Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Boomer Voices program and have been provided with a device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product. #VZWVoices #Boomer
It is really hard to believe, but it has been six months since I became a Brand Ambassador for Verizon. Back in June, I traveled to Chicago to learn about some fantastic devices and programs offered by Verizon. I was more than happy to blog and tweet about my new phone, my new FitBit One and other items.
I really fell in love with my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD – specifically because of the camera and the ease of use of the phone. Then, about a month ago, I was supplied with a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and well, let’s say I am head-over-heels in love with this “phablet.” It is a wonderful phone, and a wee bit smaller than a 7″ tablet, so it makes reading on my Kindle app much easier – no reading glasses needed for me! And let’s just say the camera is amazing, and the stylus pen allows me to use the phone as a note pad. I have scrapbooks and notes set up. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is an amazing piece of technology.
I am so sad that this Brand Ambassador program is drawing to a close. I have met and worked with so many talented #Boomer bloggers. And the staff at ComBlu and Verizon couldn’t have been more supportive or generous if they tried! Truly, a wonderful group of people.
What has really amazed me is how much I have learned in six months! In addition to really learning how a smart phone can enhance and help a blogger’s life, I found myself becoming more interested in how technology can fit into so many aspects of our lives – especially as “Boomers.” There are devices, like “Sure Response” than can assist in the care of aging parents. There are apps for so many areas of our lives: banking, insurance, grocery, health and fitness, shopping – even apps for the NFL and NHL (Go Wings!). I learned how to use Rafflecopter and see the power social media – all in less than a year.
Which brings me to my blog party…
Part of being a Brand Ambassador for this program was to host a few parties. A fellow blogger and I hosted a digital party in October, and now, I am hosting a blog party on my own! Sorry that I don’t have refreshments to serve, but I do have a few “real” gift bags, courtesy of Verizon, for my virtual guests! And, there are three great prizes for three lucky people, whose names will be drawn at random.
In order to qualify to win a prize, you must be 18 years or older and be a U.S. resident with a street address (no P.O. boxes, please). I also need you leave a comment here on my blog as to why you would like to win one of these prizes, or leave a comment on my Facebook page. Those interested in being in a drawing need to leave a comment no later than 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Winners will be announced on my blog on Thursday, December 12, 2013.
So, now that the legal mumbo jumbo is out of the way, here are the prizes! Hope you like them!!
Jawbone® MINI JAMBOX™
Beautiful, wireless sound – small enough to fit into a pocket; super light-weight; connects via Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable. Retail value: $179.99.
Learn more at Verizon Wireless or Jawbone
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Surf the web, check email, read books and magazines,video chat, watch movies, add your favorite apps and more! Retail value: $299.99 ($149.99 w/two-year agreement).
Learn more at Verizon Wireless and view this video.
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Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation™
This quick-charging external battery gives high-output power for just about any USB charged device. Compact; works with Smartphones, tablets and portable gaming systems. Great as a back-up plan during power outages. Retail value: $79.99.
Learn more at Verizon Wireless and Mophie.
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If you have any questions on the products, just ask in the comment section. Good luck to all who enter. Feel free to share this post with your family and friends!
Leave a comment below for a chance to win one of these fantastic items, courtesy of Verizon! There will be three give-away winners, and twelve readers will win a Verizon gift bag!
© Lynne Cobb – 2013
How amazing! I would love to win any of those amazing prizes! Thanks!
Good luck, Maggie!
I love Verizon. We had their service for a long time. I know a lot of my family still is under Verizon.
I love Verizon, too. Have had their service for years – no complaints!
I would love to win the tablet or the Mophie powerstation! I have a Mophie charger for my s3 (on Verizon, too) and it works great.
Thanks for giving a shout-out to the Mophie charger, Liz! 🙂
Great prizes being offered by the best provider of wireless communication. I have had Verizon for years and they are the best – even during the “great blackout” when they were the only ones to keep their towers operational in our area. I would love to win any one of the great prizes shown. The Ellipsis is intriguing, the Mophie would help out my when power gets low on my Motorola Droid Maxx and the Mini Jam Box is really cool.
They are great prizes, Bob! Hard to chose!!! 🙂
I think just about everyone in my family is a Verizon user…and a tech nut, so it’s hard to keep up with the latest and greatest technology. But, we sure try!!
Same here!
I’ve been wanting a cell phone but have not made the leap yet. IDK what to buy or what service! This is a really fun giveaway, hope I win!
Heidi, Verizon has several great packages. You may want to start out with a “pay as you go” phone until you can navigate around. I really like Verizon’s service – I think you would be happy with them! 🙂
Very cool prizes. Love that Verizon Ellipsis ™ 7 tablet 🙂
I agree, Jackie! That tab is way cool!
Cool! I need to win the powerstation, it’ll help out in Afghanistan.
Good luck, Bryan! ps – are you military or a contractor?
I would love to win the Mophie or the Tablet –Both would make great Christmas gifts for my husband!!
Good luck, Gwendolyn!
I would be blessed to win any of these wonderful prizes! I had been with a different carrier for over ten years and I ported my cell service to Verizon about a month ago. I am super glad that I did! The Verizon network is far superior to any of the others!
I agree, Sarah! And good luck!
What a wonderful giveaway. I have been a verizon customer for many many years.
Thanks, Karen! Good luck!
I would love to win those prizes
Good luck, Nancy!
These are all wonderful prizes and would consider myself very lucky to win. Thanks for the chance!!
You are welcome! Good luck!
wow great prizes. your review sure brought me up to date on these devices. it helps alot that you use plain old english instead of techy talk. thank you and your sponsers for a great giveaway. babcorbitt@gmail.com
Thanks, Barbara! And good luck!
thanks for the giveaway.i have never won anything but i hope this time i will win
Good luck, Nancy!
I would love the Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation™ so many times I am out somewhere and my phone gets low on battery. Also we use Verizon’s HomeFusion as we live in an area that our only other option is satellite and well that didn’t work for us as I work online. Thank you for the giveaway!
You’re welcome, Becky. Thanks for the input on the HomeFusion!
Incredible prizes, thanks so much for the contest.
Thanks, Kelly! Good luck!
Wow, Such great prizes! Good luck to everyone! Hoping to win! We love Verizon~
Thanks, Kim. I am hearing a lot of wonderful things about Verizon!
I’d love to win that jawbone, its so cool.
I think the Jawbone is cool, too!
I’d love the Ellipsis tablet. I’m a single mom on a very tight budget and I own my own business so this device would make my life a whole heck of a lot easier. lol 😉
I am sure it would! Good luck in the drawing 🙂
I would love to win. What a great prize!
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Good luck in the drawing, Mandy!
I want to win one of these to give to my mom for Christmas. 🙂
Good luck, Colleen!
How fun!!! I would love any of these prizes!! The speakers sound very cool.
They do! Good luck!
Found your blog through this giveaway, so glad I did! congrats on being a Verizon ambassador, quite the accomplishment!
I’d love to win the Verizon Ellipsis tablet for my dad for Christmas, he uses his little phone and I’d love to surprise him with something more..readable haha! lovely giveaway, looking forward to more posts!
Thank you!! and good luck – for dad!
I’d love to win any of the great prizes! Thanks for such a great giveaway! charlottemarie81@gmail.com
you are welcome! and good luck!
I have Verizon as a carrier and I would love to win this giveaway.
Good luck in the drawing, Sara!
These are great. I would love to win any of them.
Thanks, Julie! Good luck!
Those are all awesome products! Jawbone makes some wonderful sounding products, the tablet looks great, and the power station would be really useful to keep you running remote all day!
Hard to choose???!!! Good luck in the drawing!
These some amazing prizes that any one of our commenters would love to have, including me!!
Looks great! Really, any of them would be great to win
agreed!
Really cool give away. The tablet looks like it could make fore a great e-reader
Awesome giveaway. I could really use the mophie charger, my phone is always dying!
I know!
Love the giveaway, hope I win!
good luck in the drawing!
Love it! Hope I win!
Good luck!
I would love to win the Ellipsis tablet for my husband so he stops snitching my phone to play games! 🙂
LOL! good luck!
Hi! Shelley at SBAATY sent me over. I would LOVE to win the Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation™. Thank you for the chance! 🙂
Shelley is wonderful! Good luck!
Oooh.. great giveaway! Would love to win the Verizon Ellipsis ™ 7!
Heart Verizon! They’re all good prizes.
Carol
http://www.carolcassara.com
I would be just grateful for anything. My son and three grand children would just love to win something. Thank You for giving us the chance. Happy Holidays!
GREAT Giveaway! Ii would be blessed to win any of these prizes! Crossing my Fingers!
Would love to win.
They are all great products I would be happy to have one.
How wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity! I think any of these items could fit into our lives, especially the jambox! Love to have music playing throughout the day:)
You are welcome! Good luck!
Wow! That’s awesome! Appreciate the opportunity to win.
You are welcome!
I would love these – fantastic products. I can’t wait for the drawing. Got my fingers and toes crossed. Thank you!
Good luck!
I would like the tablet please..I take the bus and the train to get to work and this would make my trip time go by quickly..thanks for this contest and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
Happy holidays to you, too!
I’d love to win all of these products, particularly the Jawbone and the Mophie charger.. but who knows, maybe if I won the Ellipsis I’d switch back to Verizon
I know Verizon would welcome you back! good luck in drawing.
Wow, what great prizes! I would be happy to win any of the three but my favorite would be the Verizon Ellipsis ™ 7 because I have to keep my legs elevated and this would be great for the recliner. Thank you for this awesome giveaway.
you’re welcome! good luck!
These are all awesome prizes! I would love to win the Verizon Ellipsis 7. We have been talking about getting a tablet and this one looks amazing! I love the service we get from Verizon.
Good luck in the drawing!
Thank you for a great giveaway. Verizon has some great products
they do! and you’re welcome!
WHAT A GREAT GIVEAWAY. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SAY HI. VERIZON IS MY CARRIER SO THAT IS SUPER IF I WIN. YEAHHHHHHH. THANKS
gotta love Verizon! good luck!
I love Verizon too. The powerstation looks awesome!
It does look awesome!
cant afford much this year it would be wonderful suprize to win. thank you for the chance
you are welcome. good luck!
Wow what a fantastic giveaway! I would love to win any of these, although I think the tablet is my favorite if I had to pick *fingers crossed*
Agreed! good luck!
I would love to win a prize from Verizon! They have such great products!
They do!
I would love to win any one of these great gifts.. I could give it to my husband for Christmas since we don’t have money to buy Christmas this year.
Good luck in the drawing!
Thanks for the chance!
sure! good luck!
I would like to win because I love Verizon!
Verizon is easy to love – especially with all these great prizes! 🙂
What a great giveaway! It would be great to win any of these.
Thanks! I agree – any of these items would be great to win!
All of the prizes are amazing! Crossing my fingers and wishing luck to everyone else 🙂
Good luck 🙂
I’ve been considering switching companies for a while…. Verizon is pretty much the only company that I could switch to that has service where I live.
Verizon has great service and support! good luck in the drawing!
Thanks for the chance to win these. I love Verizon products
You are welcome! Good luck!
I would love to win! I would most likely use them as gifts for my husband and children!
Any one of the items would make a great gift!
CAN U USE IT TO READ BOOKS ON IT i love the goodie and collet stuff
It would be great for reading! Good luck in the drawing!
Great giveaway! I think I’d like to win the tablet the most, because I don’t have one and it’d be something that would really help me out in terms of being able to blog from anywhere. My Nook tablet is nice, but it just doesn’t give me the freedom the Verizon tablet would! The charger is cool too, because I could use my phone longer at things like events, and it would be great for travel (I’d even loan it to hubby when he travels). The Mini Jambox is awesome as well, and I’d give that to my hubby as a gift… he’s been wanting one of those since we heard a friend’s at the beach over the summer!
it’s hard to choose which would be “my favorite” too! I think the tablet would be great as well. You can even check your Verizon messages on it!
This would be so awesome. I have been with Verizon for a long time!
I have been with Verizon for close to ten years! Very happy with them. Good luck in the drawing!
very nice prizes Still Blonde After All These Years sent me to enter
Thanks for letting me know that Still Blonde sent you! She rocks!
What a FABULOUS giveaway! Thanks to you and Verizon for the opportunity to win!
BTW – forgot to mention that Still Blonde After All These Years sent me
I will let her know! Thanks!
You are welcome! Good luck in the drawing!
Cool prize, thanks you
P.S sent by Still Blonde After All These Years
You are welcome! And Shelley has been a great supporter of this party, and friend/mentor to me!
We love Verizon. Awesome products!!!
I agree! Good luck in the drawing!
I would just like to say thank you so much for holding this awesome giveaway! (Oh, and I’ve been a happy Verizon customer for about 3 years now!) 🙂 Thank you!
Thanks to the folks at Verizon! And I know they’ll be happy that you are happy!! 🙂
I would like to win any of them… neat products.. Great giveaway!
thanks! good luck in the drawing!
Nice giveaway. Happy holidays.
Thanks, and to you, too!
I would love to win any one of these awesome prizes! What a great Christmas present that would make 🙂 I’m a techie at <3 and any one of these prizes is right up my alley! Plus Verizon ROCKS!!! End of story 🙂
Yes, Verizon rocks! Good luck in the drawing!
I would love to win the tablet. I’m a verizon customer and don’t plan to ever change. 🙂
The tablet seems to be the most coveted prize! good luck in the drawing!
Well, why wouldn’t I want to win?! Lol
Exactly!! LOL! Good luck!
It’s been a rough year and a tablet would be a wonderful Christmas present for my kiddos!
Good luck in the drawing, Sherry!
Still Blonde after all these Years sent me I think the Jawbone and Verizon Ellipsis 7 my grandson would flip over. Amazing products thanks for the chance.I like them all really.
They are amazing products!
Awesome giveaway, thanks so much. I would love to gift any of these to my family!
You’re welcome. good luck!
Well here is how lame I am. I have had Verizon for years and I did not know they made a tablet and that powerstation in the bomb! It must be that rock I am living under. Thanks for the giveaway. I come from the Blonde… any friend of the Blonde is a friend of mine. 🙂
The Blonde rocks! She has been a tremendous help to me with this party! Good luck in the drawing!
I would love to have any of these but the tablet would be great or the powerstation. Thank you for the chance – Good Luck to ALL! and Thank you to Still Blonde After All The Years referring us to you!
The tablet seems to be on everyone’s wish list! Glad the Chief Blonde sent you over! Good luck!
i love the powerstation……tablet is really great too.
Still Blonde after all these Years sent me over here.
thank you for the chance.
You’re welcome! Good luck!
love to win the tablet
Good luck in the drawing!
I so need to update to get on the mobile web. I still use my little flip phone.. would love to upgrade to full mobile service
LOL – yes, phones have come a long way!
Wow! Great prizes. I love Verizon. Wouldn’t use anyone else. Any of the 3 prizes would be wonderful!
I agree! I love Verizon, too!
This is the best giveaway I’ve ever seen ! I’m excited thank u so much
Thank you! Good luck!
wow! great prizes! thanks for the chance to win! Merry Christmas!
You’re welcome! And Merry Christmas to you, too!
Just got a hot tip from Still Blonde After All these Years.
Hopped over to check out your site and write up on Verizon.
I too have been a dedicated Verizon subscriber for years and have been extremely happy with the service provided. Would love to try out some of the above accessories…to help my Electronic world sparkle! Have really been praying about starting a blog in 2014.
Who knows I may get an extra nudge from above.
Start a blog! I always encourage people to write! Read some of my posts…Many were “nudges from Above.” Tell Still Blonde “thanks” from me. God bless!
This would be my Christmas present.
And what a nice gift! 🙂
I would LOVE to win! Still Blonde After all These Years sent me here! If I won, they would have a new user of their product! Would also have to teach me how to use….lol. Thanks for the chance to win!
LOL – very easy to use! Good luck in the drawing!
What an amazing giveaway. I would be thrilled to win the Ellipses. I have never had a smart phone or a tablet..I have a laptop that is ready to be put out to pasture and a dumb phone that doesn’t do a whole lot…it does take pics…really really crappy ones lol. Thanks for the opportunity. Best of luck everyone. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season and a Merry Christmas.
Best of luck to you, too, and Merry Christmas!
Blog party has ended – winners to be announced on 12-12-13 in a new post! Good luck to all who entered!