Create the giveaway post on your Facebook page
If you’re looking to attract more participants for your Facebook promotion, you should start by creating an attractive and appealing post to promote your giveaway. Apart from a catchy text you also need an attention-grabbing image, video or gif; this will help your post’s positioning in the newsfeed, as Facebook gives more value to posts accompanied by visual content. A great idea is to share a picture or video presenting the main prize – it tends to attract more attention. Here’s an example of how Brintons At Home attracted the attention of potential participants with their Facebook giveaway.
Any post that you publish on your Facebook page can be used to run a giveaway. But remember to ask for one of these actions as mandatory to enter the sweepstakes: comment or like the post. The Easypromos Facebook Giveaway app will then import all comments or likes and draw a random winner of your Facebook promotion.
Do you want to take your Facebook engagement through the roof? Make sure you ask your audience an open-ended question, even if it’s only “Why would you like to win?”. Open-ended questions encourage longer answers, which are great conversation starters. Need more tips? See ideas for Facebook giveaways, competitions and contests.
Pin your Facebook Giveaway to the top of the page for more visibility
When you’ve published your giveaway post, make sure you pin it to the top of the page as we show in the following screenshot. Leave it pinned while the promotion is active so that the users that visit your Facebook page can see the giveaway as the very first post.
By doing so you won’t have to post about the Facebook giveaway several times to keep at the top of your page. If you publish more than one post to promote the sweepstakes, you have to keep in mind that potential participants might enter your promotion under several different posts. You would then have to use the Multi-Network Giveaway to import comments from multiple posts.
Also keep in mind that Facebook has changed the order of the content blocks on your Facebook page. Change the order to give maximum priority to your posts.
Use the #sweepstakes and #giveaway hashtags to increase the visibility of your Facebook promotion
Increase the visibility of your Facebook Giveaway by using the #giveaway and #sweepstakes hashtags. This way all users who type in these hashtags into the search bar will see your post.
The hashtags in your posts convert into clickable links. That way, the users can easily find posts about the topics they’re interested in, in this case, Facebook promotions. Find out more about Facebook hashtags.
Collaborate with brands and influencers to attract more participants and improve brand awareness
Do you feel like to want to attract even more participants? Easy! Collaborate with other brands and popular influencers to organize a Facebook Giveaway. You can both promote the post, meaning that both of you could reach a wider audience and new communities. It is a fantastic opportunity to improve brand and product awareness and build social media presence, along with strong customer relationships.
Do you need an example? Imagine that your brand produces healthy snacks or sport clothes. Your best bet would be collaborating with a fitness instructor or a local sports center! There is a big chance that the majority of their followers would be interested in your products!
Boost your Facebook giveaway post with Facebook Ads
If your intention is to reach further than your existing community, don’t rely only on the organic reach of the post. Even though giveaways exponentially increase the number of views of the post because of the user interactions, if you boost it with Facebook Ads you can reach a specific target audience that you can segment according to your goals. When you boost the post, Facebook shows you the potential reach you can achieve according to the allocated budget.
Announce the Facebook sweepstakes in your Newsletter
If you have contact details of your existing and potential customers, take advantage of your active promotion and send them a newsletter about the giveaway. Share the main link to the promotion in the email to make the participation process easy and encourage clicks.
Disseminate the giveaway on other channels to drive more traffic to your promotion
If you have active profiles on other social media platforms, make sure you inform all the followers about the giveaway you’re running on Facebook. In addition to the possibility of converting the followers from other social networks into fans of your Facebook page, you will increase the reach of promotional action.
Your website can also be helpful
Did you know that you can embed the Facebook post on your website?
Energize and reward the visitors of your website by informing them about the Facebook timeline sweepstakes you’re running. You will not only direct traffic to your social media but also tap into customer’s loyalty and trust.
Don’t forget your offline customers
If your brand or business has physical stores, don’t forget to announce the Facebook giveaway to your on-site customers. You can convert offline customers into online fans and this helps build loyalty: not only because customers like promotions – discounts or freebies – but also because if they become fans, you can keep them informed about your promotions and offers. This can surely encourage them to visit the store more often.
Contest websites
Perhaps your target audience is very wide and you want to reach as many users as possible. If this is the case, then you should publish your giveaway on contest websites to reach more potential participants.
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