So a few - quite important - final thoughts ...

Giveaways are extremely successful ... when you let all of your users know about it.

In other words, you'll have to promote your giveaway whenever and wherever you can ...

It could be a floating header or footer bar that will promote your giveaway on all of your site pages, it could be a newsletter sent to all your subscribers, and of course it can be shared on several social media platforms.

More than that, if you are using social sharing tools on your post, your readers will also share it ...

Another important thing ... the number of your prizes.

You can have hundreds of prizes. Literally. But if you are offering too many prizes you could run into a few annoying issues ...

First, you won't be able to display the number of winners on the widget.

Also, if you want to use the random winner picker on Rafflecopter, then you'll have to prepare yourself to work extra hard.

Why? Because, there is no easy way to select random winners in bulk.

If you have 100 prizes, you'll have to click the "Add Winner" button 100 times, so the contest is fair and each person gets equal chance of winning.

Obviously, this is not so bad when you only have 3-10 winners like most giveaways do ...

And that's it my friends!

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Bimby Premium
Thanks for this training!
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for your time!
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kiliwia62 Premium
Never heard of it but I find it interesting and I already have an idea.
Two questions I still have.

Do I have to create a post or page for this widget or can I put it right away into the sidebar of my website?

Can I set the numbers of winners i.e. the first 10 who leave a comment.... will receive the Giveaway?

Thanks for your answers.
Sylvia
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smartketeer Premium
You can insert the Rafflecopter code whenever you want. New page, new dedicated post, in your existing content on a specific page pr post, sidebar, etc

You could... You're more than welcome to pick a winner by hand if you'd like, but if you do, you'll have to announce the winner on the outside of the widget. In order to have a winner displayed on the Rafflecopter widget when your giveaway is over, they must be selected by Rafflecopter on the 'entries' tab randomly by clicking 'add a winner'.
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kiliwia62 Premium
Thank you so much for the clarification, it certainly helped :)
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smartketeer Premium
My pleasure Sylvia!
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FKelso Premium Plus
Another good idea, Zed. When I am ready to do a giveaway I'll remember this post.
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks Fran!
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NeptuneSiver Premium
That's what I am working on I am taking a College crouse Travel Agent, They will enter their information for a free trip. And they will get a website to blog about it. Though My Hosting Company
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for the feedback Sherman!
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Nick-at-WA Premium
Thanks for the training, Zed.
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for the time Nick!
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Nick-at-WA Premium
Sure!
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