Blog Giveaway to Celebrate a Year of Inspire To Thrive
Blog Giveaway
to Celebrate 1 Year of Inspire to Thrive
Can you believe it has been a year of blogging at Inspire to Thrive? Time sure flies when you are having fun blogging away. You can part read the first post about why Inspire to Thrive began.
First Post August, 2011
Inspire to Thrive ― Why Inspire to Thrive? I have had many people over the years inspire me to do things I thought I could not do. I have many more questions on this journey to success and thought this would be a great way to give and take. I would love to inspire others along the way.The news of the day was depressing with the stock market down over 500 points and I have been working my plan A for almost 20 years and for the past year and a half plan B and plan C. I’m now on plan D.
The Blog Giveaway
Okay on to the blog giveaway! Thank you my readers for making this blog continue on for a year. Please enter to win.
The Prizes are:
- 1 $25 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble
- 5 Blog Engage Memberships (Value $19.99 each)
- All your posts are shown as ‘Stories’ and then voted and/or commented by the members. A higher number of votes brings that post into the ‘Published’ section from the ‘Upcoming’ section. Being on the Homepage, the ‘Published’ section grabs the attention of hundreds or thousands of viewers. If impressed, the viewers of the story then go the original post on your blog to read the whole post.
- You build relationships with many other fellow bloggers, which is a great way to connect with more bloggers.
- You get to read all the amazing articles submitted by great authors (including your favorites too!) and never missing out anything from them again.
Some of my earliest followers of Inspire To Thrive were:
@lisapatb@melissag813 me three!#TomBrady#hair — Candice (@TheNewModernMom) May 9, 2012
Sanantha Gluck from Freelance Writing Dreams
#FF@lisapatb b/c she’s amazing in her SEO & social media brain kicks w/generosity of a saint. Best of all, I call her cherished friend. — Samantha Gluck (@Texascopywriter) June 29, 2012
Latorsha from Life is Hard Laugh Anyway
@lisapatb Thanks!!!#TGIF — Optimistic Mom (@AnOptimisticMom) July 13, 2012
Rusty from My Life Blogs
@lisapatb Thank you@lisapatb for sharing!Good to see you! Hope to slow things down soon. — Russell Purkiss (@RussellPurkiss) July 22, 2012
And then came the regular visitors over the next few months:
Brenda of PibblesnMe and Rebecca of DVR Dame
@lisapatb Awesome post on BlogEngage! — Brenda (@PibblesNMe) May 15, 2012
— Rebecca Pacrem (@DvrDame) May 25, 2012 Jan from Jan Bierens
@lisapatb Thanks bunches! Jan Bierens from (@JanBierens) August 3, 2012
And Mayura from Mayura4Ever
@lisapatb Oh my gosh… You did it… Change for betterThat’s cool Lisa, the new look. — Mayura De Silva (@MayuraDeSilva) March 12, 2012
Good luck to all who have entered the Blog Giveaway!
What else would you like to see in the upcoming year at Inspire to Thrive?
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About Lisa
Helping Others to Thrive Online Through Social Media, Blogging and SEO. What good is knowledge if you cannot share it with others?
20+ years experience in marketing/advertising with 3 years experience blogging, social media and SEO.
38 Responses to Blog Giveaway to Celebrate a Year of Inspire To Thrive
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Happy Bloggy Anniversary Lisa!!
Woohoo!! Finally get to put the voice with the face! 
I totally hate my voice so don’t ever expect a vlog from me! hehe Here’s to an even better year gf! Keep on blogging! Muwah!
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Thanks Brenda and for all your support throughout the year. Don’t forget to enter the contest too! Maybe next time I’ll do it with the face.
Oh I’m entered! It’s been a pleasure getting to know you and your blog over the past year! I look forward to many more years of fun!
Brenda recently posted..Step “Outside the Box” Please
What will we blogging about in our 70′s Brenda? LOL.
Oh my gosh! I have tons of ideas but not sure if I can post them on your blog! Good idea for a blog post on an UNCensored blog though!
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Hi Lisa,
Wow… Happy Anniversary to Inspire to Thrive
I remember how it was and logo was a lotus I believe. Many things changed here and still adding more and more features. You are always seeking for new updates on SEO and Social Media. The best part is all of them are simplified 
1 year of great resource. More to go… I hope more videos to come and well, take care of garden too 
Cheers…
(dofollow)
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Thanks Mayura…yes more changes than I probably can remember. Thanks for your constant support and tips along the way Mayura. You can enter contest too!
I’m SO thrilled to see a video from you Lisa even it if was your garden but I got to “hear” you too.
Congratulations, your blog is a year old. It’s quite an accomplishment wouldn’t you agree! I’m so proud of what you’ve done and how far you’ve come. I so enjoy reading your posts and I did enter your contest. I admit not having entered many of these so I thought now is a good time to start since it’s yours!
Thanks for sharing this with us and again, congratulations on making it a whole year!
Am definitely sharing the news.
~Adrienne
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Happy Anniversary! You did it! And I’m so proud to have made the regulars list.
Hi Lisa!
First of all I want to congratulate you with your 1st year on Inspire to Thrive. I like the video, because I believe it’s always good to have a face / voice connected to someone you are interacting with.
Ok time to Fess Up! It was you, Vanita and Brenda that talked me into making the big leap to self hosted WordPress and I haven’t regretted that for a second! You *know* what you are talking about! The ‘sharing the knowledge’ concept is awesome. Keep up your awesome work and enthusiasm. Despite your question on the bottom in your blog: Don’t change a thing. This works for you!
Happy Blogiversary! YAY!!!!
Thanks Candice, I believe you were the first blogger I met from here and lived not so far away. Hope we get to meet someday
Congrats to you! I have enjoyed being a part of your journey.
Thanks Latorsha, you were one of the earliest followers, hope you enter to win…
Hi Lisa,
Congratulations for your blog anniversary. I bet it was a long but very rewarding journey. It has been really nice to read a social media blog that is so open to the readers.
MAriella
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Congratulations Lisa!
Wow! You have completed an entire year, which is a great accomplishment indeed in itself.
Though we have just met quite recently, but it surely seems like we’ve known each other since a long time – isn’t it? And I can see the wonderful video of your garden and it’s nice to hear you as well.
Thanks for sharing and wishing you all the very best always.
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Lisa~ I’ve enjoyed reading your blog this past year! I learn something new every time! Happy Anniversary and I look forward to reading more of your posts! All the best, Susan
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Thanks Susan, you were one of the ones I started it for
Hope it has helped you along the way.
Happy Anniversary Lisa! Wow a year…talk about going fast huh? You always offer great content and you are a superb friend and fellow blogger. I am so happy for you and I am entering the contest too! Thank you!
Hi Lisa, great video. love the accent. I’m far away from the east coast at the moment but I did grow up in Jersey.
David recently posted..If You Build It, They Will Come…
Thanks David, my first “real” stab at it, did another for a Stumble Upon lesson on my YouTube Video for Inspire to Thrive. Are you on the West coast now?
Hi Lisa,
Congratulations on your blog’s year anniversary! Yay!
You have a great resource here – lots of great information!
Here’s to many more years!
~Christine
P.S. My garden is beginning to look like yours – produced a lot of great veggies earlier in the summer, but the heat and my own neglect has taken it’s toll
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Thanks Christine for stopping by and commenting. I can’t believe it’s been a year already!
Happy blog aniversary. Honestly saying Visiting your site may be 2nd time. i was checking tweets and landed here you havea great site. wish you more success in upcoming years
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Thank you Guppu Boss. Appreciate that. Glad to know my tweets are read too
Happy Friday and thanks for leaving a lovely comment on my SITS day
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You are welcome Jamie, I loved my Sits Day even though it was hard to keep up with all the comments
What can I say lady, you are full of the awesome. So happy to see you reach your one year anniversary. You have built a blog that I love to read. Thank you so much for letting me be a guest blogger here
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Thank you Susan. So glad we met online and hopefully someday in person too. I’ve learned some things from you this past year, thanks!
Only one hour left! Hope I get notified as a winner
Thanks Lisa! one year, yay!
You sure did Susan! Congratulations.
Woohoo! Congrats to all the winners! Yeah me! hehe Thanks for the raffle Lisa!
LoL I won two Accounts
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It’s your lucky day Guppu!
Miss Lisa I think it is mistake isn’t ? I won twice in one Giveaway or you have different things for my 2nd and 6th spots
BTW how i will get the account?
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Yes, I will be picking one more winner, thank you for reminder
Congratulations on making it to one year and being so successful! I just made it to one year this week myself, and though I am not nearly as successful myself (my blog is definitely more of a niche blog than yours) I am still really happy with how far I’ve gotten in the last year. Sounds like you are too!
Colleen recently posted..Happy 1st Blogiversary to Me!!
Thanks Colleen and you too – amazing how fast it is gone by isn’t it?