Over the last year I have seen a few pages disappear from Facebook (some with 10′s of thousands of followers) due to not complying with Facebook’s terms and conditions. It is really is quite sad because:
“Facebook will delete your page or account if you violate any of their terms, without any warning or chance to change, regardless of whether you knew or did not know about the terms or condition you were/are violating.”
You may think that is harsh, but if you read the terms and conditions you signed up for then they are completely within their rights to do so.
Facebook Promotion Guidelines Most People Break
One of the more common reasons a Facebook page can be deleted is due to improperly running a competition or contest on Facebook. These include things such as:
- Tagging yourself in a photo on Facebook to enter
- Automatically entering in a competition by liking a page (you can have a liking of a page as a prerequisite before entering but not as the entire entry process)
- The most likes on a post win
- Writing a status update to enter a competition
- Notifying winners through Facebook
- etc, etc
For the complete rules (that can change at any time) visit: http://www.facebook.com/promotions_guidelines.php
How To Run A Contest Within The Terms And Condition On Facebook
There are number of things you need:
- A place to host or run the competition (either a 3rd party application or your own site)
- A way to notify entrants, via your own email or a 3rd party application
You can do the following on Facebook:
- Place a link on Facebook to the competition
- Place a link on Facebook to another website that contains the winners
- Place a tab on your Facebook page that loads a Facebook app, that runs the competition
If you want a 3rd party application to do this you can use Binkd’s Promotion Platform.
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