So
The secret weapon is indeed
http://www.rafflecopter.com/
Rafflecopter lets you runs raffles on your website for FREE
What is the hardest part of setting up a new site/blog. Clearly it is getting an audience for all your work
I knew of Rafflecopter already from entering comps but it wasn't until I saw it in action if a BRAND NEW BLOG that I realised its potential
A site that had only just started had got a couple of hundred entrants for their amazon giveaway in just a few days and I wanted to understand how that was possible
1) Compers DO NOW CARE ABOUT YOUR BRAND : you need to accept this. They retweet without a thought and like without really caring you need to accept this
2) There will be a cost : You have to actually give something away from experience £20 is enough and if it is an Amazon voucher all the better as compers search for that
3) advertising : you want your raffle to help get your name/site out there so how do you do that
Say your contest just involves following your twitter account and retweeting a message about your site
Let's look at the current Money Shed £20 Amazon giveaway I am running on our facebook page
The message they have to RT is
#Win £20 in Amazon Vouchers with @TheMoneyShed this August -themoneyshed.co.uk #competition rafl-fb-tab-app.s3.amazonaws.com/21114635574384…
We use the #win that Compers search for. The word Amazon is also there. A link to TMS and then a link to the comp itself and the #competition as well
Users can also enter by liking the Facebook page and following @themoneyshed
Now the genius of all this is that people can enter as many times as they want (well once a day) throughout the competition by retweeting the message. other Compers pick up on this and all do the same so you have people out there who just keep spreading your new sites names/address with no effort from yourself all for £20 Amazon voucher
We have picked up over 130 new Facebook likes since I started this on Friday, another 100 twitter followers, new members etc
well worth doing if you want to get your new sites name out there
The secret weapon is indeed
http://www.rafflecopter.com/
Rafflecopter lets you runs raffles on your website for FREE
What is the hardest part of setting up a new site/blog. Clearly it is getting an audience for all your work
I knew of Rafflecopter already from entering comps but it wasn't until I saw it in action if a BRAND NEW BLOG that I realised its potential
A site that had only just started had got a couple of hundred entrants for their amazon giveaway in just a few days and I wanted to understand how that was possible
1) Compers DO NOW CARE ABOUT YOUR BRAND : you need to accept this. They retweet without a thought and like without really caring you need to accept this
2) There will be a cost : You have to actually give something away from experience £20 is enough and if it is an Amazon voucher all the better as compers search for that
3) advertising : you want your raffle to help get your name/site out there so how do you do that
Say your contest just involves following your twitter account and retweeting a message about your site
Let's look at the current Money Shed £20 Amazon giveaway I am running on our facebook page
The message they have to RT is
#Win £20 in Amazon Vouchers with @TheMoneyShed this August -themoneyshed.co.uk #competition rafl-fb-tab-app.s3.amazonaws.com/21114635574384…
We use the #win that Compers search for. The word Amazon is also there. A link to TMS and then a link to the comp itself and the #competition as well
Users can also enter by liking the Facebook page and following @themoneyshed
Now the genius of all this is that people can enter as many times as they want (well once a day) throughout the competition by retweeting the message. other Compers pick up on this and all do the same so you have people out there who just keep spreading your new sites names/address with no effort from yourself all for £20 Amazon voucher
We have picked up over 130 new Facebook likes since I started this on Friday, another 100 twitter followers, new members etc
well worth doing if you want to get your new sites name out there