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Welcome to March Madness – better get your brackets done
March 16, 2016
Every March college basketball takes over, so welcome to March Madness. You’ll be hearing much about the women’s tournament at the same time as the men’s tournament. The women’s madness starts with 64 teams and for the past three years has ended with UConn players taking home the championship. The men’s madness starts with 68 […]
Read MoreHere’s a couple of new sweepstakes that target Millennials
March 9, 2016
Playing games is not one of my favorite pastimes, but it is big with some of my younger friends and family members, and they’re part of a huge market. The global gaming market is predicted to hit $93 billion by 2019 and should continue growing at least for the rest of the decade. That’s the […]
Read MoreIt’s a win, win with Laura’s Lean Beef 60 Day Challenge
March 2, 2016
The Laura’s Lean Beef 60 Day Challenge is offering a win, win for all who decide to participate. We’re assisting the Laura’s Lean Beef (LLB) team with the administration of this unique promotion that just launched yesterday, March 1, and is running till April 29. LLB is motivating people to hop on the fitness bandwagon […]
Read MoreStill blogging about the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty after 9 years!
February 24, 2016
I am celebrating my 9th birthday as a blogger this week. I published my first post on my blog, Donna’s Promo Talk, on February 27, 2007, which entered me into the new world of social media. At that time Facebook was in it’s infancy and had mostly just college users along with a few businesses […]
Read MoreWrestleMania Reading Challenge offers sweepstakes to encourage participation
February 17, 2016
First Book has partnered with the WWE on this year’s the WrestleMania Reading Challenge. New for 2016 is the WrestleMania Reading Challenge Sweepstakes that we are administrating and hosting on their behalf. We’ve been working directly this year with First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that has distributed more than 135 million books and educational […]
Read MoreHere’s our Super Bowl 50 Wrap Up
February 10, 2016
Super Bowl 50 is now history. The Denver Broncos won. They beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10. Peyton Manning said throughout Super Bowl week that it has been the Broncos’ “bruise-inflicting, quarterback-rattling defense that got us here, let’s just make that clear.” And he was so right. Cam Newton has finally gotten a slice of humility! […]
Read MoreWhat do you think will be this year’s best Super Bowl ad?
February 3, 2016
This Sunday the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos will compete in Super Bowl 50 to be held in Santa Clara in Levi’s Stadium. I am eagerly awaiting the game which I’ll be watching from our living room couch. Check out this Panthers vs. Broncos Super Bowl trailer that the NFL recently posted. The battle […]
Read MoreSuper Bowl 50: A quick peak at some of this year’s ads
January 27, 2016
We got to see some great football last Sunday and watch two teams move on to Super Bowl 50. Payton Manning of the Denver Broncos vs. Tom Brady of the New England Patriots played the first game. However, the Patriots offense just didn’t really show up and Brady was sacked over 20 times. The final […]
Read MorePepsiCo is back with their Game Day Grub Match Contest for SuperBowl 50
January 20, 2016
Last weekend the road to SuperBowl 50 continued with four great playoff games that left us with four teams in the running. All four where the home teams, unlike the weekend before that made history when all four away teams won. The Green Bay Packers almost got away with an upset when Aaron Rodgers had […]
Read MoreDoritos Crash the Super Bowl Video Contest Final Edition
January 13, 2016
We had a bit of NFL history in last weekend’s wild-card round. For the first time all four road teams won in the same playoff weekend. All those hometown fans in Washington D.C., Minneapolis, Cincinnati and Houston were disappointed to see their team’s season end. The fans of the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings […]
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