Thursday, August 26, 2010

Looking for survey-lovers and a giveaway!


I am looking into having advertisers, specifically for things pertaining to special needs parenting, on my site.

If you're a reader of this blog, you know I'm not the commercial type. If I run an ad, it's for something like books or old-fashioned candy, and I've made about $5.00 from those ads in the two years they've been running. But, this is different, a real opportunity to make some money AND have pretty cool companies featured over there on my humble right hand column.

In any case, I'd really appreciate you filling out this brief demographic survey that will help me to decide whether or not to even run the ads. Fill it out whether or not you're a parent of a special needs child, whether or not you're a parent at all.  If you have a minute and want to fill it out, well, I'd be much obliged. In fact, I'd be so obliged that I'll send one lucky person a copy of the book The Shroud, by my good friend and neighbor Michael Meloan and his brother Steven Meloan. The Shroud is "a science-adventure novel in the vein of Carl Sagan's Contact -- offering a compelling scientific backdrop, while exploring many of today's headline-making scientific, spiritual and ethical questions. The story has no sectarian agenda. At bottom, the message is one of decoupling spirituality from religious dogma, while better exploring the spiritual impulse with cutting edge technology."

Doesn't that sound interesting? I haven't read it yet, but I do look forward to talking to Mike every time I'm outside my house. We have the best sidewalk conversations, and I'm imagining this book to be nearly as good as a prolonged sidewalk chat and probably better.

Fill out the survey HERE. 

Leave a comment that you've done so and enter for your chance to win a copy of The Shroud. The winner will be announced in a week or so, so stay tuned!



15 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

Did it.

From the Kitchen said...

I filled out your form. I'm not the parent of a special needs child. I was a special needs child.

Best,
Bonnie

Christine said...

Done. Good luck with the advertising thing!

rebecca said...

for you,
anything.

Criticlasm said...

Taken!

Maggie May said...

filled out the form for ya, but no thank you for the book xo

baker5 said...

form filled out! Not the parent of a special needs child but I love reading your blog.

Sarah said...

Did the survey, but I don't need to be included in the book giveaway- not a genre I read. I have two special needs siblings btw, and while we are all adults now with kids of our own, some of the issues are still relevant.

Leah said...

Done! Haven't read a novel since 1988 - sounds interesting!

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only a movie said...

Filled out the form. Special needs teacher and parent of child on IEP. Contact is one of my favorite sci-fi books.
Good luck!!

Alicia D said...

alright darlin', i did it :). good luck with the advertisers!:)

Mary said...

I did it! I will be posting the same on my blog in a few days and will be stealing your idea of a give-away. Brilliant.

michelle said...

Did the survey. Book looks cool.

deb said...

done, and thank you for the opportunity to win this book.

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