Okay, guys, it’s time for the results!! I put all the entries into the random.org integer generator to choose a winner. 1-315 corresponded with the comments, and 315 and up went to the extra entries.

Random.org chooses entry number 27… that’s a comment, so I searched through my comments to find the one labeled 27, and that corresponds with the following comment.

Email and IP address blocked out for privacy.

Congratulations, Pam! I’ll be contacting you for your mailing address. If I don’t hear from her within 48 hours, I’ll choose another winner. Thank you for entering everyone! If you’ve got recipes to share, I’d love to see them!

It’s time for the Bloggy Giveaways again! I had such a great response last time, and such a fun time giving stuff away that I knew I had to participate again.

I haven’t had a chance to go through much of the list yet, but I know there will be a lot of great prizes, so make sure you go check them out after you get done entering here!

What I’m giving Away

I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate to Pampered Chef.

Who is Eligible

Sorry to the international people, but I’m only opening this up to people with a United States mailing address.

How to Enter

Leave a comment on this post. It’s that simple! You don’t have to have a blog to enter this contest, but make sure you enter a valid email address… if I can’t contact you, I can’t give you the prize!

GET EXTRA ENTRIES

Each comment counts as one entry, but if you vote for Jenn Cooks as best food blog at the Blogger’s Choice Awards, you’ll get 5 additional entries for the gift certificate. Make sure you let me know you voted, so I can keep track!

The rest of the details…

Submissions will be open until 6pm on Sunday April 27th. Any comments received after that point (if I haven’t closed the comment form yet) will not be valid. The winner will be announced Monday April 28th and the prize will be on it’s way as soon as I have the necessary information. Don’t enter if you aren’t willing to share your first and last names, and your shipping address.

I believe that’s all! Good luck! Feel free to share your recipes with me while you are here– email jenn at jenncooks.com!

Edited to add: All first-time commenters will need to have their comments approved before they show up on the post. Don’t worry- they’re in the moderation queue, and I’ll approve them as soon as I can!

This is probably the most “off-topic” post you’ll ever see on this blog. In fact, I’ve never posted about Entrecard at all, either here or on my other blog. So you’re getting a few firsts all in one post! I first heard about Entrecard at BlogWorldExpo back in November, but I didn’t do anything with the information until January. And even then, the entrecard widget just quietly appeared at the top of my right sidebar and I didn’t make a lot of fanfare about it.

But the truth is, adding Entrecard has been really good for my blog. I’ve gained quite a few new readers, a lot more exposure and a couple hundred extra visitors every day. I’ve also found many new blogs to add to my feed reader, and I seem to add another one every day. Many of these blogs are great food blogs, and many others are personal finance blogs– I’m trying to reduce my debt, so I’m taking in as much information as possible! So what’s the purpose of this post?

The Largest Entrecard Giveaway Ever

When Entrecard reached 5,000 active users, many people gathered together to arrange the LARGEST Entrecard Giveaway ever! The whole thing has been spearheaded by Kacie over at Sense to Save (one of the aforementioned personal finance blogs), and she’s done a wonderful job of keeping track of it all!

The whole purpose of our contest is to encourage more people to join Entrecard and get involved. As such, only new members will be eligible to win. We’ll be giving out upwards of 45,000 credits as more people are coming forward as sponsors and hosts even today. To be eligible to win, you’ll need to sign up for Entrecard, and then leave a comment below with your username. (You sign on with your email address, so your blog name will be your username. As an example, my username at Entrecard is Jenn Cooks.)

There will be one first prize of a whopping 34,000 credits. The rest of the credits will be divvied up between several new users, one for each separate category. You can earn additional entries to the contest by leaving comments on the blogs of the other hosts. I don’t want to try to keep up with the changes, so I’ll just refer you to Kacie to find the other places to comment.

Click Here to See the Complete List of the Entrecard Giveaway Sponsors!

This is a great opportunity if you’ve been thinking about joining Entrecard and haven’t done so yet. It would take a LONG time to earn 34,000 credits on your own, and you can purchase a whole lot of “free” advertising for your blog. And more advertising equals more visitors. So what are you waiting for?