How to Connect Your Contest to Your Fan Page

This tutorial teaches you in 6 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 administrator 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 administrator of the company Fan Page/Public Profile.

Step 1: Go to the Contests application.

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

Step 2: Install on your Fan Page

Click on Add to my Page.

NOTE: If you do not see this link, it means you either don't have administrative access to any fan pages, or you already have this application installed. (If it is already installed, please ahead skip to Step 4.)

Step 3: Click on the Add to Page button.

Choose the Facebook Fan Page you want to add your contest to and click on the Add to Page button to add the Contests application to your Fan Page.

Step 4: Edit Fan Page.

Go to your Fan Page and click Edit Page.

Locate the Contests application and click Edit.

Step 5: Connect the Contests application with your Wildfire Promotion Builder Account

Input the email address and password you are using for your Wildfire Promotion Builder account and click the Connect button. This will connect the Contests application with your Wildfire Promotion Builder account.

Step 6: Click on Add to Fan Page Button(s).

Click on the Add to Fan Page button(s) of the campaign(s) you want to display on your Fan Page/Public Profile. This action adds the campaign(s) to your Fan Page/Public Profile. A green check-mark ensures that the campaign is connected. If you do not see your contest listed there, please make sure that you have clicked on "Publish to Facebook" in the Publish step of your Wildfire campaign setup.

NOTE: You will see text that says "Your campaign is not approved by Facebook". Rest assured, your campaign will be visible on your Fan Page, and you do not need approval.

NOTE: You can publish multiple campaigns within the same application tab of a Fan Page/Public Profile. More importantly, you can publish a campaign on multiple Fan Pages/Public Profiles. All you need to do is to follow this tutorial for another Fan Page/Public Profile.

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 time has arrived.

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 the Settings link if you are an administrator of the Fan Page.

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.

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!