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ShortStack

Score10 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

What is ShortStack?

ShortStack is a landing page creation and contesting solution built around features such as social marketing campaigns, robust third-party integrations, and custom design services.

Categories & Use Cases

Powerful and adaptable tool for easily running contests and building forms

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ShortStack makes it easy for us to run contests and build our social media presence and email list. It’s powerful but also easy to use. It offers us flexibility so that we can engage with our customers. Otherwise, it’s a complicated task to collect this information.

Pros

  • Landing pages.
  • Collecting email addresses.

Cons

  • The builder takes some getting used to.
  • Can be complex to learn at first.

Most Important Features

  • Building landing pages quickly.
  • Ease of use.

Return on Investment

  • We save time creating landing pages
  • It helps us grow quickly.

Alternatives Considered

Leadpages

Other Software Used

Leadpages, AWeber, Adobe Captivate

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ShortStack to promote member engagement through our social media channels by creating giveaways and contests. ShortStack allows us to creatively and effectively create campaigns that are unique to us with their easy-to-use platform. They also offer guidance to help us stay within compliance with the ever-changing social media guidelines.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Amazing customer service
  • Unique campaign templates

Cons

  • Some features are hidden and hard to find

Most Important Features

  • Social Import
  • Campaign Management

Return on Investment

  • Fan engagement increase

Other Software Used

Sprout Social

Make your sweepstakes shine!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We started using Shortstack in 2014 as our content management solution didn't allow for the fast and flexible deploy of contest/sweepstakes type experiences and, even more importantly, the ability to track conversions and funnels. Shortstack immediately allowed us to capitalize on the growing audiences on social media platforms by allowing us to create experiences that were highly Facebook friendly.

Pros

  • Flexible templates that can be modified to meet internal branding guidelines or can be used as a starting point to create completely new experiences.
  • Ability to embed any analytics tags to track conversions or retargeting tags.
  • Built with the marketer in mind, not the developer.

Cons

  • No API integration for email collection in real-time to major ESPs such as Responsys.

Return on Investment

  • We've been able to collect significant leads using the platform.

Alternatives Considered

Supadu and ion interactive

Other Software Used

ion interactive, Tealium iQ Tag Management System, AdRoll

A Short Review of ShortStack

Pros

  • Easily select Facebook Comment Content entries
  • Create custom contest landing pages with ease
  • Customer support team is very friendly and helps out

Cons

  • If you are not using the contest feature regularly it can get pricey

Return on Investment

  • ShortStack has increased our social media following through contests
  • Shortstack has helped us increase engagement on posts

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, WordPress