How to run a Twitter giveaway
Do you want to host a prize promotion on your Twitter account? This post will show you how to do it as successfully and fairly as possible, for free! Two years ago I investigated the problems...
Category: Advice for promoters
Where to promote a competition
My popular list of UK competition websites offers advice on where you should go to enter competitions, but if you’re running your own competition, where should you promote it to ensure its success? This post offers a few...
Do promoters have to publish winners’ names?
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find out who won competitions and prize draws, with lots of promoters failing to make official announcements, leaving us wondering if there really was a prize to be won! With so...
Can a closing date be changed?
Have you ever followed a link to enter a prize draw, only to discover that it’s closed early? Or entered a creative competition on the final day, then realise the closing date has been extended to...
Is Twitter filtering you from searches?
Several compers have noticed that their accounts have been filtered out of Twitter’s searches lately. The problem is – when it happens, they don’t know anything about it! But it could well be that...
Cheating in sweepstakes and competitions
It’s pretty hard to win competitions and sweepstakes these days isn’t it? Particularly with guys like Christian Methot and Hunter Scott on the case. These two clever geeks have bagged themselves hundreds of prizes with a little technical...
Blog giveaways: survey results
I recently asked my readers to complete and share a pair of surveys about blog giveaways – one for entrants, and one for bloggers. I received 111 responses from entrants, plus 41 from bloggers....
Why your ‘Like and Share’ promotion isn’t fair
Dear promoter… Your Facebook ‘Like and Share’ promotions are driving people crazy. They are SPAM and UNFAIR and let’s be honest here, you really should know better! Do you realise that: asking entrants to share is against Facebook rules?...
Choosing a winner for a RT giveaway
UPDATED: This post was written in 2014 – see my 2016 post How to run a Twitter giveaway for a new, step-by-step guide to running a fair and fun retweet competition! Also check my post...
How to run Gleam giveaways
Gleam is an app that allows you to create giveaways for your blog, website or Facebook page. I trialled it for my Amazon giveaway this month and was impressed with the experience and results....
