Giveaway FAQ
What is Inspired Circle?
Inspired Circle is a digital agency focused on promoting Muslim creators and brands. We take groups of Muslim creatives and partner with Muslim influencers, holding large Instagram giveaways that engage their audience to discover our participating creators. This allows our participants to grow their reach and followings with real and targeted quality followers. As a part of our mission, 10% of prizes include a donation to a charity organization.
How does the giveaway work?
We gather approximately 25 Muslim brands and creators as well as select Muslim influencers, and raffle off an enticing dream prize to the collective audience. All accounts involved post the giveaway at the same time announcing the start of the giveaway. Viewers are pointed to @InspiredCircle to enter the giveaway and view the rules of entry, which are: 1) like the giveaway post, and 2) follow the 25 sponsors that @InspiredCircle is following. Throughout the campaign we focus on both gaining follows for our participants and on promoting our participants and their work to viewers. Winners are selected at random.
What, how, and when do I post?
Giveaways run for one week with two required posts - one at the start of the giveaway and one halfway through. We provide the image and caption for both posts so that everyones posts are in sync. We send out a reminder 10 mins before it is time to post. All instructions are simple and easy to follow.
For maximum success we encourage all participants to take an active role in the campaign by additionally sharing the giveaway in their stories and taking steps to encourage their followers and network to enter. Because our campaigns are collaborative, efforts made by every participant are felt throughout the entire group!
How many new followers will I gain?
The amount of followers varies. Our goal is gaining our participants quality exposure across the Muslim community, therefore we aim for the highest number of real followers possible and promote campaigns accordingly. Inspired Circle campaigns typically yield 1000+ followers, while InspiredGlobe/Seasonal campaigns typically yield 2500+. Visit our past results page for more detailed campaign stats. No results are ever guaranteed.
Do I need a minimum amount of followers to participate?
No, you do not need a minimum amount of followers to participate.
Because participants with larger followings assist in the overall performance of the campaign, our monthly Inspired Circle campaigns require a $35 up-charge for participants who do not have at least 10,000 followers.
Can I pay with merchandise instead of money?
While some of our prizes include our participant's merchandise, we do not accept merchandise as a form of payment.
Are there any ghost spots or secret spots?
A limited amount of ghost spots or secret spots (accounts that are on the follow list but do not post the giveaway post) are available for campaigns for an additional fee.
What is the difference between InspiredCircle and InspiredGlobe?
We host seasonal “InspiredGlobe” campaigns. They run on a larger scale than InspiredCircle. InspiredGlobe campaigns typically work with more established influencers, yield more followers, and have slightly better ROIs. Both giveaways now run on our @InspiredCircle page.
How are the brands/bloggers selected to participate?
We accept both new and established Muslim businesses, brands, bloggers, and creators to participate. Participating accounts range from fitness and beauty to lifestyle, design, motivation, consumer products, food, health, Islam and apparel. We vet accounts to ensure high quality products/content and legitimacy prior to acceptance. There is limited space in every campaign. Spots will fill up first come first serve basis.
How are the charities chosen?
For each giveaway we partner with a Muslim brand, nonprofit, or influencer. The giveaway's charity is chosen jointly by us and our partner. As part of our community mission every one of our giveaways includes a charitable component.
What about drop off post-giveaway?
Like with all giveaways drop off of followers post-campaign is to be expected. Invariably, some people have followed you just to win the giveaway prize and will unfollow you once it ends. Because our campaigns are targeted to niche accounts with Muslim creators, drop off is typically lower as the giveaway audience is highly interested in discovering you and your content. We provide our participants with tips for follower retention following each campaign and cannot stress enough the power of quality content for retaining followers.
My account is not Muslim-ey, can I still participate?
Your account does not have to be focused on Islamic products or content to be a part of our giveaway! If you are an inspiring Muslim creator that’s all you need!
☆ Why choose Inspired Circle? ☆
We make it accessible to work with high profile influencers and our model achieves highly engaging results that rival expensive solo collaborations or ads. ☆
While most giveaways solely focus on the prize ours focuses equally on the participants. We highlight our participants by featuring them and their offerings in our stories and prizes, and by encouraging viewers to explore their pages for bonus entries, dramatically increasing engagement and customer conversion. ☆
We work exclusively with Muslim influencers and companies and as such our audience pool is highly concentrated and targeted. ☆
Our giveaways are the safest and most organic way to rapidly grow your account. ☆
We have honed in on the best of influencer marketing and effective giveaways. The results from our giveaways show that many viewers are extremely excited to discover and be connected with Muslim brands and businesses. We encourage you to read the viewer comments directly on our pages to witness the excitement firsthand. ☆