Contest promotion in every U.S. state, from the first ad to the last vote
Voting Now is a contest marketing agency. We run the advertising that puts your entry in front of real people: posts in our own social accounts, and placements in partner groups and with bloggers. We read the contest's rules first, because the organizer decides the final result.
Rules read before any budget
Every job starts with the contest's published rules. If they forbid paid promotion, you hear a plain no first, before anyone talks about money.
A free first reading
Send your contest and get a free reading of its rules and audience. A plain yes or no comes first, and a quote follows only after a yes.
Real people, never bots
Entries are promoted through ads, native PR, creators, blogger groups and our own social accounts. Each person who arrives decides alone whether to vote.
A quote before anything runs
Promotion is priced the way advertisers price leads, against a quote agreed in advance. We publish no success rates and no vote packages.
Every state, every kind of contest
A county fair, a city's Best of poll, a school vote or a national photo contest: the work starts from that contest's own rulebook, wherever it runs.
Honest about the limits
The organizer counts the votes, so nobody outside the contest can decide the result. We decline political votes, and we say so when the best advice is to win the free way.
Send the contest link and its rules
Send the link, the closing date with a time zone and the published rules. That is all it takes for the first reading.
We read the rules and answer first
We check who may vote, how often, and what the organizer may void. If the rules forbid outside help, the answer is no and nothing is spent.
A written quote and channel plan
You get a quote and a plan in writing: which channels, which audience, which days. Nothing runs until you agree to it.
Launch, report, stop on time
Promotion runs on the agreed channels and you get reports as it goes. If the organizer changes the rules, we stop and tell you why.
A contest vote sits under two rulebooks, the platform's and the organizer's. Meta's Spam standard lists offering anything of monetary value in exchange for engagement as a covered behavior, and the Santa Barbara Independent says it will disqualify a business that offers voters incentives of any kind. Voting Now reads both rulebooks before it plans anything, and a clause that forbids outside promotion ends the job.
Contest platforms check votes as routine. Easypromos runs each vote through 11 security controls and does not count one that fails any of them, and Woobox says voting fraud is becoming more common as contests grow popular. Voting Now promotes to real people who choose for themselves, at the contest's own pace, and none of this is a method for getting past a check.
Under 16 CFR 465.8, buying fake indicators of social media influence for a commercial purpose can violate the FTC's rule, which is one reason Voting Now promotes to real people and does not bring in bought counts. The FTC's Endorsement Guides also require a paid creator to disclose the connection clearly. Whether outside promotion is lawful for a given contest is a question for a lawyer, and Voting Now takes no political or governmental votes.
No quote promises a win, a ranking or a vote count, because the organizer counts the votes and applies its own rules. The Santa Barbara Independent, for one, says it will disqualify a business that offers voters incentives of any kind. Nothing runs before the client approves a written quote.
Contest Promotion Services: Ads, Native PR and Creator Networks
Voting Now's contest vote service is promotion: paid ads, native PR, creators and own channels, matched to photo, pageant, best-of and school contests.
How a Vote Campaign Works, Step by Step
How a contest promotion job runs at Voting Now: rules check first, then a channel plan, labeled creative, launch, daily reports and the points where we stop.
Buy Poll Votes: Online Poll Promotion That Reaches Real People
Voting Now does not sell poll votes; it promotes your online poll entry to real people, after checking how SurveyMonkey or StrawPoll limits repeat responses.
Buy Contest Votes: Real People, Paid Promotion, No Bots
Voting Now does not sell contest votes. We run ads, native PR and creator posts that bring real people to your entry, with no bots and no promise of a win.
Public-Vote Contests in Texas: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Best of Texas voting in numbers: 263 recurring programs, a 28-day median window, the usual months and hosts, and the Texas rules that decide who wins.
How Much Do Contest Votes Cost? Pricing Explained
What contest promotion costs at Voting Now: billed like leads, shaped by pick limits, verification, window length and audience, with no win promised.
Buy Reddit Poll Votes: How Reddit Polls Work and Why Upvotes Are Not Votes
Buy Reddit poll votes? Voting Now promotes the poll thread to real Redditors instead. How Reddit polls count, why an upvote differs, and what the FTC rule says.
Buy Twitch Poll Votes: How Twitch Polls Work and What Promotion Can Do
Twitch polls offer two to five choices and one pick per viewer unless Channel Points voting is on. What promotion can do for a stream, and where it stops.
Public-Vote Contests in Hawaii: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Hawaii reader polls in numbers: 25 recurring public-vote programs, June and August peaks, a 23-day median window and the rules that void a form.
Buy Discord Poll Votes: How Discord Polls Count and What Promotion Can Do
Discord polls give one pick per account by default and run up to 32 days. What Voting Now promotes around a poll, what Discord forbids, and when we decline.
Public-Vote Contests in Florida: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Best of Florida voting in numbers: 262 recurring programs, March as the usual month, a 28-day median window, and the limits Florida publishers set on each pick.
Public-Vote Contests in Georgia: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Best of Georgia voting by the numbers: 125 recurring programs, April openings, a 28-day median window, and the Savannah, Atlanta and Vidalia rules on which picks count.
Services, vote checks and how the work runs
Buy CAPTCHA Contest Votes? Why a Poll's Bot Check Can't Be Bought Around
Buying CAPTCHA poll votes means paying someone to beat a bot check. Voting Now promotes your contest entry to real people who pass reCAPTCHA themselves.
Contest Marketing Agency for Public-Vote Contests and Polls
A contest marketing agency checks the rules, plans who may take part and promotes your entry with ads, PR and creators, never with bought contest votes.
Contest Voting Campaign: Plan One That Follows the Rules
How Voting Now plans promotion for a UGC contest entry: the rules read first, phase by phase through the voting window, plain reports and a rule for stopping.
Buy Easypromos Contest Votes: How Easypromos Verifies Votes and What Promotion Can Do
How Easypromos tests each contest vote against 11 controls, what happens to a vote that fails, and what honest promotion from Voting Now can and cannot do.
Buy Email Verification Contest Votes? How Confirmed-Email Polls Really Count
Confirmed-email polls count a pick only after the voter clicks a link or types a code. What that check proves, and what honest promotion can do for an entry.
Free Contest Analysis: Is Your Contest Worth Promoting?
Before you buy votes online, contest free analysis from Voting Now reads the rules, audience and deadline and returns a plain yes or no on paid promotion.
How Our Advertising Works: Own Channels, Groups and Bloggers
Paid online voting the honest way: Voting Now promotes contest entries through its own channels, partner groups, bloggers, ads and native PR, labeled per FTC rules.
Buy Signup Registration Contest Votes? How Account-Based Voting Counts
Contests that make people register tie each pick to one confirmed account. What sign-up checks catch, and what honest promotion to real people can do for an entry.
Buy SMS Contest Votes? How Text-to-Vote Contests Count and What Rules Apply
Voting Now does not sell SMS contest votes. How text-to-vote short codes count picks, what CTIA and FCC rules require, and what paid contest promotion can do.
Buy IP Contest Votes? How Unique-IP Limits Work and What Honest Promotion Does
Polls that cap picks per IP address count one per network. Voting Now promotes a contest entry to real people on their own connections, never through bots.
Get More Votes on a WhatsApp Poll (Groups, Communities, Channels)
A WhatsApp poll counts only people inside the chat. Free ways to raise the count without spam, the settings that matter, and where paid promotion stops.
Rules, checks and what we refuse
How Online Contests Verify and Count Votes (IP, Email, CAPTCHA, Login)
Woobox blocks flagged IP addresses and Easypromos runs 11 controls: how online contests check IP, email, CAPTCHA and login, and what that means for promotion.
Read the Official Rules Before You Promote: 9 Things to Check
Photo contest rules decide an entry's fate: nine clauses to check, from vote limits and verification to incentives, outside promotion and disqualification.
Our Rules-First Approach: How We Stay Inside Contest Rules
How Voting Now reads art contest rules and readers' poll terms, which wording makes us decline a job, and what the FTC's 2024 fake-review rule changes.
When NOT to Buy Contest Votes (and When the Rules Forbid It)
When paying for contest votes backfires: the rule wording that forbids it, what organizers do with fake votes, and how to judge a vote seller's reviews.
Why Voting Bots Get Entries Disqualified (and What Works Instead)
Why a Polldaddy or Strawpoll bot gets caught, what organizers do to entries with fake votes, and the real promotion that holds up under review.
Polls, platforms and contest tools
Buy Facebook Contest Votes: What Promotion Can and Cannot Do
Before you buy Facebook contest votes: how Pages, groups and contest apps count, what Meta's spam rules remove, and the promotion Voting Now runs instead.
Buy Facebook Poll Votes: What Promotion Can and Cannot Do
Thinking of paying for Facebook poll votes? How group, story and Messenger polls count picks, what Meta flags, and the promotion Voting Now runs instead.
Buy Google Forms Poll Votes: What a Form Poll Can Count and What Promotion Can Do
A Google Form counts whatever its settings let through. What sign-in and email collection check, what they miss, and what Voting Now's promotion can do.
Buy Instagram Contest Votes: Promotion for Photo and Poll Contests
Buy Instagram contest votes the honest way: Voting Now sells promotion to real people, read against Instagram's promotion guidelines and Meta's spam rules.
Buy Instagram Story Poll Votes: What Promotion Can Honestly Do
How an Instagram story poll counts taps, why bought poll votes show up by name on the poster's list, and what promotion to real viewers can and cannot do.
Buy LinkedIn Poll Votes: How LinkedIn Polls Work and What Promotion Can Do
LinkedIn polls run one day to two weeks and show authors who picked what. LinkedIn's rules on fake engagement, and what paid promotion can honestly do.
Buy Social Media Poll Votes: How Polls Count on LinkedIn, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit
How LinkedIn, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit polls count picks, what their rules say about bought poll votes, and the paid promotion Voting Now runs instead.
Buy StrawPoll Votes: How StrawPoll Stops Repeat Votes and What Promotion Can Do
Buy StrawPoll votes? Voting Now sells promotion to real people, not poll votes. How StrawPoll's IP, session and reCAPTCHA checks work, and what promotion can do.
Buy Telegram Poll Votes: Channel Promotion, Not Bots
Buy Telegram poll votes the honest way: how Telegram counts answers, which channel settings filter who may answer, and the promotion Voting Now runs without bots.
Buy TikTok Contest Votes: What TikTok Allows and What Promotion Can Do
TikTok contest votes come from real viewers: what TikTok's integrity rules remove, how Likes and polls count, and what paid promotion can do.
Buy Woobox Votes: How Woobox Counts Contest Votes and What Promotion Can Do
Woobox contests count one pick per entry, daily or once, behind IP, Facebook and bot checks. Voting Now promotes contest entries to real people and sells no votes.
Buy Twitter (X) Poll Votes: What Promotion Can Honestly Do
Buy Twitter poll votes the honest way: how an X poll records each choice, why bot picks get voided, and how Voting Now promotes a poll to real people.
Buy YouTube Poll Votes: Community Poll Promotion
Buying YouTube community poll votes puts your channel at risk under YouTube's spam rules. Voting Now runs labeled promotion for real viewers instead, with no bots.
How to win a contest
How to Ask for Votes Without Being Annoying (Scripts Included)
Short scripts, one direct link and a reminder rhythm set by the contest's own limit, for asking family, friends and customers without turning into spam.
How to Get More Votes Online: 12 Tactics, Free First
How to get more votes online, free first: who to ask, how to match each poll's limit, local press, the final 72 hours, and when paid contest promotion fits.
How to Win a Baby Photo Contest (Cutest Baby Votes)
Baby of the year contest voting explained from real hospital and newspaper rules: device limits, paid-vote fundraisers, photo releases and what helps an entry.
How to Win a Baking Contest (Cookies, Pies, Cakes, People's Choice)
How judges and people's choice counts decide pie, cookie and cake contests, with entry limits, recipe rules and what promotion can and cannot reach.
How to Win a Chili Cook-Off (Judges and People's Choice Votes)
Who judges a chili cook-off, how People's Choice tickets are counted, and which rules disqualify a pot, from the Smoky Hill Museum to Brawley's Cattle Call.
How to Win a Coloring Contest (Kids and Adults)
Who picks the winner of a coloring contest: judges by age group, a random draw or a public count, with real rules from libraries, county fairs and a bank.
How to Win a Costume Contest (Halloween, Cosplay, Ugly Sweater)
Costume contests are decided by judges, by Facebook or Instagram likes, or by both. Halloween, cosplay and ugly sweater formats, with the rules that end entries.
How to Win a Dance Competition (Judges, Audience Vote, Online Rounds)
Judges' score sheets, People's Choice rounds and online vote caps at KAR, Rainbow, AMP and IODC: what decides a dance title and what loses one.
How to Win a Holiday Decorating Contest: Gingerbread and Lights
Judges' scores, Facebook counts, photo rules and deadlines from Signal Hill, Shakopee, Jamestown and Carmichael, read for anyone entering lights or gingerbread.
How to Win a Logo, T-Shirt or Mascot Design Contest
Who picks the winner in logo, t-shirt and mascot design contests, what judges score, which entry caps apply, and what rights a winning designer signs over.
How to Win a Pageant or Beauty Contest Online Vote
Beauty pageant voting explained: how People's Choice counts work, how judged titles differ, and which official rules disqualify contestants or remove votes.
How to Win a Pet Photo Contest (Dog and Cat Votes)
Pet photo contests count shelter donations, Facebook likes or judges' picks. How each one works and which rules cost dog and cat entries their place.
How to Win a Photo Contest: Votes, Judges and the Rules Between
Who picks the winner decides how to win a photo contest: a jury, a public count or both, with real limits from DuPage, Siouxland, Woobox and Lifestyles CFL.
How to Win a School Vote: Teacher, Athlete, Homecoming, Council
How school captain, homecoming court, prom queen and teacher of the year picks are counted, who may take part, and what school rules say about asking for support.
How to Win a Talent Show or Singing Contest Vote
Who scores a singing contest or talent show, how each fan's allowance is capped, and how to bring eligible people to the link without paid or automated picks.
How to Win a Writing, Essay or Scholarship Contest
How to win a writing contest, from NPR and Writer's Digest judging criteria to scholarship rubrics, one-entry rules and the rare public reader round.
How to Win an Art, Design or Logo Contest Vote
Art contests are decided by jurors, by a public count or by both. What the San Diego, Minnesota and ArtPrize rules reward, and how to gather honest support.
How to Win an Essay Contest (Judging, Prompts, Rules)
“How to win a essay competition” has one honest answer: follow the prompt, write to the printed rubric, break no rule. What SPJ/JEA, Scholastic and VFW judges reward.
How to Win Best of Austin: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Best of Austin voting explained: the Austin Chronicle's write-in nominations, the finalist cut, the one-vote rule and the clauses that get an entry disqualified.
How to Win a Best of / Readers' Choice Award (for Local Businesses)
Readers' Choice and Best of awards are won in three stages: nomination by exact name, the finalist cut, then a public vote under the newspaper's own rules.
How to Win Best of Baltimore: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Baltimore Magazine's Best of Baltimore readers' poll works: the April 29 opening, write-ins, the July 31 issue, what the rules leave out, and where promotion fits.
How to Win Best of Boston: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Boston Magazine staff pick Best of Boston; the readers' poll is separate. How nominations, poll limits and closing dates work, and what promotion can reach.
How to Win Best of Charleston: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Charleston voting works: Charleston City Paper's nomination and final dates, the finalist cut, the paid-vote ban and the discount it allows.
How to Win Best of Chicago: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Chicago voting works: Chicago Reader write-in nominations, the finalist cut, December dates and the fraud rules that get entries disqualified.
How to Win Best of Cincinnati: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Cincinnati voting works at CityBeat: write-ins, the 20-category minimum, email sign-up, and what outside promotion can and cannot do.
How to Win Best of Dallas: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Best of Dallas voting explained: the Dallas Observer's daily limit per email, write-ins in every category, the 2026 dates and what a business may do.
How to Win Best of Denver: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Denver voting works at Westword: write-ins, daily picks, the Vote for Me package, the March close, and what a business can do inside the rules.
How to Win Best of Des Moines: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Best of Des Moines voting explained: Cityview's 2027 readers' poll dates, its one-per-IP limit, why there is no nomination round, and how owners win inside the rules.
How to Win Best of Kansas City: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How The Pitch's Best of KC works in Kansas City: nominations, the finalist cut, per-round entry limits, the incentive ban and what an agency can honestly do.
How to Win Best of Las Vegas: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Best of Las Vegas from nomination to final count: the 2026 dates, the one-pick-per-day rule, and the clauses that cost Las Vegas businesses their place.
How to Win Best of Memphis: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Memphis voting works at the Memphis Flyer: two reader rounds, the timing in our tracking, the prize and limit rules to check, and where promotion fits.
How to Win Best of Miami: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Miami New Times runs Best of Miami: nominations, the top-five finalist cut, the daily final round and what got reader picks thrown out.
How to Win Best of Milwaukee: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Milwaukee voting works: editor-picked nominees, a May-to-June readers' survey, one vote a day in 2024, and what a nominated business can do.
How to Win Best of Omaha: Nominations, Finals and Voting
Best of Omaha voting from nomination to final round: the finalist cut, one-person limits, Omaha timing, and where paid promotion stops.
How to Win Best of Orlando: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Orlando Magazine's Best of ORL is won: the March 1 to May 1 window, one valid entry a day, the six-category rule, the age line and where promotion fits.
How to Win Best of Pittsburgh: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Pittsburgh voting works: Pittsburgh Magazine's March nominations, the editorial finalist cut, hourly limits and the clause on stuffing the count.
How to Win Best of Portland: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Willamette Week's Best of Portland Readers' Poll is won: two rounds, a five-finalist cut, the paper's promotion advice and the rules worth checking first.
How to Win Best of Raleigh-Durham: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How The INDY's Best of the Triangle moves a Raleigh-Durham business from nomination to county win to the Triangle-wide round, and what its rules forbid.
How to Win Best of Richmond: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Best of Richmond voting works at Richmond Magazine: the April 27 close, 192 categories, the two rules that disqualify a business, and where promotion fits.
How to Win Best of Tampa Bay: Nominations, Finals and Voting
How Creative Loafing Tampa's Best of the Bay works: daily nominations, a top-15 cut, a July to August final round, and what outside promotion can and cannot do.
How to Win an Online Voting Contest: What Actually Moves Votes
Daily limits, supporter lists, a phased plan and the last 72 hours, drawn from the published rules of newspaper and fair contests, plus where paid promotion hurts.
How to Win a State or County Fair Contest (People's Choice Votes)
Fair contests split into judged classes and people's choice counts. How Iowa, Texas, San Diego and Illinois fairs pick winners, cap picks and close.
Public-Vote Contests by State: Counts for All 50 States + DC
State-by-state counts of recurring public-vote contests for all 50 states and D.C., from Utah's 37 programs to California's 264, with windows and opening months.
Vote Exchange Groups: How They Work and the Real Risks
How vote exchange groups and swap forums trade picks, what Arizona and Santa Barbara contest rules mean for a traded choice, and what works better.
State guides
California Public-Vote Contests: Original Data, How to Win
In our tracking, 264 recurring California public-vote programs, September openings, 22-day promotions, and the rules Santa Barbara and SoCal papers enforce.
Public-Vote Contests in Colorado: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Colorado's recurring public votes in numbers: 105 organizers, March openings, a 28-day median window, and how Best of Denver-style reader polls are won.
Public-Vote Contests in Indiana: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Best of Indiana in numbers: 131 recurring public-vote organizers, an August-to-November calendar, Poll.fm's share and the Readers' Choice rules behind a local win.
Public-Vote Contests in New York: Original Data and How to Win Locally
New York public-vote contests in numbers: 163 recurring organizers, September openings, a 28-day median window, and what Bronx and Long Island rules discard.
North Carolina Public-Vote Contests: Original Data, How to Win
North Carolina's 161 recurring public-vote programs: usual months, a 24.5-day median window, platforms, and what Durham, Wilmington and WNC rules allow.
Pennsylvania Public-Vote Contests: Original Data, How to Win
Pennsylvania public-vote data: 166 recurring programs, September openings, Poll.fm at 144 of 310 records, and how TribLIVE and Bucks County rules shape a win.
Public-Vote Contests in Virginia: Original Data and How to Win Locally
Virginia public-vote data: 116 recurring organizers, June openings, August closings, a 28-day median window, and how Richmond and Lynchburg rules shape a local win.
Wisconsin Public-Vote Contests: Original Data, How to Win
Best of Wisconsin reader polls in numbers: 106 recurring programs, June openings, 28-day windows, and the Milwaukee and Madison rules that decide who wins.
No. Voting Now does not sell contest votes. It runs paid promotion, meaning ads, native PR, creator posts and placements in partner groups, that puts an entry in front of real people, and each of them decides alone whether to vote. The organizer's count and rules decide the result.
The promotion is priced the way advertisers price leads, against a quote agreed before anything runs. This site publishes no prices and no vote packages. The first step is a free reading of your contest's rules, and a quote follows only if those rules allow outside promotion.
No. The organizer counts the votes and applies the rules, so nobody outside the contest can fix a result. Promotion can put an entry in front of more people. We publish no success rates, because a rate from other contests says nothing about yours.
No. Bots and fake accounts are what get entries disqualified, and every major platform bans them. Promotion here means ads, posts and placements that real people see and answer on their own, at their own pace.
Contests whose rules forbid paid promotion or outside help, political or governmental votes, and any job that needs a contest's check to be dodged. We read the rules first, and when the answer is no, we say so in writing.
Yes. Voting Now works on contests and polls in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia. A county fair, a city Best of poll and a national photo contest get the same first step: the rules are read before anything is planned.
Use the Send a link button to send the contest link, the closing date and the published rules. You get a plain answer on whether outside promotion is allowed before anyone discusses a budget.
Send your contest link for a plain answer
Send the link, the closing date and the rules. You get a written answer on whether outside promotion fits, before any budget is discussed.