Contests For Facebook Business Page

[@mrjerrypotter]

Seen any great Facebook contests? Here's a car dealership in Ohio that gets amazing engagement and reach with their contests: facebook.com/DaveSmithMotors/photos/a.162215880508537/2252306651499439/?type=3&theater

[@mypilatesflow]

Thank you so much- really helped as I didn't realise about the sharing element being prohibited by FB!

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it helped!

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it was helpful Sam!

[@JOYMusic2019]

Thanks for this useful info as we are planning to run a contest for our JOY music channel. Have subscribed to yr channel to support.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Awesome, thanks for the support!

[@brycepalmer4942]

Super helpful. Thanks much!

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it was helpful Bryce!

[@thejoshthat]

Thanks for the info, intro crazy loud though

[@mrjerrypotter]

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[@Southernplate]

Do you have a video to show how to set up the giveaway, like where to go, and the steps that run thru setting up the contest?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Thanks for your question! Unfortunately, Jerry Potter can’t get to all of them, but if you still need an answer feel free to post it in our free Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/fiveminutesocialmedia/

[@karthickrajalearn]

You are Amazing Sir Can you show more visuals in Presentation? IF I HIGH PRICE (Desktop Computer ) I can give Giveaway (Pen drive). Please use visual. I can do presentation for you sir

[@jandicianni2749]

Very helpful video, Jerry! But a question on settings. Want to have a contest where neighbors can upload their photos to a specific contest post on my business Facebook page. But the post is not allowing viewers to upload their photos. Comments yes, but not photos. Is there a setting to change a specific post? I don't want photos to be uploaded to the page itself...just the post for the contest. Is there a way to do this? or only for the entire page?

[@Notterbugg]

Great video! Quick question though. You said something about having the viewers share the post to enter into the contest (which I plan on doing), but then at the end, you said asking people to share is against Facebook guidelines. If I still make sharing the post part of the rules to enter the contest, am I potentially going to get in trouble for that?

[@mrjerrypotter]

It is against terms to ask them to share the post. I believe when I said something about sharing to enter, I was just rambling off random things I've seen people do to make contests too complicated.

[@MNlootdrop]

What about a 10 dollar gas card

[@MseDd-ho4dr]

Uu

[@kimwood48]

Hi Jerry, i want to run a contect for a free pet portrait by asking people to like add a photo and comment, can I just boost this and will I see the photos. would it be confusing to put on my page and boost?

[@robertrumfelt7843]

Well done. Very succinct with nothing but useful bullets.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it was helpful Robert!

[@g3m1n1z]

Hey Jerry! Great video! I took this information and started my own facebook contest, but unsure how to keep it going after the initial post. Should I share the original post to my page numerous times throughout the week, or make a new post every time, with different wording? Any advice? Thanks! By the way, the contest is running for one week.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Great question! The easiest way to keep it going is to spend money to boost it so new people keep seeing it all week. You could keep re-sharing it, but I don't think you'll get much reach. So the next best thing is as you suggested - make new posts adding urgency (only 3 days left!).

[@g3m1n1z]

@@mrjerrypotter Appreciate it! Thanks Jerry!

[@andrew-isac]

Is it against facebook rules to run contest & giveaway running ads ?

[@dhirajdarkhoriya]

Please reply my question. In a giveaway contest, it was said to share the post. After sharing, comment on both official and your post as #GoodDay. And then it was said that, to be the winner of this contest one should get the maximum shares on the post which he had shared. Every shares (primary & secondary) must be public. So my question is How that company is going to detect the person with most shares, how it will detect whether secondary shares are public or not. Is there any direct method to check all these T&C on facebook page? I think its impossible to count individual shares when post has almost 50k shares.

[@mrjerrypotter]

I honestly don't know, but it is against Facebook's terms to ask anyone to share for a contest.

[@SimcoeWealthManulifeWealth]

Wow, this was very insightful. Thanks for bringing topics to light that we had no idea about. We look forward to learning more in your five minute social media series!

[@mrjerrypotter]

If you want to learn more about marketing your business on social media, I send out daily tips to thousands of entrepreneurs. Want in? dailysocialmediatips.com/ And I promise they are really helpful! And the moment they aren't you can quickly unsubscribe.

[@Studio-108]

You eyebrows look great! It brings up your eyes. It's Teresa Dornellas here, thanks for the great video.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Thanks! 😀

[@merylkatlin4448]

Hi Jerry, Thanks for the info, I have an e-commerce personalization store and want to run a contest where people submit their designs, Do you think this is possible on Facebook and how would you implement something like this?

[@mrjerrypotter]

You could have people upload them to the comments assuming they are image files.

[@clanmcwoodgaming5083]

Is there any actually free apps that will allow you to export the like names out to a CSV to help draw a winner?

[@mrjerrypotter]

There are some Google Chrome Extensions that might do it. There are also "Facebook Comment Picker" tools that will choose the winner for you. www.google.com/search?q=facebook+contest+winner+picker&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS777US778&oq=facebook+contest+winner+pick&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.5250j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@Diamond88keyz]

awesome

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad you enjoyed it Cassandra!

[@gabriellemagic8447]

I ran a comp asking people to post a pic and tag my page... but I can't find their posts? I watched them do it but their posts don't show up anywhere. How do I find posts my page has been tagged in?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Oh no! If their posts are public, your page should have gotten a notification, but if their posts aren't public you can't see them. A lot of people post so only their friends can see, not publicly.

[@andrasmeszaros2317]

What you can say though: tag and share your friends and family so they also can enter. To win, entry requirement is only comment. Voilà Oh and don't forget to like our page, we are going to announce the winner in our stories. ☺️ You don't want to miss it.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Interesting strategy! Thanks for sharing. András. The only thing to keep in mind is the more things you ask someone to do, the less likely people are to do it. But I love it.

[@andrasmeszaros2317]

@@mrjerrypotter I agree, though it depends on the price as well as you explained it in your video. I have to have a clear goal, what I want to achieve with the giveaway/contest.

[@Rose-hc1kv]

I have a question. When you said not to tag our friends and share, is it like normal share or share to our friends? I don't see just share in general would be a spam to anyone.

[@mrjerrypotter]

I was saying that if you tag a bunch of friends in a contest post you are spamming them and they won't like it.

[@GantsilyoBaguio]

Very clear explanations. Useful tips. Thank you!

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@realxhitta4lyfe604]

Thanks for this very helpful information, but I have a question about what you said about not asking people to tag there friends because it would be considered spamming. My question is does that apply to when you ask them to like your business page, comment and tag your business page?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Asking your followers to tag their friends is against the rules because you are asking your followers to abuse their personal friendships on Facebook to promote your business. Anything similar to that would be the same. Asking your followers to post on their friends' timelines, asking them to private message your friends, etc. Asking your followers to do things that don't involve their friends is usually fine - you can ask people to Like your page, comment, etc.

[@evansvisualmedia]

Very helpful video. I was wondering if you use "add a comment" as your entry how do you choose a winner?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Great question! There are tools that will do it for you: www.google.com/search?q=facebook+comment+picker&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS777US778&oq=facebook+comment+picker&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4321j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@nayeemahmed163]

what is the best site for creating a contest?

[@mrjerrypotter]

What do you mean best site? This video is about creating a content right on your Facebook Page.

[@nayeemahmed163]

@@mrjerrypotter I want to know how we create facebook contest quizess?

[@mrjerrypotter]

There are lots - I don't have one I recommend for contests, but I do use Interact for quizzes and it's been great! Here's the link: interact.grsm.io/jerrypotter5531

[@MrJayspeaks]

Shortstack or King Sumo

[@sweetsadventure]

I would like to gear them to youtube.

[@Bloke28Gaming]

I doesn't say anything about sharing this contest to a friend who might be interested via DM lol

[@mrdood]

Gvv

[@danielleshelbourne220]

Thank you for providing this information, very helpful.

[@mrjerrypotter]

You're welcome!

[@alandtours7095]

Would have been better with some examples too.

[@mrjerrypotter]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@MrJayspeaks]

Facebook needs a competitor. Can someone please get on that?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Ha, they had one! Then they bought it. #Instagram

[@faizashariff608]

Great video. You just got a new subscriber! Also, does Facebook prohibit winner announcement on my page?

[@mrjerrypotter]

Nope, you can announce the winner on your page.

[@faizashariff608]

@@mrjerrypotter Thanks for replying!

[@karthickrajalearn]

I am Running continuously contest every day is it ok sir

[@mrjerrypotter]

As long as it's working for you!

[@agent-proofme7720]

Thank you Jerry. Great post.

[@mrjerrypotter]

You're welcome!

[@jwallace2913]

My goal of running a contest giveaway is to gain followers, if I cant ask people to share then only the people that are already following my page will enter and thus defeats the purpose.. am I missing something?

[@mrjerrypotter]

You are correct, but understand Facebook doesn't want you bribing your current audience to share your message to people who don't care about it. If you want to reach more people not on your page, you can spend a little money to boost the post. Another sneaky workaround is to make the contest where you have people enter by "naming" a friend. Many of your people will tag their friends when they "name" them, but as long as you don't ask them to tag people you're not breaking the rules.

[@jwallace2913]

@@mrjerrypotter thank you for the reply! "Name a friend that would be interested in the giveaway and tell me what you'd do with it if you won!" -tags friend and leaves hopefully decently long comment.

[@wendytobin1268]

Okay I have a question...There is a Childrens singer/songwriter my daughter and I have been following for years (my daughter has special needs and will always love this singer). We have gotten to know this singer very well and have met her several times. I want to give back to her fans as a sort of charity to kids who are not able to afford to see and meet her in person by purchasing some of her tickets for say a family. This singer is willing to post that I have free tickets available but she is suggesting google forms to do this. I have a woodworking business but don’t currently need traffic (I have too much already) but need the best way to be able to get this singer to be able to post that I am giving tickets away without violating FB or IG rules. Is this possible with say Rafflecopter

[@mrjerrypotter]

I haven't spent much time with rafflecopter. You can just have the singer post and ask people to comment to win.

[@jamiescott-numerologist8683]

Great video Jerry - well done and thanks :)

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad it was helpful Jamie!

[@reda_r]

Thank you for the great content ! Is it true that Facebook prohibit asking people to comment on the contest post ?

[@mrjerrypotter]

It doesn't. You're prohibited from asking people to tag a friend, but you can ask them to comment. That being said, some language, like "comment below," is considered "click bait." So it a perfect world just ask your question in the post and it should be obvious that they answer by commenting.

[@kurttom4981]

How about this question? To enter contest please like, follow and comment.

[@julitajohan6835]

What is DM? :)

[@mrjerrypotter]

Direct Message :)

[@farhanseriwala]

Appreciated

[@mrjerrypotter]

Thanks!

[@rajvirsports1132]

How to separate Facebook ID and Facebook page

[@mrjerrypotter]

I'm don't understand your question - Can you rephrase it?

[@brucebaker810]

And, beyond this one example, if you are asking strangers for help or advice (or, really, anything)...minimize the friction. Don't make them work harder to give you the thing you want.

[@ruthphillips918]

Drew said i won big random drawing but i dont got money to send him so i cant get my winnings been going on since september i need help give it to me

[@mrjerrypotter]

Who's Drew?

[@ruthphillips918]

Drew conrad part of face book same picture that jerry crawford in the back ground

[@mrjerrypotter]

Sorry Ruth, I don't know what this is referring to. I don't know Drew Conrad or Jerry Crawford. You must have the wrong account/channel.

[@thebeesneezmommygrammy]

Awesome Jerry, thank you!

[@mrjerrypotter]

Glad you enjoyed it C!

[@thebeesneezmommygrammy]

@@mrjerrypotter it's Carmela. I'm on my other account LOL

[@juncanlas4455]

Hi just need to clarify a few things about fb page contests. 1. Asking people to share my page and the contest post on their wall in public is against fb rules. 2.asking people to post a picture as a comment on the page contest post is also against the rules. 3. Asking people to like my page and contest post is also illegal. I hope you can answer these questions for me, thanks great video.

[@mrjerrypotter]

I believe you can ask people to Like your page, it's just hard to track. I believe picture comments are fine too. Again though, I'm not a lawyer. Here are the rules - check out section 3: facebook.com/policies/pages_groups_events/

[@skipsh00ter89]

Nothing not already "duh"... How to get list of users who have completed criteria? How to publicly broadcast live? Nothing but gibberish. 5 mins? Almost 9 mins of uselessness.

[@mrjerrypotter]

The video has over 22,000 views and over 700 Likes, so obviously it has been helpful to many. I'm sorry it wasn't more helpful to you. Getting the list of users who have completed your criteria depends on what you had them do. And the channel name is about being efficient and not wasting time on social media. The videos are all the length they need to be to answer the question - I'd hate to be teaching or explaining something and then stop midway through and say, "Uh-oh, we're out of time!" 😆