2.1. Publish your Multiplatform Sweepstake.
2.2. Create your sweepstakes in Cool Tabs.
2.3. Select the campaigns you want to combine.
2.5. Winners page and certificate of validity.
1. Introduction.
The Multiplatform Sweepstakes app lets you run a draw among participants of several sweepstakes you've launched on different social networks. This way, you can unify participants and select a single winner or set of winners.
The Multiplatform Sweepstakes app does not support draws from a list of participants. You won't be able to add a list of participants from an Excel or CSV file to your multiplatform sweepstake.
2. Step by step.
The process to use this app and select a winner is as follows:
1) Publish the sweepstakes on your social networks.
2) Create the sweepstakes in your Cool Tabs account. After publishing the sweepstakes on social networks, you need to create (register) them in Cool Tabs, so our tool knows which posts should collect entries.
3) Use the Multiplatform Sweepstakes app to unify all participants and select the winner(s). We'll explain this below.
2.1. Publish your Multiplatform Sweepstake.
Before accessing the Multiplatform Sweepstakes app in Cool Tabs, you need to publish your sweepstake posts on your social networks.
2.2. Create your sweepstakes in Cool Tabs.
1) Log in to your Cool Tabs account. If you're not registered yet, check the tutorial: How to create a Cool Tabs account.
2) Create a new campaign by clicking the 'New campaign' button, or 'Create campaign' in the left-hand menu.
You must use the corresponding sweepstakes app for each network: the Instagram Sweepstakes app for Instagram, the Facebook Sweepstakes app for Facebook, and so on.
This step matters because it's how our tool knows which posts it should collect entries from.
If you haven't created these sweepstakes in your Cool Tabs account yet, you can follow the steps in these tutorials:
Once you've created your sweepstakes (or if you already had them in your account), they'll appear in your main campaign list.
3) Select the Multiplatform Sweepstakes app and click the 'Start' button.
2.3. Select the campaigns you want to combine.
1) Write a name for your multiplatform sweepstake, so you can identify it in your campaign list.
2) Specify the draw's time zone.
3) Select the sweepstakes you want to include in your multiplatform draw and click 'Save'. If a campaign doesn't appear in the list, click 'Load more campaigns'.
Click 'Save' to start the winner selection.
2.4. Winners selection.
1) To select the winners, go to the 'Winners' section.
You can also access the Winners section from your main campaign list by clicking the trophy icon, as shown below.
2) In the 'Winners' section, fill in the filters that apply to your sweepstake and click 'Step 1: Filter'.
You can filter by the dates you want to select winners from (start and end date of your sweepstake). You can also exclude winners from previous contests, or users on your blacklist of prohibited emails/usernames.
3) Write a public title for the group of winners, and set the number of winners and alternates. Finally, click 'Step 2: Launch sweepstake'.
Keep in mind that users are counted as unique participants. If a user participated more than once, they can't be given extra chances in a multiplatform sweepstake.
2.5. Winners page and certificate of validity.
Once you've chosen the winner(s), you'll get a link to a public winners page so you can share the results with your followers. Copy and paste the link.
The winners page includes a certificate of validity, confirming that the process was carried out randomly and transparently.
Make sure to set the winners page to public mode so participants can view it, as shown below.
2.6. Winners video.
After selecting winners, you can also generate a video showing the results of your sweepstake, including its title, prizes, and winners/alternates.
This video can be published via URL or downloaded in different formats to publish on your profile and/or in Stories.
For more details, see the tutorial Winners video: how to show the result of your sweepstakes.
3. Other specifications.
We remind you that:
Users are counted as unique participants. If a user participated more than once, they can't be given extra chances in a multiplatform sweepstake.
The Multiplatform Sweepstakes app doesn't support sweepstakes from Excel or a list of participants. You won't be able to add a list of participants from an Excel or CSV file to your multiplatform sweepstake.
The Multiplatform Sweepstakes app is included in all Cool Tabs plans. You can also use it during the 7-day free trial. To select winners, you need an active plan on the platform, either paid or trial. The trial period lets you try any plan for free, with full access to its apps and tools, for 7 days with no usage limit.
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If you have any questions during the process, contact us at help@cool-tabs.com.
4. Related content.
How to create a sweepstake on Instagram >>
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