{"id":7416,"date":"2012-10-16T06:18:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=7416"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:53:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:53:45","slug":"rules-for-running-a-contest-on-a-facebook-page-and-facebook-apps-you-can-use-to-run-a-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/rules-for-running-a-contest-on-a-facebook-page-and-facebook-apps-you-can-use-to-run-a-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules for Running a Contest on a Facebook Page and Facebook Apps You Can Use to Run a Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Facebook<\/a>You want to run a contest on your Facebook page, but there is one big mistake so many Facebook pages make when they run a contest. You might think it makes sense and is so easy to just say enter the contest by clicking like or leaving a comment, but you can’t do that. When running a contest on Facebook you can’t ask people to click like to enter to get details on how to enter. It’s against Facebook’s Terms of Use to use a feature of Facebook itself to enter. This also means, you can’t enter by leaving a comment.<\/p>\n

Here the specific terms you should be concerned with, read these carefully:<\/p>\n

Promotions on Facebook must be administered within Apps on Facebook.com, either on a Canvas Page or a Page App.<\/p>\n

You must not condition registration or entry upon the user taking any action using any Facebook features or functionality other than liking a Page, checking in to a Place, or connecting to your app. For example, you must not condition registration or entry upon the user liking a Wall post, or commenting or uploading a photo on a Wall.<\/p>\n

You must not use Facebook features or functionality as a promotion\u2019s registration or entry mechanism. For example, the act of liking a Page or checking in to a Place cannot automatically register or enter a promotion participant.<\/p>\n

You must not use Facebook features or functionality, such as the Like button, as a voting mechanism for a promotion.<\/p>\n

You must not notify winners through Facebook, such as through Facebook messages, chat, or posts on profiles (timelines) or Pages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the specific terms of running promotions on Facebook right here, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page_guidelines.php<\/a><\/p>\n

You need to use a third party Facebook app designed for contests. Here is a list of third party Facebook apps that you can use for contests.\u00a0These were posted by Andrea Vahl<\/a>:<\/p>\n