Collect user-generated content and recruit brand ambassadors
A hashtag contest is the simplest way to gather user-generated content (UGC), increase brand awareness and reach a new audience. It’s easier than ever to feature moderated UGC on your website, and anyone can use a hashtag to participate in your contest. And people who participate in UGC campaigns are more likely to become customers.
Put your social media contests on autopilot
ShortStack will gather all Instagram and Twitter post images, video, text and usernames associated with any hashtags you specify. Then you moderate and display the content, and use it in conjunction with our voting and sharing capabilities.
Most important, you can use our rights management tool to secure the rights to use the UGC you collect on Instagram and Twitter, protecting your business and turning that UGC into usable marketing content.
Reliable winner selection
ShortStack makes choosing your winners easy. After setting up a hashtag feed, entries are collected in the Entries Manager instantly so you can generate a winner with our Random Entry Selector.
“After 4+ years as a loyal customer and with dozens of promotions deployed, count me as a Shortstack fan! I appreciate Shortstack’s reliability and consistent platform innovation but most of all value the absolute commitment to customer and technical support and truly outstanding level of care consistently provided.”
Ben Smith, Director of Social and Emerging Media at Callahan Creek
Run your hashtag contest with or without a landing page
You can run hashtag contests without a landing page. However, for those who want to showcase entries and collect email addresses, we have some templates that will do the trick.
Show off user-generated content from Instagram or Twitter in a simple hashtag feed.
*Template requires Agency Plan or above. |
Hashtag Contest Gallery
Collect UGC (user generated content) from Instagram or Twitter and award extra chances to win by including an optional form.
*Template requires Agency Plan or above. |
Hashtag Contest + Form
Customer Success Story
Discover how Cruise Lines International Associated collected 106K entries with their hashtag contest.
