Launch Your Text to Win Sweepstakes

Generate buzz for your business, expand your customer base, and engage your audience via text sweepstakes. Host interactive contests with Sakari’s automated text to win campaigns.

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What is a Text to Win Sweepstakes?

Text to win is a type of interactive marketing campaign that lets participants enter contests and giveaways by sending a text message. Setup couldn’t be simpler, especially with Sakari.

No entry form needed. Just choose a keyword for customers to text to your business. Then you can collect entries, choose a prize winner, and communicate the results automatically.

Text sweepstakes are a great fit for businesses of all sizes. These promotions are ideal for boosting engagement, increasing brand visibility, and attracting new customers.

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Why Use Text to Win?

Create Genuine Excitement

Who doesn’t love the idea of free products or services? Sweepstakes get customers excited, creating buzz around your brand and directing attention to your offerings.

Simplify the Entry Process

Running text to win contests doesn’t have to be difficult. Let customers enter your sweepstakes by sending a text with a specific keyword to your short code or phone number.

Grow Your Subscriber List

A sweepstakes is only the beginning. When you collect entries, invite contacts to opt in to receive marketing messages from your business.

Track & Optimize Your Text to Win Sweepstakes

Is your text sweepstakes exceeding expectations or falling flat? With real-time reporting, you never have to wonder about campaign performance.

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Use Cases for SMS Sweepstakes

Curious how your business can take advantage of text to win campaigns? Use these scenarios to guide your sweepstakes setup:

Product launches: Generate buzz before product drops and build your customer list
Event promotions: Increase awareness, interest, and attendance for company events
Seasonal campaigns: Keep your business top of mind during special occasions
Brand awareness: Boost visibility and grow your audience via interactive giveaways

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Launch Your Text Sweepstakes in 4 Easy Steps

Setting up text sweepstakes is simple with Sakari. Follow these four steps to launch a contest:

Plan your sweepstakes

Decide on clear goals for the contest. Then select prizes that appeal to your target audience and define the sweepstakes period.

Promote participation

Get the word out about the giveaway. Share campaign details with customers and followers via social media, email, SMS, or in-store signage.

Choose your winners

When the sweepstakes ends, Sakari uses a random drawing to select winners and automatically sends a prize notification via SMS.

Track the results

Use Sakari’s real-time analytics to monitor engagement. Fine-tune future campaigns based on your insights.

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SMS is by far the primary way we engage with customers today, following by email and phone. More than 95% of our sales are closed virtually without requiring an onsite visit.”

Daniel Francis

Chief Product Officer, Treehouse

Sakari can choose sweepstakes winners for you. Just set the sweepstakes period and the number of winners. Sakari selects the winners list randomly and notifies them automatically.

Anyone who meets the eligibility requirements you set can enter the contest. For example, entrants may need to be at least 18 years of age or be legal residents of a certain state.

Free products and gift certificates often work well for SMS sweepstakes. The ideal value depends on the audience and the campaign goal. When you want to attract a large number of new subscribers, for example, a larger prize or more winners may help you reach that goal.

Before launching a text to win contest, get familiar with sweepstakes rules for your region. Typically, sweepstakes must have official rules and can’t require a purchase to enter.

You may also need to disclose the approximate retail value for the sweepstakes. In addition, you may need to clarify that the odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries.

When you communicate with customers via text message, you also have to comply with regulations. Include opt-out language in each message for compliance purposes.

Yes, Sakari offers robust customer support, including a Knowledge Base of the most asked questions, as well as email support options. Our customer support is here to help your text marketing excel.

We offer flexible pricing plans to make SMS texting software available for all businesses. Check out how our pricing works here.