Ok so you launch your online contest and no one is entering? Why? You have a great prize, you placed the contest on facebook and your blog or website but no one is entering.
This is due to a lack of pre contest promotion. When running an online contest, you want to make sure you give your fans at least a week head’s up that you will be running a contest. You want to promote the contest to your fans so they are waiting like hungry animals to enter your contest. A good way to get the anticipation up is to do a simple count down.
7 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
6 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
5 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
4 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
3 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
2 days before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
1 day before the ________ contest starts. Prize is ____________
By the time your contest actual launches, you will have generated enough anticipation that your fans will enter immediately. It may be also good to explain the rules of the contest just so there is no confusion on how to enter.