Guides

How to Create Online Sweepstakes

Learn everything you need to know about know about running a sweepstakes online with our step by step actionable guide.

Ahron Burstin · 16 min read

Beginner's Campaign Launch Checklist for Gleam

You've setup your Gleam Competition. Now find out what you can do next to get your campaign launched and double up on the actions that matter to your business.

Helena Ng · 7 min read

How to Promote Your Online Contest

So you've created a contest & now you're getting ready to launch it to the world. We'll take you through some of the key strategies for promoting your contest.

Helena Ng · 10 min read

Your Guide To Australian Competition Permits

From Australia? No worries, you can still run giveaways by learning more about the Australian Competitions Permit. Find out how in this guide.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

How To Use Gleam For Your Black Friday Promotions

Black Friday is an awesome time to run promotional campaigns and get people excited by running giveaways and rewards programs.

Charlotte Czarnota · 6 min read

No Purchase Necessary Laws

Find out everything you need to know about No Purchase Necessary laws in your country and find out how you can run highly effective and regulation-compliant campaigns.

Ahron Burstin · 14 min read

How To Run A Photo Contest

Learn how to run a successful Photo Contest with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 13 min read

Create A Photo Voting Contest With Gleam

A highly engaging type of campaign you can run with Gleam is a photo voting contest where users can submit photos or videos to enter and winners are determined by a public vote.

Helena Ng · 7 min read

How to Give Out E-Commerce Coupons

Learn how you can use Gleam to give out coupon codes that will drive sales and other powerful actions.

Ahron Burstin · 12 min read

Contest Promotion Websites

Trying to get more exposure for your contests? Check out our list of free to use contest promotion websites.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

How to Run a Facebook Contest

Learn everything you need to know about running a successful Facebook contest or giveaway with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 10 min read

How to Promote Your Contest on Instagram

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on Instagram with our helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read

How to Run a Timeline Contest on Facebook

Learn how to run a successful Timeline Contest on Facebook with this helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

How To Run A Twitter / X Contest

Learn how to run a successful Twitter / X contest with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 17 min read

How to Run a Pinterest Contest

Get your hands on this simple guide to help you run a Pinterest contest. Get started in just 5 minutes.

Helena Ng · 17 min read

Creating A Refer A Friend Reward With Gleam

You might be looking at ways to use our Rewards widget to get users to refer friends (to also redeem the Reward). This particular configuration gets a little tricky due to the way we handle referrals in Gleam.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Create a Coupon in Gleam Rewards

Coupons is part of our Rewards app 👋 This is a comprehensive guide to helping you get started with your first coupon campaign.

Stuart McKeown · 4 min read

How To Use Gleam For Your Cyber Monday Promotions

Learn how to use Gleam to create and run awesome Cyber Monday promotional campaigns.

Charlotte Czarnota · 4 min read

November Marketing Ideas: Generate Leads & Drive Sales

Get ahead of the pre-Christmas marketing craze with an awesome giveaway campaign in November.

Charlotte Czarnota · 3 min read

October Marketing Ideas to Generate Leads And Drive Sales

Learn how to ramp up your marketing game this October with the best campaigns and strategies for Halloween, World Mental Health Day, and Oktoberfest.

Charlotte Czarnota · 3 min read

How To Run a Scavenger Hunt with Gleam

Learn how to set up and run a scavenger hunt with Gleam.

Charlotte Czarnota · 4 min read

The Ultimate Guide To Running a Gleam Rewards Campaign

Learn how to use Gleam to run an awesome rewards program to incentivise users to complete powerful actions.

Charlotte Czarnota · 6 min read

How to Promote an Event with Gleam

Learn how to use Gleam to promote your event. We will guide you through our favourite ways to collect and display user-generated content, boost social media engagement, and drive event ticket sales!

Charlotte Czarnota · 5 min read

How To Promote a Restaurant with Gleam

Attract new customers to your restaurant, grow your social media following, and expand your mailing list with Gleam!

Charlotte Czarnota · 6 min read

How to Promote Your Music With Gleam

Learn how Gleam can help you promote your music, grow your fanbase and drive powerful actions with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 18 min read

How to Promote an E-Commerce Business With Gleam

Launching a new E-commerce business? Learn how Gleam can help you promote your business and grow your social following with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 17 min read

How to Run an Instagram Contest

Running an Instagram contest? Learn everything you need to know with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 10 min read

How To Run An Instagram Photo Contest With Gleam

Learn how to use Gleam templates to run an engaging Instagram photo contest.

Charlotte Czarnota · 7 min read

How To Grow On Instagram With Gleam

Learn how to grow your Instagram account with giveaway and rewards strategies.

Charlotte Czarnota · 3 min read

How To Drive Amazon Sales With Gleam

We're going to show you some unconventional promotion tactics you can use with Gleam to increase your Amazon sales in 2022.

Helena Ng · 16 min read

How To Promote a Fitness Business With Gleam

Promote your fitness business with awesome giveaways, rewards, user-generated content, and more!

Charlotte Czarnota · 6 min read

Partnering With Influencers To Run Campaigns

Partnering with influencers can help boost your campaigns & expose your brand to a new audience. Find out how to use Gleam to run campaigns with influencers.

Stuart McKeown · 20 min read

How To Run A Partner Campaign With Gleam

Partnering up with other brands can help boost campaign performance as well as expose your brand to a wider audience. Find out how you can use Gleam to run joint campaigns with other brands.

Helena Ng · 23 min read

How to Promote a Book With Gleam

Publishing a new book? Learn how Gleam can help you promote your book and grow your readership with this helpful guide.

Helena Ng · 14 min read

How to Run a Pre-Launch Campaign With Gleam

Pre-launching to the masses? We've got all our best pre-launch tactics packed into this ultimate Gleam guide to help you kickstart your business.

Helena Ng · 18 min read

How to Grow Your YouTube Channel with Gleam

Learn how to run giveaway campaigns and collect user-generated content to promote and grow your YouTube channel with Gleam.

Charlotte Czarnota · 3 min read

How to Promote a Retail Store With Gleam

Do you run your own store? Learn how Gleam can help you promote your retail store and drive sales with this helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 17 min read

Using Gleam to Give Out Shopify Discount Codes

Run a Shopify store? Learn how you can use Gleam to give out discount codes that will drive sales and incentivise powerful actions.

Ahron Burstin · 15 min read

Drive Webinar & Event Registrations With Gleam

Find out how you can use Gleam to promote your webinars and events and drive registrations.

Ahron Burstin · 9 min read

How to Promote a Music Festival With Gleam

Running a Music Festival? Learn how Gleam can help you promote and grow your event with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 8 min read

How to Run a Survey With Gleam

Check our helpful guide on using Gleam to run and promote a survey.

Ahron Burstin · 9 min read

How to Use Gleam at Your Event

Hosting an event? Learn how Gleam can help you engage your guests and drive powerful actions with this helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 12 min read

How To Grow Your Email List With Gleam

Get your hands on these 10 actionable ways to grow your email list with Gleam. Get started in just 5 minutes.

Helena Ng · 3 min read

Creating A Tiered Reward With Gleam

With Gleam Rewards you can create Tiered Rewards which allow users to complete actions to earn increasingly valuable incentives.

Helena Ng · 7 min read

How to Promote Your Contest on Facebook

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on Facebook with our helpful guide.

Ahron Burstin · 7 min read

How To Get More Twitter / X Followers With Gleam

Learn how Gleam can help you get more followers on Twitter / X with this simple guide.

Ahron Burstin · 1 min read

How To Get More Facebook Likes With Gleam

Learn how Gleam can help you get more likes on Facebook with this simple guide.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

How to Promote Your Contest on Your Website

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on your own website with our helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 13 min read

How to Promote Your YouTube Contest

Learn everything you need to know about promoting your YouTube contests with our helpful guide.

Helena Ng · 3 min read

Promote Your Business With Wi-Fi Unlock Rewards

Check our helpful guide and find out how you can use your Wi-Fi to drive action and promote your business.

Ahron Burstin · 5 min read

Engage & Nurture Your Community During The COVID-19 Outbreak With Gleam

In the spirit of keeping everyone together, here are some ways you can use Gleam to engage with your community, share important updates and continue to capture leads for your business.

Helena Ng · 9 min read

How to Promote Your Contest on Twitter

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on Twitter with our helpful guide.

Helena Ng · 7 min read

How to Distribute E-commerce Coupons With Capture Bars

Learn how you can use Capture Bars to distribute coupon codes and drive sales.

Ahron Burstin · 2 min read

Grow Your Crowdfunding Campaign With Gleam

Check our helpful guide on how to promote and grow your Crowdfunding Campaign.

Ahron Burstin · 12 min read