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Creative competition with hashtag

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:02 am
by Nishat1030
The gist: you need to come up with a unique hashtag and ask participants to complete a specific task. The results must be posted on your profile, making sure to include the hashtag you came up with.

You can choose the winner yourself by choosing the most creative solution. You can also choose the winner by the number of likes a post with the desired hashtag receives.

Competition idea:

take a creative photo and post it on your profile;
tell a story related to the brand;
come up with a recipe using the company's products;
shoot a video review.
In general, you can choose any solution for the task. But it's difficult, so the audience must be active and loyal, and the prize must be worthwhile. Also, running such a promotion on unpromoted profiles without additional advertising is impractical.

Creative formats are suitable for increasing activity, grenada cell phone database engagement, and awareness. They are often used by major brands.


Pictured is a participant in TUC's Instagram contest. The company was giving away movie and quest tickets for posts using their unique hashtags #tucpass and #toteschecracker.

Contests with comments
This format will help increase profile engagement. It's suitable for popular accounts with a large number of loyal and active followers. The idea is simple: create a task for users to complete in the comments. Here are some ideas:

Write comments before the stop, and those who don’t have time will not participate in the drawing.
Guess 3-5 true facts out of 7-9 given.
Guess what is shown in the picture.
Write a short story from your life in the comments.
Provide information about why it is important to win a prize.
The winner is selected randomly or by the organizer's decision.

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The format of the giveaway is: comment until the word stop. The last commenter wins.

Step 3: Create a promotional post about the giveaway
To attract maximum attention, your contest post should be engaging. To achieve this:

Let's take a beautiful photo of the prize

It's not enough to just choose a gift; it's important to photograph it beautifully. This will help attract more attention: a bland photo will be quickly scrolled down without even reading the text. Using the photo, create an engaging image that immediately makes the post clear.

Let's give an example. The photo below shows a hookah and snacks being raffled off. But without the text, it's unclear. On a phone, it's easy to scroll past such a photo, mistaking it for a regular post image.

This picture, although simple, has a nice background and a noticeable inscription “Giveaway”.

We are deciding on the deadlines

The more valuable the prize, the longer the contest can run. It's important to constantly remind your audience about the giveaway and keep them interested.

For less-promoted accounts, don't set deadlines that are too long. If the prize isn't too expensive, 5-7 days is ideal.

We are writing a description

It's important to specify the terms and conditions as precisely as possible. This will ensure users do everything correctly, and you'll avoid any complaints.

We prescribe:

A title that may begin with the words “Attention, giveaway,” “I’m giving away,” “Participate in the competition,” etc.
Offer: what prize is being raffled off and what is its value (the latter does not necessarily need to be specified).
Conditions: what needs to be done and timing.
Special Instructions: Here you can set restrictions, such as a maximum of 10 comments, participant region, prize delivery conditions, etc.
We indicate the method for determining the winners

It's essential to indicate how the winner will be selected. If the winner will be selected by a jury or organizer, the criteria used for the selection must be justified.

If you choose a service, you need to mention it with @, as this is often an important condition for using it.

Step 4: Choose the winner. Top services for determining winners
There are two ways to randomly select a winner.

Through special services

With them, you can quickly and easily tally up your sweepstakes results. Simply enter the website link, set the parameters, and click the button.

These services allow you to find the winner:

According to the comments: the software selects a random user.
By hashtag: the winner is chosen randomly or by the maximum number of likes.
By likes.
Such services are:

MyWinni : The service offers perhaps the most extensive list of criteria for selecting winners: likes, comments, subscriptions, reposts, etc. It offers a free giveaway based on likes after registration. It's possible to replace the winner if they don't qualify for any reason (for example, a bot or fake). Instagram account authorization is not required.
Youtogift: You can choose a winner based on comments, likes, and followers, or use a free numerical or list randomizer. You can use the web version or download the iOS or Android app.
Zengram Winner: randomly selects winners from those who liked a post, followed an ac