FB Sharing Contest Tracking Question?
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We are going to give-a-way a PS4 through a social media contest. Likes, g+ circles and shares, but I wasn't sure if there was a problem tracking shares. I always thought I could just look at my FB posts and it would say how many shares. All I want to do is people to give someone an extra entry for sharing one of my post on his or her FB page. However, I've read that tracking shares can be difficult. I think the shares that are difficult to track are the ones beyond what I need, like if a 3rd party shared it or something, but I'm not sure. I want the contest to be as accurate as possible.
Can anybody confirm or correct my thinking, please?
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
Ruben
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Oops, I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.
- Ruben
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Yup, management wanted us to look into running a "contest" as well recently which got put on hold when we brought up this from FB's terms & conditions: Personal Timelines must not be used to administer promotions (ex: “share on your Timeline to enter” or “share on your friend's Timeline to get additional entries” is not permitted).
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Also make sure that the contest abides by the FB and G+ rules for contests. Facebook has recently relaxed some of their restrictions, but it's something to look at as you're designing the contest.
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Facebook Pages can't always see every person who shared a post of theirs because of the privacy settings of the specific user.
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