Online Facebook Contest Grand Prize: Free School or Library Visit by Jan Brett to Anywhere in the World,
Entries now open until April 9, 2012.
New York Times #1 bestselling and beloved children’s author/ artist, Jan Brett, launched her second annual Facebook contest through Wizehive’s Online Contest Manager. The online contest encourages parents, teachers, and librarians to enter to win a school or library visit from Brett during the 2012-2013 school year.
Within an hour of opening, the contest had accrued hundreds of entries. Tens of thousands of entries are expected by the time the contest ends on April 9, 2012.
With over 37 million books in print, Jan Brett knows how to engage her audience. Here’s why we think Jan Brett is running a great contest:
- She is running her contest on Facebook, with a built in audience of almost 33,000 fans.
- She makes it easy for new fans to enter.
- She is offering up a prize that is meaningful to her audience.
- She has a great PR firm to help promote the contest.
- She is limiting entries to one per person, but encouraging fans to recruit friends and family to vote.
The most important rule followed in making this contest a success is remembering that running a contest isn’t just about gaining Facebook Fans, but rather giving your audience something they really want.
Don’t know who Jan Brett is? Your children will.
With over 37 million books in print, Jan Brett is one of America’s most popular children’s book artist/ authors and has brought to life lovable characters and imaginary backdrops for millions of children for more than 30 years. Her popularity among preschool and elementary school youngsters, their teachers, and parents is unmatched.
While Brett is most known for her children’s books, she is also an award-winning breeder of ornamental fowl (fancy chickens!). Some of her best book ideas come from other interests including extensive travel, marathon training (she is a seven-time Boston Marathon runner benefitting the MS Society), and being a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Board of Trustees.
Jan Brett lives in Norwell, MA.