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Barking the Joys of Barking Deals: Site Review and Giveaway

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

Have you seen the image at left in your email, on Facebook or the Internet? Barking Deals sprinted onto the scene a few short months ago, sweeping many of us off our feet. What a great concept! Until I spoke with the Steve Watters today, I thought it was all about the discounts. Little did I know that Barking Deals has bigger aspirations. The longer-term goal is to make it much more about helping small businesses and rescues. Steve got my attention with that! I'll be watching for more on this plan that is in development, but today I was pleased to see that a deal was available to benefit a nearby Humane Society through the Barking Deals Shelter Program.

I can't remember exactly how I became acquainted with this company, but once I subscribed to their email Deal Alerts I was excited to see the amazing cost benefit of watching those deals as they arrived in my inbox. Yep! I'm hooked. Tanner and Oliver have enjoyed the benefits as well. While I am out-of-pocket considerably less when I partake of their deals, I also get to see new products, fun toys and healthy pet food supplements, to name a few of the deals. And did I mention that standard shipping is always FREE? Who wouldn't like that for a great deal?

As a writer, I have to also admit that I'm in awe of their copywriter. It may sound silly, but I find myself enjoying, even laughing outloud, at their writeups in the deal emails. Try it; you'll see what I mean. You can sign up for yours at their site at Barking Deals and let the savings begin.

Tanner has been busy showing off with his new Kong Beaver that he got from Barking Deals. This is one of the newer stuffing-free toys, and it arrived complete with 4 extra squeakers, just in case he is not already making enough noise with one squeaker inside.

My goal here is to introduce you to Barking Deals and their great, money-saving offers. We're not talking about saving 15 or 20%. Often the savings run 40-90%! Don't trust me on that; I got it right off their webpage here.

You can keep up with their daily deals through their Facebook page, as well, a great way to monitor what's going on at your favorite sites around the Internet. Stop by and "Like" them today so you'll be sure to see their great bargains when you sign on.

The best way to get you to immerse yourself in Barking Deals is to participate in our giveaway, so strap on your seatbelt. This one will be a bit different than usual. Five savvy shoppers will get to experience the Barking Deal difference when they win a free offer, aka--one chance to test drive Barking Deals at no cost. Here's how to enter to win our 5 free Barking Deals offers:

Two Actions Required to Enter:

COMMENTS--Tell us why you'd like to test drive Barking Deals.
Register for the Barking Deals email Alerts subscription on the right side of their site. You'll be instantly amazed when your first email alert confirms the super savings for your dog. Just enter your email and zip code! (Alternate option: If you're not a fan of email offers, leave me a comment telling me what today's deal is at their website, and we'll call it an entry. The website features a new deal nearly every day so check in often to see what's new. Keep in mind, you can only order today's deal until it runs out or the day ends.)

Extra Entries Increase Your Chances:

Sample Deal from BarkingDeals.com

Be sure to follow up any Tweets, etc. with a blog comment to register your entries. By Facebook rules, postings there may not constitute an entry, so you must leave a comment here.
Post a photo of your pup to my Facebook page with a sign that says "We Love Barking Deals and All Things Dog Blog". Your 3 follow up comments will register this action as 3 entries.
Post your photo to the Barking Deals' Facebook Page and it may be featured on our blog if you email it to me at [email protected]m.
Likewise, follow @AllThingsDog and @BarkingDeals on Twitter.
Let Barking Deals hear from you with a Tweet "Thx @AllThingsDog 4 hooking us up 2 the @BarkingDeals #Dog #Deal #Giveaway".
Subscribe to our blog by email, Networked Blogs, GFC, or RSS.
Tweet/Retweet and hit the Google+ buttons at the top of the post.

You may enter the giveaway once daily per method, but you must use a different Tweet, comment, photo, etc. each time. Our Barking Deals giveaway is available only to my U.S. readers in the lower 48 states. Sorry Canada, but check our other giveaways for opportunities in your area. Entrants must be 18 or older; this offer is void where prohibited. Entries will close at 5 PM sharp on Thursday, August 4th. I'll report the winners on Friday, August 5th.

Are you ready to get a great deal? See you next week for the unveiling of the winners.

Full Disclosure: Barking Deals sent All Things Dog Blog 1 toy to share in our photos with their site review. I have not been paid to tell you about Barking Deals and I am sharing my own opinion--as a Barking Deals satisfied customer.

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