Getting a Facebook competition up and running is simple and can be a lot of fun. Below are 6 great ideas that are easy to execute and get your local community involved with your business.
- Give away movie tickets asking locals to name their favourite actor and tag the person they want to take with them
- Give away tickets to a local sporting event or festival asking locals to tag their favourite local cafe or restaurant
- Give away a pet grooming voucher asking locals to submit a funny picture of their pet as a comment to enter
- Give away an Easter hamper, a glass jar filled with Easter eggs, ask people to guess the number of Easter eggs to win. Entries can be submitted by adding a comment with the user's best guess.
- School colouring competitions are a great all year round competition idea, ask parents to enter their child's drawing as part of comments to the post. Prizes can be anything from a dinner for too a pushbike.
- Australia days meat tray giveaway, entries can be by providing a comment about a user's favourite sports hero or most memorable Australian.
Wording
Depending on what you want to achieve with your promotion you can ask people Like, Share and comment on the competition post as a form of entry. Use relevant emoji's to draw attention to the prize and caption. Provide a clear end date and information on how the winner will be determined.
Option 1
🍖🥩 WIN A WEBER Q 🥩🍖 - It’s competition time, we’re giving away one Weber Q for Easter. To enter simply "Like & Share" our page and tell us who runs the BBQ at your place in the comments below, best of luck. 🔥
Option 2
🍖🥩 WIN A WEBER Q 🥩🍖 - It’s competition time, we’re giving away one Weber Q for Easter.
To enter tag 3 friends in the comments below and make sure you have LIKED our Facebook page! Share the post for an extra entry. 🔥
*The prize will be drawn at random by a member of our staff on dd/mm/yyyy.
How to Get the Word Out
- Ask staff to share and like the post to increases awareness
- Email your database about the promotion and provide a link to your page
- Pin post to the top of the page (I've just done this)
- Ask business your work with to share the post, Mortgage Broker, Handy Man
How to Pick a Winner
You can do this manually by drawing a name out of a hat, but if your promotion goes well there will be far too many entries to keep track of. Use a tool to randomly select a comment form the promotion post or a more advance promotion management tool to pick a winner.
Tools to select a winner
- https://commentpicker.com/
- http://www.fanpagekarma.com/facebook-promotion
If you have any other ideas, we would love to hear them.