Draw a winner in front of the whole room.
People enter by texting a keyword or scanning a QR code, once each. When you’re ready, draw winners at random and reveal them on the screen behind you.
A giveaway is a step in your capture flow, so the same text that enters them can ask for their email first.
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Spring Summit giveaway
Prize: two tickets to next year’s summit
214 entries
Winner
Maria
Example live page
Run a giveaway in three steps
- 1
Create the giveaway
Name it, add the prize, and choose how many winners to draw. Close entries yourself, or set a time and the live page counts down to it.
- 2
Let people enter by text
Add an “Enter into a giveaway” step to a flow and put its keyword or QR code on screen: “Text DEMO to 33777 to win.” Each person gets one entry and a text confirming it.
- 3
Draw on the big screen
Put the live page on the projector, then click Draw winners on the giveaway’s page in your account. Entries close first, and each winner appears on screen as they’re picked.
A draw the room can trust
One entry per person
Each phone number gets one entry. Someone who texts again is told they’re already in, and a giveaway can be entered from several flows without anyone counting twice.
Winners drawn at random
Every entry has the same chance, nobody can win twice, and entries close before the draw so nobody joins after it. Each draw is recorded with when it happened and who ran it.
A live page for the projector
Show the prize, the number of entries, how to enter, and a countdown to closing. Winners appear on screen as they’re drawn.
You choose what the screen shows
Show each winner’s first name, the last four digits of their phone number, or just “A winner has been selected.” Full details stay in your account.
Winner not in the room?
Draw a replacement. The original winner stays on record with your reason, and the new winner takes their place.
Text the winners
Write a winner text that says how to claim the prize. After the draw, click Text the winners and each winner gets it once. Anyone who can’t be texted is listed, so you can reach them another way.
Questions people ask
They text your keyword to 33777 or scan your QR code. Your flow can ask a question or two first, such as their email, then the “Enter into a giveaway” step enters them and texts back a confirmation.
No. Each phone number gets one entry, even if they text again or the giveaway is in more than one flow.
At random, with every entry given the same chance. Entries close before the draw, and anyone already drawn is left out, so nobody wins twice.
No. The live page shows a first name, the last four digits of the phone number, or just that a winner has been selected, whichever you choose.
That depends on your giveaway and where you run it, so check with your own legal advisor. If you have rules, add a link to the giveaway and it appears on the live page.
Each person who starts the flow is one conversation. Their entry and any questions in the same flow are included.
Works with the rest of Textiful
- Capture data via textAsk a question or two by text and collect emails, names, and answers.
- KeywordsText DEMO to 33777.
- QR codesScan, tap send, done.
- Live pollsVotes on the big screen, live.
- Word cloudsThe room’s answer, in their words.
- Session feedbackRate every talk by text.
- HandoutsDeliver what you promised.
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