2.2. The administrator uploads the content.
2.2.1. Survey type 'Pick your favorite'.
2.2.2. Voting contest with a public gallery.
2.3. Users upload the content.
1. Introduction.
Cool Tabs allows you to create a voting contest based on the 'Pick your favorite' concept, in which participants have to pick their favorite option from various suggestions.
The 'Pick your favorite' mechanics admits two possibilities:
1) The campaign administrator uploads the content to be voted on by the users, as a poll. Additionally, participants may be required to fill in a registration form to complete their participation.
2) Participants upload the content (and fill in a data form), so that the rest of the users can vote for their favorite, during the period of time that the campaign administrator enables. There are two types of users: participants and voters.
Below, you can see an example of the first option. The campaign administrator uploads the options that users will have to vote for.
TRY THE 'PICK YOUR FAVORITE' DEMO
2. Step by step.
The configuration of a voting contest will depend on the type of campaign you want to create: the administrator uploads the content to be voted, or the participants upload the content and a voting period is opened.
2.1. Create your campaign.
First, create your campaign and configure the basic settings. If it's your first campaign with Cool Tabs, the following tutorial shows you how to configure the essential sections and other recommended settings to make it work well and get better results.
How to get started on creating a campaign: basic settings.
If you have any questions, contact us at help@cool-tabs.com.
2.2. The administrator uploads the content.
2.2.1. Survey type 'Pick your favorite'.
In this first option, the participant chooses among several options configured beforehand by the administrator, through a quiz.
1) Create a quiz
Go to the 'Quiz' section of the campaign editor and check the option 'I don't want to assign points or categories to the answers'.
You can add a question as a statement about the voting.
In the 'Answers' tab, set as many answers as participants have options to choose from. Select the 'A single option' and add the answer options. You can add an image or a video to each answer option.
Below, you can see an example of how the voting page would look.
2) Show a summary of the answers
You have the option to show a summary of answers on the page after participating. This way, after participating, the user will be able to see how the voting results are going.
To enable the summary of answers, in the 'Quiz' section, click on the 'Entries page' tab and check the 'When participants submit their answers, they will see a summary of the answers of all participants' checkbox.
In the question settings, in the 'Advanced' tab, don't forget to check the options 'Answers to this question will be public (visible to everyone)' and 'Display this question in the summary page of answers given by participants'.
Below, you can see an example of a summary of answers, shown to the participant on the final screen.
2.2.2. Voting contest with a public gallery.
In this second option, the administrator uploads the content to be voted on by the users, as if they were the participant. In addition, a public gallery is enabled with voting options, and a voting period is opened.
1) Enable the photo upload
Go to the 'Entry form' section, 'UGC Campaigns' tab, to activate the photo upload. This way, you will be able to upload content as an administrator.
2) Make your uploaded content visible
In the 'Participations' section, 'Entry list' tab, activate the option 'Enable public participations' and the content gallery. This way, users will be able to see the content you upload as administrator and vote for their favorite.
We recommend sorting entries by number of votes.
Enable content gallery.
3) Enable the voting period
In the 'Votes' section, check the option 'Enable voting for entries' and set the voting dates. This way, users will be able to vote on the content you have uploaded. Set how many times they will be able to do so. By default, a user can vote once for each entry.
- If you have only enabled the anonymous login option in the campaign registration, it is automatically enabled so that the user can vote by providing their email address. They can vote with their Google/Gmail, Yahoo or Microsoft/Hotmail account.
In addition, you can set limitations and other filters for voting:
- Show publicly who has voted for each entry (their avatar and name will be displayed): if this option is enabled, on each entry's page (not in the entry list) all users who have voted for that specific entry will be shown. Only their avatar and Facebook name will be displayed.
- Apply the anti-fraud system to voters: under the previous options, you can restrict voting to certain countries, block voters from possible exchange networks, block fraudulent votes, and those votes that come from the same IP for the time you specify.
4) Upload the content you want users to vote for
Save the campaign configuration and access the preview. You can access it from the campaign editor by clicking on the 'Save and Preview' button, or from the control panel by clicking on the magnifying glass icon.
Once in the preview, click on 'Participate' and participate with anonymous mode. You have to upload each piece of content that will be voted on later by the users. You will need to participate from the preview in anonymous mode as many times as necessary to upload all the options users will have to vote for.
5) Close the participation dates
Bear in mind that the participation dates must be open while you upload content as the administrator. Once you have finished uploading all the content, close those dates. This way, only the voting option will remain publicly available.
2.3. Users upload the content.
This option is a classic photo, video and/or text contest. A participation period will be opened so that participants can upload their content, and a voting period so that the rest of the users can vote for the content that the participants have uploaded.
Once the basic sections of the campaign have been configured, you must activate the uploading of content (image, video or text) by the participant. This is configured in the 'UGC Campaigns' tab of the 'Entry form' section.
- Question/answer contest
- Photo contest
- and/or Video contest
To continue configuring your contest, follow the steps in the following tutorials.
How to create a Writing Contest.
How to create a Photo Contest.
How to create a Video Contest.
2.4. Other settings.
2.4.1. Winner selection.
Once the participation period is over, you will be able to select the winners.
To start the selection, you can consult the tutorial: How to select Winners and obtain your Certificate of Validity.
3. Other specifications.
In voting contests, to avoid fraudulent practices by users, it is recommended that the selection of the winner is determined not among the one who gets the most votes, but by a random draw among the N participants who get the most votes.
You can create a 'Pick your favorite' campaign with the Gold and Diamond plans.
You can also try it out with the 7-day free trial, which allows you to test any of our plans.
If you have any questions, contact us at help@cool-tabs.com.
4. Related content.
How to access the URL of your campaign to publish it.
How to create a Photo Contest.
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