Facebook Contest Rules Explained!  Can you ask people to share your contest as an entry?! Check out this video on Facebook for the definitive answer!!  https://www.facebook.com/marismith/videos/10154197782780009/ Please pass this video along to help other folks understand the proper interpretation of the Facebook Page Terms. Thank you! Bottom line ➡️ You CAN ask people to share your contest on their business Page as a contest entry. You CANNOT ask people to share your contest on their *personal* Timeline (personal profile), or a friend's Timeline, or tag a friend to enter your contest. This is simply due to technical reasons. Facebook states, "...this is because people can choose to limit the visibility of the content they put on Facebook to only themselves, friends, or to a custom group of people, Pages won’t have the ability to access all of the entries that people post on their own Timelines unless these entries are public." Voila - hope this helps clear up any mysteries and misunderstandings out there!!  References: https://www.facebook.com/page_guidelines.php https://www.facebook.com/business/news/page-promotions-terms http://bit.ly/fb_promotionsPDF

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Facebook Contest Rules
• Can you ask people to SHARE?
• NO…
–Not on personal Timelines
• BUT!!!
• YES…
–On Pages
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Facebook Contest Rules
• WHY can you not ask people to share on
personal Timelines (or tag friends)?
–Because of their PRIVACY SETTINGS!!!
–If someone shares your contest privately, that could
not be a contest entry!
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Facebook Page Terms
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facebook.com/page_guidelines.php

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Facebook Promotion Guidelines
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facebook.com/business/news/page-promotions-terms

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Facebook Contest Rules
• YES:
✔ Administer on your business Page or 3rd party app
✔ Collect entries via reactions or comments on your post
✔ Collect entries by having people post on your wall
✔ Collect entries by having people message your Page
✔ Collect entries by having people share on their Page
• NO:
✘ Ask people to share on their personal Timeline or a friend’s
Timeline
✘ Ask people to tag friends
✘ Host a contest on your personal Timeline
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