Knowledge Base: How to Connect Your Contest to Your Fan Page

This tutorial teaches you in 5 easy steps how to connect the contest you created in your Wildfire account to your Facebook Fan Page/Public Profile. You don't need to be a technical person to follow this tutorial. Anyone with basic computer knowledge can do it!

IMPORTANT: You have to be an admin of a Fan Page/Public Profile in order for this tutorial to work! This tutorial won't work if your company has a Fan Page/Public Profile but you are not an admin of the company Fan Page/Public Profile.

Step 1: Go to the Contests application page at http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=95936962634

Step 2: Click on "Add to my Page"

Step 3: Choose the Facebook Fan Page you want to add your contest to and click on the Add Contests button to add the Contests application to the page you want. If prompted, make sure to click on "Allow" to add the Contests Application to your page.

Step 4: Connect the Contests application to your Wildfire account by entering your Wildfire login information.

Step 5: Find your contest and click on the "Add to Fan Page" button. If you do not see your contest listed there, please make sure that you have clicked on "Publish to Facebook via Conests" in the Publish section of your Wildfire account.

Congrats! You've connected your contest to your Facebook Fan Page!

Your contest will appear in a tab titled "Contests" on your Fan Page. If you are on your Fan Page now and you don't immediately see the Contests tab, click on the ">>" tab to find it. Your contest will appear in the Contests tab once your campaign start date and start time has arrived.

Now, if you want you can drive traffic directly to your contest by setting it as the default landing place for any non-fans who come to your Fan Page. Here's how to do that:

Step 1: Select Settings link

Go to your Wall tab of your Fan Page/Public Profile and click on the Settings link. Note: You can only see this Settings link if you are an admin of the Fan Page. You won't see the Settings link if you are not an Admin of the Fan Page/Public Profile.

Step 2: Select Contests as Default Landing Tab

In the drop-down menu for Default Landing Tab for Everyone Else select Contests. This setting will direct all non-fan users to the Contests tab when they visit your Facebook Fan Page/Public Profile.

PLEASE NOTE: Again, this change will only affect people who are not fans yet. If you are already a fan of your Facebook Page, you will always come to the Wall when you click on your Page. This is a Facebook setting that cannot be changed.

You're all done with the setup of your contest!