Hashtag Contest App - ViralSweep

Easy to use.
Viralsweep is easy-to-use and the fastest, most cost-effective way to set up a full-service, compliant promotion. Giancarlo and the team are incredibly responsive and helpful when working through custom requests.

Courtney Harwood

SVP Marketing, Keep

Keep Testimonial: Viralsweep is easy-to-use.

Build and execute.
There is no better way to build and execute promotions than ViralSweep. Period. I’m consistently amazed at the ease with which they make complicated processes a breeze.

Pavia Rosati

Founder & CEO, Fathom

Fathom Testimonial: There is no better way to build and execute promotions than ViralSweep.

1000% ROI.
ViralSweep has been a key tool in growing our social following and our email lists. We've seen ROI's of over 1000% from revenue generated directly from our ViralSweep managed giveaways.

Derin oyekan

Co-Founder, JewelScent

JewelScent Testimonial: ViralSweep has been a key tool in growing our social following and our email lists.

Above the rest.
As an agency, we tried several sweepstakes applications for our clients. ViralSweep is head and shoulders above the rest.

Denise Keniston

CEO, Web4Retail

Web4Retail Testimonial: ViralSweep is head and shoulders above the rest.

Better than Facebook.
ViralSweep did what both Sumo and Facebook ads couldn’t do for us in months.

Gonzalo Sanchez

Director of Marketing, Evelo

Evelo Testimonial: ViralSweep did what both Sumo and Facebook ads couldn’t do for us in months.

One of the best.
ViralSweep is one of the best tools we use for running sweepstakes and giveaways.

Matt Navara

Community Director, The Next Web

Real results.
We have been doing online giveaways for years, but it wasn’t until we found ViralSweep that these promotions began to provide real results. Our social media channels and our email marketing lists have grown exponentially with Viralsweep.

Chrissy Hansen

Marketing Director, Chicago Music Exchange

Chicago Music Exchange Testimonial: Our social media channels and our email marketing lists have grown exponentially with Viralsweep.

Hashtags features.

What you can do with hashtags on the ViralSweep platform.
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Hashtag entries

Allow users to be entered into a sweepstakes or contest by using a hashtag on Instagram or Twitter.
Beautiful gallery

Display hashtag submissions in a beautiful gallery that can be embedded onto any website.
Contest moderation

Set manual or automatic approval for user generated content (UGC) featured in your contests.

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Choose media type

Only want photos or video from Instagram or Twitter? Choose the media type that must be submitted with the hashtag.
Contest voting

Allow people vote on contest submissions and even collect voter information before a vote can be cast.
Fraud detection

Voting permissions, geo-location restrictions, and spam filters ensure only legitimate votes are registered.
Private or public

Collect submissions privately or display them in a public gallery.
Direct gallery links

Provide users a direct link to their contest submission for them to share.
Submission captions

Allow for captions with photo and video submissions.

Platform features.

What you can do with contests on the ViralSweep platform.
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Unlimited promotions

Run as many promotions as you like from your account.
Unlimited entries

All leads you generate on a promotion are yours to keep.
Form builder

Build custom forms to collect data from your entrants like name and address, or create your own custom fields.
Social actions

Incentivize users to earn bonus entries with social actions.

Example social actions

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Enter via hashtag

Enable your promotions to collect entries from Instagram and Twitter as well as your entry form.

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Access to all entry data

Your data belongs to you. Accounts on any paid plan has access to all collected data.
Draw winners

Easily draw random winners from all eligible entries in one click. You can even draw daily or weekly winners.

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Embed everywhere

Run promotions from your website, store, blog, or Facebook with a small snippet of code.
Real-time analytics

See the growth of your email list and social channels with our real-time analytics. Track entries, social growth, and more for every promotion.
Mobile optimized

All promotions are mobile optimized by default. No extra work involved.
Generate referrals

Encourage customers to share your promotion with their friends via a unique referral link.

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Official rules generator

Use ViralSweep's official rules template to quickly get your promotion up and running.

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Leaderboards

Display users' rank based on entries or referrals—add a sense of competition by showcasing the leaders.

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Entry re-direct

Bypass the default post-entry page and send entrants directly to a specific website after entering.

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Style picker

One click and your promotion has a look of its own. Save your templates for later use.

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Custom CSS

Create your own theme or modify our existing styles. Fine-tune the smaller details of your promotion.

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Entry frequency

Choose between single, daily, or weekly entry limits. Promotions are single entry by default.

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Sales tracking

Track revenue generated from customers who enter your promotions.

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A/B Testing

Optimize aorund the variation that brings the most entries, referrals, followers, or likes.

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Translate into any language

Run promotions anywhere in the world and swap all of the text on the app into any language.

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Display multiple languages

Translate campaigns into several languages at one time.

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Segment your audience

Filter your entrants across all of your campaigns.

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Geo-targeting

Lock down your promotions to specific geographic locations.

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Automatic source tracking

See which traffic sources are driving entries to your promotions.

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Custom tracking links

Generate your own links and track entries from specific sources.

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Static coupons

Award coupon codes after entry or after performing a specific number of actions.

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Manage brands

Operate separate dashboards under one account. Great for agencies and large organizations.

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Integrations

Import your entry data in real-time to over 30 different services. Great for segmenting your email list.

Basic integrations

Premium integrations
Events mode

Hassle-free promotions for trade shows and events. Resets the promotion on entry.

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Entry codes

Require entrants to type in a special code before entering.

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Spam filter

Prevent cheating by controlling the spam filter settings.

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Why start a hashtag promotion?

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Collect UGC

Showcase submissions

Easy to use.

Courtney Harwood

SVP Marketing, Keep

Build and execute.

Pavia Rosati

Founder & CEO, Fathom

1000% ROI.

Derin oyekan

Co-Founder, JewelScent

Above the rest.

Denise Keniston

CEO, Web4Retail

Better than Facebook.

Gonzalo Sanchez

Director of Marketing, Evelo

One of the best.

Matt Navara

Community Director, The Next Web

Real results.

Chrissy Hansen

Marketing Director, Chicago Music Exchange

Try out a live demo Contest.

Try out a demo contest.

Contest

Hashtags features.

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Hashtag entries

Beautiful gallery

Contest moderation

Choose media type

Contest voting

Fraud detection

Private or public

Direct gallery links

Submission captions

Multiple contest formats.

Installation is easy—just copy and paste a snippet of code.

Full Page

Widget

Gallery

Platform features.

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Unlimited promotions

Unlimited entries

Form builder

Social actions

Enter via hashtag

Access to all entry data

Draw winners

Embed everywhere

Real-time analytics

Mobile optimized

Generate referrals

Official rules generator

Leaderboards

Entry re-direct

Style picker

Custom CSS

Entry frequency

Sales tracking

A/B Testing

Translate into any language

Display multiple languages

Segment your audience

Geo-targeting

Automatic source tracking

Custom tracking links

Static coupons

Manage brands

Integrations

Events mode

Entry codes

Spam filter

Works on all platforms.

Easy to integrate.

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