A few days back I announced "Let's Talk & Win! - Boosting Engagement With Random Winners" and I have just sent out the first prizes. A total of 5 LEO was sent to 5 different participants.
Unfortunately for me, I didn't see as many participants that I hoped for, but that actually makes things even better for the participants. The reason is simple, with more people engaging with any of my articles there will be less chance for each participant to win.
Why? - Because I randomly select people that will receive a prize. It doesn't matter how many comments you make, or if you actively engage with all the articles I publish or only a single one.
Each participant gets a number and I use random generator to pick the winners.
So, with 5 LEO in total for the next prize that will be sent out on Sunday, there will be 5 random winners. Imagine only 5 people making comments on my content. That's 1 LEO each. The odds of winning will decrease the more participants there'll be.
The goal of this is to have an on-going contest, so I will send the prizes twice per week, with the first set to be sent on Wednesday 2021-04-07. The remaining 5 LEO will be sent on Sunday 2021-04-11.
I sent the first prizes a bit late, but this is still an on-going thing that will be running until I officially announce a termination of it. From this post and forward, until 2021-04-14, I will count each comments as a participation. The next set of prizes will be sent Sunday 2021-04-11 and the third set of prizes will be sent on Wednesday 2021-04-14.
I do this in an attempt of bringing more attention towards real & active engagement which reflects a healthy and thriving platform. The long haul goal is to take some of the awesome amount of engagement from the daily posts from @leomarkettalk and push some of that elsewhere instead. I have plans for how to grow this thing into something even better with time, so starting with my own posts are just the beginning.
This is definitely a lottery. The cost is a single comment to get a ticket. The tickets are powerful and meaningful and it will boost the overall engagement with time. The outcome is a thriving and active community that will attract more content creators.
- Engagement is key.