A Brief Overview of Saved By Grace:
Saved By Grace is a blog that was started with the intention of connecting to others about the newest household products, recipes, food products, Christian Living articles, health, beauty, fashion and everyday living. Saved By Grace was started by Christine Tolhurst as an outlet to the “outside world”. As a chef turned stay at home wife, she needed a place to connect with others. Christine is a 30-something married mother of one pre-teen daughter, living in Montana with her cat. She and her family enjoy traveling, fishing, cooking, reading, and taking in the great outdoors in Big Sky Country.
I LOVE to do reviews! More and more consumers are turning to blog reviews of products before making a purchase and to find out about the newest items available on the market! Want a piece of the action? Talk to me! I love to work with awesome companies, large or small and do partnerships!
Contact me at borntimestwo@hotmail.com
Review Policy:
In order to effectively do a review, I require a product be sent to me to review and use. If you choose to also include a giveaway, your company would be given credit for sponsoring the giveaway, but I would handle all the details. I will set up the giveaway, pick a winner, contact the winner and forward the info to you for shipping. Please do not ship prizes here for giveaways.
The review product will not be returned.
Please note, I only accept full sized products. My readers expect me to fully test a product so I can give an honest and unbiased review and that is very important to me. Please discuss before hand the size of the product you are sending as “sample” can mean different things to different folks.
Please forward me any information you would like included in the review. I would like to spotlight your product and company as accurately as possible, so any information you have about your company or product really helps me do so.
There is no fee to do a review, however, the product sent must be worth at least $25 (either one product or a mix of products), unless it is a book or other type of media, BEFORE shipping costs. There are exceptions to this rule, please discuss prior to sending your product.
For giveaways with reviews, there is no fee for me to run a giveaway, but if you are not sending me a product to review, I will charge a small fee of $35. This is because giveaways require a lot of promotion and time on my part and if I am not reviewing a product, I ask that I be compensated monetarily for promotion. Giveaways typically run 1 week-10 days, but there can be changes made to accommodate your company’s needs.
For reviews, all links will be no-follow as per Google’s guidelines for paid links.
I give my 100% honest opinion, according to the FTC standards.
Most reviews are posted within a month of myself receiving the product. Often they are posted sooner. If your review is time sensitive, please discuss beforehand so I can accommodate you.
Please read my Expanded Review and Giveaway Policy for a breakdown of all policies.
Book Review Policy:
I review certain types of books. I do not, under any circumstance review novels or fiction. This is mainly because I do not read these types of books and do not enjoy them so I could not offer a fair review. I do however review the following types of books:
~Self help
~Medical/health related
~Christian living
~Parenting
~Home-Making related “help” books
~Cook Books
Most non-fiction I will consider.
I do have a 9 year old daughter here who DOES enjoy some types of YA fiction. Please pitch me and I will see if it is a good fit.
In order to review a book properly, I ask that you expect to wait 4-6 weeks for your review to be posted. This is because I review several books at a time and need to give my attention fairly to all of them.
Advertising Policy:
I also offer advertising in my sidebar for your business.
Please see my advertiser page for prices and sizes of ads.
I also would be willing to do paid posts. Please write me for more info and to pitch your idea of a paid post to me. Please be clear about what you are asking for in your pitch. Please don’t just send me a press release. I need to know what service you are sending me the info for.
Something new I am offering for advertisers is “Sponsored by” posts. In other words, for a period of time, all the posts I write would say “This post was brought to you by XYZ company” and a link would be added. This would be on every post for a period of time. I would love to discuss this advertising option with you if you are interested.
Some Stats About My Blog:
Facebook fans: 4,010 and growing daily
Personal Facebook friends: 500+
Twitter followers: 3,463 and growing daily
Klout: 63
Alexa rating: 108,989 WW 17,218 US
Google Page Rank: 1 (was a 2 prior to move in July, will probably be there again soon)
Total followers/subscribers (in all avenues): around 10,000
Unique Page views per month: 5000+ on average
Newsletter and RSS subscribers: around 800
959 Followers on Pinterest:
I have a 100% rating on Tomoson for reviews posted on time and with accuracy
Above stats updated 01/14/2013
What others have said about working with me:
“….Chrissie’s professionalism has made the experience as flawless as possible. Thank you, Chrissie!“
~Tyra from Braquel’s Bathroom
Consulting Services:
I also do consulting services for other bloggers just starting out. I am not super tech savvy, but I can help with media kits, getting started on social media, and general blogger questions and concerns. My rate is dependent on what you need help with.
For businesses, I can help put together some online events such as twitter parties as well as find you other bloggers to work with and help reach more people throughout social media. I also can run social media accounts for your company. Please contact me for more information.
Saved By Grace was awarded a grassroots award given to up and coming blogs by other bloggers called the Liebster Award. I have worked with some larger, well known companies such as Newman’s Own Organics, Mohawk rugs and flooring, Tasteful Selections, Roland Foods, Vlasic, Philip’s-Norelco, and Suave.
Typical Readership of Saved By Grace blog is Women, ranging from 20′s - Middle age. Some men also look at my site as well, but the majority is women.
Choosing to work with and/or advertise with Saved By Grace is a wonderful option and you can be rest assured that this blog is my primary focus. I not only write a post about your product, but I also make sure it gets promoted several times a day on twitter and Facebook as well as other social media platforms for a period of time. Also, your post will be a permanent fixture on my site as I do not delete posts made for this purpose, unless requested to.
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