#BarkFriday Prize Sponsors Bring Holiday Savings

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

© courtesy TokiPoki.com
Pet Trading Cards with a Purpose

These days saving money has taken on a great deal more importance to many of us. That's one of the primary reasons Dogtipper and All Things Dog Blog decided to make saving money the main theme for our #BarkFriday Twitter Party. 


While many "Black Friday" shoppers will be hitting the malls to dig up savings, we'll be making it much easier for you to find your bargains nearby or online, especially with more than 60 prizes being served up as party favors. I'd like to highlight three of our sponsors today.

© Dog Pack Snacks
Chicken Jerky

Many of you are already familiar with Dog Pack Snacks, as I have reviewed and given away their products a number of times. I love supporting local businesses when I can, and so being in Florida, Dog Pack Snacks has become one of my go-to pet product companies. Deb and her dog Coco have been willing and able to step up whenever I've needed something yummy to pair with a fun event like our #BarkFriday Twitter Party. Their home-made, all-natural treats come in a nice variety of flavors and textures that appeal to most anyone looking for a healthy snack for their Fido.



Toki Poki is a fun place to catch up with your friends' pets online, while collecting their trading cards and sharing your own. Toki Poki dubs their cards "Pet Trading cards with a purpose" because they often donate cards to children's hospitals and other charities. 


Their specialty group collections are becoming popular also; Oliver had the honor of being in the inaugural set of Dog for the PAWS, a group of rescue dogs whose portraits were painted and stories shared by artist Missy Johnson. Even your lost angels can be collected with memorial cards. I enjoy sharing my dogs' trading cards in many of my readers' prize-winning packages. These cards are especially appreciated by children who can collect, sort and enjoy sharing the images and pertinent facts of many of their friends' pets. Wouldn't a pack of your pup's trading cards make a perfect stocking stuffer for a youngster in your life?

DoggyLoot is one of my newest pet business "friends", having been introduced when I won a prize from them at a Barkworld Expo Twitter Party. I loved the ease with which their system credited by gift to my email account, without codes or gift cards to seal the deal. This site offers daily savings of products for pets that span a wide range of product lines. Savings are touted to be 50-90%, and based on the prices I've seen on their items, I'd say they are definitely offering up bargains. 


You can follow DoggyLoot's daily deals by signing up for their emails of each new offer, or checking the site daily for the latest in money-saving pet products. There's nothing to lose by signing up for their alerts, so why not drop over and get hooked up with savings right now.


These three companies and three more to be highlighted at Dogtipper are the sponsors of #BarkFriday, your savings event for the busiest shopping day of the year. We hope to see you on Twitter that day, having fun, staying out of the crowds, learning great tips for saving, and of course, winning prizes. Happy tails!

Meet #BarkFriday Guest Expert 20Something Saver

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

Meet Elizabeth, the 20Something Saver. She's a powerhouse of a young woman whom I have known since the tender age of 2. Coming into her own as a young adult, Lizzi is a super thrifty homemaker, soon-to-be-wife, college student and mom to Cocoa and Oreo. Her toy poodles have been seen here on All Things Dog Blog as Elizabeth has been a loyal reader since I strapped on my dot com and started up All Things Dog Blog in 2009.


Little did I know that I could learn so much about saving money from this dynamic young lady.  And lucky us to have her joining the Twitter Barkers team as a guest expert on our #BarkFriday Twitter Party theme topic: saving money on holiday pet stuff.


If saving money and couponing are high on your list of priorities, you may want to stop by www.livegivesave.com, where 20Something Saver shares tips and money-saving information with features like Dinner on a Dime, Cheap Date, Ask the 20Something, and don't miss her Coupon Database to score major savings all on one quick page.


Have you signed up for the Twitter Party yet? In order to win prizes you'll need to RSVP for #BarkFriday here. You can even win prizes before the party just by getting your name on the guest list, so don't waste any time. I happen to know there will be more RSVP winner's drawings coming. 


If this is new stuff to you, no worries. I've published several helpful posts to get you acquainted with Twitter and started on Twitter Parties. Pick the topic that you need help on from these possibilities:

• RSVP to Join the Fun
• Tweeting for Rookies
• Twitter Party Toolkit
• DM's and RT's on Twitter
• Checking in at the Party Opening
• How Do I Watch All the Tweets?

Elizabeth will be joining us to share tips on how to make the most of pet superstore loyalty programs, finding the best online bargains and much more. And all the while she's chattering about saving money, Paris will be handing out door prizes from our sponsors. You get to double your savings with great tips and free stuff. It's a no-brainer.


Thanks to our wonderful bunch of sponsors, we'll be handing out well over $1000 in great pet and pet lover goodies. You can even win now in our RSVP drawings, so don't waste any time getting that little detail handled.....right after you have some fun getting acquainted with 20Something Saver. See you at #BarkFriday!