What will make someone participate in a twitter contest?

Discussion in 'Twitter' started by Adsmarket, Feb 28, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hey Everyone
    I am the social media manager at Adsmarket, an affiliate network. We are pretty active on our blog, our FB page, and Twitter.

    I am doing some market research in order to put together a great twitter/FB/YouTube competition to help grow brand awareness. There are four passes to ASE10 at stake, so the incentive is there, but I want to see what you forum gurus think.

    One idea I had was to see who could come up with a great viral video about Adsmarket and the four people who get the most viewers on YouTube get the passes. It makes it much more fun than simply picking a random Retweeter out of a hat, you know? I know affiliates like a challenge anyway :)

    Any ideas would be much appreciated! And, please, this is for posterity, so, be honest... (yes, it's from The Princess Bride)
    Cheers
    Daneka
     
    Adsmarket, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  2. wildogre

    wildogre Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Nice way to initiate marketing company.
     
    wildogre, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  3. music legend

    music legend Well-Known Member

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    #3
    have people do songs about your company or reviews then whoever gets the most views might work
     
    music legend, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  4. Sensei.Design

    Sensei.Design Prominent Member

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    well the most important thing for twitter contests is to have prices people will really want. If you are only offering an iPod Shuffle most people won't be interested.

    I don#t know about youtube because I never hold a youtube contest
     
    Sensei.Design, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  5. GoDonorJulian

    GoDonorJulian Peon

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    Well the ultimate goal is to have your name spread around as much as possible.

    Offer a really good prize (iphone or Macbook, maybe even an Ipad Voucher) and then say whoever gets the most people to follow your twitter account wins. Once they have somebody follow you, tell the person to retweet the name of the person who sent them. ( Or you can create a program that will show the referrer )
     
    GoDonorJulian, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  6. papa2ae

    papa2ae Active Member

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    Well to be quite honest with you ... most of the members of DP aren't even slightly interested in ipods etc. Most are here for some green (money). So, instead of the ipod shuffle, i would probably change that into some money.

    That way, much more people will participate,
    regards,
    Ryan
     
    papa2ae, Feb 28, 2010 IP
  7. clemiatguava

    clemiatguava Guest

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    #7
    a good prize and an interesting concept will always bring people in
     
    clemiatguava, Mar 3, 2010 IP
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    clemiatguava Guest

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    you can also consider using Twitter coupons
     
    clemiatguava, Mar 3, 2010 IP
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    you can set a inbound link contest - the one who gets the most wins
     
    krispy, Mar 6, 2010 IP
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    I'd set up a site to host the youtube videos along with a poll :)
     
    CPAFlashPreston, Mar 7, 2010 IP
  11. razor

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    use twitter coupons definitely
     
    razor, Mar 7, 2010 IP