)
• DIY Network Tape Measures (5 Winners!) (ends 11/30/08)
• $100 Home Depot Gift Cards (2 Winners!) (ends 12/17/08)
• Dewalt Tracksaw ($500 Value) — Coming Soon!

What are the Odds of Winning?

That depends on the number of entries received.  Needless to say, writing an entry on your own blog or becoming an e-mail subscriber gives you a leg up.  For example, if there are a total of 300 entries for a giveaway, an e-mail subscriber has about a 3% chance of winning, and a blogger who wrote an article has a 25% chance.

We expect that, over time, more and more people will enter these contests.  We fully intend to increase the frequency of the giveaways as our budget grows, and as additional manufacturers and retailers contact us.

Why Are We Giving Away Tools?

Well, there’s actually a lot of reasons.  The first and most important is that we want to encourage increased participation and readership at our site.  We really enjoy the conversation this venue generates, and the resulting sense of community.  We’ve met some great people through our participation in others’ blogs, and their participation here.

Second, we want a regular venue for tool manufacturers and retailers to highlight their products.  We receive regular e-mails from these groups looking to gain publicity for their products.

Finally, we absolutely LOVE to make people happy.  It really is tremendous fun to receive a gift in the mail, and these giveaways allow us to share in our readers’ happiness.

For Manufacturers, Retailers, and PR Firms

Welcome to One Project Closer and thanks for your interest in sponsoring a giveaway!

More and more, customers are turning to the internet to research and purchase home improvement products.  Independent, well-designed home improvement blogs like One Project Closer have become a trusted source of information for prospective buyers.

Sponsoring a giveaway on One Project Closer guarantees you two articles focused entirely on your product (a giveaway announcement and a winner announcement).  Each article provides a summary of the features and benefits of your product and contains links back to your product’s sales and information pages.   Both articles will be submitted to all major search engines, and will remain available online in perpetuity.  In addition, a permanent graphical link is placed on the home page of this site (www.oneprojectcloser.com) for the duration of the giveaway (normally, 30-31 days).

Articles on One Project Closer can generate many thousands of brand and product impressions and hundreds of follow on sales.  Sponsorship is a great way to gain publicity for your product, obtain links back to your product’s sales pages, and create goodwill in the online home improvement community.

For more information on sponsorship, send an e-mail to giveaways@oneprojectcloser.com and ask for additional details.  You can also see our Giveaway Rules and FAQ for more information.

A Note to Financial Product & Service Companies

One Project Closer engages in the marketing of financial products including credit cards, loan products, etc. In the past, we have had financial institutions question their ability to work with us due to the giveaways provided on this site.  Accordingly, please note:  we do not provide any, giveaways, “points”, or any other incentives for trying products or services on our site, unless specifically requested to do so in a written agreement on the part of an advertiser.   The only giveaways we provide are free products or services, usually in the home improvement field, that are provided by advertisers or that we purchase.  The only way to gain entries for our giveaways is by using the methods identified above (leave a comment on the article, subscribe via e-mail, or write an article on your own site).  A reader cannot gain entries by trying products or services, etc.

Federal Law prohibits certain types of affiliate marketing that encourage users to sign up for financial products by offering additional points or incentives to do so.  We never modify the terms of an agreement and market financial products only in accordance with the advertiser’s / financial institution’s requirements.  We never provide giveaways, points, or other incentives to encourage users to try products or services unless we have gained prior written authorization from the affiliate.  For financial affiliates, we have a strict policy never to offer these types of incentives for fear of jeopardizing our ability to work with them.