How Do I Increase Entries for My Competition?

Three things move entries: more people seeing your giveaway, more of them entering, and each entrant earning more entries.

Promote it more than once. Post at launch, again through the middle, and again in the last few days, across your email list, socials and website. A single launch post only reaches the people who happened to see it that day.

  • Put the prize front and centre, with a good image of it
  • Pick a prize your audience wants, not just the most expensive one
  • Make one Action Mandatory at most, and leave the rest as optional extra entries. With several Mandatory Actions, entrants must finish every one before anything else unlocks
  • Place the widget where people see it without scrolling
How Do I Promote My Competition After It Goes Live?

Gleam doesn't promote it for you. Open the Promote tab and work through its checklist: email your list, share it, add it to your site and bio.

What Is The Best Duration to Run A Competition?

Run it for as long as you can keep promoting it. For most sweepstakes we'd start at one to two weeks, and give contests longer.