A polite suggestion.... And a bit of help!

Vals2402

Thank you - very useful post

With regards to Tweet about the giveaway, I always c&p what I thought was the URL before I actually tweet and I notice you mentioned the view tweet (which I've never even noticed before - oops) and get the URL from their, does that mean I've been doing it wrong all this time?

eyeballpaul

A very interesting and informative post, but I must confess it will make me less likely to enter them. I like quick and simple in a competition entry and move on quickly.

Good luck to those who enter them though

Blulu

Vals2402 wrote: »

Thank you - very useful post

With regards to Tweet about the giveaway, I always c&p what I thought was the URL before I actually tweet and I notice you mentioned the view tweet (which I've never even noticed before - oops) and get the URL from their, does that mean I've been doing it wrong all this time?

Sorry, but yes. They want to see their tweet showing on your twitter status. The correct url to copy will include your username and the word 'status' - assuming I've been doing it right

Blu X

libra10

Thank you, lots of useful information.

Much appreciated.

Blue___Nile

Thank you for this thread, very interesting reading. However, I was just wondering about the tweet URL.

After I get confirmation that the tweet has been posted I c+p the URL which is at the top of the box i.e. above where it says your tweet has been posted e.g. it starts off 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/complete?latest_status_id......................................

Is this wrong as well?

Seems a bit of a pain to have to go 2 extra steps to copy the tweet URL i.e. hitting the button to view the tweet and then c+p the tweet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx

ikkle87

Blue___Nile wrote: »

Thank you for this thread, very interesting reading. However, I was just wondering about the tweet URL.

After I get confirmation that the tweet has been posted I c+p the URL which is at the top of the box i.e. above where it says your tweet has been posted e.g. it starts off 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/complete?latest_status_id......................................

Is this wrong as well?

Seems a bit of a pain to have to go 2 extra steps to copy the tweet URL i.e. hitting the button to view the tweet and then c+p the tweet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx

Yes it's wrong but you don't need to go 2 extra steps. Right click on the link that says view your tweet and select copy link location then you can just press paste on the box on the rafflecopter form.

Blulu

Thanks again Jaibaby. I've just pmed Velvet Glove to ask about adding your OP to the guide.

It will be so much quicker and easier now to answer questions on rc, just by pointing people to your summary.

:T:T:T:A:T:T:T

Blu X

VelvetGlove

What a fab thread, thanks jaibaby and everyone else who contributed. (A special thanks to Blulu for sending me a pm to let me know about it and so I can add it to the Guide! :A)


I'll add a link to this thread into the Guide (Like I did with compsalex's thread about using Roboform to complete the 'no thanks' boxes.)

Two major benefits to linking to this thread as opposed to copying the cotent into the Guide:

1) If info is added/amended, the Guide stays current with this thread being maintained.
2) More foot traffic (or should that be mouse traffic..?) to this thread when people can ask questions that are RC specific and give the thanks where it is due.

Give me a few moments as I'll need to add a new topic into the Guide for this, I'll be back in a jiffy with a link to the bit in the Guide....

... back! OK here's the link to the section added into the Guide:

More Advanced - then scroll down to:

5 Do you have any tips for entering Rafflecopter comps?

That should do the trick

fnc63

thanks for the post
can i just stick a couple of points in

jaibaby wrote: »

• Firstly, you DON'T have to be a Facebook or Twitter user. You can sign up with just your email address.

but some first mandatory fields may require you to have these accounts

jaibaby wrote: »

You MUST click on "View it on Twitter" -

actually you dont have to, what i do is right click on "View it on Twitter" and choose copy shortcut/link location

jaibaby wrote: »

Another big mistake on Rafflecopter is that when it comes to comments on Blog posts, follows on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram - is that people sometimes don't use the same name.

I've done it, used jaibaby as a username on something but put my real name in the Rafflecopter form Massive fail on my part because if I was lucky enough to be picked, the promoter wouldn't be able to link my username with my real name. Such a simple mistake but so often done

this ones actually a question rather than a tip,
on twitter i use my @name like it asks for and in the blog comment i put my real name which isnt the same but there it asks for an email address so i just assume that if your comment was the chosen winning entry they would contact you that way and it doesnt matter how you signed into rafflecopter or what name/handle you used anywhere else, is that wrong ?

jaibaby

fnc63 wrote: »

thanks for the post
can i just stick a couple of points in



this ones actually a question rather than a tip,
on twitter i use my @name like it asks for and in the blog comment i put my real name which isnt the same but there it asks for an email address so i just assume that if your comment was the chosen winning entry they would contact you that way and it doesnt matter how you signed into rafflecopter or what name/handle you used anywhere else, is that wrong ?

Yes of course, I never even thought about right clicking view before - will sit down tomorrow when the kiddies are in school and add / delete

What I mean with the name bit hun, some blogs / sites use different things for the comments. Disqus, commentluv etc - some you login to - so if you comment using the username of fnc63 - but you put your real name in the RC form - how will they know that fnc63 is connected to your name? Some promoters just skim the comments bit to ensure that "Joe Bloggs" has commented, but if JB has commented as "Username3" - there is no link, not all of them check the emails used, IYSWIM xx

(Especially worth noting if you comment as "Anon")