DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT:
We're a privately funded start-up looking to make an impact on travel. Our soft launch is underway and we're now reaching out to people that post incredibly inspiring (and helpful) travel content! Our goal is to be the social platform explorers can turn to for travel inspiration to start, but our team already has plans to add features and functionality to help everyone with their travel needs, no matter what stage you’re at! Triptalker is a space where experienced and beginner explorers can help one another better connect with the world as a whole. (Note: our Instagram handle is @triptalkerapp but we're not active yet since we're in a closed beta.)
AIM OF THE CAMPAIGN:
We’re seeking out a select group of creators with amazing travel-related content to enter a contest to win funding for one of 5 trips where we'll cover the first $3,000! (Why the limit you might ask...? We want to capture real-world and attainable experiences for the general public. You don't have to spend a lot to have amazing experiences and we look forward to seeing how creative people can get when given a budget!)
You’ll also be one of the first to access our site which will give you the opportunity to provide input on what you would love to see in your ultimate travel app. If you love to travel (near and far) and people are always asking you for tips or help, we hope we get an application from you!
We're wanting to gather some of the most compelling, inspiring and helpful content that will be relatable (and attainable) to real-world travelers.
WEBSITE URL:
https://www.triptalker.com
WHAT TYPE OF INFLUENCER ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
We’re looking for inspiring content creators with great travel images, (time to bring out the #wanderlust photos), and great written travel content who would like to participate in our contest.
*Note: The contest will open to residents of the United States and Canada. Unfortunately, the contest will be prohibited in the following states/regions: Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Washington, Quebec. We don't like it either but our lawyers have advised us to exclude these states/provinces for now.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE INFLUENCER REQUIRED TO DO?
In order to “unlock” your invite to this contest, you'll need to share 5 of your favorite travel experiences on our website as a travel "Moment," (which is very similar to posts on other social platforms), along with a written caption describing the moment. We aren't asking you to create brand new content - just to submit content you've already created!
Once you successfully post your 5 Moments, you will then be eligible to participate in the contest when it goes live on the site. FYI, the contest is tentatively scheduled for mid-March but we’ll be in touch with all eligible entrants to keep them informed on when it starts.
What makes up a good Moment (post)?
- A high-quality photo (clear and high res)
- A caption to add context
- Any tips you may have about your experience
- Location/Destination name
HOW MANY POSTS ARE REQUIRED?
We’re not looking for you to post about us but we are looking for at least 5 of your travel experiences to feature as posts on our new app.
WHAT SOCIAL CHANNEL DO YOU WANT TO USE?
At this point, this isn’t relevant as we’re not looking for you to post about us. We want to talk about you and your travel experiences on our app. Yes, this is kind of a different approach but we’re giving this a shot as we’re excited to get our app out to the real world!
WHAT LOOK/FEEL/STYLE OF POST ARE YOU WANTING?
- Visually engaging/interesting/inspiring and clear photos
- We’ll accept video as long as it’s relatively short (<60 seconds) and it speaks to a specific interest in the context of travel
- Copy should be Informative and helpful to others (What did you love? Any helpful tips for the experience you had? Where did you stay? etc.)
- #hashtags are cool too and hopefully they’ll help people understand the context/emotion of your travel experience
DESCRIBE THE COMPENSATION IN DETAIL:
1) As a participant in this contest initiative, you’re getting an exclusive invite to our contest where we’ll be sending 5 explorers on a trip to one of 5 destinations with a budget of $3,000 (that are TBD and will be picked by those that participate).
2) We’ll potentially be promoting YOU. Once we launch and start building our audience on various social platforms, we’ll be promoting content creators on our pages. (If chosen, we'll be sure to credit your photos/videos back to you. We would like to think we can help build your following as well!)
3) We're seeking out content creators to team up with for paid collabs in the future. You can think of this as a trial run to see how we work together! We’ve got a lot of plans in the pipeline and we're looking to form long-lasting relationships with creators for future projects.
4) You get to help build your ideal travel app! Let’s face it, traveling is fun but it’s also a lot of work. Researching, planning, booking and traveling can take a lot out of someone. We want real-world feedback on what you want to see in your ideal travel app. Imagine that, you can have a say in building something you would truly find useful! We’ll be listening…..
CONTEST INFORMATION
The official rules won’t be published until we’re ready to launch the contest but in a nutshell, the contest will work like this:
-All eligible participants will be asked to share their top 5 destinations they’d like to visit
-The 5 destinations with the most votes will be the grand prize destinations for the contest
-Eligible participants will receive an invite to pick which destination they’d like to compete for a trip
-All participants will have two weeks to submit their entries into the contest.
-All entries will go through the judging/voting process (which will take about two weeks)
-Winners will be announced!
This contest will be exclusive and we’re going to be limiting the participants to 500 max. If you do the math, those are some really good odds of winning! Looking forward to having you on board if selected. :)