Behind the Scenes of the Blog and A Little Hint About Brands!

Ok guys!  Every once and awhile I love to give you guys some insight to what happens BEHIND the blog.  It’s a hot mess most of the time, a bazillion emails and me always feeling like I will never quite catch up. However, because I do spend so much time talking with brands & marketers, I get an idea of what will happen before it does, what ways my readers can take advantage and am able to try to direct you guys in the right direction with deals, promotions and even social media changes.  It’s one of the perks that I do like about running this blog! 🙂

With that said, I’ve been speaking to a lot of brands recently that are really trying to grow their Instagram accounts.  It’s the ONE social media profile (as of right now) that lets you actually see posts from everyone you follow (unlike Facebook and even Pinterest now- who filter the posts you see and don’t see). And until Instagram, (who is now owned by Facebook, Go figure!), decides to change their algorithm and/or open up Instagram ads to everyone, brands are trying VERY hard to get followers organically on Instagram.

So now why does that matter to you?  If you aren’t on Instagram, you might want to consider joining–solely for the opportunities that brands are doing to help gain new followers.  My recent discussions with brands have been to do joint Giveaways of products, gift cards and even special discount or FREEbies just for Freebies2Deals followers on Instagram. And most of the time, you just need to follow both accounts in order to enter those said giveaways.  For example. one of the hottest new girl toys for Christmas has asked me to do JUST an Instagram Giveaway sometime during the next two weeks– something I’m super excited about! And not including those special Giveaways on Freebies2Deals for readers here on the blog or on another social media platform isn’t because I don’t love you all.  Because I do!  But in order to score those awesome giveaways from brands–THEY decide what social media platform they want to do them on most of the time.

So although I will STILL do lots of Giveaways between now and forever, some of them might be just for blog readers, some might be just for email subscribers, some might just be just for Instagram or Periscope… and if they are giveaways that I am personally sponsoring with my own money or products that I have received pro-bono, then I have total control.  But when brands come into play, things change a bit. And I wanted you guys to all know- and divulge all of that information so you know why things happen the way they do.

At the bottom of Freebies2Deals.com, you will see a feed from my Instagram page.  Some of those posts are personal, some are deals I happen to find while I am out and about shopping and some are sharing the absolute best deals from the day. You can obviously see those anytime you want at the bottom of the blog because I wanted ALL of you to be able to see those.  However, if you want to grab those promotions, discounts or freebies that brands are giving away on THEIR pages and as exclusives to Freebies2Deals, you will want to join me on Instagram.  Ya, I know it’s another social media platform to join and use.  But honestly, I use it more than Facebook now and the amount of money you can save is worth it, in my opinion. And my favorite part about it is that I get to actually comment and talk to you guys directly on my posts!!  I am not always online but I always have my phone with me.  So I try my hardest to answer questions you guys have and get to know you all better!

So there you have it!  The low-down on what is happening lately with brands and how you might be able to actually WIN one of the items off your Christmas list, instead of paying for it. Wouldn’t that be awesome! 🙂

**To add to this post, the newest form of social media is LIVE video streaming on Periscope.  It’s something I’ve recently joined and am brand new to it.  But I am predicting it will be one of the biggest ways that brands will start connecting and promoting to their audiences because viewers are able to comment and interact in real time. So you guys might want to sign up for Periscope as well – by downloading the app on your phone.  My LIVE videos on Periscope are a work in progress (That’s probably an understatement!) as I’m still figuring out the platform and you will see everything from personal stuff to How-To Save type videos.  So more to come on that later.  And if you do decide to join me on Periscope at @Freebies2Deals, don’t forget to enter the Giveaway going on right now too so you could possibly win a 12 Foot Trampoline with Enlcosure! (There are only 900 entries so far and it’s great odds compared to the other Giveaways I do!)

Love you all!!  Hope that gives you some more insight to all that is crazy in this blog world of mine!