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Entry period management guide

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Important: Broadcasts are not available on Starter plans

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Send a submission deadline reminder

As the deadline for entry nears, you may wish to send a reminder to all entrants with In progress entries. The best way to do this is to send a Broadcast.

  1. Go to Entries > Manage entries
  2. Click Advanced at the top right
  3. Select In progress from the Status drop-down menu

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  4. Click Search
  5. Click the Broadcast button at the top right, type the message you want to send, then click Review + send

Promote your program

While entries are open, you can use Broadcasts to encourage more entries. One way of doing this is by tapping the segment of users who registered with initial interest but are yet to start an entry. 

    1. Go to the Users section
    2. Open the Advanced search menu and select Entrant from the Role dropdown
    3. From Entries, select Has no entries this season OR Has no entries at all
    4. Click Search
    5. Click Broadcast to draft and send them an email encouraging them to start an entry
Tip: consider adding the {password_set_url} merge field in the Broadcast so they can easily reset their password if they have forgotten.
You can also promote your program to social media networks using the sharing buttons on the home registration page, entry submitted page, and voting pages. 

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Please see the Social sharing configuration guide for full details. 
 

Submitting on behalf of entrants

Occasionally you may want to submit an entry for an entrant. This could be because the entrant is unable to access internet and is panicking or entry submission requires payment and the entrant doesn't have a corporate credit card. In such cases, the program manager can submit the entry on their behalf and collect payment later using some other method. 

  1. Go to Entries > Manage entries
  2. Search for the entry and then click on the title to edit it
  3. Click the Edit entry button at the top of the page
  4. Click Submit entry
Important: For paid entries - when an entry is submitted by a program manager, no order is generated and the 'Payment received/pending' notification is not sent to the entrant. There is no invoice for the submission. 

Moderate entries

You may wish to moderate entries prior to judging. Doing this will send only approved entries through to judges. Please refer to the Moderation guide for more information.

Tag entries

Tags can also be used to select entries for judging. Tags are only visible to program managers and can be used to select entries when you create your judging panels. For more information please see Tag entries.

Related: Recommended steps for start judging

 

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