This guide is for those running Strutta-powered contests. Strutta's Internally Judged to Voting Contest option is best for contests with high valued prizes, award shows, business competitions, etc. where community engagement and social sharing is paramount in selecting a winner! With this PRO package option, judges will determine your contest finalists and a popular vote will determine your contest winners. 

In this guide we’ll walk through the transition from judging to voting, and how to close your contest through our system. 
We’ll also take a look at some creative ways to showcase your contest winners! To create your own contest using Strutta's platform or for more information, visit: http://strutta.com

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2. With this PRO package option, judges will determine
your contest finalists and a popular vote will
determine your contest winners.
In this guide we’ll walk you through the transition
from judging to voting, and how to close your contest
through our system.
We’ll also take a look at some creative ways to
showcase your contest winners.
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3. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
When the submission round comes to a close,
take action in your Admin Dashboard >
Timeline.
Click Set up Judging.
While the judges pick winners on the back
end, your, live site will be updates to reflect
the closed submission round: submission
capabilities removed, buttons and timeline
messaging updated.
Note
Finalists will not be published to the site
through our system at this point.
The judges must first pick the winners. You’ll
also have the chance to review & confirm the
winners before any winners are published to
the live site.
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4. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
We’ve streamlined the judging process for you
and your judges. When the time comes, just go
to your Admin Dashboard > Timeline.
If you have not named judges yet (in the Content
> Details section of your Strutta builder), you
can add judges now.
Customize the pre-populated message and then
send out the e-mails.
Note
Do not remove the <link> placeholder! It will be
replaced in the e-mail with a unique link that will
lead each judge to their personal judging
interface.
Example Received E-mail
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5. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
Judging Interface
Each judge will be directed to a judging interface
where they will review their favorite entries and
rank them. Judges can drag and drop the ranking of
their shortlisted picks.
Judges do not have to submit their picks in one
sitting. Our system will automatically save their
shortlist so they can leave and return to their work
at their connivence.
You can track judging results in your Admin
Dashboard > Timeline.
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6. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
Once all judges have submitted their picks, you’ll
need to take action:
Click Review & Confirm.
If your contest has more than one winner, you can
drag and drop the winner rankings.
Click Replace to select another entry for each
winners spot.
Click Confirm to proceed to the Voting round.
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7. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
The finalists will be published to the site when you
confirm them. The voting round will begin as per
your specific timeline.
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8. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
Let the voting begin
When a user logs in via Facebook (or by
default on contests launched as a
Facebook App), they will be prompted to
share favorite entry on their Timeline after
casting a vote for all their friends and
family to see!
Voting limits as per your settings will be
enforced. As questions from your contest
community are sure to arise, you may find
our participant FAQs helpful.
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9. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
When the voting round comes to a close, take
a look at the Strutta Fraud Guard results to
ensure voting integrity. Then, take action in
your Admin Dashboard > Timeline.
Click Review & Confirm
Your live site will be updated to reflect the
closed voting round: voting capabilities
removed, buttons and timeline messaging
updated.
Note
Winners will not be published on the site
through our system at this point. You must
first Review & Confirm the winners.
If your contest has more than one winner, you
can drag and drop the winner rankings.
Click Replace to select another entry for each
winners spot.
Click Confirm to proceed to the Prize
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10. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
You’ve confirmed the winners. Now its time to let them
know what they’ve won!
Click Send Winner Notifications to close your site
through our system. The site will post the winners
when all the winners have claimed their prize.
You can also click Skip This Step to publish winners
immediately. The site updates automatically to reflect
winers. You must notify winners manually.
Assign any listed prizes to each winner and
personalize the message.
Do not remove the <judge> or <link> placeholder, it
will be replaced in an email with a unique link that will
lead each winner to their prize claiming form.
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11. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
Winners will click through to the prize
claiming form.
Track who has claimed their prizes and
collect the contact information in your
Admin Dashboard > Tools > Export Data.
Once all winners have claimed their prizes,
your contest will close.
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12. Set up Judging > Confirm > Voting > Confirm > Notify >
Claim > Site Update
Once all winners have claimed their prizes, your
contest will automatically close and your site will
update to reflect the winners!
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13. Other ways to display your
winners
Before you send out the good word on
Facebook, in blog posts, tweets, e-blasts and
other communications, make sure your site is
updated.
You can edit your site while it is live in your
Admin Dashboard > Edit, we encourage you
to get creative!
We’ll host your site for an additional two
weeks past the contest’s end date. Beyond
that you can keep it live by enabling
Extended Hosting.
Maggiano’s updated the graphic in the Look & Feel >
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14. More ideas
• Create a photo or video collage of
the winners for your sites About
page.
• Create a video with your big news
and update your intro video.
• Update your Prizes page to name
who has won what prize.
N_K_D Pizza used simple HTML in the Details
section of their Strutta builder to create a
video collage of their winners.
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15. There You Have It!
Your Judging to Voting Contest is now closed.
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