How to Keep Track of Instagram Giveaway Entries
Run your giveaway as a Gleam Competition and every Instagram entry lands in one place, the Actions / Entries tab, with the entrant's handle beside it.
- Add Instagram Actions such as Follow on Instagram or Comment on Instagram, plus a Subscribe to a Newsletter Action so you have a way to reach entrants off Instagram.
- As entries come in, the Actions / Entries tab shows who entered, which Action they completed and the Instagram handle they gave.
- Before you announce a winner, open their handle on Instagram and check they followed or commented. Instagram doesn't let us check follows or comments, so we can only confirm the visit and record the handle.
On the Business Plan and above, Import Instagram Comments pulls the real comments from your post into Gleam as entries, so you don't have to check comments by hand. Follows still need a manual check.
Tip
Only need a winner from the comments on one post? The free Instagram Comment Picker draws one. It needs an Instagram Business or Creator account connected through Facebook.
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