It's time once again for the biggest, baddest bloghop on the internet! We've held this hop year after year, and it's always full of such great inspiration...we know that 2012 will be no different!
How it works: You post on your blog on May 26, setting your post to go live at 3am EST on Saturday (midnight on the west coast). Then our elves will work overnight setting up InLinkz thumbnail photos to each participating blog...and when everyone wakes up in the morning, they'll have hundreds of blogs to visit all weekend long!
Company blogs will have *asterisks* before and after their names - hoppers will then know where the best shopping and candy are at!
Guidelines for our corporate partners:
(This does not include demos; only companies, please. See #9 below.)
1. Please set your post to go live at 3am EST on Saturday May 26. Note: you will NOT need to link to another blog, since we'll be using InLinkz to hop around. If your blog is not live when our elves get to work, you won't be able to participate as a blogger.
2. Your post should contain:
-the OWH badge that links back to the top of the hop (snag the code below).
-a handmade card using any one of the OWH sketches here - or a few cards if you want your DT involved.
-mention why you support our heroes through OWH...your regular readers may not know us!
3. You may offer up a tutorial, freebies, a sale with a coupon code.
Guidelines for our individual bloggers:
4. Please set your post to go live at 3am EST on Saturday May 26. Note: you will NOT need to link to another blog, since we'll be using InLinkz to hop around. If your blog is not live when our elves get to work, you won't be able to participate as a blogger. Need help pre-scheduling? Click here for a great tutorial!
5. Your post should contain:
-the OWH badge that links back to the top of the hop (snag the code below).
-a handmade card using any one of the OWH sketches here - or a few cards if you want your DT involved.
We're trying to keep the hop posts short except for corporate blogs, and appreciate your help!
6. You can offer up a tutorial, freebie, etc - but please do so in a post on May 25th, and guide bloghoppers to scroll down to see that content.
7. Please visit the blogs during the hop and leave lots of feedback! We're asking bloggers to start at their own blog and go forward, so the blogs toward the end of the list get lots of love too.
8. For the weekend of the hop, turn OFF word verification so that hoppers are able to comment quickly, and allow anyone to comment. You can close down security after the event is over. PLEASE turn off music or fancy scripts too.
9. ATTN DEMOS/REPS for companies like SU!, Amuse, CTMH, etc: You may post info/sales on a post the day before and invite people to go read it if they desire, but please don't go into detail on the hop post; nor may you spam all our blogs with a pitch in your comment. Thanks for your cooperation, we've had complaints in the past and we'd like to keep that to a minimum.
Badges
10. Copy the html code below each badge - the first one is to include in your bloghop post, the second is a badge for your sidebar.
<a href="http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org"><img src="http://operationwritehome.org/images/OWH-MemDayStart.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://operationwritehome.org/bloghop.html"><img src="http://operationwritehome.org/images/OWH-MemDayhop-webtn.gif" /></a>
Bloghop Signup Form: Signups close 11:59pm May 23