This past week I tried to hold my first giveaway on Facebook. The day before the draw, a caring friend and fellow mompeneur brought to my attention the fact that Facebook has some pretty tight rules on their promotion guidelines. If I simply shared a photo and told people to like my page and share the photo as so many promotions did, I risked losing my business page. It was a risk that I just couldn't take.
By this time I had already been circulating the photo for several days and was quite excited to see that many people had shared the photo and were eager to enter the contest. Thanks to the third party app that Facebook required me to install though, my draw did not have any entries and I was quite disappointed by the outcome.
So, I'm going to do this a bit differently. To make up for the confusion that surrounded the first draw, I am going to enter the names of those who shared my giveaway photo and have liked my business page into a random generator and hold a draw for the $25 credit to Memorably Sweet. The draw will be held on Wednesday night to allow me time to sort through the entries and find an appropriate name generator.
I'll also be launching a new giveaway on Facebook too! When I hit 100 likes on the Facebook page for Memorably Sweet Arrangements, a name will be randomly drawn from everyone who likes the Memorably Sweet Arrangement for an additional $25 credit! I will be posting the winner of each draw as a status on the Memorably Sweet page, and I will also be posting details here.
So there it is, my first kink as a business owner. I can only hope that it is the worst that happens. Please bear with me though as I settle into this new journey. I may not have gotten it right the first time, but I'm trying to learn from it and make this next giveaway much more successful!
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