Since last May, Italy strongly reinforced its control about contests. Contrary to other european countries, italian authorities seems to be decided to inspect each contest launched in the country. Even if the official rules has been registered in France, few international contest holders have been punished because of the non-respect of the local laws. Reminder [...]
We never stop to make new things at Kontest! Here are two features that should delight our users. Complete edition of the competitions Until now, you could not edit your campaign once it was lauched. It was a pity, especially if you wanted to change a couple of words. Now you can change everything even [...]
The team is growing, so Kontest decided to get a new office. We are still located in Paris Soleillet, the open space is now bigger, brighter and just as fun. We still have no phone for a few days but it should get sorted out very quickly! Here is a picture:
Unlike Facebook which allows competition but with very strict rules, Google Plus won’t let brands run contests on their pages. However, a brand can post a link on its page in order to invite people from Google Plus to enter a contest hosted somewhere else (on their website or on Facebook for instance). Consequently, Kontest [...]
As promised, you can download our presentation from the Social Media London meetup. You just need to click on the image and link below: How to run a successful contest on Facebook and the web » We hope you had a great time with us and we look forward to hearing from you. You can [...]
Announced at the Facebook f8 in september, the Timeline applications are now released on Facebook. Those applications use the brand new Facebook Open Graph that allows not only to say that you “like” a content but also to say that you “cook”, you “run”, you “watch”, and many more. This allows a more advanced qualification [...]
Hello London! On January 24, 2012 at 7pm, The Green Man pub in London will host a Social Media London meetup. Arnaud Robin, Online Marketing Manager at Kontest, will speak at the event to share the best practices for people who want to hold a contest on the web and social media. He will introduce [...]
Little time has passed since the last version of Kontest and we already add new features to the platform! Shared management of the contests Your life is simpler: multiple users can now edit the same contest. For this, it is only necessary that the users are administrators of the fan page for which the contest [...]
Facebook just published a very interesting video that will help you to understand its “Promotions Guidelines”. Within a few minutes, you will know all of these rules and how to comply with them on the social network. Kontest follows with attention the evolution of these terms of use and ensures that the platform complies with [...]
As a fanpage administrator on Facebook, you could send “updates” to your community. These messages were sent in the users inbox with a limited visibility and were often seen like spam. This feature disappeared in favor of a new approach: it is not possible to massively send messages to the fans, however, you can very [...]
