Promote Your Blog
Promote your blog, grow your audience, and drive engagement across social media platforms with this powerful blog giveaway template. Whether you are starting a blog or trying to get more traffic to your website, running a blog giveaway is one of the most effective promotion strategies to reach new readers.
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Promote Your Blog
Promote your blog, grow your audience, and drive engagement across social media platforms with this powerful blog giveaway template. Whether you are starting a blog or trying to get more traffic to your website, running a blog giveaway is one of the most effective promotion strategies to reach new readers.
Use this template to get users to read, comment on, and share your blog posts — while also growing your email list, increasing your social followers, and building excitement around your blog content.
Simply customise the template, link your blog, and start collecting entries by encouraging fans to visit your latest post, follow you on social, and share your content with friends. With built-in viral share mechanics, you can scale faster and reward highly engaged readers.
Use Viral Shares to give bonus entries to users who refer their friends to kickstart viral growth and find new readers you otherwise couldn't reach!
Template Features
- Pre-loaded blog actions: visit, comment, read, subscribe to RSS
- Social media actions across Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube
- Bonus entry via social sharing and referrals
- Smart targeting for specific URLs, audiences, or geographies
- GDPR-compliant email address collection
- Fully responsive and user-friendly across devices
Whether you’re promoting high quality content, a blog series, a guide, or newsletter, this giveaway template helps you increase engagement and drive traffic to your blog in a fun, rewarding way.
Benefits of Running a Blog Giveaway
Running a giveaway is an efficient way to boost both reach and engagement. You will:
- Increase blog traffic with targeted readers
- Boost visibility via social network interactions and email marketing
- Collect leads and grow your email list for future campaigns
- Improve blog engagement with actions that drive real readership
- Convert visitors into fans using effective call to action prompts
- Amplify reach through bonus entries and viral mechanics
Integration Support
This blog giveaway template integrates with all major platforms:
- Facebook Actions
- Instagram Integration
- X (formerly Twitter) Integration
- YouTube Integration
- Viral Share Guide
Use these integrations to build deeper engagement across social media platforms while bringing more readers back to your landing pages or blog homepage.
Ideal For:
- Bloggers seeking new readers
- Creators growing cross-platform traffic
- Brands running editorial content
- Anyone using content as part of their acquisition funnel
Launch your next blog promotion in minutes and grow through engagement, action, and sharing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Giveaways help bloggers grow by attracting new readers, building an email list, and increasing shareability — especially when paired with brand collaborations. Read more to learn how giveaways can accelerate your blog’s growth.
Embed a Gleam widget directly into your blog post or use a hosted landing page to run a giveaway that tracks entries and actions automatically.
Choose prizes that resonate with your audience, such as gift cards, ebooks, or branded merchandise, to ensure higher engagement and quality entries.
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Choose Your Entry Actions
Use pre-set actions like:- “Visit My Blog”
- “Read My Latest Blog Post”
- “Comment on My Blog”
- “Subscribe to My RSS Feed”
➕ Add actions for social follows, shares, or custom CTAs.
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Customise the Campaign Design
Update the layout, button text, and images to match your branding and blog style.
➡ Customise your Capture’s Design -
Add Viral Share for Bonus Entries
Encourage users to refer their friends for bonus entries using Gleam’s Viral Share action. This will help your campaign reach a wider audience.
➡ Viral Share Setup -
Connect to Social Media Integrations
Add actions for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X. These drive discovery and expand your blog promotion across platforms.
➡ See available integrations -
Collect Email Signups
Include an email entry field to grow your email list while giving users access to the giveaway. This supports long-term growth via email marketing. -
Launch and Share Your Giveaway
Publish your campaign and share it across:- Your blog sidebar or in-post CTA
- Your email newsletter
- Social media platforms like X, Facebook, Instagram
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Promote Your Blog
Promote your blog, grow your audience, and drive engagement across social media platforms with this powerful blog giveaway template. Whether you are starting a blog or trying to get more traffic to your website, running a blog giveaway is one of the most effective promotion strategies to reach new readers.