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Closet of Free Samples

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Ashley Paroli

Closet of Free Samples is a great blog to check out for free samples, coupons and giveaways! It even offers a section with free online jobs that are legit! How would I know? Well, because I am the blog owner! I started Closet of Free Samples a little over a year ago, in November 2008.

What made me want to start a blog?

Well, I found that I was searching for free samples and free stuff left and right! It came to a point that I wanted to share my findings with others! I mean, most people like free and to share what they found so why not? So I made an account with Blogger, a free blog hosting site, and began my page.

It didn't start out as much in the beginning. It took a lot of playing around, changing out layouts and even me designing my own theme to get it to where it is today. Now it is kept up on a regular basis with new things being added all the time!

So when did you start with the giveaways?

Well I just recently got started with doing giveaways. A few months ago I started doing small simple things that I could easily mail off as I am a stay at home mom on a very tight budget I could never afford to do anything big, at least not at this point. In fact, I currently have my own giveaway for an Owl Charm Necklace which will be ending on December 21st!

As I began to check out other blogs I noticed much nicer giveaways. Then I realized that the bloggers and companies had come together for these giveaways. The companies have the bloggers review their product(s) and sometimes even throw in a giveaway along with it! Since finding out this information I have teamed up with a few companies so I will soon be offering these same nice giveaways to my readers!

How can I keep track of your blog and all of the new posts?

There's a few ways you can keep up with all my new posts!

  1. You can become an email subscriber. This option is in the right side bar of the site. You will not get spam. You get emailed once daily and it shows the last 40 posts made. If only 10 posts where made then you will only see 10 posts. If no posts were made, then no email will be sent!
     
  2. You can subscribe in a reader. My personal favorite is google reader as I use gmail and it's a convenient access for me. You can find all the various reader options though in the right side bar of the blog. The reader will show all the posts I've made and they show up as I make them.
     
  3. You can become a facebook fan. This may be more convenient for all those facebook lovers out there! This option will post all of my posts up on your home page of your facebook under the live feed section. Although, I do notice it's not as quick as the reader, it still does the job.
     
  4. You can also follow the blog through Networked Blogs. In my opinion, it's not as great as an option if you really want to keep track, but it's there.
     
  5. You can follow through Twitter. Twitter I do not update every post I make, but I do make some nice posts in reference to things through there.

You don't have to limit yourself to only one of those options, you can choose them all! Make sure you never miss any of my freebies or giveaways!

I'm always open for suggestions on improvements or comments. Feel free to leave them on the blog or you can email me. If you'd like me to do a product review/giveaway, I'm defiantly very interested in that as well!

Closet of Free Samples is your #1 blog for all your freebie needs!

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Ashley was born and raised in New Orleans and is also the mommy of Sophia. She has a passion for finding freebies and giveaways. She runs her own blog called Closet of Free Samples http://closetoftreasures.blogspot.com. You can reach Ashley with any questions or comments at closetsamples@gmail.com.

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