by Lindsay Nash | Dec 5, 2022 | Articles
Sometimes, the most significant mental blocker in switching to new software is the risk of lost time. How long will it take to make the change? How much training will be involved? What is the onboarding process like? Will it take days or, gasp, months to learn the software?
Building your awards program doesn’t have to be overly time-consuming. In fact, Award Force makes it remarkably fast with a user-friendly set-up process, a drag-and-drop entry form builder, a judging setup wizard and many other features designed to get you going quickly!
It’s possible to set up your awards program in 60 minutes or less on our platform. Sure, there are a lot of factors to consider here, and we don’t want to oversimplify the process. But, it’s often faster than many of our clients expect!
Here’s how.
First things first: Here’s a downloadable checklist of everything you’ll need to build your awards program fast.
This includes program details you should gather before starting your setup process including brand assets, important dates, entry form requirements and more.
This ensures you have everything you need so you can move quickly through each step of the below process.
Click the image for a free, no strings attached copy of the checklist
The first step is provisioning your account and logging in. If you’ve gathered all the information you need, the account configuration can go very quickly. We provide a detailed configuration guide for you where we’ll guide you though general settings, your preferred domain, connect with Google Analytics and set language preferences. Read more.
Grab your brand assets, logos and have any visual or branding requirements ready. You can drag and drop logos into headers, footers and PDFs generated within the platform, as well as choose interface colours, adjust program terminology and more. At this point, the platform should look like an extension of your brand. Read more.
Welcome to the world’s most powerful and flexible entry form builder. Our drag-and-drop builder allows you to create your form quickly with chapters, tabs and more than 15 different field types. Create conditional logic and auto-scoring for eligibility screening and much more. You can make it as simple or as sophisticated as you need. We’ve used 15 minutes as an average estimation here but depending on the complexity of your form, it could be shorter or longer. Read more.
The Award Force judging wizard helps you to set up your judging process quickly with a step-by-step process so you don’t miss anything important. It is incredibly easy! Read more.
The hard part is done! And now it’s time for the cherry on top: the popular Award Force pre-launch check. We provide an in-app checklist for you to double-check you’ve finished the configuration, then your client success manager will go through your program with a fine-tooth comb to ensure it’s ready to accept entries. Read more.
The times provided above are typically the minimum amount of time you can expect for each step of the setup process in Award Force. (And we left a few minutes to spare in the total calculation.) As you can see, it can go very quickly. But, of course, we expect and encourage you to take your time.
We’re biased, but we think Award Force is fun to use, too!
We’ll be there for you every step of the way. (Don’t just take our word for it.) Award Force is not just our software, it’s our passion. We ensure your awards program’s success by being there for you when you need us— every single time. You can reach out via email or submit a support ticket. We’re available 24/5, no matter where in the world you are located.
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