From the
desk of Brad Callen
Indianapolis, IN
Thursday, September 02nd, 2010
It's no secret that one of the ways those with the most Twitter followers are able to build their follower count to incredible amounts are through the use of free giveaways.
Free giveaways have been talked about and used by Twitter experts like @JoelComm, @IJustine, @CoachDeb and many others.
They're even used by mega companies like Coke, Dell, and so on.
If you perform a Google search on the words: "Twitter Giveaway", there are over 3.5 million search results returned. It's a fact. Giveaways are one of the single best ways to:
Giveaways are a win/win for EVERYONE.
A Twitter giveaway is just that... You give away "Something" in return for your visitors taking some sort of action. An example would be giving away a free eBook to anyone that reTweets a message you would like them to reTweet.
Ok, so wouldn't it be nice if there was an easy way for anyone to automatically run a Twitter giveaway?
Well, guess what? There is :-)
With Twiveaway, you'll automatically be able to create as many Twitter Giveaways as you want... and it's all done on autopilot!
How's it work? Simple...
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Create a Twiveaway campaign |
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Select the criteria for the twiveaway (i.e. user must follow you on twitter, user must retweet the message you ask them to retweet) |
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Post a message on Twitter, or wherever telling people about your twitter giveaway. As soon as the giveaway criteria is met by them from step 2 above, Twitter Leap will AUTOMATICALLY send the person whatever giveaway prize/item you're giving away, via a Direct Message on Twitter! |
That's it! Seriously.
Let's say you were giving away a free eBook or report as your giveaway prize. You would simply set your giveaway message that Twitter Leap would send, to something like this: "Congratulations on claiming your giveaway prize. You can download it here: http://YourDownloadLinkToPrize
As soon as the person met the criteria you set in step 2 when you created your giveaway campaign, they'd be direct messaged your download message.
Not only can you run a Twitter Giveaway contest where everyone wins, but can ALSO create a twitter giveaway contest where only 1 person wins!
For example, let's say you wanted to give away a free Ipod shuffle to 1 lucky winner. Obviously we couldn't afford to give away a free Ipod shuffle to everyone that retweeted our message. So, what we'd do is anyone that followed the criteria we set (i.e. reTweet our message, follow us, etc) would be entered for a CHANCE to win the free Ipod.
This is what many of the large corporations like a Dell.com will do via Twitter.
Using Twiveaway, there is no need to manually track every single person that's eligible to win the Ipod... Then worry about selecting 1 winner, contact them manually, and then figure out how to get their contact information... and then announce on your Twitter page who won the contest.
With Twiveaway, you just create a "1 person wins" giveaway contest and Twiveaway will track everyone that's eligible to win the Ipod. Twiveaway will allow you to press 1 button and randomly select a winner. You'll be able to direct message them automatically via Twiveaway to congratulate them and collect their mailing address. You'll also be able to automatically post a message to your twitter account announcing the winner.
Every single step to this type of giveaway is ALSO completely automated, making giveaways as painless as possible!
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Create an unlimited number of giveaway campaigns
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Keep track of the number of followers you build
with each giveaway
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Customize your giveaway contests with whatever message
you want
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Run both types of giveaway contests (everyone wins,
or 1 person wins)
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All the while, enriching the experience for your
own Twitter followers!
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