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Get set up in <em>under five minutes<\/em> and start running your first giveaway today. After a visitor enters your giveaway, they receive a special referrer link that they can use to receive more entries for your giveaway.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.giveawayboost.com\/get-giveawayboost?utm_source=wordpressorg&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=giveawayboostwporgtop\">Upgrade to Giveaway Boost Pro to unlock more features to create better looking page designs and automatically add giveaway entrants to your email list.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Up and running in <strong>less than five minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set the number of winners for each giveaway and specify whether it should display<\/li>\n<li>Set the prize value for each giveaway and specify whether it should display<\/li>\n<li>Customize the number of entries an individual receives upon successful referral<\/li>\n<li>Select the end date and time for each giveaway you run<\/li>\n<li>Optionally use reCAPTCHA to reduce spam entries<\/li>\n<li>Completely customize your giveaway title and messaging<\/li>\n<li>Choose from four pre configured color themes or completely customize the colors to your liking<\/li>\n<li>Quickly and easily select the number of winners for your giveaway with one button press<\/li>\n<li>Export the names and emails of all giveaway participants as a CSV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Giveaway Boost Pro Features Improve the Plugin<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Automatically add giveaway participants to your email service provider - Aweber, MailChimp and ConvertKit support<\/li>\n<li>Two methods for selecting winners (weighted random choice or most entries win)<\/li>\n<li>Tracking code support to put your Facebook conversion pixel or other code to track the effectiveness of your giveaway campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Total of 3 layouts (up from 1 layout) to better customize your giveaway page design<\/li>\n<li>Background image support to create a better looking giveaway page designs<\/li>\n<li>Bonus: Includes over 60+ professionally created background image designs for you to use (or upload your own)<\/li>\n<li>You can also contact our team for plugin support via email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.giveawayboost.com\/get-giveawayboost?utm_source=wordpressorg&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=giveawayboostwporgbot\">Upgrade to Giveaway Boost Pro here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install Giveaway Boost through the WordPress plugin installer (optionally upload it via FTP)<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the \"Plugins\" menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Go to \"Giveaway &gt; 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