Peter Shankman...yes THE Peter Shankman of HARO is giving away all sorts of goodies on Twitter over this holiday. Unfortunately I missed yesterday's (12/24) massive giveaway, but you can be SURE I'll be twittering all day long waiting for a chance to win tomorrow (12/26 - BOXING DAY). Here is what he has written about the giveaways on his site ~
Updated: 18:11EST 12/25/08
A little history… I’m on Twitter as @skydiver.The morning of December 24th, I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. I figured I could clean out my office, and by doing so, give away via Twitter all the “SWAG” that I’d collected over the year from loyal HARO members, advertisers, and the like. Seemed like a good idea.
So the night before, I posted this to Twitter. Within 30 minutes, I had over 400 new followers. Apparently, everyone retweeted, and people who’d never heard of me or HARO started following me in droves. “Cool!” I thought.
The next morning, I started giving away some stuff. Some soaps from SkinFree, a surge protector from TrippLite, even some travel goodies. The minimal cost of postage was, in my opinion, worth getting my office back and making a few people happy.
But then, something weird started to happen. All of a sudden I got a call from my friend Kelly, the PR rep for the very awesome Ogio line of travel gear. “Peter, want to give away a bag?” “Um, YEAH!” So I did. And all of a sudden, people realized that hey, I just gave away a $150+ bag to some random person who followed me on Twitter! Well, that got the word out.
By 3pm, it was clear that I’d have to do this again - not because I couldn’t get through all the stuff in my office, but because offers of “Hey, I’ll donate _____ as a prize for your next question!” were coming in around one every five minutes.
So in no particular order here’s what’s going to be given away tomorrow. This is a partial list, because prizes are STILL coming in. I’m going to have to ask a question every 10 minutes or something. What hath I wrought? I should also add, note the ski trips. SKI TRIPS!!!
Three one year memberships to Boingo
A one-hour private phone consult on how business/journalists can use Twitter, compliments of Laura Fitton, head of Pistachio Consulting.
Guy Kawasaki is thowing in a copy of his newest book, Reality Check
Eight (Yes, Eight!) Bags from Ogio
Two Gift Certificates to an introductory Blacksmithing Class (How cool is this!) Check it out here.
SanDisk is throwing in five 8GB SanDisk Mobile Ultra mobile phone memory cards and USB 2.0 compatible MobileMate readers
Two months of Business Coaching ($1,200 value) from Mattison Grey at Greystone Guides
Four Stainless Steel Water Bottles compliments of CynerGreen
A free Peek Email Device with 3 months free service! (Hot!)
Sleek MedSpa is giving twelve (yes, twelve!) $100 gift certificates to their spa, located in NYC, Boston, and South Florida. (Sweet!)
Two Child Safety Packs from My Precious Kid
A fine art print, up to 16×20, from the Italy Collection of Jen Barnett
Two bottles of Double Cross Vodka, ($50 per bottle value!)
Four $25 Gift Certificates to Blue Ridge Gypsy Studios Skin Care Line, including Free Shipping
A pair of one-day adult lift tickets to Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah!
Ten T-shirts from TeeCycle.org
Six DVD Copies of the Documentary “Dare Not Walk Alone.”
A $50 Gift Certificate to Hooray for the Underdog
5 personally signed CDs from Grammy nominated R&B/Soul artist Maiysha, and 5 personally signed CDs from The Guggenheim Grotto.
Diana DeRosa Photography is donating an 11×14 print of the US Equestrian Team Raising their flowers at the Beijing Olympics this past summer. Gorgeous print!
A Reno/Tahoe Winter Escape for 2: 4 days 3 nights lodging in either Reno, Sparks, North Lake Tahoe or South Lake Tahoe, a meal or two, three days skiing with two interchangable lift tickets, and tons of swag, bags, camelbacks, etc. (How cool is this?!)
Two $25 vouchers to Razoo, an online charity donation platform.
One ticket ($547 value) to Twelve Keys to Blissful Living, compliments of Maryam Webster
A gorgeous pair of Earrings ($80) compliments of Ojai Style
A LIFETIME subscription to PearBudget, the online budgeting tool.
Cinzia is tossing in a gorgeous pair of sunglasses ($260)
Deb Lee is throwing in Two Hours of Professional Organizing Services to anyone in the DC Metro Area.
Four pairs of Monkey Toes Shoes
A free candle, every month, for a YEAR, thanks to ImageGlow Candles
A limited edition lip gloss and fragrance set from Mary Kay cosmetics, thanks to Kat Rosati
Three Doggie Shirts, compliments of Garmutt, Rock Apparel for Dogs. Hee!
A Signed Copy of Beth Sheresh’s new cookbook, “Picture Yourself Cooking With Your Kids”
A Bronze Web Hosting Package, thanks to JTF Associates
A Hip Chanukah Prize Package, compliments of Sara at Pop Judaica.
Three Subscriptions to the Dream of Italy Newsletter, thanks to Kathy McCabe.
Three free tickets to any workshop at the Are You Socially Acceptable Conference Series
Two bottles of Rare Olive Oil thanks to Farmstead Wines
Wendy Kincade at Blue Sky Morning has two sets of 10 hours of Power Coaching for Professionals.
Lots more coming in today and tomorrow morning - yes - even on Christmas day!
