Social Install Options
You may also want to install or promote your contest across various social channels that you have an existing presence on. Each channel works quite differently so below we've broken down the best ways we've seen users run their campaigns.
The absolute best way to run a Gleam campaign is to put it inside an engaging step by step post. You are completely free to do all the things you might normally do on your timeline which includes asking users to Like or Comment on the post, then sending them to your Gleam contest to finish their entry.
The post below is a great example:
Instagram offers no native way to install your contest to your profile. Nor do they allow clickable links inside posts.
So how do you get users entering and visiting your contest then? Simple, include a call to action in your Instagram bio then ask users to visit this link inside posts.
Here's the link included in the bio, and the accompanying post to enter. Bonus points for using Emojis to draw attention to your links 😎
X works in a similar way to Instagram, but you do have the flexibility to include the live link to your contest inside any post.
We highly recommend scheduling up anywhere from 1-4 posts per day mentioning the contest. Don't forget to test various images, wording and other calls to action to see what generates the best clickthrough rates.
In YouTube you typically link to the contest inside the description of your video. Check out the example below (you'll need to view on YouTube).
On Pinterest you can pin a contest specific image and link it through to your landing page.
Add your Competition to your Linktree from the Add Link to your Bio step on the Promote tab. See Linktree for the full steps.
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Embedding Gleam in a Page or Blog Post
You have a number of options to install Gleam on your site, the most common is to embed inside a page or a blog post. This gives you the ability to run the competition on your own domain, or on the domain of a partner.