Wowsers! I won something!

As you could probably guess from the content of my posts, I love contests - and especially love Prizeatron.com , which is a sister-site of Seven Dogs and a Baby (a site that does reviews and giveaways mostly). Anyhow, she had up for grabs a Body Shop prize pack of Vitamin E skin care products - as a promo for a larger Vick's giveaway (follow either link to see how to enter). And I won!

I remember first seeing contests on all these blogs - wondering if they were for real - if anyone ever won, ever got their prizes. The answer is yes! It's a brilliant marketing idea for the companies, and a win-win for the readers and for the blog owners. I completely tune out commercials and display ads - rarely even notice online advertising (unless it's annoying - that means you US Airways) - but I'll spend several minutes pondering a necklace at a site I would have never visited if there's a prize on a blog. Clever.