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See 50+ inspiring ways that our customers have used various Gleam apps to grow their business, reach their target audience and drive more sales.
Gleam is a marketing platform that helps you run campaigns that help users engage and promote your business.
Design a high-converting pricing page that builds trust, supports buyer decisions, and helps grow your SaaS or startup business.
Learn how to use Google Analytics 4 to track growth, optimize funnels, and make data-driven decisions for your startup business.
Running a blog giveaway is one of the most effective ways to build your email list, boost brand awareness, and increase engagement.
Learn where to find high-quality free stock images for commercial use and how to leverage them to grow your startup business or small business with better visuals.
Running a sweepstakes or contest in the U.S. requires more than creativity — it demands compliance. In this guide, we break down sweepstakes laws by state, key federal requirements, and best practices for legally offering prizes. Avoid common mistakes, build trust with your audience, and launch giveaways that grow your brand the right way.
Learn step by step how to craft the perfect UGC campaign for your brand.
Looking for a smarter way to engage customers and increase sales? Learn how to create tiered coupon codes using Gleam Rewards. Discover how offering escalating promo codes and limited-time discounts can turn visitors into loyal customers, boost your average order value, and build long-term loyalty — all without heavy discounting. Perfect for eCommerce brands looking to drive meaningful results.
Take a look at 50 of the best ideas you can use to take your email marketing to the next level.
In just five months, Gleam grew from zero to 100 paying customers — without a marketing budget.
Engage customers and boost your brand this Mother's Day with our contest and giveaway ideas.
Discover 10 overlooked growth hacking strategies that actually work. From referral emails and UGC contests to retargeting and metadata optimization, these tactics are designed to help marketers drive customer acquisition, improve conversion rates, and scale with smarter, faster experiments — not bigger budgets.
Learn all about what AMOE means and why you need to have a free method of entry when running a giveaway or sweepstakes.
Get inspired with 26 high-impact Christmas marketing ideas to boost sales, grow your customer base, and drive festive engagement. From giveaways to social media content and holiday pop-ups, these strategies are perfect for small businesses looking to create memorable experiences and convert seasonal traffic into long-term customers.
Unlock a simple yet powerful growth hack that can increase your YouTube subscribers by 400%. Learn how to use a subscribe prompt URL, combine it with targeted giveaways, and apply proven strategies used by growth marketers to boost your channel’s conversion rates, audience engagement, and long-term success.
Discover the best time to post on TikTok in 2025 to boost views, go viral, and grow faster. Learn when to post, how to build a schedule, and track results.
Learn how to go live on TikTok. Discover TikTok Live requirements, streaming tips, and how to use Live for business growth and giveaways.
Choosing the right account type gives you the tools and flexibility to scale your content and reach the right audience. Whether you're a solo creator, a growing brand, or part of an organisation, your account type influences how you engage with users, run promotions, and drive business growth.
Find out everything you need to know to create, run and promote awesome Amazon Giveaways.
Find out everything you need to know about contest and sweepstakes laws, rules and regulations in the U.S. and how you can run your own legally compliant giveaway.
Learn everything you need to know to run an awesome giveaway on TikTok.
Check out our favourite tips and tricks on how to run a fun and engaging Twitch giveaway to grow your channel.
Find out why you should start posting on Bluesky today!
Copy and paste this terms and conditions template for a hassle free and compliant giveaway!
Familiarise yourself with X giveaway rules and guidelines so you can run a successful sweepstakes campaign.
Learn how to run a Facebook giveaway that complies with all the rules and regulations.
Learn how to run a successful and engaging TikTok giveaway that follows all of the rules and guidelines.
Learn about the best tools to pick a winner in a comment-to-win giveaway on YouTube.
Learn step-by-step how to run a powerful YouTube giveaway, how to pick a giveaway winner, YouTube giveaway rules, and everything else you need to know to drive maximum results.
Learn about all of the rules, guidelines, and regulations you need to follow in order to run a successful YouTube Giveaway.
Giveaways are one of the best ways to drive engagement and grow your YouTube channel. Whether you're looking to increase brand awareness, build a community, or support a bigger marketing campaign, Gleam offers flexible tools to help you run a successful contest from start to finish. Explore our YouTube templates and start planning your next youtube giveaway today.
Promote your deals and drive more sales this Black Friday with Gleam.
Learn how to increase traction and get your Kick channel in front of a huge new audience with a giveaway campaign.
Skyrocket your Substack newsletter subscribers, incentivise referrals, and grow your social media following with these awesome tips and tricks.
Learn how to make the most of your social media presence. Generate leads, boost sales, and increase your following with an awesome Twitter / X giveaway!
Learn how to make the most of summer shopping with a giveaway campaign!
Learn how to run an awesome and engaging Father's Day giveaway campaign!
Learn how to capitalise on the Halloween excitement with our giveaway and prize ideas!
From giveaway ideas to prize inspiration, we'll guide you through the best ways to run a back to school giveaway.
Learn how to use different types of discount strategies to grow your business!
Want to take your Instagram account to the next level? Take a look at these 80+ powerful tips.
Discover how to run comment-to-win giveaways on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and more, plus tools to pick winners fairly.
Check out our top tips for announcing contest winners and re-engaging participants!
Promote your app more effectively with proven giveaway strategies that boost downloads, drive user engagement, and attract loyal users to your app.
Learn how to make the most of giveaways and social media to boost your book sales and increase your following!
From finding the right subreddits to running paid ads, check out our top tips for promoting your business on Reddit!
Check out all the ways you can use giveaways to drive engagement this 4th of July.
Grow your store, generate leads and drive sales by running promotional Etsy giveaways.
Grow your YouTube channel with expert tips for creating content, promoting your videos and skyrocketing engagement.
The complete guide to setting up the rules, terms & conditions for your Instagram giveaways.
Make the most of the Easter festivities and host a giveaway. It's a sure way to boost engagement, gain followers, increase your mailing list and much more!
Discover top Linktree examples and bio link ideas for creators, brands, and businesses. Learn how to use Gleam to drive engagement, collect emails, and run giveaways from your link in bio.
Instagram is not just about Posts, Stories, and Reels. Check out our top ideas for crafting the perfect Instagram bio.
Learn how to expand your audience, promote your offering and create an effective TikTok marketing strategy.
Keep up to date with the latest changes to the Facebook Promotion Guidelines.
Check out our top picks for contest, sweepstakes & giveaway apps and learn to pick the perfect tool for your business.
Find out everything you need to know about running successful Goodreads Giveaways.
No matter how you want to drive growth this spring, Gleam's got you covered.
Struggling to keep your audience engaged? Learn how to use downtime to your advantage and emerge stronger 🏋️♂️
Check out the best ways to pick random Instagram comments for your next contest.
Take a look at all the best ways to easily draw random winners for your next Facebook giveaway.
Learn how to run a successful Twitter giveaway, collect entries using actions like follows and retweets, and pick a winner fairly using Gleam.
All the best ways to obtain legal permission to use user-generated content in your marketing.
Check out the easiest way to pick random winners for your next Facebook comment contest.
Check out the best ways to pick random retweets and draw winners for your Twitter / X giveaway.
7 Principles I've learned growing Gleam from humble beginnings to a 7+ figure business.
Everything you need to know to run and pick winners for your own powerful Instagram photo contest.
Take a look at all the best ways to randomly pick winners for your giveaway.
Take a look at how you can use contests to encourage listens, drive subscriptions and grow your podcast.
Check out the best way to run YouTube giveaways and randomly pick winners from your comments.
Check out all the best ideas, tips and real-world inspiration you need to run the perfect hashtag campaign.
Check out all the best strategies and tips for boosting exposure and generating leads.
Find out how to easily create discount popups for E-commerce, and all the best ways you can put them to use.
Find out how you can use countdown timer bars and popups to build urgency and drive sales.
We take you through all the best and most popular hashtags, and give you some expert tips on how to use them.
Find out how you can use coupons and discount codes to boost customer retention.
Buying Page Likes may seem like an appealing strategy, but it's not worth it in the long run. Here's what you should do instead.
Find out everything you need to know to run a successful giveaway which generates leads and drives powerful actions.
Turn your promotion codes or discount coupons into a revenue-driving engine by incentivising them.
Use this easy tactic to drive E-commerce visits and generate sales from Instagram.
Find out everything you to know to run a powerful Facebook contest with this comprehensive guide.
Use this simple tactic to convert website visitors into subscribers and customers.
Find out how to launch your idea on Product Hunt to get featured on the front page and drive customer acquisition.
This technique focuses on creating simple lead generating content upgrades for any E-Commerce store.
Take 5 minutes to customise a notification banner for your product updates or feature announcements 😎
Take a look at our in-depth list of awesome prize ideas and find the perfect prize for your next contest.
Take an in-depth look at how you can use coupons to drive sales from E-commerce visitors.
Take a look at our comprehensive list of fun giveaway ideas which will help you generate leads and drive growth.
Show off a curation of your best social media content on any live display with Gleam's Gallery app.
Delve inside to see how using contests can make or break your Kickstarter campaign.
We explore the best ways to drive revenue and sales from your email list.
Trigger opt-in forms based on the presence or contents of CSS Selectors on your page.
Use this simple tactic to convert contest entrants into customers and drive sales with your next campaign.
Find out how you can boost your Spotify streams by running a pre-save campaign with Gleam.
Everything you need to know about using user-generated content to take your marketing to the next level.
Find out how you can show off photos from your community with stylish carousels.
Get to know how GDPR laws will affect opt-in forms on your marketing campaigns.
Take a look at all the best ways you can grow your Twitch audience.
Look no further than this post for 50 tried and tested tactics to grow your business.
Catch is one of Australia's biggest E-Commerce players. Join us as we break down how they do it.
Growing a Shopify store from scratch can be tough. That's exactly why we created this guide.
Out of ideas for marketing on Facebook? Never fear we've put together a huge guide for you for the best Facebook Marketing ideas.
Launching a new business doesn't have to be tough. Get a head start with this tactical guide.
We break down the common mistakes we see most businesses make with their giveaways.
Get 40+ expert tips on creating valuable content and driving Instagram engagement.
See how we use compelling case studies to drive sales & awareness for Gleam.
Looking to run a contest on Instagram? Look no further than this guide, we have it all.
Whether you're just starting out on SoundCloud or have an established following you won't want to miss these 30+ tips.
Learn how to increase exposure and drive visitation with Instagram locations.
Find out how to easily repost pictures on Instagram.
These are methodologies, techniques & tactics we’ve tried or learned along the way whilst building Gleam.
Find out all the best image sizes for Facebook to make your profile and posts stand out.
This is the only guide you'll ever need to run effective contests and giveaways on YouTube.
Learn how to quickly build a gated download widget for SoundCloud to grow your followers.
We've broken down the different ways you can collect emails addresses for your E-commerce store.
Learn how to create Lead Magnets into your content to incentivize opt-ins for your newsletter.
We break down how we grew our inbound traffic by 300% in just 6 months.
We'll take you step by step through linking your Instagram with a Facebook page to create a Business Account.
95% of our new customers come from inbound marketing. Here's the content playbook we use.
What's it like to run a growing bootstrapped business? Let's look back on 2015.
What are some of the benefits of running a remote startup down under?
Learn how to use Capture to recover abandoned shopping carts on your E-Commerce store.
Got an E-Commerce store? Then you'll need these 10 Gleam tips to grow your sales.
Learn a trick to catch your users attention when they leave the current article or blog post.
Get these 20 tried and tested tips to make life easier when you work from home.
Every small business needs all the help they can get. How about 36 tactics you can implement now?
Once you launch, getting that early traction is crucial. Here's 15 tips that worked for us.
This tip allows you to redirect a user after they leave a disqus comment on a specific blog post.
A simple way to drive more awareness to your product every time you send someone an email.
We break down how Foundr has grown their Instagram following to over 110k in just 5 months.
Learn step by step how to imeplement an Exit Intent opt-in form on any website.
We managed to grow Gleam by 1059% in one year, lets take a look at how we did it.
See exactly how we increased our blog email opt-ins by 1000% using some simple tactics.
Many new businesses focus on Likes rather than sales. Here's how to change your mindset.
Don't underestimate the power of growing before you launch. Here's our top tips.
Learn some of the top tips to grow your E-commerce database from 0 to hero in this incredible how-to guide.
Facebook has removed the ability to gate Page Likes, so what alternatives does a Business have?
See how you can use our other install methods to drive more entries into your contest.
We took some time to reflect on the state of startups in 2014 and what could be better.
One simple phrase "Powered by" is used by startups everywhere. Can it be improved?
18 actionable tips & tricks on how you can grow your product by being responsive to customers.
Here's how you can make sure you're seeing posts from all your favourite Facebook pages.
Struggling to get traction on Twitter / X? We've put together 40 of our top tips to help you grow your Followers.
Facebook Tabs don't work on mobile devices, but Gleam campaigns do.
You don't need press to grow, learn some of the things we've implemented that have worked.
See how we use chat at Gleam to automate our workflows and help us work faster.
Explore over 16 actionable ways to help increase your followers on Instagram, a perfect guide for any brand or business wanting to make an impact.
Understand how having a solid content plan in place and executing on it can propel your business upwards.
Learn strategies and tactics to work with brands to drive more revenue from contests and advertising.
Learn how to use Gleam to drive more views and engagement on your videos and livestreams.
We breakdown some of the best marketers and look at what tactics they use to build their personal brand.
Join us as we explore how to delight your customers using transactional and lifecycle emails.
Explore ways that businesses build unique product experiences to drive growth & sales.
Explore techniques and tools to build a launch page that converts visitors into subscribers.