Today is the last day to sign up to be a carnie in the Carnival! Come join us this month in writing about Thanksgiving. Sign-ups will close at 11:59 p.m. CST tonight.

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How to be a carnie in the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle

1. Write and publish an original post about this month’s topic: Thanksgiving on your blog. Be sure to include the Carnival button in your post, or a text link back to Frugal Experiments Carnival category.
2. Submit your post using this form by November10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
3. Send your $6 non-refundable gift via Paypal to frugalexperiments{at}gmail.com ($5 goes into the prize pot, $1 goes toward administrative/promotional fees) by November 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
4. Each Carnie will have two social media profiles (GFC, RSS subscribe, email subscribe, facebook, twitter, google plus, etc.) linked as optional entries into the raffle.
5. I will take all posts submitted and compile them into the carnival post, linking to all posts on November 14, 2011. This post will include a Rafflecopter form for visitors to enter the 50/50 raffle. The rafflecopter form will be live for 10 days and a winner will be chosen on November 24, 2011. 50% of the pot will go to one lucky visitor and the other 50% will go to one of our contributing carnies (I will use random.org to  choose the carnie winner).

I will promote the Carnival on the blog, my facebook page, twitter and Google Plus.

1. On the day after the post goes live, I will tweet post headlines and links of all carnie posts using the hashtag #FECarnival – If you are on twitter I’d love your help in spreading the word by retweeting these.
2. On the day after the post goes live, I will also share short excerpts of each post on my facebook page and my Google + account. If you’re on either of these, I’d love your help in spreading the word by sharing these posts with your friends and fans.
3. Two days after the post goes live, I will begin promoting the raffle aspect of the carnival on linkies, sweepstakes sites and networking forums. If you have a list of places that you normally promote your giveaways to, I’d love to have your help with promoting the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle.

Guidelines:

1. Please add the carnival badge to your post or a text link such as this: This post is part of the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle. Visit the carnival for many more posts on this topic.
2. Write on topic
3. Keep your writing family friendly.

Wanna stay in the loop about upcoming Carnivals?

I’ll send out an informative email highlighting the topic of upcoming carnivals as well as keep you up to date on all carnival happenings.

Would you like to discuss topics and further events that we as a community could do, in a more user friendly environment? Request to join the private FE Blogging Buddies Network where we can share ideas, help promote and network with other like-minded bloggers.

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In my pursuit of trying to balance engaged followers with an increase in visitors, I came up with the idea of combining a blog carnival with a giveaway. My thinking is this: when I hold a giveaway, I see an increase in followers and visitors, but rarely do I see an increase in engaged followers or visitors – but, when I provide useful information to my visitors/followers, I see an increase in engagement but not necessarily an increase in visitors/followers. I thought, what if I could marry the engagement that useful content provides, with some of the numbers that holding a giveaway brings? That’s when the idea hit me to combine a blog carnival with a giveaway.

I was excited about the idea and talked it over with a few trusted bloggy friends and they seemed receptive to the idea. While writing up my ideas, it came to me that contributors (“carnies” if you will) should also have a little added incentive to providing quality content. That’s when I decided to split the pot and do a 50/50 raffle instead. So, if you provide content for the carnival, you are eligible for 50% of the prize pot, each month.

The month of November Carnival will include a roundup of blog posts pertaining to Thanksgiving, along with an entrance fee of $6 – $5 for the prize and $1 for admin/promo fees. Once the Carnival goes live, we will have a 50/50 drawing – 50% of the pot will go to a visitor and 50% of the pot will go to a contributing blogger. If you are interested, please check out this post.

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Hello, and welcome to the Carnival of Frugal Experiments call for submissions! The theme for this month is Thanksgiving.

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What is a blog carnival and why would you want to join us?

A blog carnival is a community of blogs coming together to post on a particular topic, in an effort to provide useful content for visitors, all in one place. This allows the fans/visitors to explore different viewpoints on a given topic, easily. As well, this allows the bloggers or “carnie’s” to support each other’s efforts to grow their blog traffic, generate visitors, extend their blog’s reach to new and different audiences, build backlinks, build quality content and help with SEO.

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How to be a carnie in the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle

1. Write and publish an original post about this month’s topic: Thanksgiving on your blog. Be sure to include the Carnival button in your post, or a text link back to Frugal Experiments Carnival category.
2. Submit your post using the form at the end of this post by November 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
3. Send a $6 “gift” via Paypal to theresjonesie@gmail.com ($5 goes into the prize pot, $1 goes toward administrative/promotional fees) by November 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
4. Each Carnie will have two social media profiles (GFC, RSS subscribe, email subscribe, facebook, twitter, google plus, etc.) linked as optional entries into the raffle.
5. I will take all posts submitted and compile them into the carnival post, linking to all posts on November 14, 2011. This post will include a Rafflecopter form for visitors to enter the 50/50 raffle. The rafflecopter form will be live for 10 days and a winner will be chosen on November 24, 2011. 50% of the pot will go to one lucky visitor and the other 50% will go to one of our contributing carnies (I will use random.org to  choose the carnie winner).

I will promote the Carnival on the blog, my facebook page, twitter and Google Plus.

1. On the day after the post goes live, I will tweet post headlines and links of all carnie posts using the hashtag #FECarnival – If you are on twitter I’d love your help in spreading the word by retweeting these.
2. On the day after the post goes live, I will also share short excerpts of each post on my facebook page and my Google Plus account. If you’re on facebook or Google Plus, I’d love your help in spreading the word by sharing these posts with your friends and fans.
3. Two days after the post goes live, I will begin promoting the raffle aspect of the carnival on linkies, sweepstakes sites and networking forums. If you have a list of places that you normally promote your giveaways to, I’d love to have your help with promoting the Carnival 50/50 Raffle.

Guidelines:

1. Please add the carnival badge to your post or a text link such as this: This post is part of the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle. Visit the carnival for many more posts on this topic.
2. Write on topic
3. Keep your writing family friendly.

Wanna stay in the loop about upcoming Carnivals?

Sign up for the carnie list here: I’ll send out an informative email highlighting the topic of upcoming carnival as well as keep you up to date on all carnival happenings.

Would you like to discuss topics and further events that we as a community could do? Request to join the private FE Blogging Buddies Network (this is not required).

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Today is the last day to sign up to be a carnie in the Carnival! Come join us this month in writing about Halloween. Sign-ups will close at 11:59 p.m. CST tonight.

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How to be a carnie in the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle

1. Write and publish an original post about this month’s topic: Halloween on your blog. Be sure to include the Carnival button in your post, or a text link back to Frugal Experiments Carnival category.
2. Submit your post using this form by October 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
3. Send your $6 non-refundable gift via Paypal to frugalexperiments{at}gmail.com ($5 goes into the prize pot, $1 goes toward administrative/promotional fees) by October 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
4. Each Carnie will have two social media profiles (GFC, RSS subscribe, email subscribe, facebook, twitter, google plus, etc.) linked as optional entries into the raffle.
5. I will take all posts submitted and compile them into the carnival post, linking to all posts on October 14, 2011. This post will include a Rafflecopter form for visitors to enter the 50/50 raffle. The rafflecopter form will be live for 10 days and a winner will be chosen on October 24, 2011. 50% of the pot will go to one lucky visitor and the other 50% will go to one of our contributing carnies (I will use random.org to  choose the carnie winner).

I will promote the Carnival on the blog, my facebook page, twitter and Google Plus.

1. On the day after the post goes live, I will tweet post headlines and links of all carnie posts using the hashtag #FECarnival – If you are on twitter I’d love your help in spreading the word by retweeting these.
2. On the day after the post goes live, I will also share short excerpts of each post on my facebook page and my Google + account. If you’re on either of these, I’d love your help in spreading the word by sharing these posts with your friends and fans.
3. Two days after the post goes live, I will begin promoting the raffle aspect of the carnival on linkies, sweepstakes sites and networking forums. If you have a list of places that you normally promote your giveaways to, I’d love to have your help with promoting the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle.

Guidelines:

1. Please add the carnival badge to your post or a text link such as this: This post is part of the Carnival of Frugal Experiments and 50/50 Raffle. Visit the carnival for many more posts on this topic.
2. Write on topic
3. Keep your writing family friendly.

Wanna stay in the loop about upcoming Carnivals?

I’ll send out an informative email highlighting the topic of upcoming carnivals as well as keep you up to date on all carnival happenings.

Would you like to discuss topics and further events that we as a community could do, in a more user friendly environment? Request to join the private FE Blogging Buddies Network where we can share ideas, help promote and network with other like-minded bloggers.

Image: m_bartosch / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
This post may contain affiliate links. View the full disclosure policy for more information.

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Hi everyone, I started a new blog carnival this month, which I intend to hold every month. In my pursuit of trying to find engaged followers, I came up with the idea of combining a blog carnival with a giveaway aspect. My thinking is this: when I hold a giveaway, I see an increase in followers and visitors, but rarely do I see an increase in engaged followers or visitors – but, when I provide useful information to my visitors/followers, I see an increase in engagement but not necessarily an increase in visitors/followers. I thought, what if I could combine the engagement that useful content provides, with some of the numbers that holding a giveaway brings? That’s when the idea hit me to combine a blog carnival with a giveaway.

I was excited about the idea and talked it over with a few trusted bloggy friends and they seemed receptive to the idea. While writing up my ideas, it came to me that contributors (“carnies” if you will) should also have a little added incentive to providing quality content. That’s when I decided to split the pot and do a 50/50 raffle instead. So, if you provide content for the carnival, you are eligible for 50% of the prize pot, each month.

The month of October Carnival will include a roundup of blog posts pertaining to Halloween, along with an entrance fee of $6 – $5 for the prize and $1 for admin/promo fees. Once the Carnival goes live, we will have a 50/50 drawing – 50% of the pot will go to a visitor and 50% of the pot will go to a contributing blogger. If you are interested, please check out this post.

This post may contain affiliate links. View the full disclosure policy for more information.

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