The PINcentive Blog Hop: Week 1 (it’s finally here)!!!

WELCOME to the first week of The PINcentive Blog Hop!  I am extremely excited to provide this link up for you today and the opportunity for you to increase your traffic, followers, and improve your page rank!  With that said, I look forward to partying with you on  a weekly basis! 

THE PINCENTIVE BLOG HOP; HOW DOES IT WORK?

Each week, 3 winners will be chosen by our co-hosts.  As a winner, you will be featured, and your content will be pinned a minimum of 31 times by my Pinterest Incentive Program team members below.  Additionally your content will be pinned by the following week’s blog hop participants!  That’s right; blog hop participants will be required to pin the winner’s content.  The number of link ups we have will determine the total number of times your content gets pinned so PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD!  It will only benefit you in the long run!  Also, as a winner, you’ll have the opportunity to co-host our next Blog Hop and choose our winners!  Blog hop code will be provided to all Co-hosts on Sunday evening.  This will give everyone ample time to draft their post and, if necessary, troubleshoot any problems that may arise.

Now, according to proper blog commenting etiquette, REQUESTS TO FOLLOW BACK are in poor taste.  For this Blog Hop, HOWEVER, let’s rid ourselves of this rule (that’s right; throw it right out the window)!  For this PARTY, they are ENCOURAGED and ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE! 

If you’d like to connect with these lovely ladies, or pay them a visit, I’m sure they’d love to hear from you! 

CHRISTIE, CATHY, CRISTYL, JEANIE, ELLIE, MINDY, CYNTHIA,
GOSIA, MELISSA, JANINE, SHANNAH, KAREN, GINA, CASSI, BETTY,
JULIA, JAIME, NANCY, ELLEN, ANGELA, CLARISSA, NICOLE, NATASHA,
KATIE, HEATHER, MICHELLE, BRITNEY, GINGER, TIFFANY, MEGIN

Alternates
ANNE, TAMARA, KERA 

Host: Elena @ CROPPED STORIES (bloglovin’ / Facebook / Pinterest)

Co-host: Michelle @ A DISH OF DAILY LIFE (Google+ / Twitter / Pinterest)
Co-host: Christie @ A KITCHEN HOOR’S ADVENTURE (bloglovin’ / Facebook / Twitter)
Co-host: Cathy @ A PEEK INTO MY PARADISE (Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest)

1. Follow the Host and Co-hosts (above) via a minimum of one method they’ve chosen to include above.

2. Display the Blog Hop button on your website (preferably in post or a sidebar).

<center> <a href="http://croppedstories.blogspot.com/p/the-pincentive-blog-hop.html#.UgD5lhYobww"><img border="0" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3799/9429302491_dcc53ddc9b_o.jpg"></a></center>   *For some reason, right clicking to copy the button code is disabled.
To copy the code effectively, use your left mouse button and double click in the box with the code in it.
Then use your shortcut key (ctrl C for PC users or command C for Mac users) to copy it.   A smaller size can be found on my PINcentive Blog Hop page.

3. Spread this wonderful opportunity and Tweet about it!

Tweet

4. Pin the winner’s content from the week before (N/A for the first week).

5. Link up anything and everything with the exception of giveaways and other link ups.
Posts must be family friendly and published in the past week.
Sorry folks, but only 1 post per blog hop participant, please.

6. Link up using your post url (NOT the url address of your main page).
Please provide the TITLE OF YOUR POST under Name.

7. Most importantly, HAVE FUN, mingle, make some new friends, pin to your heart’s desire, and leave some comment love!

PLEASE NOTE:
My customized PIN IT hover button will not pin the blog hop participant’s content.
It will only pin the thumbnail image and direct people back to my website.
If you’d like to pin a particular post, please click on their link to pin directly from their website.

I reserve the right to remove any links that don’t meet these requirements.