TabSite offers a complete and multi-faceted Contest solution starting at the Gold Plan level, enabling Fan Page Admins to run interactive, socially engaging contests!
Contest types can be either:
- Photo Upload
- Video Submission (YouTube or Vimeo)
- Essay / Content Submission entry contests
Additionally, within each contest type, Facebook Page Admins can select to use either User Submitted Entries or Page Admin Loaded Entries.
To add a Contest, click the "Add New Tab" button in the TabSite Manager. The below pop-up will appear. Select Engagement Apps and then the purple Contest icon.
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TabSite offers a complete and multi-faceted Contest solution starting at the Gold Plan level, enabling Fan Page Admins to run interactive, socially engaging contests!
Contest types can be either:
- Photo Upload
- Video Submission (YouTube or Vimeo)
- Essay / Content Submission entry contests
Additionally, within each contest type, Facebook Page Admins can select to use either User Submitted Entries or Page Admin Loaded Entries.
TabSite's Contest tool meets the guidelines by Facebook for running a Contest Promotion on Facebook. You must also adhere to Facebook's Promotion Guidelines in your rules, requirements and terms.
Each of the Contest options comes with a full suite of tools for setup and customization, along with social sharing options (Like, Send, Share, Comments, Tweet, +1). The Like Gate can be setup on your tab to ensure visitors Like your page prior to being able to access the contest.
At the Gold level, entry notifications are sent to the TabSite Admin via e-mail.
PLATINUM FEATURES: Entry storage and data export are Platinum level features, as is 2 Stage Contests (general and finalist rounds of voting). Plus, Platinum Plan users can opt for the "Pre-Approve Entries" option which means that no entries go live on your contest until you as Page Admin have approved it to go live.
View Platinum details on the Export Manager features.
The Engagement App Contest tool is a quick setup process with the entire contest process setup in a step by step process.
For steps on creating your first tab and accessing Engagement Apps, view this page: http://www.tabsite.com/help/page/199/Getting-Started
STEP 1:
Select the Contest Engagement App circled in red above. This will open your contest setup form.
STEP 2:
The Contest setup form has a left menu with all the Contest setup sections. Simply go through each area of the left menu to setup and customize your contest.
Follow the steps through to create your Contest by first naming your contest and entering a e-mail address for entry alerts. The Contest setup sections are all available on the left and accessible by clicking any area. We recommend proceeding in order. As you go through each section of the setup, the selections are saved.
Save updates: At any time, select the blue "Close" button to exit the widget. When doing so, we do a final "save" of the information and your tab page and you will get a confirmation message of the save.
CONTEST TYPES
Photo Contest (User Entries or Page Admin Entries)
Create Viral Photo Contests where visitors or Page Admins can upload their photo entry for your fans to vote on! Multiple options are available including single vote, daily voting, or a set number of votes per contest. Select this option to begin creating a photo entry contest. If you want to only use Page Admin Entries, make sure to select the "Use only Page Admin Entries" toggle. See image below.
Video Contest (User Entries or Page Admin Entries)
Create Viral Video Contests where visitors can share their video entry for your fans to vote on! Multiple options are available including options to limit votes to one time, once daily or setting a specific number of times a user can vote per contest. Select this option to begin creating a photo entry contest. YouTube and Vimeo videos are supported.
Essay / Content Submission Contest (User Entries or Page Admin Entries)
Create Essay Contests where visitors can submit their essay / content entry for your fans to vote on! Multiple options are available. Select this option to begin creating a essay contest.
VOTING OPTIONS
Upon selecting a Contest type you advance to the Voting options area. With the Gold Plan this currently allows for single stage fan voting that can be set for users to be allowed to vote one time, one time per day, or a set number the Admin determines per contest. So if a Admin sets the vote option to allow for 5 times per contest, this would grant the user ability to vote up to 5x.
NOTE: Platinum Plan offers 2 Stage voting (General Stage 1 and then a Finalist Round of voting with number of finalists set by the Page Admin.
CHOOSE LAYOUT OPTIONS
There are multiple layout options for how contest entries display on the Facebook Page. Users can select the number of columns and rows and choose a preferred aspect ratio for images including 640 x 480, square, or 1920 x 1080 (HD).
Following this, the Admin makes selections what will be included in the thumbnail per entry and in the large view of each entry. Multiple social sharing options are included. Admins can make selections on what items to display and the Page Admin can customize the text and color of the Vote button.
REMOVE VOTE BUTTONS - (Option)
Sometimes Facebook Pages want to have entrants submit photos but not have voting start until a later date. TabSite offers this option by simply allowing a Page Admin to remove the vote button. From within a Contest setup, go to "Choose Layout" and then "Display Options". Once there find the "Show Vote Button" and uncheck for the large view and thumbnail view.
That removes the vote button from your contest.
SOCIAL SHARING TOOLS
Customize the Sharing Options in your Contest. NOTE: it is best to offer all the Sharing Tools as you want entries and your contest to be shared as much as possible to increase traffic to your Page and Contest tab.
These are the per entry social sharing tools. They appear in the Share button when clicked on the thumbnail view and also after entering and after voting to increase shares. They are visible fully on the Large View of each Contest Entry along with a button to get the actual URL of that contest entry.
START / END DATES
Choose the date your contest goes live. Simply click and the calendar opens.
PRE-CONTEST INFORMATION
Create pre-contest information to make visitors aware of the coming contest launch. There is a Countdown timer available as well as options to add text and/or images. Use any combination of the 3 types.
EXAMPLE:
Contest Entry Form
USER SUBMITTED ENTRIES: Setup your entry form along with instructions that can be text and/or an image. Select the Social Sharing options that you want to present the person entering after they enter (this is a great way to have them share their entry so friends can vote for them). This is where you can set the number of entries a person (facebook user) can submit. Add fields, customize field names and the Submit button to your language and color scheme. Also, add a custom message to display to the user upon their successful entry.
PAGE ADMIN ENTRIES:
If you have selected to have fans only vote on items of your choice, use the "Only Page Admin Entries" toggle. This will remove the form builder tool and give you a form for you as Page Admin to load your entries.
Example here is Photo Contest Page Admin Entries.
View / Delete Entries in the Admin area by clicking "Manage Entries" (shown above), then at this view below clicking the red "x".
POST CONTEST
There are multiple options on what to display when a contest ends. The Contest will end at the time you specified in "Start / End Dates" and automatically move to this display. Admins can choose to have any combination of text, message and winners name to be displayed.
CONTEST RULES
You have the opportunity to outline your Contest Rules and Privacy policy. You can enter in text or link to an outside url such as a Tabsite tab Sub-page.
We are required by Facebook to include a disclaimer that the Contest is not associated with Facebook and us as App Developer. This will always be shown.
DEFAULT TEXT CUSTOMIZATIONS
Admins have the ability to pre-set social media sharing statements to help spread the contest. This is also where users can add their own language for social sharing. All major viewable area text messages, links, and tab names can be customized per language. TabSite accepts a wide variety of languages and characters including Latin characters, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese.
Simply update the fields with the message and language of your choice to customize to your needs.
PREVIEW
The Preview function allows you to go through each stage of your contest and preview how it will appear on your Facebook Page. Click through the preview tabs to see the different sections.
CONTAINER PROPERTIES
This function allows the Admin to set the text color for the contest, the link color and background color or background image that flows through the entire contest. By default the background is set to transparents so be aware of that if you have a background live on the tab page.
NOTE: You can delete inappropriate entries! Any Facebook Page Admin of the Page the Contest is on can go to the Fan Page and you will see a red "X" (see image" next to each entry in the thumbnail version. This allows you to delete inappropriate entries. Click the "x" and you will be prompted to confirm that you want to delete the entry. This deletes that entry fully. As well, all entries can be viewed within the Contest Widget in the TabSite Manager under the Form section.
TabSite also offers a Contest Design Template as a starting point to enable Page Admins to quickly build a professional looking contest.
View the templates here: www.TabSite.com/templates.
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On the public side, entrants, votes, and those coming to view entries have the Social Sharing tools easily accessible. In the small, thumbnail view a "Share" button appears and upon clicking it has all the share features the Page Admin has set.
Upon clicking "Share" a user gets the large view with the Share features.
The "Like" has the comment feature enabled so users can Like and comment to their wall for all their friends to see. They can also Tweet, +1, Pin, copy the URL or click the "Share with Friends" to share with a specific friend as shown below.
All of these social sharing tools appear after entering, voting, or clicking the "Share" button or large entry view. The Share button color and text can be customized as well to fit language and branding.
Below is the Like Gate option and Promotion tools area. Simply upload a 810 x 810 image to activate the Like Gate feature which checks to see if a visitor is a fan or not and displays the gate if they are not.
Promotion tools offer a embeddable code feature for a call-out on a blog or website and the Smart URL is IMPORTANT to use in all posts as it enables mobile users to have access to the tab and enter the contest.
