#RubhuSocial: How to conduct a successful social media contest

Hello Everyone,

Social media has become a part of our lives. And running contests on social channels has become a need for marketers and brands. So, this week we have Pradeep Rajdas (@pradeeprajadas) as the guest to discuss more on how to conduct a successful social media contests. Join us for #RubhuSocial chat and ask/share your ideas and opinions. Questions are below.

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Questions for our discussion.

1. Why to run a social media contest?

2. When to run a social media contest? 3. How to start off with a contest? 4. Can we categorise social media contests into types? If so, what are they? 5. What are the basic ingredients for designing a social media contest? 6. What are the important points to keep in mind while designing the contest? 7. How to decide on which social platform is best to run a contest? 8. What will be the role of third party apps in running a contest? 9. How to choose a third party app? 10. We see a lot of social media contests in B2C world? How good they are for B2B? 11. What are the don'ts you recommend while running a contest? 12. What are key metrics to consider while measuring the success of social media contest? 13. Give us some examples of good social media contest?