FAQ about Easypromos
Visit our FAQ page and find answers to common questions about the platform.
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How to create a Minesweeper game without programming skills?
There are platforms like Easypromos that allow you to create online games such as Minesweeper without the need for programming skills and experience. You can create your own Minesweeper game just with a few clicks, set the difficulty of the game, and easily customize it with branded icons and corporate image. Gamification is the newest solution for brands to interact with their online communities.
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Can I create a Slide & Match game if I don’t have programming skills?
Nowadays, platforms like Easypromos allow you to create online games like Slide & Match without the need of programming. You can create the app with a few clicks, set up the difficulty level, and customize it with your icons and corporate image very easily. These are the new gamified solutions for companies to interact with their online audiences.
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How to create an Advent Calendar for my target audience?
The commonly available platforms that offer marketing gamification to attract and retain customers are simplistic and non-customizable. With Easypromos you can create online Advent Calendars from a template or with our easy-to-use tools available in our platform. Use the Advent Calendar app to create your own; with its microsite format, you will be able to embed it in your website and share it through your social media and other marketing channels.
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Can I run a giveaway among all the people that comment on an article on my blog?
Yes, you just need to create a list of all the comments in a CSV or Excel file. This will allow you to use the Pick-a-winner app to run a prize draw among all the users on the list.
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How can I create an online multimedia contest?
Use a platform that will allow you to adequately show the prizes, categories and rules of participation as well as every participant's entries. Use a solid and reliable voting system so you can combine it with a jury or other ways of selecting winners. Most importantly, the app it is 100% mobile phone adaptable as most of the participants will participate through their phones.
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How are voters' identities verified?
Several options are available: through social login, email identification, mobile phone identification, or using identification numbers provided by the brand. Find out how you can identify the participants in your contest.
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How to create board games online for my target audience?
Currently, there are many platforms that allow brands to create gamified actions to attract and retain customers. For example, Easypromos offers a variety of different mini-games like Puzzle, Memory, and Word Search. You can launch them separately, or combine them into a single campaign to engage your audience over a longer period of time. You can activate all the games at once, or daily or weekly.
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Do users have to have a public profile to participate in a Mention + Hashtag contest?
On Instagram yes, it's indispensable for users to have a public profile for the app to be able to import their image or video.
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Do the users have to have a public profile in order to participate in an Instagram photo contest with hashtag and entry form?
If you choose the photo contest app 'Hashtag + Entry Form', the participants don't need to have a public Instagram profile. The users will accept the permissions from the app to be able to select the photo from their profile that they want to enter in the contest and therefore, the app will have access to their content even if their profile is private.
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Can I organize a fall giveaway on social media?
Organizing a social media giveaway is always a good idea - sweepstakes help you reconnect with your audience and give back to the community. Launch fall giveaways on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to promote your brand, give visibility to your products and stay top of mind with customers as they get ready for the biggest shopping season of the year.
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Is it possible to automatically validate purchase receipts?
Yes, systems like OCR (Optical Character Recognition) allow you to automatically validate purchase tickets and invoices online. Easypromos uses OCR in the Validate Receipts app so that users can upload their receipts that will be automatically verified by the system. It’s a great participation requirement for client-exclusive promotions.
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Can I give the users a coupon voucher after recommending them a product?
Yes, you can incentivize participation by offering the participants a discount coupon for them to enjoy the product that was recommended to them trough the app. The platform includes an editor to personalize each unique coupon.
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Can I show a personalized message depending on the quiz answers?
Yes, you can customize final messages based on the users' responses to the quiz. This way, after finishing the quiz, participants receive a message that aligns with their personality.
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Can I publish and share the Slide & Share on my social media?
Yes, once you have configured and activated the game, you will get a link to the microsite that you can use to share it on your social media profiles. Furthermore, the Slide & Match app includes buttons for the participants to share it.
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Can I show an instant prize promotion on my website or blog?
Yes, it's possible to embed the promotion using the widget system. You can, for example, show the promotion as a pop-up, or as if it were an image in the text.
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Can I customize the design of the prize wheel?
Yes, you can add your brand logo in the center of the wheel, choose the colors of each segment, customize the frame of the wheel, and upload you own background image. These options allow you to design a prize wheel completely customized with the style of your brand.
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Can I customize the Memory game with my own cards?
Yes, you can upload your own images for the cards of the game. You can also upload a custom image for the reverse side of the cards. Furthermore, all the pages of the games can be customized with the design, texts, colors, and logos of your brand.
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Is there an app to create a starting line-up or dream team for a football team?
Yes. The Easypromos “Build your team” app is designed to generate engagement among the fans and followers of a sports team. Participants can use their smartphones to create their dream team or try to guess the starting line-up of their team for its next match. Once the users have come up with their line-up, the app will generate an image of their team on the playing field to share with friends or on social networks. Ideal for increasing the team or sports club’s visibility.
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Can I organize a giveaway on Instagram Stories?
Yes! Instagram's terms and conditions allow for giveaways in Stories. Additionally, this social network provides an API to automate the collection of participants, so you don't have to count them manually. This way, your profile gains relevance, and your subsequent Stories will appear at the top of users' feeds.
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How does the Match It game work?
The participants will see the board with a number of cards and have to select two of them. If the two cards are a match, they will disappear from the board. The users solve the game by finding all the matching pairs and leave the board empty. The administrator of the game can choose to show the image or the reverse side of the card and can customize the image of each of the cards and the reverse side of the cards. Furthermore, all the screens of the game can be customized with the image, colors, texts and logos of the brand.
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Can I obtain the data of the participants in the game?
Yes, you have 3 participation modes: Create a game without asking for any data, create a game where you ask for the users' contact details in order to participate, or you can ask for the data after the users have played. The mode depends on the objective of the match-it game. Here you can read our recommendations for the user registration options in online games.
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How many words can I add to the Word Search game?
You can add maximum 15 words and each word should have at least 2 characters.
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How to organize a FIFA Women's World Cup betting pool for my brand?
Organizing a Women's World Cup betting pool has never been easier! You can now use a pre-configured Multi-Round Predictions app to launch a betting pool for your brand. All you have to do is edit the text, upload your logo, and throw in a prize if you want to incentivize participation. You can assign points to each participating user and then run a random prize draw among the participants that best predicted all the scores.
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How can I create a digital Scratch & Win?
Easypromos offers the usual offline scratch card or flyer promotions, but online. Creating a typical scratch and win to generate excitement among your audience and reward them with discounts and other gifts is now very easy and intuitive because no programming is needed.
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How does the Hidden Objects game work?
Design an image with the hidden objects, upload it to the Easypromos platform, and mark the areas where objects are located. Participants will see the image and will have to look for a specific object in it. When they locate it, they must click on it. The more objects they find, the more points they will accumulate.
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Does the Photofun app work on all devices?
Yes, all Easypromos applications can be used on mobile, tablet, or computer. In Photofun, the user uploads a photo and decorates it with the frames and stickers you have provided. The stickers can be placed anywhere on the photo easily rotated and resized from mobile devices.
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Does the Scenes app work on all devices?
Yes, all Easypromos applications can be used on mobile, tablet, or computer. Upon access, the user will see a screen with the chosen image and a set of stickers. They will then decorate it with the stickers, which can be easily rotated and resized from mobile devices.
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Can I show the text pieces that the contestants enter in the writing contest publically?
Yes, of course. Every contest app has a gallery page where users can see the text pieces, vote on them, share them and comment on them, depending on the setup the organizer chooses. Its optional to have the gallery published and it can be disabled.
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Is it possible to automatically validate purchase receipts?
Yes, applications like Easypromos allow you to validate purchase receipts thanks to the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system that allows you to specify your own requirements. For example, the application will only accept receipts that include your store or brand name, minimum purchase amount, and specific dates.
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Can I raffle different prizes based on participants' responses?
Yes, with the winners' tool, you can segment the database of users who have completed the survey and hold differentiated prize draws based on participants' preferences.
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How can I obtain new leads as part of my user recruitment strategy?
There are many ways to collect user data and incorporate them in a brand's marketing strategy. In Easypromos, we're specialists in generating promotions that allow collecting the data of users that are interested in the brand in exchange for incentives: get a coupon, enter a prize draw, try your luck for an direct prize, etc. Examples and case studies give us the chance to show that promotions, contests, sweepstakes, and games are a good way to get new leads, transparently and in compliance with the GDPR.
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What are the best promotion ideas for Mother's Day?
There are many different Mother's Day promotion ideas and it all depends on what objectives you're looking to achieve. You can run Mother's Day social media giveaways to boost engagement, launch fun branded mini-games to entertain your audience and collect sales leads, or you can organize photo contests to obtain user-generated content. If you're looking to increase sales you could distribute discounts and coupons as Mother's Day prizes.
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How to increase brand visibility with games and promotions?
Games and promotions present two strong points that help increase brand visibility: first of all, they normally attract a lot of participation because they generate engagement, especially if there are prizes involved; secondly, they can be customized with the brand image which allow transmitting the brand image easily.
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How can I integrate games, quizzes and giveaways in my customer loyalty program?
There are many ways: the most simple is to send the link to the promotion microsite by email for the customers to participate. If your customer loyalty program is more complex, you can use the auto login API so that users first log in to your platform before participating, and that way you can link their participation with their customer data.
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What is product promotion?
Promoting a product is announcing it to the target audience the best possible way to explain its characteristics and incentivize purchase. The most conventional way to promote a product is unidirectional advertising. Even so, with the use of internet and social media skyrocketing, product promotion can be done with many other types of actions that are more interactive and attractive for the target audience, such as promotions, contests, games, and giveaways.
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How can I create an online general knowledge quiz?
Use an application that allows you to choose and edit the questions and answers with no need for programming. With Easypromos, you start with a template and 10 pre-set questions to make the setup quick and intuitive. You can then use the default ones or replace them with your own.
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How can you collect user-generated content and permission to use it?
If you want to have the option of sharing the user-generated content on your social media or other channels, it's necessary to get the users' express consent. This is why it's important to use registration forms where the users upload their content and accept the terms & conditions of the contest and accept that they give up their right to the submitted content. For example, on Instagram it's recommended that brands use a tool like the Hashtag + Entry Form app to obtain the content and the users' permission to use it.
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What are the best Christmas promotions?
Interactive Christmas promotions tend to successfully engage social media communities and reinforce customer loyalty. Create Christmas games for your brand, organize festive photo contests or boost social media engagement with comment-to-win Christmas sweepstakes. Make sure to offer attractive incentives to reward participation - it's the strongest factor driving traffic to your Christmas promotion.
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Are social media giveaways a good way to generate engagement?
Yes, social media giveaways are a good option when you want to generate engagement on the brand's profiles on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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Why organize a Back to School marketing campaign?
Each year, millions of people spend hundreds of dollars on Back to School shopping. Take this opportunity to stand out and better position your brand in your target customer's mind. Promote your best selling school supplies, as well as shoes, clothes and other essential gadgets. Launch digital Back to School promotions and social media giveaways to convert followers into leads, improve brand awareness and boost sales. Back to School campaigns are all about brand and product promotion.
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When can I launch my Halloween campaign?
Timing is important! Tap into the Halloween buzz by launching your Halloween marketing campaign two weeks before Halloween. Two weeks give you enough time to attract participants to your Halloween promotions and get the most out of your campaign. Download our Halloween Checklist and make sure your campaign is ready to launch!
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How can I create gamification on my social media?
There are many ways to gamify the brand's communication on social media. Many are shown in posts, with small games or challenges that the audience solves by answering in the comments of the post. But you can also use your social networks to create photo, video or writing contests, or offer games and brain teasers by sharing the link to the site where the game is hosted. This last option allows the participants to interact better and the brand obtains more information about them.
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How can I use promotional codes and coupons?
The main objective of using digital promotions to distribute or validate promotional codes is to incentivize sales. They are also good for building loyalty with the customers by offering them an incentive for repeat purchases or a prize or benefit for each purchase.
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How many questions can I add to the quiz?
You can add all the questions necessary for your quiz.
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How can I promote a tourist destination online?
There are lots of ways to advertise your region, town or tourist attraction. Social networks and online channels make it possible for you to reach an extremely wide audience. Often, one-way advertising doesn’t cut through, so it’s much better to use interactive dynamics such as games, promotions, sweepstakes and contests to grab people’s attention. It’s now very easy to implement this type of online action thanks to platforms like Easypromos.
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Can I integrate the predictions game on my website?
Yes, you can integrate the predictions game on your own website, blog, or microsite and that way allow the visitors on your site to participate right there without having to redirect them to an external link. You also have the option of showing the predictions game as a pop-up on your site.
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How can a Multi-Stage application help my marketing strategy?
A marketing campaign with Multi-Stage promotions allows you to expose your audience to your brand over an extended period of time, as well as boost brand awareness among the target audience. In addition, it helps you reinforce the relationship with existing and potential customers while using interactive actions that generate user engagement. Finally, it also allows you to capture user data that will allow you to form a stable relationship.
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Can I upload the codes that the system has to validate?
Yes, the best practice for the code validator is to upload your own codes via a CSV file. The system allows you to load unique codes in batches of 50,000.
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How to organize online knockout tournaments?
Digital applications are being widely used to engage online and offline customers. The Brackets application is a great online bracket maker that allows you to introduce all the candidates and visually show the knockout rounds, as well as the teams or individuals that make it to the next round. The audience can predict match scores or vote for their favorite candidates, collecting points for each correct prediction.
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Can brands organize social media giveaways to celebrate spring?
Spring social media giveaways highly increase engagement and improve brand visibility. The key to success is to attract as many participants as possible, which can be easily done with attractive incentives. Use Easypromos to choose a random winner from among all participants. Don't forget to share the Certificate of Validity - it will further generate customer loyalty and trust, as the digital certificate proves the winner selection process was automatic and transparent.
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Can I run a contest where I upload the photos and the users only vote?
Yes, it's possible. For this type of contest, we have the app called Pick your Favorite, and there are two different formats to choose from depending on the needs. https://www.easypromosapp.com/blog/en/2015/05/which-type-of-pick-your-favorite-contest-is-right-for-me/
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Can I let users vote for more than one photo?
Yes, you can choose the number of votes that each user can cast in the contest.
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How many Instant Win prizes can I schedule?
There is no limit to the number of prizes you can set up in an Instant Win promotion.
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Does an invitation sent to a friend count as a referred friend?
The 'Refer a Friend' feature consists of encouraging the users to share the promotion to get their friends to participate. To get a referred friend in the promotion, the friend has to accept the invitation and sign up in the promotion as well by filling in the registration form. If you're interested in the Refer a Friend feature for your contest, check out these 5 Keys to Creating a Successful Recruiters Contest.
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Is it a good idea to organize an Easter marketing campaign?
Of course! Any reason is good to engage your audience and reconnect with online communities. Don't miss out on any opportunity that allows you to better position your brand, stay top of mind with customers and boost sales. Online users love promotions, giveaways, and discounts - for Easter too!
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How to organize a Father's Day giveaway on social media?
It's very easy to create a Father's Day social media giveaway. All you have to do is publish a giveaway post on your favorite network and wait for the comments to roll in! Make sure you ask participants to mention a friend or two in the comments - it'll attract more participants and multiple the possibility of your giveaway going viral. We've collected some successful Father's Day giveaway ideas to help you get inspired.
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Can I organize a betting pool for the entire league or competition?
Yes, the Easypromos Multi-Round Predictions app allows you to easily create a betting pool with questions related to the entire championships, all the matches, rounds, etc. In addition, you can update the score and automatically recalculate points awarded to the participants, and update their ranking position.
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How many attendees can register in an Event Giveaway?
Up to 1,000 attendees can register in an Event Giveaway, depending on the active plan. For more than 1,000 attendees, you should contact the Easypromos sales team.
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Can I use Social Media to promote my book or bookstore?
Of course! Social Media Giveaways are the best first step to engaging your audience and growing your follower base. What’s more, you can download our ready-made Instagram Giveaway and Facebook giveaway templates to get your sweepstakes going in no time.
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Is the crossword design customizable?
Yes, you can customize all the game elements to fully adapt it to your brand and the campaign idea you have in mind. Our intuitive editor allows you to modify colors, fonts, buttons, etc. Furthermore, you can customize the game with words of your choosing.
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How can the businesses in a tourist destination benefit from a digital coupon book?
A coupon booklet is a great way to showcase all the businesses in an area, city, or shopping center and encourage short-term sales. The Easypromos' digital coupon book app is easy to set up, no programming knowledge is required, and it works like a microsite. You can upload the logos of the businesses, display the coupons being offered, and ensure there is no fraud when downloading or redeeming them.
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How to run an Instagram giveaway?
The most used giveaway type on Instagram is a random draw among all the users that have commented on a post on a brand's profile. These are the steps to follow:
1) Write and publish the giveaway post on your profile. Learn here which aspects you should include in this post so that users know how to participate.
2) When the participation period is over, use an application to import all the participants and select the winner or winners.
3) Announce the winner and ask for the contact data so you can deliver the prize.
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Can I allow voters to vote for more than one candidate?
Yes, you can configure the number of votes that a single user can cast in the contest. Contests are preconfigured with one vote per user, but you can modify it to allow more votes, as well as votes worth more or less points.
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Can I customize my The Tower game?
Yes, you can customize all the game elements to fully adapt it to your brand and the campaign idea you have in mind. Our intuitive editor allows you to modify colors, fonts, buttons, and other elements easily. Furthermore, you can customize the blocks of each level with different colors or textures.
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Can I customize the Tap Tap game?
Yes, you can customize all the game elements to fully adapt it to your brand and the campaign idea you have in mind. Our intuitive editor allows you to modify colors, fonts, buttons, and other elements easily. Furthermore, we provide suggested measurements for each element, making it easy for you to design and upload them to the editor.
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Can I gather the giveaway participants’ data?
No, with Multi-Network Giveaway, only the public information from each social network is used; no data is collected.
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Can I run a Facebook Giveaway among the users that like my page, share a post or mention friends?
These actions can't be mandatory actions in order to enter a giveaway, according to the Facebook promotion policy. We recommend that the mandatory action is to comment on the post, and you can encourage users to take the other actions.
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What kind of giveaways can I run on my Twitter profile?
The application allows you to carry out three different kinds of giveaway: retweet, reply to a tweet, or mention + hashtag giveaways. The most common is to run a giveaway among all those who retweet the giveaway tweet, but if you'd like to see more examples, check out this article on ideas to run a giveaway on Twitter.
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Can I customize the puzzle with my brand design?
Yes, you can customize the image of the puzzle and all the pages of the game with your brand colors and logo. You can also customize the overall design and all the texts.
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How does Easypromos ensure security in promotions?
Easypromos ensures the integrity of promotions through a comprehensive fraud control system that addresses various malicious practices attempted by fraudsters.
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How many words or phrases can be included in the Word Shuffle game?
The organizer can introduce up to 500 different words or phrases. When configuring the game, the organizer can choose between 1 and 5 words or phrases that can be randomly presented to the player from among the list.
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Can I download the user data from a giveaway with registration form?
Yes, you can download the list of participants as an Excel or CSV file. You can also use the integrations available with Easypromos to send the registered data to your marketing tools directly.
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What is Easypromos?
Easypromos is a global leader in digital promotions. We offer a self-service, intuitive platform to create and manage digital campaigns across all social networks and devices.
Easypromos was founded in 2010 as one of the first apps for online promotions. Since then, we've worked with clients all around the world to create the best possible experience for marketers and campaign organizers. Our platform is reliable, robust, and easy to use. You don't need to be a programming expert to customize promotions down to the last detail.
We specialize in digital campaigns for large brands and agencies. In our first ten years as a company, we've helped to run over 2 million campaigns with 20,000 clients.
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How to pick a winner of an Instagram giveaway?
If you want to run a transparent and reliable giveaway that enters all the participants that have commented on your Instagram post, you need to use a tool that retrieves all the comments and is able to select a winner randomly. Discover the most important aspects to keep in mind when selecting a giveaway tool.
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Is it possible to detect fraudulent purchase receipts uploaded to the Validate Receipts app?
Yes, Easypromos uses the OCR technology (Optical Character Recognition) that is used to verify minimum spend amounts, as well as keywords like the name or number of your store. Additionally, the system also detects duplicated tickets or receipts that have already been uploaded to the application, as well as the ones that have been tampered with. The promotion organizer can configure fraud detection levels.
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Which applications allow to work on gamification in marketing?
Because of its characteristics, mini-games, quizzes and contests are the types of applications that best allow to implement gamification into marketing actions. They're dynamics that allow to test the participants, challenge them and make them compete either with themselves or with other participants.
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What kind of giveaway can I run on Facebook?
Facebook has specific promotion policies. From Easypromos, complying with the social media's good practices, we recommend running giveaways among users that comment on or 'Like' a post on a Facebook page. Learn how to write a giveaway post for Facebook with these tips.
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How can I make an online giveaway reliable and transparent?
To make an online giveaway reliable and transparent, you should use an external and automatic tool to select the winner or the winners of the giveaway. This way, you can show that your brand has carried out the draw transparently and that the winner was selected randomly. If you use the Easypromos platform, you will get a certificate of validity when selecting the winners that you can share with your audience. Furthermore, we recommend that you write the terms and conditions of the giveaway and share them when announcing the giveaway to generate greater reliability.
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Can I integrate the personality quiz on my website?
Yes, you can integrate the Personality Quiz on your website, blog or microsite and that way allow the visitors on your site to participate right there without having to redirect them to an external link.
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Can I ask for the users' data before they get the result of the recommender?
Yes, you can add a registration form just after the questions and answers, so the users have to fill it in before receiving their result. It's a good way to collect user contact details and afterwards add them to your CRM or newsletter subscriber list. However, this step is not mandatory.
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How can I create an online contest where every participant submits several photos or videos?
Choose an APP such as “Multimedia contest” that allows every user to submit several photos or videos and collects all the material in a single album. This way you will have all participants and entries organized and segmented to facilitate evaluation. Ideal for “before and after” contests, presenting online candidacies for an award, show projects with multiple photos and videos, etc.
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Can I run a Twitter Giveaway in collaboration with other profiles?
It's not possible. The collaborating brand can help to communicate the giveaway, but the Twitter Giveaway doesn't allow gathering the participants of two accounts in a single giveaway.
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How many coupons from different businesses can I include in the digital coupon book?
There is no maximum limit of coupons and businesses to be featured in Easypromos' digital coupon book. If there are many coupons, they can be organized into sections to make presentation easier. You can also activate a search function so that users can find the coupon from the business they are interested in more easily.
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Can I collect the data of the participants in an Instagram photo contest?
Yes, if you use the Easypromos app for running Instagram photo contests with hashtag and entry form you can collect the data of the participants because they will fill in the registration form. As the organizing brand, you can set up the form to ask for the data you need from the participants. You can also export the data to an Excel/CSV file or send the data to your emailing list or CRM system.
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Can I retrieve photos that users post with my brand mention?
Yes, you can retrieve photos from your followers as long as they use the campaign hashtag and brand mention in their post.
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Can I run a sweepstakes among the participants in the quiz?
Yes, the Knowledge Quiz app includes the winner picker tool which lets you obtain a random winner among all the participants of the quiz or among the ones that have answered all or a minimum of questions correctly.
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How to boost brand visibility on social media?
Different types of actions can achieve visibility. If a piece of content goes viral, it gives the brand much more exposure and visibility than normally. Giveaways and contests are a type of content that can get attention and interaction from many users and this gives the brand increased reach and visibility.
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How can I collect the data of new users on social media and add them to my CRM system?
By using the Easypromos contests, giveaways, quizzes, and games, you can collect the data of the users you're interested in. Make the most of the integrations with external tools that Easypromos offers to send the leads directly to your CRM system or email marketing management system. You can also export the data to a CSV file at any time and upload them to your database.
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Can I integrate my writing contest with Twitter?
Yes, in the writing contest, you can activate the Twitter integration to retrieve the messages that participants post on this social network. The app will import tweets that users share on their profile using the campaign hashtag and tagging the organizing brand.
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Can I create a branded mini-game for Mother's Day?
Of course! Branded mini-games are highly popular with online audiences. They engage and entertain users while exposing them to your corporate image. You can use the Easypromos game applications to fully customize your game (for example Puzzle, Memory, Word Search, Minesweeper, etc). In addition, you will get to grow your database as users participate by sharing their contact details.
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How many points does each element award?
There are two types of elements: the "OK," the only mandatory one, awards a maximum of 50 points, with points varying based on the position of the element when the participant taps it, and the "Super OK," which grants 150 points.
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What are the best promotion ideas for Easter in 2023?
There are many different Easter promotions that you can organize for your online community. Easter social media giveaways are great for reactivating your followers and contests will allow you to obtain UGC for your future marketing campaigns. But if you want to engage your audience, maximize lead generation and boost your brand you should opt for an interactive Easter promotion. Organize an online Easter egg hunt or invite users to decorate their Easter eggs. Engagement and fun guaranteed!
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What are the key features of Easypromos' security system?
Easypromos provides a toolset consisting of security indicators, malicious IP and email address control, and an anti-bot system, among others, to detect and block fraudulent activity.
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What types of Multi-Stage applications can I create for my social media followers?
Currently, there are three different types of Multi-Stage applications: Multi-Game, Multi-Round Predictions and Brackets. All these applications are designed to encourage user participation. Users are attracted to gamified dynamics as well as prizes, incentives and periodic challenges. Other Multi-Stage applications like calendars, countdowns and Escape Rooms will be shortly added to the Easypromos catalog.
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What's the best text for an Instagram giveaway post?
When drafting an Instagram giveaway post, it's important to specify the prize, participation dates, how to participate, and how the winner will be picked and announced. The post should be attractive and well-structured and feature an appealing image of the prize.
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Can I let the participants participate again every day of the promotion?
Yes, there is an option to set it up like that. It's a good way of making the users come back to the promotion day after day to try their luck.
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Why organize online knockout competitions?
Online brackets allow brands to entertain their audience and therefore boost brand engagement. Furthermore, Brackets promotions normally last for several weeks or months as the teams or individuals proceed through different stages and rounds. Take advantage of the excitement generated by such events and engage your audience over an extended period of time. Attract participants with giveaways and prizes after each round and collect new leads.
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Can I run an Instagram giveaway and ask users to follow me?
Instagram's promotion policy does not prohibit setting the requirement of following the profile in order to participate in a giveaway so you can ask for it. But, no external app can check if the participants are followers. So you should check this manually after picking the winners and manage it with the alternate winners. Learn how to obtain and manage alternate winners.
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What format can the codes to be redeemed have?
Any combination of numbers and letters, uppercase, lowercase, and symbols are valid.
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How is the identity of the voting users verified?
There are two different options: identifying with a Facebook profile or using en email address that needs to be validated after the vote is cast.
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Can I design the coupon with my brand image?
Of course! Easypromos offers a complete coupon editor that allows you to upload the image and the texts of the coupon to design it with your brand image. It's a drag & drop type editor so anyone can use it.
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Can I create questions with sortable answers?
Yes, and it's very useful for predictions about sporting events where the users should guess the top 3 or the winner ranking of the event.
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How to reward customers that validate purchase tickets?
Create a Validate Receipts promotion with Easypromos to automatically validate purchase receipts uploaded by your customers and give them access to exclusive promotions. You can give away a variety of prizes or discounts through different dynamics like prize wheels, direct prizes or winning moments to all users that upload valid receipts that meet your criteria. You don’t need any programming or coding experience to create a Validate Receipts promotion.
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Which kind of codes can I create and validate online?
You can distribute all types of alphanumeric codes: QR codes, barcodes EAN-13, barcode 128, barcode 39, or any other code generated by the brand that uses numbers and/or letters. For the online validation in the Easypromos Validation Portal, you can validate alphanumeric codes and QR codes.
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Can I hold a final prize draw among all users who completed the survey?
Yes, you can encourage participation by holding a final prize draw among all users who take the survey. Offering the chance to win an attractive prize encourages users to participate.
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Can I give additional entries in the prize draw for referring friends?
You can do two different things with the Refer a Friend system: 1) Only the participants that have reached a minimum number of referred friends enter in the final prize draw. 2) Run a random draw among all participants but give additional entries in the draw per referred friend. You can, for example, give 1 additional entry per referred friend.
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Is it possible to make the questions conditioned by the previous answer?
No, it's not possible. The questions are the same for all participants.
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What are the best promotion ideas for Father's Day in 2024?
There are many captivating dynamics for your Father's Day campaign but 2022 will be all about branded mini-games and entertainment marketing. You can launch games with your corporate image, for example, Memory, Puzzle, Word Search, or Minesweeper games, as well as Spin the Wheel promotions. They'll definitely help you reinforce brand affinity. All Easypromos game applications come with a customizable registration form, meaning that you can easily convert social media followers into potential sales leads.
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Is it possible to capture data from online users interested in my tourist destination in a way that’s cost-effective and transparent?
Yes, there are actions you can carry out on social media that will generate plenty of interest and interaction from your audience. Examples include contests, quizzes and games. If you add an incentive—such as access to a prize giveaway or discount codes—you’ll soon see that this is a very effective way of obtaining data from users interested in your destination. The key is to call attention to your promotion and offer a stay at your destination as a reward, thus ensuring that all participants are interested in your product.
Easypromos apps allow data to be captured in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), making it possible to obtain the express consent of users for the brand to communicate with them at a later date.
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How are voters' identities verified?
Several options are available: through social login, email identification, mobile phone identification, or using identification numbers provided by the brand. Find out how you can identify the participants in your contest.
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Can I launch a branded game to celebrate the arrival of spring?
Of course! Platforms like Easypromos allow you to launch online games customized with your corporate image. Just in a few minutes, you can create the most popular online games customized with your brand: Memory games, Puzzles, Word Search, Minesweepers... Download pre-configured templates to save tons of time and launch your own branded Spring game!
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Can I run a giveaway among all the users that download or register in a mobile app?
Yes, you just need to create a list of all the users in a CSV or Excel file. Next, you should use the Pick-a-winner app to run a prize draw among all the users of the list.
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Can I organize a social media giveaway for the FIFA Women's World Cup?
Organizing a social media giveaway to celebrate the FIFA Women's World Cup with your audience is a great idea to generate engagement and visibility for your brand. Use one of the World Cup social media templates to have your giveaway ready in minutes. All you have to do is edit the text and participation dates and describe the prize you're raffling. Don't forget to ask users open-ended questions - it'll help you start real conversations with your followers and generate visibility for your World Cup promotions.
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What kind of online prizes can I give away with an app?
With Easypromos’ Instant Prizes apps you can distribute a wide array of prizes and gifts among your audience. Its prize management system is set up to planify prize delivery to those who register in the app according to preset conditions like: odds, score, instant win, price for participating, etc. Furthermore, you can implement a gamification dynamic such as Spin the wheel, Trivia, or a game. You can also distribute coupons and promotional codes by preloading them in the app or by allowing it to generate unique QR codes to identify the winners.
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Can I award points for each correctly guessed word in the online crossword game?
Yes, each correctly guessed word earns the participant 10 points. Additionally, you can specify if you want to give bonus points for completing the entire puzzle correctly.
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Can I share the Minesweeper on my social media channels?
Yes, once you customize and activate your Minesweeper you get a direct link to a microsite with your branded game, which you can then share with your social media followers. In addition, the Minesweeper comes with easy-to-share social media buttons, so that your users can share the game with their family and friends.
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What type of UGC can you obtain through contests?
The most common content generated by the users or customers are photos, videos or written pieces. But you can also go for a co-creation dynamic where the users and customers help the brand create content according to their preferences. To do this, the Scenes app allows to create this type of contest where the participants create a customized image that they can then download and share.
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Can I see an example or a demo of an online puzzle?
Yes, in this link, you can see a real example of an online puzzle. It's a demo so you can participate and play.
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What are the best Back to School promotions?
The type of promotion that will work best for you depends on your main marketing objectives. If you're looking to energize your social media networks and boost engagement, launch a comment-based giveaway. If you want to boost sales, organize a Back to School coupon campaign and launch branded mini-games to increase brand engagement, and provide high-quality entertainment to your online community. You can also conduct market research with various quizzes. Remember to enable the registration form if you wish to generate new leads.
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Can I show a gallery with the photos created by users?
Yes, and it's a great idea! Enable the gallery to showcase users' creations so they can be shared. Activate the voting system so the public can decide which creations they like the most. Additionally, the votes will help the contest go viral and gain more visibility for your brand.
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Who does the participant data from the giveaway belong to?
The participant data belong to the brand or company that organizes the promotion. Easypromos only uses the user data to facilitate the successful operation of the promotions. Easypromos will NEVER utilize details of registered users for any other reason. We explain this in the Easypromos Privacy Policy (we are the data processors of the data on behalf of the promotion organizers)
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How can I organize an Instagram Story giveaway?
Whether you're running a giveaway among users who reply to your Story or among those who mention your brand in their Story, the steps to follow are:
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Draft and publish the post or Story announcing the giveaway. Inform users how to participate, either replying to your Story or mentioning your brand in a Story they post. Also, specify that in the case of the Story + Mention dynamic, participants must have a public profile.
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Once the participation period has ended, use our Instagram Story Giveaway application to import all participants and select the winner or winners.
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Announce the winner and ask for their contact information to deliver the prize. This step-by-step guide will assist you throughout the process.
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Can I share and publish the Hidden Objects game on my social media?
Yes, when you create the game, you get a link to the microsite of the game that you can use to share it on your social media. The participants also have the option of sharing the game after playing. Furthermore, you have the code available to embed the game on your website or blog so that the users can play directly there.
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Can I collect the data of the attendees with an Event Giveaway?
Yes, you can enable a text field to collect the email address of the attendees at an event in the last step of the participation in the giveaway.
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Can I customize the digital Scratch & Win?
Yes. You can customize text, colors, backgrounds, and images with the prizes. The tool is configured so the organizer can customize any element in the Scratch & Win or use the ones provided by default.
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What are the best prizes to raffle in autumn giveaways?
Your own products are always the best kind of incentive for online promotions or social media giveaways. Let your followers test your best-selling or newly-launched products, raffle discount codes for new collections, or give away product samples as part of your autumn campaign.
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How to use championships and sporting events to generate engagement for your brand?
If you know that your online community enjoys sporting or cultural events, take advantage of championships and competitions to connect with your social media followers. You can launch daily or weekly promotions to engage your online audience and easily and quickly manage the points scored by the participants to update the ranking. Put some thought into the final prize: official merchandising, event tickets, or products related to the competition always work.
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What is the participation process in a multi-network giveaway?
The Multi-Network Giveaway app allows you to create a single giveaway by combining the participants from several posts across different social networks. Learn more about how to organize a giveaway on several social networks.
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Can I share the Word Shuffle game on my social media accounts and website?
Yes, once you have configured and activated the game, you will get a link to the microsite that you can use to share it on your social media profiles. Furthermore, players have the option of sharing the game once they have completed the challenge. The game can also be embedded in your website or blog with a code, enabling users to play directly from your website.
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Can I share and publish the Word Search game on my social media?
Yes, when you create a Word Search game, you get a link to the microsite that you can share on your social media. The participants also have the option of sharing the game after playing. Furthermore, you have the code available to embed the Word Search game on your website or blog so that the users can play directly there.
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What kinds of apps are the most suitable to promote a book or bookstore on World Book Day?
Which is the best app to promote your book or bookstore will depend on your marketing objectives. If you wish to get your audience involved and gather UCG, a writing contest is a great option. If you are interested in a gamified strategy, a branded Word Shuffle or Word Search game will do the trick. If you’re after a promotion to reward your customers, one of our Instant Prizes apps will cover your needs.
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How many segments and prizes can the prize wheel have?
You can include up to 30 slots, although we recommend not using more than 20 for an optimal user experience. We suggest including at least one slot for each type of prize, but it is not necessary to include as many slots as prize units to distribute. The proportional distribution tool of the wheel will assist you in displaying the prizes effectively.
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Can I publish an online game on my website, blog or e-commerce site?
Yes, the games include the widgets feature which gives you the code of the game to integrate it on a website. You can embed the game on a page or show it as a pop-up. This way, the users can play directly on your website. The games can also be published on social media or as a microsite.
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Is it possible to create an Advent Calendar without programming skills?
Yes! Our platform allows you to create and customize online prize calendars without any programming required. The control panel will guide you step by step and you will have a preview of what you are editing at all times. Easypromos offers different types of Advent Calendars and other ideas for the Christmas campaign. Discover more digital Advent calendar ideas in our blog or downloading the ebook.
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Why organize a Halloween campaign?
Almost 70% of Americans celebrate Halloween, therefore, it’s a perfect time of the year to reconnect with your audience and strengthen customer relationships. Halloween marketing campaigns help reengage with your online communities and increase sales and footfall. They're also a fantastic occasion to collect new leads and reinforce brand awareness.
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How can digital promotions help my brand?
Online promotions are an essential tool for any modern marketing strategy. They can help you capture leads, connect with your target audience, drive traffic to your store, get customer feedback, and reward your most loyal followers. And they can create buzz and user-generated content on social media, while minimizing and managing brand risk.
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How can I build customer loyalty with giveaways?
Giveaways and sweepstakes are good tools to build customer loyalty. You can give an entry or a code to enter the draw for each purchase, and that way reward and encourage loyalty. Futhermore, if you're giving away one of your own products, you're sure to get it right because the participants are customers that have shown interest in your product and have already purchased it.
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How to promote a product on social media?
There are many ways of promoting a product on social media. Ads are one of the most used formats, but there are other formats such as giveaways, contests, value-added content, interactive content, etc. Depending on the target audience, the type of product you're promoting, and the budget, you need to develop a different strategy for the promotion.
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Can I share and publish a Memory game on my social media?
Yes, when you create the Memory game, you get a link to the microsite of the game that you can use to share it on your social media. The participants also have the option of sharing the game after playing. The text and the image that is shared are customizable for each social network type.
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How many points are scored for each stacked line?
Each stacked line scores 100 points to the player. The total points scored per game depends on the total number of lines you've configured to complete the tower. If the player completes the tower additional points are scored for the remaining time.
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Can I set an online quiz with a time limit?
Yes, the Timed Quiz application allows you to adjust how much time participants have to answer each question: between 5 and 30 seconds.
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Is it possible to create a Multi-Game for social media without programming skills?
Yes, platforms like Easypromos allow you to create and customize online games without any programming skills. The Easypromos platform is very intuitive and easy-to-use.
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Can I create a game to predict the starting line-up of a basketball team?
Yes. You can create it easily with the Easypromos “build your team” app. Upload the players’ names with pictures or numbers. Using their smartphones, users will then choose the players they think will make up the starting line-up. Finally, an image of the proposed line-up over a basketball court as background will be generated which participants can download and share.
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Why do you want customers to share content about the brand?
Nowadays, when users are interested in a product they trust the opinion, advice and recommmendations of their friends and family more than the brand's corporate message. This is the main reason why you should encourage customers to share their experience with the brand on their social media. They can even become brand ambassadors, introducing the brand to an audience that hadn't been impacted previously.
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Can I share and publish the game on my social media?
Yes, when you create the game, you get a link to the microsite of the game that you can use to share it on your social media. The participants also have the option of sharing the game after playing. The text and the image that is shared are customizable for each social network type.
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Can I show a gallery with the scenes created by users?
Yes, and it's a great idea! Enable the gallery to showcase users' creations so they can be shared. Activate the voting system so the public can decide which scenes they like the most. Additionally, the votes will help the contest go viral and gain more visibility for your brand.
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What are the best prizes for Easter promotions and giveaways?
The prize is always the best motivation to participate in online promotions - so attract more entrants with attractive incentives! Raffle Easter chocolate bunnies, give away product bundles or distribute discount codes for your online shop. You can even team up with another brand to reach a wider audience and offer a more attractive prize.
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Can I launch Multi-Round Predictions and customize the app with my corporate image?
You can easily customize the Easypromos Multi-Round Predictions app as it was designed with corporate image customization in mind. The promotion can be fully personalized with your corporate image, including colors, logos, background images, and texts. It can all be done without any need for programming skills.
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What is the most used action to build customer and user loyalty?
Sharing discount codes, coupons or other special offers such as "free shipping", for example, is a dynamic that is used frequently to foster customer loyalty. This type of promotion can be optimized according to your needs and plans: you can offer a coupon as a PDF that users can download, show the code as a QR code or a barcode, allow users to redeem it on your ecommerce site, or let the employees at the physical store validate the codes easily. Furthermore, the coupon codes can be combined with other promotional actions. You can, for example, present the discounts in a prize wheel that the registered users in your online store can access. Or you can announce a photo contest to all customers and in return for entering a photo, you can give the participants a discount voucher for their next purchase.
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How long does it take to create a customized branded Minesweeper?
It takes about one hour to launch your first Minesweeper game with Easypromos. Once you get to know the platform better you will be able to launch a Minesweeper in less than 10 minutes.
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How can I create an online Voting Contest?
Easypromos provides you with a platform for comprehensive management of your contest. It's up to you to decide who uploads the content, either you as the organizer or the users themselves, and you can create as many voting galleries as you want. For example, you can use the Voting Contest app to create a Mother's Day contest.
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What can I achieve with Multi-Game campaigns?
Gamification attracts more customer attention. Long-term campaigns with several games and public ranking increase customer engagement and brand recall.
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Can the same user win more than one time?
Yes, if you set up the promotion like that. You can also choose to limit so that a user can only win once.
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Can the users see their answers in the quiz?
Yes, it's possible. You can enable the summary page in the quiz where the users will see all their answers.
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How does the Easypromos security level indicator work?
Easypromos keeps an updated database of IP addresses with a history of fraudulent activity, allowing it to block access attempts, including malicious proxies and VPNs.
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Can I customize my promotional actions on social media with my brand image?
Yes, you should be able to customize any promotion on your social media with your brand image. First of all, so that the users know who promotes or organizes the action. Secondly, because one of the main objectives of promotions, is to achieve brand visibility. In comment-based social media giveaways, it's important that your logo appears on the post image. In promotions that are shared on social media but hosted in a microsite, it's much easier to customize all the elements. From texts, the logo on each page, to the corporate colors, etc. All the Easypromos game apps, for example, allow introducing many elements to make them aligned with the brand image.
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How do I create a quiz with random questions?
With the Timed Quiz application, you can create as many questions as you want and specify how many will be displayed per round. The platform will randomly select the questions, showing different ones in each game at random.
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Can I collect leads with express consent to receive commercial communications?
Yes, because you can customize the promotional action with the terms and conditions, the privacy policy and the explicit checkboxes to ask the users if they want to receive information from the brand. The Easypromos applications allow creating dynamics that comply with all provisions of the GDPR.
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What's the best way to promote products for Mother's Day?
There are many different ways to promote your products for Mother's Day. For instance, you can run comment giveaways on social media where you raffle your best-selling or newly launched product. Another popular Mother's Day promotion idea is to organize a Mother's Day Product Recommender; users answer a few closed questions to see a personalized message. You can customize the final messages to recommend different products, as well as provide discount codes or links taking the user directly to your e-commerce.
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How to obtain user-generated content?
A much used way to obtain user-generated content is to organize a campaign or contest. Normally, participation is incentivized by prizes and gifts so that customers see that they are compensated for creating and sharing their own content. On Instagram and Twitter it's possible to organize photo and video contests and retrieve the content through the brand mention and the campaign hashtag. Another way is to use a microsite with registration form where users can upload their entries directly that users can access from any social network or online channel.
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How to run an online sweepstakes?
There are many ways to create an online sweepstakes. At Easypromos, we assist in organizing online sweepstakes based on the source of data and the goals of the promotion. From sweepstakes on social media to selecting a winner by uploading a list of pre-existing participants or organizing a completely digital sweepstakes with an included registration form.
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Are there elements that subtract points?
Yes, although it's not mandatory as the organizer decides whether to activate them. If you want a more exciting and complex game, you can add two types of elements that deduct points: the "KO" deducts a maximum of 50 points, and the "Super KO" element wipes out all points earned up to that moment.
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How can I use gamification in my marketing strategy?
One of the main challenges that marketing teams meet is to connect with the audience and create interactions between them and the brand. Gamification generates interest and encourages participation where the audience interacts with the brand through gamified promotions. This is the main benefit of gamification in marketing, even though there are more.
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What happens if the player abandons the game before completing it?
The crossword puzzle has a much longer playing time than most Easypromos games. For this reason, we have included the 'Give up' button. Participants who do not wish to continue the game but want to register or save their scores can click the button to give up. If you configure the game to allow more than one opportunity per user, the participant can start the crossword again at a different time but cannot resume the previous game.
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How can I organize Christmas giveaways on social media?
Christmas social media giveaways highly boost social media engagement and increase brand visibility right in time for Christmas sales. Organize comment-to-win Christmas giveaways to engage your social media community and improve brand awareness. Offer attractive prizes to attract as many participants as possible. Then use a reliable platform like Easypromos to choose a random winner from among all participants. Reinforce customer trust by obtaining a certificate of validity and prove the winner selection process was transparent and automatic.
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Why should I use Easypromos?
At Easypromos, we know that the little details matter. Five years is a long time in digital marketing, and we’ve spent that time actively listening and responding to the needs of our clients. That's why our platform is so comprehensive and reliable. It's all been designed for you - from the customization features in our apps, to the carefully researched tutorials and guides on our blog. Easypromos helps you to achieve your marketing goals efficiently.
Still think we can do better? We'd love to hear from you!
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¿Un jugador puede intentar construir la torre más de una vez? Can a player try to build the tower more than once?
Yes, the organizing brand can decide how many tries each player gets. It's a quick and challenging game to complete in a single round, so we recommend offering multiple chances to play and achieve the challenge. Moreover, this allows for increased engagement and more brand exposure time.
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Can I organize a Back to School giveaway?
Organizing a Back to School giveaway is a great idea to boost social media engagement, improve social media presence and connect with your online community. Run comment-based sweepstakes to encourage real conversations that lead to increased customer trust and strengthened customer relationships. Open-ended questions are the best engagement boosters.
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Can I give and validate codes online without need for programming?
Yes, with the Easypromos apps you don't need programming skills. You just have to decide on the promotional action you want to create.
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Can you organize a Father's Day promotion if your brand is not related to products for men?
Of course! Any brand can run a Father's Day promotion. But don't limit yourself to a traditional campaign. We recommend interactive Father's Day promotions like Father's Day photo contest with branded frames and stickers. Users will decorate their pictures to decorate virtual cards for their dads. Apart from collecting user-generated content you also engage and entertain your audience. Give away an attractive prize to drive more participants to your Father's Day photo contest.
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When does Easypromos consider a participation as not valid?
Easypromos considers a participation as not valid when its fraud index is more than 100%.
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Can I create a voting contest with Scenes?
Yes, you can enable a gallery where all the creations are displayed for voting. When users obtain their personalized digital scene with your brand elements, they can enter their details to participate in the contest with the best creations. The Photofun app offers an anti-fraud voting system to ensure a transparent contest.
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In a photos and video contest, can I create a private gallery for the jury?
Yes. In the “Voting Contest” app you can create a private space within the contest microsite only accessible to the jury where the final candidates are displayed. As an organizer you can configure which candidates will be displayed in this gallery and, if necessary, enable voting according to the considerations you need to apply.
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What are the best promotions to launch as part of my fall marketing campaign?
Online users love easy-to-enter giveaways but they also respond positively to gamification. Organize branded mini-games to celebrate fall by using the ready-made game apps that we prepared for your autumn campaign. Invite followers to play branded versions of classic games like a fall-themed Memory game and boost brand awareness and visibility. You will also generate new leads as users leave their contact details in order to participate in a prize draw.
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Can I give a direct prize according to the quiz score?
Yes, the platform gives you the option of giving direct prizes to the users that have answered all or a minimum number of questions correctly. The prize will be shown on the screen of the user after finishing the quiz and you also have the option of sending an automatic email with the prize. The platform includes the tools to set up both the prizes and the emails. A good practice is to send a coupon with a unique promotional code automatically after the users finish the quiz.
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Can I moderate the texts that the participants enter in the writing contest?
Yes, you can review and moderate the texts from the participants before publishing them in the public gallery of the writing contest, including the entries coming from the Twitter integration.
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How does the Product Recommender work?
The product recommender is a website with a questionnaire with different answer options. After completing all the questions, the participating users will see a product depending on the answers they've given. The users can share the recommended product on their social media. The creator of the recommender will have a control panel to create and set up the questionnaire and set up the products they'd like to recommend.
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How to create a client-exclusive promotion?
Ask participants to demonstrate their purchase tickets. The OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system allows you to create a promotion where users register and upload tickets of their recent purchases. The application scans the photo and automatically validates it. Reward users with direct prizes, participation in online prize wheels, or entries in random prize draws.
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Can I run a Facebook giveaway in collaboration with another page?
Yes, our Multi-Network Giveaway app allows you to create a single giveaway and add participants from several Facebook pages, even if you're not an admin of the other page. Learn how to organize social media giveaways with collaborators.
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Can I send send an email to the participants with the results of the personality test?
Yes, you can use the Email Platform, included in the app, to create and automate the sending of emails to the participants. Furthermore, you can send a summary of the answers and the final message according to their personality to each participant.
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Can I see an example or a demo of a Wordsearch game?
Of course! Head to our demos section to discover different dynamics and examples of the Word Search application.
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Can I run a giveaway among all the people that subscribe to my newsletter?
Yes, you just need to download a list of the subscribers in a CSV or Excel file. Next, you should use the Pick-a-winner app to upload the list and select the winners.
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Can I run a giveaway adding participants from several tweets?
Yes, the platform allows you to select one or more tweets from your Twitter profile to enter them into the prize draw. All tweets must have the same hashtag in order to compile all the users that have retweeted your tweets.
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How are the prizes given when users spin the wheel?
Our Prize Wheel application allows you to create two different types of prizes. Firstly, you can add odd-based prizes, meaning they are assigned based on the odds defined by the organizer. Therefore, you can configure the likelihood of users winning each prize, giving you control over which ones are more likely to be won (e.g., Prize 1, 60%; Prize 2, 20%; and Prize 3, 20%). Secondly, you can add prizes using the "Instant Win" feature, which awards prizes at a specific date and time defined by the organizer. This strategy is ideal for distributing higher-value prizes with limited units, as it allows precise control over the frequency and timing of their distribution. Here are some Spin the Wheel prize ideas to help you out.
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How can I generate and gather leads with a World Book Day campaign?
The best way to get users to share their information with you is to offer something in return. An Entry Form Giveaway is as easy as it is straightforward, customize the registration form to gather the data you’re interested in and offer users the chance to win a prize in return. If you want to add a little entertainment to the mix, challenge your users with a Quiz App to test their literary knowledge.
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With the Entry Form Giveaway app, do I have tools to adapt the promotion to comply with the data protection regulation (GDPR)?
At Easypromos, we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data security regulations. Refer to the best practices and tips to ensure your giveaway is 100% legal.
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How can an online game help in my marketing strategy?
A marketing campaign based on an online game with brand elements increases the time of exposure of the campaign and encourages interaction with the users. Both benefits help strengthen the brand recall value. If participation in the game is incentivized by prizes and ranking, it will boost lead caption and the daily engagement through competition.
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Can I configure the level of difficulty of the game?
Yes. You can set the playing time, the number of shuffled words, and the length of the words or phrases.
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What are the best prizes for World Cup promotions?
The best way to organize a viral World Cup campaign is to raffle a prize that appeals to your audience, in this case, football fans. Raffle official team kits, footballs, World Cup merchandise, or entry tickets to football matches. You can also throw in discounts on football-related products and gadgets.
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What are the marketing benefits of an online calendar?
Gamification helps attract online users to brands, and promotions help to increase sales. Moreover, if you manage to set up a long-lasting promotion with several challenges and a classification ranking, you will boost user engagement and brand recognition.
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Why should I give away prizes and gifts to my followers and users?
Rewarding your audience is a standard practice to increase brand awareness and loyalty. Furthermore, by distributing your products you capture your audience’s attention and collect their contact details which you can later use for your email marketing campaigns.
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Are there apps that automatically validate purchase receipts?
Yes, there are applications like Easypromos that allow automatic receipt verification thanks to the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system. The app can be configured so that it accepts only the receipts that comply with your requirements, for example, purchases made at your store during specific dates or for a minimum amount.
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Can I gather contact information of users who complete the survey?
Yes, the control panel offers real-time access to user data and survey responses. This information can be downloaded as a CSV file and is also accessible via API. You also have tools to sync this data with your CRM or newsletter subscriber list.
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Can I design the coupons I will distribute with the digital coupon book online?
Yes, you can use Easypromos' coupon editor, which allows you to configure a document with images, codes, and information for each business offering coupons. Additionally, the PDF will be generated automatically when the user wants to download it. The PDF can include dynamic data such as names and surnames, a unique redemption code, date of coupon issuance, etc.
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Do Instagram giveaways work to get more followers?
Yes, of course. Ideally, your giveaway prize should be one of your brand's products. This way, users who become followers during a giveaway are part of your target audience. Learn how how a brand achieved the highest engagement ever and many new followers using Instagram giveaways.
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What is the format of the coupons that users download?
The coupon isdownloaded in PDF format and is automatically emailed to the participants.
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Can I create a visual prediction with the starting players?
Yes. The “Build your team” app works as a microsite, and the players' images, names, and numbers are customizable. Share the prediction’s URL with the team's fans and they will be able to visually configure their choice of starting line-up and share it with their friends. As the organizer, you can automatically award points to the participants and see who has guessed right.
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How to reward participants in online elimination tournaments?
To encourage online users to interact with your brand, offer interesting prizes and raffle them in random prize draws or reward them to those that score the highest number of points. Therefore, apart from the idea of competing against other online users, participants will have extra motivation to enter your promotion. You can also distribute discount codes and vouchers to all voters or those that score a certain number of points.
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Can I mark codes that have already been used as invalid?
Yes, the system includes the option of one-time use codes. With this option checked, the system will not allow registration of a code that has been redeemed previously.
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Can I share and publish the puzzle on my social media?
Yes, when you create the puzzle, you will get a link to the microsite of the puzzle that you can use to share it on your social media profiles. Furthermore, the puzzle includes buttons for the participants to share it.
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Can I see an example or a demo of a Memory game?
We have many examples of the Memory game to share with you! You can try one of our many Memory demos to test the real user experience or visit our blog post dedicated to real examples of Memory games launched by our clients from different sectors.
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What are the best prizes for online spring promotions?
Attractive prizes are the best motivation to participate in online promotions - that's why it's so important to raffle prizes that appeal to your target audience. Raffle products that you wish to promote or those that have been piling up in your stock room. Give away discount codes if you're looking to boost sales, or team up with another brand to offer a more attractive prize - it will also augment your social media following and help you reach new audiences.
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If this is my first time launching an online tourism campaign, which type of promotion should I go for?
We always recommend starting with a simple giveaway on social media. For example, a comment-based giveaway on your Instagram profile will enable you to promote your brand to an interested audience. Display your product as a prize and ask users to participate by commenting on the post with their response to a question that you ask. In this way you’ll see how the audience responds and you’ll start to familiarize yourself with these types of promotional actions.
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Can I run a prize draw only among the participants who have answered correctly on a minimum number of questions?
Yes, after the event has taken place, you will indicate the correct answer to each question to find out which participants have answered correctly in the predictions app and you can then run a prize draw among the ones with the right answers.
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Can I publish a Multi-Stage campaign on my website, blog or e-commerce site?
Yes, the Multi-Stage applications can be embedded on websites, blogs and e-commerce sites thanks to widgets. You can embed your promotions on the page or display them as pop-ups. This way, users can participate directly from your website. Multi-Stage applications can also be published on social media channels or as a separate microsite.
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Can I create a voting contest with Photofun?
Yes, you can enable a gallery where all the creations are displayed for voting. When users obtain their personalized digital image with your brand elements, they can enter their details to participate in the contest with the best creations. The Photofun app offers an anti-fraud voting system to ensure a transparent contest.
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Is it possible to collect contact details from Instagram Story Giveaway participants?
No. It’s impossible to collect contact information from Instagram Story Giveaway participants as the giveaway is carried out using the participants' public information on Instagram. However, you can collect contact details from the winner so that you can deliver the prize. If you want to convert your followers into leads opt for an Entry Form Giveaway and share it on Instagram and other social media channels.
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How many winners can I select with a multi-network giveaway?
You can select up to 1,000 winners, including primary and alternate winners.
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What’s the maximum quantity of prizes that can be given away in a Scratch & Win?
You can configure the promotion with as many prizes as you want. The system will distribute them according to the odds that the organizer has previously determined. There is no limit to the number of prizes and you can specify how many prizes are available. You can also set the percentage of users that will get a no-win.
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How can hardcore football fans predict their teams’ next starting line-up?
Use digital tools such as Easypromos “Build your team” app. With this app you can feature all the players’ photos, names, and numbers so fans can predict the starting line-up using their phones. Furthermore, each user’s line-up can be easily downloaded and shared.
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Can I obtain contact details of the participants of Multi-Round Predictions promotions?
Yes. The Easypromos applications with registration form allow you to collect participants' contact details with their consent, following the GDPR regulations. With their permission, you can learn more about your online community and contact them with targeted campaigns and personalized communications.
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Where can I see examples of football promotions?
If you're looking for real examples of football-themed promotions launched by different brands, then take a look at our blog post with real examples of soccer campaigns.
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Can I create a ranking and reward the user that reveals the words in the shortest time?
Yes, and it's lots of fun! This will foster competitiveness among users and wil keep them coming back for more. The ranking will show each user's best time and you can set the number of times every user can play.
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What are the best prizes for Christmas promotions?
Attractive prizes are the secret to successful Christmas promotions. Use your Christmas promotions to showcase your best-selling or newly launched products and raffle them among all registered users. Looking to boost sales? Distribute discount codes to drive traffic to your store or e-commerce. Improve brand reputation and share Christmas prizes with the Easypromos festive prize wheel.
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Is the Crossword app only for mobile?
No, all Easypromos games are designed to adapt to any device. However, since 90% of participants will access via mobile, all games must be optimized for vertical screens. Regardless, the game fully adapts to any screen proportions.
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How does Scratch & Win assign the prizes?
Prize assignment is carried out in two ways depending on the type of prize. Prizes assigned by probability are given away according to the odds specified by the organizer. Instant Win prizes are given at a time and date specified by the organizer.
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Can my Instagram Story giveaway last more than 24 hours?
Yes! The Instagram Story Giveaway app makes it possible to import messages or mentions made over a maximum period of seven days. It means that you can organize a Story giveaway and publish daily reminders for users to participate each day. It’s not possible to save the Story but you can save the information of users who interacted.
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How easy is it to create a crossword with Easypromos?
This game has many functionalities to keep the time and effort required to configure it to a minimum. The integrated AI tools allow you to quickly generate game words and their definitions by simply specifying a topic. The platform also automatically sets up the grid using the provided words, so you don't have to spend time composing the word intersections.
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Can I distribute the prizes depending on the amount of visitors?
Yes. There are apps that allow you to control the odds and amount of times that a prize is awarded. You should modify this probability according to the amount of participants that sign up to the app. You can also determine the specific moment to award a prize so that only the user that registers at that time wins. Another option, for example, is to award one prize for every 10 users registered, or only to those who score a certain amount of points. Our customer support team can help you configure the Instant Prizes app according to your needs.
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What games can be launched with the Easypromos Multi-Game application?
You can combine up to 6 different games: Puzzle, Memory, Word Search, Match It, Hidden Objects, and Minesweeper. However, you can create an unlimited number of rounds.
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Can I collect the game participant’s data?
Yes. In this kind of game, users have to register as a pre-requisite to participate in order to have several chances of scoring. This allows the organizing brand to store contact details and information entered in the registration form by the participants, all in accordance with the GDPR regulations.
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Can I use the digital coupon book to distribute codes provided by a brand?
Yes, if your businesses have their own code verification systems, you can upload the codes to the digital coupon book in advance. In this case, the coupon book will be used to distribute the codes and collect personal data from interested users. Once the user has registered, they can download a PDF with the coupon and the information to redeem it in the store. You can also configure an email with the same information to be sent to their email account.
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How does Easypromos control malicious IP addresses?
Easypromos mantiene una base de datos actualizada de direcciones IP con historial de actividades fraudulentas, lo que permite bloquear intentos de acceso, incluyendo proxies y VPNs maliciosas.
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How much does it cost to run a Father's Day giveaway on social media?
Giving away attractive prizes might be the best ideas to drive customers to your store or e-commerce. Don't hesitate to celebrate Father's Day with your followers, fans, and subscribers. Did you know that your first giveaway with Easypromos is free of charge? Then the prices start from $29.
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Can I customize online applications with my corporate image?
Of course! All applications can be launched with your brand image. You can customize all the elements of each Multi-Stage application, including the welcome page, instructions, registration form as well as final page.
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Can you organize an online event based on sports championships?
Yes, you can generate brand engagement by inviting online users to interact with your brand. Invite users to vote for their favorite candidates or to predict scores of matches and different rounds. Simply create a new Brackets promotion and edit the application to display all candidates etc. You will be able to collect contact details from all participants, as users must register in order to enter your Brackets promotion.
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How can I promote my brand this spring?
You must know that standing out from the crowd is difficult when it comes to promoting your business. Focus on your social media objectives and choose a strategy that will work best for you! You can maximize lead generation with entry from giveaways, boost social media engagement with comment sweepstakes or increase sales with discount coupons and vouchers. Chek out these spring promotions ideas to help your business grow. .
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How can I create an online contest that allows participants to upload multiple photos or videos?
In the voting contest configuration options, you can define whether a participant can upload one or more photos or videos. If users are allowed, or required, to upload more than one piece of content, the system will automatically create an album.
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How to organize a Mother's Day giveaway on social media?
The most effective giveaways on social media are comment-based. Create a captivating image showcasing the prize and ask users to answer an open question - it will further boost engagement and possibly start real conversations. You can also ask users to mention their friends in the comments section so that you can attract more participants. See ideas and real examples for your Mother's Day giveaway on social media.
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Can I give prizes to all clients that upload a purchase receipt?
Yes, there are different ways to do it. The Redeem Codes application allows participants to upload pictures of their receipts that you will then have to manually validate before shipping the prize or sending a discount coupon. However, you can also use the Validate Receipts app that uses the OCR technology; it automatically checks and validates receipts according to the requirements previously established by promotion organizers.
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Should the Tap Tap game be played exclusively on mobile phones?
No, all Easypromos games are compatible with any kind of device. However, since 90% of participants will likely access via mobile, all games are optimized for vertical screens. However, the game fully adapts to any screen proportions.
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Why should I create an Advent Calendar app?
Because it creates expectation around Christmas festivity. It also entertains your audience, improves engagement with the brand, and improves sales. Additionally, as the promotion lasts several days or weeks, the user’s attention is held for longer than with a simpler giveaway or promotion.
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Can I do a photo and video contest and collect contact details of the voters?
Yes. With Easypromos’ voting contest you can allow participants to vote in exchange for registering and leaving their contact details. The tool is flexible and allows you to configure the entry form according to your preferences so you can gather the data that you need.
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How can I organize an Easter social media giveaway?
Organizing an Easter giveaway on social media is a great way to generate engagement, brand visibility and customer trust. Online users love winning, therefore they love sweepstakes! Invite your social media followers to participate in comment giveaways - they're easy to organize, participate in and finalize! You can use an online tool like Easypromos to draw a random winner of your Easter giveaway.
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How can I boost book sales with a digital promotion?
Getting that sales boost is all about giving your customers, or potential customers, that final little nudge. Use our Instant Prize apps to distribute discounts or coupon codes to reward customers and incentivize purchases.
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Should the Tap Tap game be played exclusively on mobile phones?
No, all Easypromos games are compatible with any kind of device. However, since 90% of participants will likely access via mobile, all games are optimized for vertical screens. However, the game fully adapts to any screen proportions.
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Can I run a contest where participants can upload text or photo?
Yes, in the Writing contests you can allow users to participate with a photo or a video. This way, in the contest gallery you'll see texts, videos and photos from the same promotion.
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Can I see examples of promotions and contests from the tourism sector on social media?
Yes, there are already plenty of brands that develop interactive campaigns on social media and online channels. On this tourism marketing microsite, you can see examples, demos and tourism promotion templates.
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Is it possible to run a giveaway from two Instagram accounts?
Yes. Collaborative giveaways are a common strategy in which two or more accounts join forces to launch a giveaway among their communities. There are two ways to do it:
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Using Instagram's Collabs feature, the organizing brand can invite a collaborator to their post, which is also automatically published on the collaborator's profile. In this case, the Instagram giveaway application can be used.
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Both accounts post a giveaway on their respective profiles to generate interaction through comments or mentions. In this case, the Multi-Network Giveaway application can be used to carry out the giveaway.
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What is a brand recognition campaign?
It's a complex marketing action that is planned before its execution and which allows meeting one main objective: that the users that are impacted know about the brand and will be able to recognize it in the future. To do so, the corporate image elements are very important. In all actions of the campaign, it's important to present the brand logo and other corporate elements, to give a consistent brand image according to the values of the brand. The actions of this campaign can vary a lot: from constest and giveaways, to unidirectional ads, interactive actions, etc.
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Which applications are the best for collecting leads?
There are many types of promotions that are useful for capturing users. It depends on the target audience which ones work best, so you need to analyze and learn what incentivizes them. Normally, any promotion that offers an incentive is a good option: prize draws, coupons, games, or quizzes. They should have a registration form that the brand can customize with the fields to ask the information they want to collect, be easy to share on any social network and online and offline channel, and be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Is gamification an achievable marketing action for all brands?
Yes, thanks to platforms like Easypromos, brands can create gamified actions at a very affordable price and without the need for programming skills. This allows any brand to create successful gamified marketing actions for their online channels. The main thing is to implement this objective as a part of the marketing plan and establish how, when and why you want to carry out these actions.
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Can I determine how many times a user can spin the wheel?
Of course! You can set up the number of spins each user gets. You can, for example, choose to give just one spin or even several spins per day. You can also make it a condition that the users enter a valid code to be able to spin the wheel. This option is interesting if you only want to let users who've made a purchase spin the wheel.
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Can I establish a time limit and control the difficulty of the puzzle?
Of course! You can add a maximum time the users have to solve the puzzle, and 3 difficulty levels: easy (9 pieces), medium (16 pieces) or hard (25 pieces).
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Can I have multiple prizes in the multi-network giveaway and select a winner for each one?
Yes, you can create all the prizes you're giving away, and for each prize you can define the number of winners you want to select.
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Can I limit the participation in the giveaway to users that register with a specific email domain?
By default, all email addresses are allowed to participate in the promotion but you can limit the entry to an email or group of emails, or if you prefer, to a specific email domain.
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Do the games work on mobile phones?
Yes, all the games are responsive and adapt to any screen and type of mobile device.
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Does the system generate a certificate that indicates if a user has obtained votes using fraudulent measures?
Yes. When the voting period finalizes, the fraud index for each participating user is calculated, and a certificate of the vote activity is created which can be shared publically with a URL.
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Can I integrate the Product Recommender on my e-commerce site?
Yes, you can integrate the product recommender on your e-commerce site and that way allow the visitors on your site to participate right there without having to redirect them to an external link. You also have the option of showing the recommender as a pop-up on your site.
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Can I run a prize draw among all the users and give additional entries for each code they've entered?
Yes, and it is a good practice to encourage product purchases. For each product the user buys, they get a new code. By entering and validating it in the system, they will receive an additional entry in the final prize draw.
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Can I run a prize draw among all the users that answer the personality quiz?
Yes, you can incentivize and encourage participation by running a final prize draw among all the users that have answered the personality quiz. You will increase their motivation to participate in the test by offering them the chance to win an attractive prize.
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Can I run a giveaway among the users that comment in a Facebook group?
It's only possible to run a giveaway among the users that comment on or 'Like' a post on a Facebook page. If you want to run a giveaway in a Facebook group, we recommend that you do it with an Entry Form Giveaway which will make it much easier and transparent obtaining their data and running the random draw.
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Can I publish and share the survey on my social media?
Yes, when you create the survey, you get a link to a microsite that you can share on your social media. Additionally, the survey includes buttons so participants can easily share it on social media and messaging apps like WhatsApp.
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Can I give a unique and personalized coupon to each participant?
Yes, it's possible to create coupons with a unique code for each participant. With the coupon tool, you can create personalized coupons by, for example, including the name of the participant or other identifying data.
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Can I publish and share the Predictions game on my social media?
Yes, when you create the predictions app, you get a direct link to the app microsite that you can use to share on your social media. The predictions game also includes buttons for easy sharing on social media like Facebook and instant messaging apps like WhatsApp.
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Are coupons and discounts the only option to build customer loyalty?
No, there are many other options. Coupons and discounts are used to build loyalty because customers usually appreciate economic incentives. But emotional factors also influence customer retention. This is why contests and games can also help build customer loyalty, especially if you top it off with a final prize draw among all the participants.
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How many registrations can I upload to Pick-a-winner app?
The limit in the Pick-a-winner app is 100.000 registrations. For giveaways with more registrations, please contact our sales team.
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What are the most original and creative Halloween marketing campaign ideas?
Halloween social media giveaways are fantastic engagement boosters, while Halloween contests allow brands to collect user-generated content. You can also launch branded Halloween games, such as Memory or Puzzle to entertain and engage your online community. See more Halloween promotion ideas.
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What are the best prizes for a Back to School promotion?
If you're looking to boost sales then distributing Back to School coupons is the best idea, as it will also drive traffic to your business. You can raffle your best selling items to reinforce product awareness. Tap into your customers' loyalty by sharing codes with all registered users and then run a prize draw to choose a random winner of your main prize.
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Can I publish and share the Knowledge Quiz on my social media?
Yes, when you create the Knowledge Quiz, you get a direct link to the quiz microsite that you can use to share on your social media. The quiz also includes buttons for easy sharing on social media like Facebook and instant messaging apps like WhatsApp.
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Is it possible to make the users register before answering the quiz?
Yes, it is possible. In the questionnaires, you have three types of identification and registration: identified mode, visitor mode, and anonymous mode. If you want participants to register before accessing the questions, you should use the identified mode.
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How can I generate engagement with the brand?
Engagement is commitment and trust between the audience and the brand. In the online world, this word is frequently used about the interactions that take place between the followers and the brand's social media profiles but the scope is much bigger than that. Generally speaking, you can create engagement through any channel, online and offline, and it's part of a relationship marketing strategy.
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What are the specifications for the Photofun frames and stickers?
Stickers should be PNG images sized 400x400px. Frames should also be PNG and sized 800x800px.
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What kind of promotions can I create with Easypromos?
With Easypromos, you can create more than 40 different types of promotions including social media giveaways, contests, quizzes, games, and loyalty programs. Check out our full list of applications.
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How many pairs of cards can I add to the game?
You can add maximum 8 pairs of cards, and minimum 3.
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How many pairs of cards can I add to the game?
You can add maximum 8 pairs of cards, and minimum 3.
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What is the best way to promote a product on Twitter?
There are different ways of promoting a product on Twitter. Apart from ads, you can run contests and giveaways to get more brand and product exposure. A retweets giveaway is one of the most used actions to announce and promote a product.
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Can I choose the difficulty level of the Word Search game?
Yes, you can set a time limit for the game. The user needs to find the words before the time is up. You can also set up the number of columns of the board. The more columns, the more difficult the game is.
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Can I get the data of the users that participate in a Facebook Giveaway?
In a giveaway among comments on a Facebook page post, no data is captured. The app only works with public information from the social network.
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Can I force users to participate in a specific way?
Bear in mind that asking users to share a story as a participation requirement is not recommended, as it can be considered spam by the social network and may have consequences for your profile. It is also not a good practice to encourage followers to post several comments to increase their chances. It is better to create a balanced interaction dynamic, fostering dialogue with followers by responding to a specific question.
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Can I ask for the users' data before they get the result of the personality quiz?
Yes, you can add a registration form just after the questions and answers, so the users have to fill it in before receiving their result. It's a good way to collect user contact details and afterwards add them to your CRM or newsletter subscriber list. However, this step is not mandatory.
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Can I have a ranking of the users that have guessed right in the predictions game?
Yes, the platform will allow you to reward the users that have guessed all the questions of the predictions game correctly by using the winner tool. This tool allows you to filter the participants so that only those that have answered correctly will enter the prize draw.
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Can I launch a branded winning vault promotion?
Yes, with the Easypromos Reveal & Win application, you can create this kind of campaign. Additionally, you can fully customize it with your logos, colors, and images for greater brand visibility.
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Can I customize the Product Recommender with my brand image?
Of course! The design of the Product Recommender is 100% customizable for you to make it match your brand or website style. All questions and answers of the questionnaire can be customized with your colors, and you can also use video and images.
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Can I publicly display the survey result statistics?
Yes, when you do, all participants will see the results and votes in real time.
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Can I add the Entry Form Giveaway to my website?
Yes, the promotions can be displayed on a blog or a website using the widget system. You can read this article to learn about the widgets Easypromos has available.
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Can I create a Slide & Match players ranking and reward the highest-scoring player?
Yes, and it's lots of fun! You will generate competition among users and make them want to play again and again. The ranking is generated with each user’s highest score and you can decide how many times a user can play per day.
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Can I ask for a previous step before spinning the wheel?
For the users to be able to spin the wheel, you can require that they first fill in a registration form. Another requirement could be that the users need to validate their email address before getting to spin the wheel. You can also ask users to enter a valid code to be able to play. For every valid code, the user gets a spin of the wheel.
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How long will it take me to create a puzzle?
You can create the first puzzle in less than one hour. Once you know how the platform works, you can create puzzles in less than 10 minutes.
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Can I combine a writing contest with a photo contest?
Yes, in the writing contest, you can allow the users to participate by adding a text or a photo, or both at the same time. In the gallery of the contest, you will see both the text pieces and the photos from the participants.
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How to reward participants of an Advent Calendar?
To generate a higher interaction with your audience, try offering one or more prizes among all the participants or giving away direct discounts for participating in the promotion. You can also award prizes through points in the ranking or with a giveaway among the registered participants. This way, besides the entertainment of the game itself, there will be an added motivation to win a prize.
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What's the cost of creating a Word Search game?
You can create your first Word Search game from 100€ per month. If you want to create several games or promotions, you can purchase a monthly plan for unlimited use from 149€/month.
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What happens if I run out of units of one prize?
When you create the prizes in the promotion, you can determine the number of units available. If all the units are given away, the prize will no longer be shown to any user and only the remaining prizes will be given away.
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What's the price for creating my own online game?
You can create your first game from 100€ per month. If you want to create several games or promotions, you can purchase a monthly plan for unlimited use from 149€/month.
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Can I add a time limit for each try in the game?
Of course! And we recommend that you do so to create more excitement to the game. Adjust the time to a short time so that the players have to try several times.
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Which alphabets does Word Shuffle support?
You can create a Word Shuffle game using Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets.
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Can I customize the page with the final result of the quiz?
Of course! You will assign points for correct answers, and at the end of the quiz, you can customize the page with the result each user has obtained. You can set up the design and the texts to be shared on social media according to the obtained score.
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Can I collect the contact details of the Photofun contest participants?
Yes, users must register to participate or vote in the contest. Easypromos allows you to fully customize the registration form to collect the data you are interested in.
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Can I create a gallery accessible only to the jury within my Voting Contest?
Yes, with the "Voting Contest," you can create a private space within the contest microsite, where the finalists are displayed, that is only accessible to the jury. As the contest organizer, you can configure which candidates are in this private gallery and define the voting process.
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How can I use gamification in my marketing strategy?
One of the main challenges that marketing teams meet is to connect with the audience and create interactions between them and the brand. Gamification generates interest and encourages participation where the audience interacts with the brand through gamified promotions. This is the main benefit of gamification in marketing, even though there are more.
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Which promotional actions can help maintain and increase engagement?
There are many actions that help maintain and increase engagement with the brand. From social media giveaways and contests, to multi-channel actions and promotions centered around the users to increase customer loyalty.
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Can I create a branded Christmas game?
Yes, platforms like Easypromos allow you to launch mini-games for your brand. Just in minutes, you can create branded Christmas versions of popular games like Memory, Puzzle, Word Search, or Minesweeper. Easypromos provides you with pre-configured game templates, which allow you to save a lot of time and hassle when launching your branded Christmas game.
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Can a user register as many times as they have codes to redeem?
Yes, you can configure the system so that users can register multiple times and validate all the codes they have.
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How can I know if a user has used bad practices to obtain votes?
Easypromos offers an anti-fraud system that monitors all the votes received in contests, and all votes that trigger a security alarm, are considered invalid. All votes are registered so the organizers can review them, and they will have a fraud index available for them to evaluate each user.
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Can I use games and quizzes as part of loyalty programs?
Yes, games and quizzes are a fun way to offer the customers emotional incentives by offering them challenges and entertainment. They can also be part of an action to get to know your customers better and offer them customized offers and perks.
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What are the best prizes for Father's Day promotions?
There are two different types of prizes popular on Father's Day. If you offer attractive products that widely appear to fathers you already know what would attract the most attention. However, you can also raffle generic prizes to appeal to a wider public: discount codes, vouchers, tech gadgets, cinema tickets, etc. You can also team up with another brand to offer a bigger prize - it'll also help you grow your audience and increase the reach.
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I have an awesome marketing idea, but I don’t know where to start. Can you help?
Every great marketing campaign starts with a good idea. And we're here to help you succeed!
Start by checking out our free Promotions App Helper to see which app is the best fit for your campaign. Or you can chat live with us to figure it out.
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Can I give additional entries in the List Giveaway?
Yes, you can indicate the number of entries for each participant in the list. The option to assign additional entries if identical records are detected is disabled for giveaways with more than 20,000 entries.
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What are the best prizes for Mother's Day promotions?
You can give away many different things! Raffle your best-selling or newly released products or a product bundle, or team up with another brand to offer even a bigger gift box. Discount codes and vouchers are great if you're looking to increase sales. Experiences and merchandise also do the job.
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Can I embed the Predictions promotion on my website or blog?
Yes, you can use widgets to embed your promotion on any website, blog, or e-commerce. This way, website visitors will be able to directly participate in your promotion.
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My brand isn’t associated with Halloween. Can I still launch a Halloween promotion?
Of course! Any brand can run a Halloween marketing campaign. Simply update your website with some spooky images, share Halloween content on social media, and organize an interactive Halloween promotion as part of your marketing campaign. Even if your brand is not directly associated with Halloween, the holiday is still a great opportunity to boost brand awareness and sales, as people are on the lookout for new deals and bargains.
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Can I create a ranking page and give the prize to the best participant?
Yes, it can also generate fun and add to the rivalry! Users will be more likely to compete against each other if the scores are public. The ranking is displayed in descending order. You can also choose how many times each user can participate in each round.
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Can I add a unique code to the coupon?
Yes, the system can assign a unique code to each participant, and this code will be included on the coupon voucher. The users will see their unique code upon registering in the campaign, and they will also receive it in their inbox.
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Can I obtain the details of the Minesweeper players?
Yes, as there are three forms of participation. You can create a Minesweeper without registration, a Minesweeper with pre-participation registration, and a Minesweeper with registration after participation. The form of participation depends solely on the principal objectives of your Minesweeper. Find out more about user registration in online promotions.
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How many winners can I select in a Twitter Giveaway?
With the Easypromos app, you can select up to 10 winners and alternates altogether.
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How to achieve brand recognition?
Obtaining brand recognition is a long-term objective. It's normally a result of working on the brand image in all the communications sent out by the brand, from social media posts, ads, posters, sponsor actions, packaging, etc. On the online channels, it's very important to always use the corporate image elements such as colors and logos. Dynamics which increase the viral reach of the brand content, such as contests, giveaways, and games, allow increasing the brand recognition in less time and with greater success.
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How does Easypromos prevent registrations with fake email addresses?
Easypromos uses a database of temporary and prohibited email domains, blocking email aliases and verifying email addresses to improve the quality of registrations.
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Are there customizable online board games?
Yes, you can launch online Puzzles, Memory, and Word search games among other mini-games. All these applications can be fully customized with your corporate image. You can upload branded images with your logo, products, and branding colors to reinforce brand awareness and recall.
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Can I embed the Slide & Match game on my website or blog?
Yes, you have the widgets feature available which includes the code of the game to add it to your web. This way, the users can play directly on your website and turn anonymous visits into leads.
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Can I create a ranking and reward the fastest player?
Yes, and it creates a lot of fun! You will create competition among the users and make them want to play again every day. The ranking is generated with the best score of each user and you can decide the number of times a user can play per day.
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Can I embed the survey on my website?
Yes, you can fully integrate the survey into your website or blog, allowing visitors to participate directly without needing to be redirected to an external link. You also have the option to display the survey as a pop-up on your site.
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Can I get the data of the participants in the puzzle?
Yes, you have 3 participation modes: Create a puzzle without asking for any data, create a puzzle where you ask for the users' contact details in order to participate, or you can ask for the data after the users have played the puzzle. The mode depends on the objective of the puzzle. Here you can read our recommendations for the user registration options in online games.
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How are prizes allocated in the Reveal & Win application?
Prizes in Reveal & Win are assigned in two ways depending on the type of prize. On one hand, probability-based prizes are awarded according to the values you specify. On the other hand, Instant Win prizes are awarded at a date and time that you have previously pre-defined. You can also organize a final random prize draw among registered participants.
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Can I create a contest where each participant uploads and customizes multiple photos?
Yes, in the configuration options of the Photofun app, you can define whether a participant can upload one or more photos.
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What are the best Halloween marketing ideas?
Gamification is the latest trend in digital marketing. Launch a branded Halloween game to engage and entertain your audience, while also exposing them to your corporate image. Incentivize participation to attract more participants and make your Halloween promotion go viral.
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Can I create a Word Search game with emojis?
Yes, you can change the alphabet of the board in the Word Search game and select emojis as the default characters.
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Which solutions does Easypromos offer to increase the engagement with the brand?
The Easypromos platform offers several different solutions to work on the engagement with the brand: Gamification, brand visibility, data collection for email marketing, product promotion and UGC collection.
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Can I request a previous step to access the Scratch & Win?
Yes. Before accessing the "scratch" screen, the user must fill out the registration form, which you can customize with the information you wish to gather. Other previous requirements that you can set are email validation or entering a valid code for every scratch.
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Can I add a time limit for each try in the game?
Of course! And we recommend that you do so to create more excitement to the game. Adjust the time to a short time so that the players have to try several times and the matches will stay in the player's mind.
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Can I publish a final ranking and reward the fastest Minesweeper players?
Yes, it can even generate more engagement. Publish the ranking page to generate more rivalry among the participants. The ranking shows the score of all participants in descending order, you can also define how many times a day each player can participate.
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How can I promote my business for Christmas?
Promoting your business for Christmas has never been easier! Heighten brand visibility and boost engagement with social media giveaways and grow your mailing list with sweepstakes with entry forms. You can also collect user-generated content with a festive photo contest, or highlight your best selling products with Christmas Personality Quizzes. Don't forget about branded Christmas games which entertain online communities and expose audiences to your brand.
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Can the users share the result of the personality quiz on their social media?
Yes, each participant is shown the personalized final message upon responding to the quiz and submitting their data, and they will have different options of sharing the result of the test with their friends and contacts.
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How can my brand profit from a Valentine’s Day promotion?
Valentine’s is a one-day holiday that is greatly associated with presents, which means a substantial boost in revenue in a short period of time. An ideal situation to promote your product and foster impulse purchases through coupon distribution campaigns.
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Can I add a direct link to the recommended product on my e-commerce site?
Yes, in the set-up you can add a direct link to each recommended product on your e-commerce site.
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Can I collect the data of the participants in an Instagram giveaway?
No. If it's a giveaway among the users that comment on the post on your profile, no data is collected. The apps only work with public information from the social network. If you want to run a giveaway on Instagram and at the same time collect the participants' contact data, you should opt for an app with registration form and share it on Instagram.
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Can I organize a photo and video contest and collect the voters' contact information?
Yes, with Easypromos' Voting Contest, users are required to register to vote. The tool allows you to fully customize the registration form to obtain the voters' data you wish to collect.
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How does the predictions and betting pool app work?
The participating users will answer a series of questions and answers created by the organizer and complete their entry by completing the registration form. The questions will be about a future event, and the users should predict the outcome. After the event, the organizer will mark the correct answers and the result for each participant will be calculated.
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Can I customize promotions with my branding?
Yes you can! Our platform is designed so that you can create good-looking promotions, even if you don't have any design or programming expertise. Use your own logo, colors, images, and text to edit the campaign. For advanced users, you can also add your own CSS.
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Can I use my own domain to redeem the codes?
Yes, with the White Label and Corporate plans, you can create a microsite on your domain where users must register with a purchase code to win a prize
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Can I send a coupon voucher by email automatically?
Yes, Easypromos includes an email platform that allows sending the coupon vouchers by email to the users that register in the campaign.
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Can I limit the number of participants in my Entry Form Giveaway?
Yes, you can decide if you want to close the giveaway when a certain number of registered participants is reached. By default, there is no limit to the number of participants.
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How long does it take to create a Multi-Stage promotion for my website?
You can create the first stage or round of your promotion in one hour. Once you get to know the platform, you can create new stages in less than 10 minutes. Let us add that you don’t need any programming skills!
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What kind of questions can I create in the Knowledge Quiz?
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How can I contact the winners of my Giveaway?
The platform gives you the option of contacting the winners directly, as long as you have their email in the Excel file used for the giveaway.
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How long will it take me to create an online game for my website?
You can create your first game in an hour. Once you know how the platform works, you can create games in less than 10 minutes. You don't need to have any programming skills to create online games.
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How can I announce the winners of a Facebook Giveaway?
In the Easypromos platform, you have several tools to notify and announce the winners of your giveaways. For example a winners page that you can customize and share, and a winners broadcast video. If the giveaway is among comments, it's easier to contact the winners because the brand can comment on the post announcing the winner, and all users who've commented before will receive a notification.
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Can I send the prizes won in the Spin the Wheel promotion by email to the users?
Yes, the Spin the Wheel app features an email tool that allows for the automated sending of the prize by email. This option is useful when the prize is digital, such as a discount coupon or promotional code. The user spins the wheel and receives the coupon in PDF format directly in their email inbox.
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How does Esypromos make sure that there are no automated accesses to promotions?
Easypromos features an anti-bot system that detects and blocks automated accesses using tools such as reCaptcha, CSRF tokens, and parameter masking.
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In a Voting Contest, can I review the content submitted by participants before it appears in the public gallery?
Yes, photos, videos, texts, and other documents users upload to participate in the contest can be pre-moderated.
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How does Easypromos prevent fraud in voting contests?
The Easypromos system automatically blocks attempts of fraudulent votes and provides administrators with tools to analyze votes and block fraudsters.
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Can I distribute coupons and promotional codes specifically for Valentine’s Day?
Yes. With Easypromos you can design, distribute, and manage your coupon campaign easily and reliably. And not only that, you can configure the coupons so that they can only be redeemed on Valentine's Day or any specific dates you choose. Thus creating a sense of urgency that will draw foot traffic to your point-of-sale or ecommerce. What’s more, coupon codes can be distributed using many of the Easypromos apps to make it more engaging and exciting for your audience: Prize Wheel, Scratch & Win, games, etc.
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Can I embed the memory game on my website or blog?
Yes, you have the widgets feature available which includes the code of the memory game to add to your web. This way, the users can play directly on your website.
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Can I create a ranking and reward the fastest player to find the matches?
Yes, and it creates a lot of fun! You will create competition among the users and make them want to play again every day. The ranking is generated with the best score of each user and you can decide the number of times a user can play per day.
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Can I add images or videos to the questions of the Knowledge Quiz?
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Can I create a ranking among the participants of the puzzle and reward the fastest player?
Yes, and it creates a lot of fun! You will create competition among the users and make them want to play again every day. The ranking is generated with the best score of each user and you can decide the number of times a user can play per day.
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Can I add QR and bar codes to the coupons?
Yes, the coupon system allows you to assign a unique, alphanumeric code to each participant. Additionally, you can also show the unique code as a QR code or a barcode. The supported barcode formats are: EAN-13, CODE-128, CODE-39.
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Can I get a list of the users with their recommended product?
Yes, from the control panel of the app, you will have access to the real-time data of the users that have used the recommeneder and there you can see which product was recommended to each user. You can download this information as a CSV file and it's also available through API.
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How much does it cost to launch a Multi-Stage campaign?
The price for creating your Multi-Stage promotion start at 349€ per month.
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What is the best way to promote a product on Facebook?
The ideal combination is to announce a giveaway in a post on your Facebook page where you show the product, and then promote the post with Facebook Ads. This way you make sure that your product is seen by the audience you're interested in, thanks to the segmentation tools that Facebook offers. The giveaway creates engagement because it will make users interact with the brand by commenting on the post to get a chance to win the prize, and this will help increase organic reach of the post as well.
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Can I customize the Survey's design?
Yes, there are multiple formats available: questions with button-type options and a single response, multiple responses and selections, sortable options, rateable options, radio buttons, image format, video format, drop-down lists, and free text.
Yes, the Easypromos survey provides a flexible template that allows you to customize all the texts, colors, background, and all visual elements of the screen to create a survey with your brand's image.
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Can I embed a Minesweeper on my website, blog or e-commerce site?
Yes, thanks to widgets you can embed all Easypromos games and promotions on to your website, blog, or e-commerce. It allows users to participate in your Minesweeper directly from your website.
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Can I customize the questions of the predictions game with my own images?
Yes, you can customize the predictions game completely with your own design by uploading your own creatives, images or video. You can also change the colors and typographies of the tempate, as well as adapt the design of the betting pool to the selected theme and your brand image.
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What is the best way to promote a product on Instagram?
Instagram offers many ways of presenting a product (posts on feed, Stories, Reels). The graphic and audiovisual options available on Instagram makes it a good network to disseminate content that generates engagement, and so increases the exposure of the product. Giveaways based on comments on a post on the brand's profile is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways of promoting a product on Instagram.
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Can I create a ranking and give the prize to the fastest player?
Yes, and it creates a lot of fun! You will create competition among the users and make them want to play again every day. The ranking is generated with the best score of each user and you can decide the number of times a user can play per day.
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Can I add the prize wheel to my website, e-commerce or blog?
Yes, you have the widget feature available which includes the code of the Spin the Wheel promotion to add it to a website. You can embed the prize wheel on a page or show it as a pop-up. This way, the users can play directly on your website.
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Can I set a participation requirement for my Reveal & Win game?
Yes. Before accessing the game, participants must fill out a registration form that you can customize to meet your data-gathering needs. Other prerequisites you can set include email validation, entering a code to participate, uploading a purchase receipt, etc.
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Can I create a ranking and reward the fastest player?
Yes, and it creates a lot of fun! You will create competition among the users and make them want to play again every day. The ranking is generated with the best score of each user and you can decide the number of times a user can play per day.
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Can I define how many times a user can scratch the canvas?
Of course! You can set how many participations a user gets. For instance, you can set a single participation or allow several participations in a day. Additionally, you can require that the user enters a valid code to scratch the canvas. This is an interesting option when the Scratch & Win promotion is exclusive for clients.
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Can I combine code redemption with other promotional actions?
Yes, for example, you can combine it with a prize wheel and configure the application to allow participants to spin the wheel each time they validate a code. It's a fun way to encourage product purchases. Discover all the dynamics you can use to create exclusive promotions for your customers with a code validation requirement.
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Can I download the content uploaded by participants?
Yes. You can download all the content in a .zip file in its original format and quality for the jury's convenience or for better internal control.
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Can I assign direct prizes to some codes?
Yes. This mechanic is called winning codes: upload the codes that users have to validate and assign a prize to only some of them. When a user registers and enters a winning code, their prize will come up on the screen
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Can a Valentine’s Day promotion generate quality leads for my business or brand?
Absolutely. With the upcoming disappearance of third party cookies in 2024, Zero-Party Data collection is more important than ever. A Valentine’s promotion that appeals to the romantic side of your audience with an attractive prize will prompt them to share their contact details. The Easypromos customizable registration form allows you to include the fields you need to collect the data you’re interested in. Most importantly, you will have your own database for future campaigns.
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How does Easypromos prevent fraud in online games?
Easypromos detects manipulation attempts in skill games, such as Puzzle or Memory, through a system that monitors time and point counters.
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What happens when there are no more units of a prize left?
When you create the prizes in the wheel, you can define the number of units available. If all units have been given already, the prize will still appear on the wheel, but it won't be won again.
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Where will my promotion be displayed?
This is really up to you. You can embed your promotion as a widget on your website, or set it up as a stand-alone microsite. You can also embed it on your blog, share it on social media, and include a promotion link in your email newsletters and print materials. Your promotion is not exclusive to any single platform, so you can reach your audience wherever they are. You'll see all the promotion entries and data collected together in your Control Panel, including information about participation sources.
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Can I add conditions that the users have to meet in order to receive a coupon?
Yes. The coupon system integrates with almost every mechanic and application that Easypromos offers. So, you can give coupons after a spin of the prize wheel, or give coupons to the users that get a minimum score in a game, just for registering, or you can give a special coupon to the ones that select a specific option in a survey. The possibilities are endless.
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Do I get a video with the result of the giveaway?
The platform features the "Show Mode" feature which allows you snnounce the giveaway winners in a dynamic format to make it more entertaining and to add en element of surprise and fun to your giveaways.
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What question formats can I include in the survey?
Yes, there are multiple formats available: questions with button-type options and a single response, multiple responses and selections, sortable options, rateable options, radio buttons, image format, video format, drop-down lists, and free text.
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Can I run a giveaway in Instagram Stories?
Yes, Easypromos offers the Instagram Story Giveaway app, which allows you to gather participants and select winners among those who mention your brand in their Stories or respond to the brand's Stories.
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Can I embed a Scratch & Win on my website, blog, or e-commerce?
Yes. You have the widgets feature available which includes the code of the game to add it to your web. You can embed it on your website or display it as a Pop-up. This way users can try their luck directly from your website.
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Which alphabets and characters does the Word Search game support?
You can create Word Search games with Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and Cyrillic characters.
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What kind of games can I create for my social media?
The most efective games for social media are the passtimes that encourage user interaction: puzzle games, wordsearches, memory games, match it games, hidden objects games, decorate scenes with stickers, spin the prize wheel, knowledge quizzes and personality tests.
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Can I embed the puzzle on my website or blog?
Yes, you have the widgets feature available which includes the code of the puzzle to add to your web. This way, the users can play directly on your website.
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What's the price for creating a Memory game?
You can create your first game from 100€ per month. If you want to create several games or promotions, you can purchase a monthly plan for unlimited use from 149€/month.
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Can I integrate the Knowledge Quiz on my website?
Yes, you can integrate the Knowledge Quiz on your own website, blog or microsite and that way allow the visitors on your site to participate in the quiz right there without having to redirect them to an external link. You also have the option of showing the quiz as a pop-up on your website.
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Can I embed the game on my website or blog?
Yes, you have the widgets feature available which includes the code of the Match It game to add to your web. This way, the users can play directly on your website.
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Can the users share the recommended product on their social media?
Yes, of course! When you set up the application, you can define the text and the image of each recommended product for each social network, like Facebook, and for each instant messaging app, like WhatsApp.
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Do Multi-Stage applications work on mobile phones?
Yes, all the applications are fully responsive and adapt to any screen and type of mobile device.
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Am I free to customize the looks of my Valentine’s digital promotion?
Yes. The Easypromos promotion control panel features a design section that allows you to fully customize your promotion. Whether a gem, a giveaway, a quiz, or any other promotion, the design toolkit enables you to customize every single element in the promotion (colors, background, fonts, buttons, etc.) with your corporate imagery or products.
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How does Easypromos prevent fraud in the validation of purchase receipts?
Easypromos uses OCR technology to detect fake or duplicate purchase tickets in promotions that require uploading purchase receipts as a participation requirement.
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Can I send information on the prizes by email?
Yes. Scratch & Win features an emailing platform that automatically sends the prize. This option is useful for digital prizes such as discount coupons or promotional codes. Users know they have won immediately but also receive an email that can include a coupon in pdf format.
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Can I upload a list of users that I want to send a coupon to?
The coupon app is optimized so that users who want to get the coupon register in an Easypromos campaign. However, Easypromos also offers advanced options which allow to upload a list of participants from a file, pass user data through a URL, or with a call to the Easypromos user API.
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Is it possible to redeem codes from an external database through an API?
This option is currently not available in Easypromos. The client needs to upload the codes to be redeemed to the platform. There is also the option of not uploading the codes, and redeeming them with a regular expression.
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Will my promotions work for mobile users?
Yes! All Easypromos promotions come with a responsive design, which automatically adapts to any mobile device. However participants access your promotion, they'll have the same great user experience.
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Can I do a comment giveaway on Reels?
The Instagram Giveaway application is available for traditional Instagram posts, carousels, videos, and Reels. Run a giveaway for all the users that comment on one or various posts.
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Can I customize the online games with the design of my brand?
Of course! All the games can be created with the brand image. You can design the elements of the game itself; the cards, the pieces, the wheels or the stickers. You can also customize all the pages that make up the promotion, like the welcome page, the instructions, the registration form and the thank you page.
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How can I conduct an online random draw?
There are many ways to conduct an online draw. From running a draw on social media to collecting registrations in an app through a form and randomly selecting winners. We'll explain the most common options and introduce you to the transparent random selection tool by Easypromos.
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Can I use the participants' photos, videos, and texts for marketing and content purposes?
Yes, as long as you have planned for it and have the explicit consent of the participants. You should state how you will use the user-generated content (UGC) in the terms and conditions and obtain their rights to use that content directly and explicitly, for example, through a checkbox. We recommend preparing this in advance and seeking legal advice to address this aspect accordingly before the beginning of the contest.
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How do you keep my data safe?
We keep your data secure. While we do collect some data for internal use, we will not share any of your information with anyone else. Check out our Privacy Policy for all the details.
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Is it possible to carry out a Voting Contest on Instagram?
Yes, it is possible, but not with the "Voting Contest" application. If you want to run a photo and video contest on Instagram and collect posts, you'll need to use the Easypromos Mention + Hashtag application. This app allows you to create a voting gallery from the content uploaded on Instagram.
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How does Easypromos prevent duplicate redemption of prizes?
Easypromos has tools to prevent users from attempting to redeem a prize twice or to duplicate promotion coupons.
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Is there a limit to the total number of codes that can be redeemed?
The application has no limit on the number of codes to validate. If you have more than two million codes, contact us and we will help you with the setup.
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How can the codes be validated at the point of sale?
For companies that don't have their own code validation system, Easypromos offers the 'Validation portal': a tool which allows the employees at the point of sale to check and validate the coupons in a secure, reliable, and agile way.
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What is the role of Easypromos' security team in protecting against fraudulent practices?
Easypromos' specialized human team proactively monitors contest activity, blocking fraudulent practices, and continuously upgrading its security system.
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How do Easypromos subscription plans work?
You can choose from several different payment models. You can pay for promotions one by one, get a monthly plan with unlimited promotions, or choose an annual plan which includes unlimited promotions and a discount. Read our Pricing page for more information.
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Can I publicly display the texts submitted by contestants?
Yes, of course. Set the participant's content gallery as public to be displayed with its own URL within the microsite. Additionally, you can use different background colors for each participant's text, creating an appealing gallery of stories that aligns with your corporate brand.
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Can I do a trial promotion with Easypromos for free?
Yes, but not all of our products are included in the free trial. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook giveaways have a first free trial, as well as the Basic Plan Entry Form Giveaway. One Event giveaway with a maximum of 20 participants is also included. Contact our customer service team through our live chat for more information. -
Ca users upload videos the Voting Contest directly from their phone?
Yes. The Voting Contest app allows participants to upload videos from any device, or using YouTube or Vimeo links.
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I am an agency, and I manage several accounts.
Do you have a special price for agencies?If you are an agency and expect to manage more than one promotion a month, we recommend a monthly or annual plan which gives you unlimited access to promotions. We charge agencies the same rate as direct clients. Check out our Pricing page for more information.
If you have a special enquiry, we'd love to talk about how we can help! Please contact us at sales@easypromosapp.com
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Can users share their participating entries?
Yes, each entry has its own URL and can be shared on any social network or directly on WhatsApp. It is the ideal way to help participants promote their entry to get votes from family, friends, and social media followers, giving your voting contest a wider reach.
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How much does Easypromos cost?
We have a range of pricing options, depending on the promotions you want to run. You can find out more on our Pricing page.
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Can I get a refund?
We evaluate refunds on a case-by-case basis. If you would like to discuss a refund, please reach out to us and we will get back to you within 48 hours.
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Can I test my promotion before it starts?
Yes, you can. Our platform is completely open, which means you can create, draft, and preview your promotion before you pay anything. We won't ask you for any billing information until you're ready to activate your promotion.
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What are other brands doing on Easypromos?
Great question! We love collecting case studies from our clients. Take a look at some of their success stories.
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I need help. Help!
Stay calm - we've got lots of resources to help you out.
Start with our Online Help Desk, where you'll find find step-by-step tutorials, frequently-asked technical questions, and guides for designing your promotion. You can also chat live with our support team. They'll be delighted to help.
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Can I organize a photo contest and collect the participants and voters’ contact information?
Yes, with Easypromos' Photo Contest, users are required to register and the tool allows you to fully customize the registration form to obtain the user data you wish to collect.
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What are the advantages of the digital stamp card?
The digital format offers all the advantages of a physical stamp card, as well as additional benefits:
- Gather more information from all the customers who generate their loyalty card.
- Prevent fraud with digital validation methods, safer than manual ones.
- Keep in touch with customers, and send emails to encourage them to complete the card.
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How does the digital Stamp Card work?
The proceeding is easy and intuitive. Customers access the landing page from their mobile phone. They only need to register the first time they participate, to generate their card. From then on, they will always have it available and can see the status of the card and stamps received. Every time the client makes a new purchase at a physical store, the vendor will provide them with the code and validation method, which they can easily complete from their mobile device. When the loyalty card is full and all stamps boxes are completed, they will receive a direct prize, and if programmed, they can get a new stamp card to complete without having to register again.
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What prizes can I give away with the digital Stamp Card?
It is up to you! You can assign a reward when the customer completes the card with all stamps, as well as incentive purchases by adding a second prize when obtaining half the stamps of the card, for instance. You can distribute prizes of different values, depending on the number of purchases made by the client. When a prize is assigned, a pop-up window will appear with the prize information, and it will be linked to the customer’s card profile. You can combine it with Easypromos’ in-store prize redemption system, to manage the distribution and claiming of the prizes.
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Can I create a single stamp card for the different franchises or stores of the brand?
Yes, with the Easypromos Stamp Card app, you can configure the different Points of Sales where purchases can be validated to award stamps. This way, you can set up a single promotion that will work for all the stores. Additionally, you’ll obtain statistics on the stores where the stamps were rewarded.
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Can I customize the number of stamps of the digital card?
Yes, you can customize the loyalty card with the number of stamps you want. The card may include between 3 and 20 stamps.
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How and where can I promote my Olympic Games promotions?
All Easypromos promotions have a link to share on social networks or any other digital channel. You can also generate a QR code from the promotion editor to disseminate the action. Additionally, you can embed the game or promotional activity on any website or blog. Check out this example of a landing page with several embedded dynamics in the form of pop-up windows or games on the website.
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In a Photo Contest, can I review the content submitted by participants before it appears in the public gallery?
Yes, photos that users upload to participate in the contest can be pre-moderated.
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How can my brand benefit from a Summer campaign if it’s not travel or holiday oriented?
Summer is a time associated with vacations and having good times, which makes consumers more willing to spend. Our tools provide a wide array of options for you to make the most of this: Reward customer purchases with discount codes, collect UGC through contests, launch summer giveaways to foster engagement, and much more!
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Can I embed the promotion in my website or blog?
Yes, it is possible to embed it using the Easypromos widgets. For instance, displaying the promotion in a popup window or as an image within the body of the text.
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Can I promote a sports club during the Olympics?
Yes! Just like in any other theme or sector, you can launch marketing actions for sports clubs. Easypromos helps you increase your followers and members through interactive digital dynamics. Use customized games, prediction pools, contests, giveaways, and social media to keep your community connected with your club.
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I need ideas for a marketing campaign related to the Olympic Games.
If you need more ideas for your Olympic Games marketing campaign, take a look at this article with examples of how to celebrate the Olympic Games with online promotions.
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Can I download the content uploaded by participants?
Yes. You can download all the content in a .zip file in its original format and quality for the jury's convenience or for better internal control.
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Can I use my summer campaign to generate leads or gather data?
Absolutely. What’s more, with third party cookies quickly becoming a thing of the past, Zero-Party Data collection is more important than ever. As consumers are looking for entertainment and leisure in the Summer, gamified or entertaining interactive promotions and the possibility of winning a prize will nudge users into sharing their information with you. The Easypromos customizable registration form allows you to include the fields you need to collect the data you’re interested in. Most importantly, you will have your own database for future campaigns.
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What are the best ideas for a Summer promotion?
There are many different Summer promotion ideas. It all depends on which objectives you're looking to achieve. Social media giveaways are great for fostering engagement, gamified actions entertain your audience and allow you to collect sales leads, and photo or video contests provide valuable user-generated content. If your aim is to increase sales, you could distribute discounts and coupons to incentivize repeat purchases.
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What are the best prizes for Summer promotions?
You can give away many different things! Raffle your best-selling or newly released products or a product bundle, or team up with another brand to offer a gift combo. Discount codes and vouchers are great if you're looking to increase sales. Experiences and holiday-related merchandise also do the job.
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Can I use the participants' photos for marketing and content purposes?
Yes, as long as you have planned for it and have the explicit consent of the participants. You should state how you will use the user-generated content (UGC) in the terms and conditions and obtain their rights to use that content directly and explicitly, for example, through a checkbox. We recommend preparing this in advance and seeking legal advice to address this aspect accordingly before the beginning of the contest.
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Can I allow voters to vote for more than one video?
Yes, you can configure the number of votes that a single user can cast in the contest. Contests are preconfigured with one vote per user, but you can modify it to allow more votes, as well as votes being worth more or less points.
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Can users share their participating entries?
Yes, each entry has its own URL and can be shared on any social network or directly on WhatsApp. It is the ideal way to help participants promote their entry to get votes from family, friends, and social media followers, giving your voting contest a wider reach.
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Can I integrate my photo contest with Instagram?
Yes, with the Photo Contest app, you can activate integration with Instagram to import the photos that a user uploads to their profile, as long as it is public, uses the campaign hashtag, and mentions the organizing brand.
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How are voters' identities verified?
Several options are available: through social login, email identification, mobile phone identification, or using identification numbers provided by the brand. Find out how you can identify the participants in your contest.
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Can I run a photo contest with direct participation from any social network?
No, you can only do it on Instagram, as this platform allows importing images if the user has a public profile, mentions the brand, and uses the campaign hashtag. However, it is impossible to track the content a user shares on other social networks. To promote user participation on X or Facebook, you must share a link to your contest in a post.
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How can I create an online Video Contest?
>Easypromos provides you with a platform for comprehensive management of your contest. It's up to you to decide who uploads the content, either you as the organizer or the users themselves, and you can create as many galleries as you want. For example, you can use the Video Contest app to create a Mother's Day contest
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Can I create a contest that accepts photos and videos?
Yes, in photo, video, and voting contests, you can allow participation with various types of files and formats. Therefore, you can display photos and videos on the same contest gallery if you configure it that way.
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Can I create an online contest that allows participants to upload more than one video?
In the video contest configuration options, you can define whether a participant can upload one or more videos. If users are allowed, or required, to upload more than one piece of content, the system will automatically create an album.
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Can I create a gallery accessible only to the jury within my Video Contest?
Yes, with the Video Contest you can create a private space within the contest microsite, where the finalists are displayed, that is only accessible to the jury. As the contest organizer, you can configure which candidates are in this private gallery and define how the winner will be chosen.
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Can I organize a photo contest and collect the participants and voters’ contact information?
Yes, with Easypromos' Photo Contest, users are required to register and the tool allows you to fully customize the registration form to obtain the user data you wish to collect.
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In a Videos Contest, can I review the content submitted by participants before it appears in the public gallery?
Yes, videos that users upload to participate in the contest can be pre-moderated.
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Can I download the content uploaded by participants?
Yes. You can download all the content in a .zip file in its original format and quality for the jury's convenience or for better internal control.
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Can I use the participants' videos for marketing and content purposes?
Yes, as long as you have planned for it and have the explicit consent of the participants. You should state how you will use the user-generated content (UGC) in the terms and conditions and obtain their rights to use that content directly and explicitly, for example, through a checkbox. We recommend preparing this in advance and seeking legal advice to address this aspect accordingly before the beginning of the contest.
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Is it possible to run a video contest on Instagram?
Yes, it is possible, but not with the Video Contest app. Use the Easypromos Hashtag Contest app to organize a video contest on Instagram and gather posts in a votable gallery from the content uploaded to the social network.
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In a Video Contest, can participants upload videos directly from their phone?
Yes, the Video Contest app allows participants to upload videos directly from their phone or using a YouTube or TikTok link.
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Can users share their participating entries?
Yes, each entry has its own URL and can be shared on any social network or directly on WhatsApp. It is the ideal way to help participants promote their entry to get votes from family, friends, and social media followers, giving your voting contest a wider reach.
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Can I create a gallery accessible only to the jury within my Photo Contest?
Yes, with the "Photo Contest," you can create a private space within the contest microsite, where the finalists are displayed, that is only accessible to the jury. As the contest organizer, you can configure which candidates are in this private gallery and define how the winners will be chosen.
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Can I create a private gallery just for the contest jury?
Yes, the Photofun app allows you to create a private space accessible only to the jury, where the images of the finalist candidates are displayed. As the organizer, you can configure which photos appear in the private gallery and determine how the winners will be selected.
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Can I review the participants' content before it is displayed in the public gallery?
Yes, uploaded and customized photos can be moderated before being published in the gallery. You can also disable the gallery or make it private.
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Can I download the content uploaded by participants?
Yes. You can download all the content in a .zip file in its original format and quality for the jury's convenience or for better internal control.
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Can users share their participating entries?
Yes, each entry has its own URL and can be shared on any social network or directly on WhatsApp. It is the ideal way to help participants promote their entry to get votes from family, friends, and social media followers, giving your voting contest a wider reach.
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Can I collect data from Instagram contest participants?
Yes, but only when they participate with a private profile and register in the application. As the organizing brand, you can configure the fields to be filled out in the form and obtain the necessary personal data from the participants. Additionally, you can easily export all the data gathered into a CSV/Excel file or send it to your email list or CRM.
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Can I review the participants' content before it is displayed in the public gallery?
Yes, photos that users upload to participate in the contest can be pre-moderated.
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Can I use the participants' photos for marketing and content purposes?
Yes, as long as you have planned for it and have the explicit consent of the participants. You should state how you will use the user-generated content (UGC) in the terms and conditions and obtain their rights to use that content directly and explicitly, for example, through a checkbox. We recommend preparing this in advance and seeking legal advice to address this aspect accordingly before the beginning of the contest.
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Can I collect photos and videos published on Instagram that mention my brand?
Yes, are several ways to do this. If they publish content on their feed, you can import it into the contest as long as they use your campaign hashtag and mention the brand. The "Instagram Contest" application is ideal for this purpose. Content published on Instagram Stories cannot be linked to a gallery but you can monitor it for 24 hours and then carry out an Instagram Story Giveaway.
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Can I download the content uploaded by participants?
Yes. You can download all the content in a .zip file.
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Can participants share their results?
Yes. When users obtain their favorite option, they can easily share it through a link on social networks or WhatsApp. In this way the promotion goes viral and other users are encouraged to participate.
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Which dynamics can be included in the All-in-One Application?
Currently, you can include entry form giveaways, all games, contests, quizzes, direct prizes, and some multi-stage dynamics like the Tournament Bracket.
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Can I collect the contact information of the users who have participated?
Yes, as long as you activate the promotion registration form. In addition, from the control panel, you will have real-time access to user data. This information can be downloaded as a CSV file and is also accessible via API. You also have tools to synchronize this data with your CRM or with your newsletter subscriber list.
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Can I customize the design of the Falling Objects game?
Yes, you can customize all the game elements to fully adapt it to your brand and the campaign idea you have in mind. Our intuitive editor allows you to modify colors, fonts, buttons, and other elements easily. Furthermore, we provide suggested measurements for each element, making it easy for you to design and upload them to the editor.
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Can I enrich a museum or cultural tour with an All-in-One promotion?
Yes, it is ideal for generating higher visitor engagement, and you can combine games and quizzes. Check out this example of how to promote tourism with an interactive promotion.
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Can I embed this dynamic into my website?
Yes, you can integrate it into your website or blog through the widgets of our applications. Visitors will be able to participate directly from there, without having to direct them to an external link. You also have the option to display the gallery as a pop-up on your website.
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Can I configure how many points are awarded for each element?
Yes, and there are two types of elements that help make the game more fun: the “OK” element is the only mandatory one and can give up to 50 points, which vary depending on its position when the participant catches it. The “Super OK” element scores 150 points.
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Can participants vote for more than one option?
No. The app only allows participants to choose one option. For multiple votes, you must use the voting contest.
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Can participants share their choices?
Yes. When a user chooses their favorite option, they can easily share it through a link. Helping the promotion go viral and encouraging other users to participate.
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How can I use the falling objects to add excitement to the game?
You have the option to activate elements that deduct points. If you want a more exciting and complex game, you can add two kinds of negative elements: the “KO” element deducts 50 points, and the “Super KO” element wipes out the points scored up to that point.
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Should the Falling Objects game be played exclusively on mobile phones?
No, all Easypromos games are compatible with any kind of device. However, since 90% of participants will likely access via mobile, all games are optimized for vertical screens. However, the game fully adapts to any screen proportions.
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Can I gather the contact information of users who have participated?
Yes, as long as you activate the promotion registration form. From the control panel, you will have real-time access to user data and their choices. This information can be downloaded as a CSV file and is also accessible via API. You also have tools to synchronize this data with your CRM or with your newsletter subscriber list.
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Can I integrate the application into my website?
Yes, you can fully integrate the application with the different options on your website or blog. Visitors will be able to participate directly from there, without having to direct them to an external link. You also have the option to display the gallery as a pop-up on your website.
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Can I create an Advent Calendar on Instagram or Facebook?
Yes, there are several ways to create an Advent calendar online. You can create a microsite-style app for users to access each day during that period and open the window to see what it reveals, or you can do it directly on Instagram or Facebook. In this case, the daily post you publish will serve as the calendar window. For more tips and resources, check out how to create a Advent calendar in social media in our blog.