How do you get the public to vote?
Organizing your competition, election, format, campaign or event goes beyond logistics and programming. The secret lies in involving your fans in the voting process so they are part of the experience.
We are happy to support this process so the audience can easily vote.
Set the conditions of participation
Set your conditions that candidates must meet such as age, solo or group form, length of content, availability and define cateogories.
Does the platform support different types of content?
Does the platform support different types of content?
Yes. CrowdVoting supports video, audio, and images of the following types with a maximum upload of 250 MB per submission.
Can we add questions to the platform to select submissions?
Can we add questions to the platform to select submissions?
Yes. You can add your own questions that you can use to select your candidates.
Can we import content from previous editions?
Can we import content from previous editions?
Yes. Send us a data export and we will import it for you manually.
Promote your event
Reach as many potential participants as possible by promoting the competition through social channels, TV, radio or work with partners.
- Use social media platforms and reach participants through TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and use our unique share links to vote
- Work with influencers, partners and perhaps candidates from previous years to raise awareness of your voting event
- Integrate your sponsors into voting
Do you offer integration with social media for promotion?
Do you offer integration with social media for promotion?
We will generate a unique shareable link for each audition to vote which you can distribute via WhatsAppp, TikTok, Instagram or any other platform of your choice.
Can I see how much reach the promotion is getting?
Can I see how much reach the promotion is getting?
You can see the number of pageviews and the number of unique visitors for each landing page.
Review and select the entries
With your own team or jury, determine the content (audio, video, images) based on the requirements such as creativity, originality and skills and make a pre-selection.
- Have a team of judges review the submissions
- Select the best submissions and the content that fits your election
Can we add judges?
Can we add judges?
Yes. Different judges can be added to review.
Define the voting process and weights
Set up a clear voting process and set up weightings for your event.
- Collect audience votes and integrate it into your website and app
- Determine how votes are weighted by combining audience and jury votes
How does the winner emerge?
How does the winner emerge?
It depends on the objective of your competition to determine the winner. In consultation, we determine whether, for example, the number of votes is relevant or whether the public can judge based on quality.
Can we give jurors a higher vote?
Can we give jurors a higher vote?
Yes. We can give specific judges a higher vote in the voting process.
What voting methods does CrowdVoting support? For example, online or SMS?
What voting methods does CrowdVoting support? For example, online or SMS?
The choice of voting methods depends on the target audience, budget, and desired user experience. To reach a wide audience, we recommend online and SMS voting through the website/app.
Start the event
Start the voting event at a specific date and time and have voting begin through a website and application so that it is accessible to all.
How do we integrate the voting process into our website and app through CrowdVoting?
How do we integrate the voting process into our website and app through CrowdVoting?
- The front-end buttons can be shared and added to your website or you can embed code that calls our API.
- A (new) voting app in your home bill can be placed in the stores or we share an SDK for either iOS or Andorid so you can integrate voting into an existing app.
What are the costs for hosting and scalability, especially as the number of voters increases?
What are the costs for hosting and scalability, especially as the number of voters increases?
If the server load is higher than expected in the agreed license, we compensate for the additional server load. We charge €39 for every 100 GB of data traffic, €19 for every 100K API calls and €19 for every 100 hours of streaming.
Invite fans to vote
Invite the public, followers and fans to vote linked to different incentives on their favorite candidates.
- Use different channels to invite fans to vote
- Consider rewarding voters with prizes or other incentives
- Activate candidates to engage their supporters on social media
Can we link our own CRM or a CDP?
Can we link our own CRM or a CDP?
Yes. We can link CrowdVoting with Mailchimp, HubSpot, or SalesForce, for example.
Ranking & Winner
Keep the competition exciting by showing progress with displaying a ranking and announce your winners.
- Consider updating the ranking of participants
- Announce the winner(s) in a venue or other way and communicate it to voters
Can CrowdVoting display a live ranking of candidates?
Can CrowdVoting display a live ranking of candidates?
Yes. We can display live rankings, update rankings every hour or announce winners at the end of the voting period.
Do you provide opportunities to announce the winner(s)?
Do you provide opportunities to announce the winner(s)?
Once public voting closes, we can publish the winners on the website and application in coordination. This can be done automatically or at your convenience.
Get Data Insight
Use and export the data to gain valuable insights with internal analytics.
- Analyze data on submissions and voting behavior where we can create detailed reports
Can we get insight on submissions and voting behavior?
Can we get insight on submissions and voting behavior?
Yes. We can visualize tailor-made reports in PowerBi or Tableau to gain insight.
