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Contests

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Written by Brandon Gerber
Updated over a week ago

This tool allows you to view and set up keywords specifically for contests that people can enter in. This is separate from the “Keywords” tool.

  • These contest keywords can be scheduled to run for a certain amount of time.

  • Custom auto responses can be set up for these keywords.

    • Also, Duplicate Entry Warning messages can be set up to be sent out whenever someone tries to enter in a contest more than once.

  • People texting the keyword to the studio line will enter them into the contest.

    • The auto response for the keyword will be sent as well.

    • If they enter the contest more than once, they will get a warning message.

    • If a person includes more than just the keyword in their message, they will get a regular \ default auto response instead of being able to enter in the contest.

      • They must only type in the keyword to enter.

  • Winners can be selected randomly from the contest with a click of a button.

    • An option is available to leave out previous winners.

      • The criteria can be from today, within the last week (or last two weeks), within the last month, or within the last year.

    • After a winner is selected, an option will appear to allow you to contact them.

      • Losing contestants can be messaged as well.

      • If you do not have their name, you can ask them for it so you can save it on their phone number. You can also ask for additional information you may need for the contest, like the city and state they are located in.

  • Contest Templates can be created to run contests that can be reused at any time.

Admin Side:

These are the details for each item:

  • “Add Contest” Button - Clicking it allows you to add in a new contest. After creating one, it will show up in either the “LIVE Contests”, “Today’s Contests” or “Upcoming Contests” box depending on the schedule you set up for the contest.

    • Once the contest has ended today, they will show up in the “Today’s Contests” section.

    • Clicking the arrow icon next to the button allows you to choose which of the two contest types you wish to use. Listen below are the types.

      • Keyword Contest (default) - Create a contest with one keyword.

      • Keyword Contest with time slots - Create a contest with multiple keywords that will run on different time slots.

"Adding Contest" Box (for Default Contests):

"Adding Contest" Box (for Contests with Time Slots):

  • LIVE Contests - The section to view and manage currently running contests.

    • Contest - The name of contests, or keywords being used for the contests.

    • Schedule - Displays the dates and times the contests will remain active before they turn off.

    • Entries - The number of how many entered in the contests. Clicking the numbers within this column will open a section to view who entered in a contest.

    • Status - The indicator on if the contest is running or not.

    • “Edit” Button - Clicking it will allow you to edit a contest.

    • “Delete” Button - Clicking it will allow you to delete a contest.

“LIVE Contests” Section:

  • Contest Templates - The section to view or manage contest templates. Templates you create can be reused at any time.

    • “Add New” Button - Clicking it allows you to create a new template.

    • Contest Keyword - The keywords for the templates.

    • “Start Contest” Button - Clicking it will start a contest with the template. This will change into a “Stop” button.

      • “Stop” Button - Clicking it will stop the contest using the template.

    • “Edit” Button - Clicking it will allow you to edit a template.

    • “Delete” Button - Clicking it will allow you to delete a template.

“Add Contest Template” Box:

“Edit Contest Template” Box:

  • Today’s Contests - The section to view contests that will run or have ran today.

    • Contest Keyword - The keywords being used for the contests.

    • Schedule - The time the contests will run or have run today.

    • Entries - The number of people who entered the contest.

      • Clicking a number next to a contest allows you to view the list of entries.

    • Status - The indicator on if the contest is about to go live, or if it ran its course today.

    • Winner - Displays the winner if one was selected.

    • “Edit” Button - Clicking it will allow you to edit a contest. It’s only available if the contest has not gone live yet.

    • “Delete” Button - Clicking it will allow you to delete a contest. It’s only available if the contest has not gone live yet.

    • “Select Winner” Button - Clicking it allows you to select a winner through a pop-up. It’s only available if a contest has finished its run or if you manually ended it. If no one enters the contest, a "No Entries" text will display in the button's place after the contest ran its course.

      • If a winner is selected, the button will rename itself to “View Winner”.

      • An option is available to ignore contestants who have already won a contest within a certain timeframe. Listed below are the options.

        • Don't ignore any contestants

        • Within the last day

        • Within the last week

        • Within the last two weeks

        • Within the last month

        • Within the last year

      • If you click the “Select a Winner” button in the pop-up, a winner will be selected at random.

        • If a winner is selected but you wish a different one was chosen, you can click the “Select a Different Winner” button.

      • A “Message” button will appear to allow you to contact the winner. You can ask for their name and any additional information you may need from them.

        • If you wish to remove the winner from the contest instead, you can click the "Remove" button.

      • A "Message Losing Entries" button will also appear to allow you to contact the losing contestants.

        • Note: Messaging the contestants with this option counts towards your monthly usage.

    • "Clone" Button - Clicking this allows you to reuse / duplicate a contest and its settings. The contest can be adjusted before you make it live.

      • This is only available if a contest has finished its run or if you manually ended it.

“Today’s Contests” Section:

“Select a Winner” Box (If no winner was selected yet):

“Select a Winner” Box (If a winner is selected):

“Message Losing Contestants” Box:

  • “Archived Contests” - The section to view and manage old contests. Can be accessed by clicking the “View Archives” Button.

    • Contest Keyword - The keywords used for the contests.

    • Date - The dates and times when the contests ran.

    • Entries - The number of how many entered in the contests. Clicking the numbers within this column will open a section to view who entered in a contest.

    • If you haven’t selected a winner in a contest yet, you can do so here by clicking the “Select Winner” button.

    • Clicking the "Download" button next to a contest will download a Excel file containing the contest's stats.

    • Clicking the "Clone" button allows you to reuse / duplicate a contest and its settings. The contest can be adjusted before you make it live.

    • Clicking the “View Active Contests” button will take you back to the main “Contest” page.

Need More Help? Call us at 217-239-0975, or email us at support@envisionwise.com.

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