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Sponsored Challenges

Motivate people to move with your client's brand at the center.

How brands show up

Sponsored Challenges

Sponsored Challenges are a simple but powerful activation driving large scale awareness, engagement and conversion. Unlike traditional digital media buying, Challenges are a form of native advertising that enhances the user experience rather than being yet another annoying ad to scroll right past. Enrich your client’s media plan with this unique form of advertising and exceed their expectations.

Sponsored Challenges

Get your audience moving

A Sponsored Challenge involves a brand incentivizing Strava users to take part in an activity – in return for a reward. Brands can set goals, choose a target group and provide motivation for active people – all with their brand at the center.

Go bigger

Elevate challenges through in-feed promotions and emails customised to support your client’s objectives.

Brands that run Sponsored Challenges typically see:

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Brand recall uplift*

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Intent to purchase uplift*

*Multisport Research Surveys 2022. Averages across all brand verticals in US and UK markets.

Industries we work with

Apparel

Apparel

Sports and athletic clothing

Footwear

Any athletic or sporting shoes and other footwear

Gear and Bikes

Any manufacturer of athletic hardware, including wearables

Nutrition

Any food or beverage with a clear link to an active lifestyle

Travel & Tourism

Tourist boards and travel organisations promoting destinations

Retailers

Any sports or fitness retailer

We have delivered:

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agency collaborations

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activations

Our audience:

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registered users

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activities uploaded every week

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countries

If you want to reach active people, you need to be on Strava.

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How a Challenge Works

Challenges

Reward people for getting active

A brand chooses a way to challenge a target group of Strava users to get active in return for a reward, redeemed on their website.

Discovery

How users discover Challenges

The targeted users discover the challenge from a variety of sources - from a dedicated challenge gallery, to in-feed callouts, emails and other promotions. When targeted users join a challenge their followers get alerted directly in the feed, driving further engagement.

Participation

User works to achieve goal

As the targeted users work towards the goal, their followers receive further callouts to promote the challenge, increasing your clients brand reach.

Conversion

User claims reward

When the targeted users complete the goal, they are prompted in-app and via email to redeem their reward on your client’s brand website.

Build the perfect challenge:

  1. Choose the right audience: Depending on your client’s customer base, segment your targeting by sport type, location and demographics, and create endless variations with multiple incentives and challenge types.

  2. Use our experts’ support: Our team will guide you through to ensure you create the right challenge to suit your client’s needs.

The Ultimate Guide to Sponsored Challenges

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Our Challenge Types

Streak

Complete x activities/week for x weeks.

Duration

Complete x minutes in a single activity or over x weeks.

Segment

Complete a defined Strava segment.

Distance

Complete x km in a single activity or over x weeks.

Altitude

Climb x m in a single activity or over x weeks.

Collective

Participants join forces to complete x km in total.

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Days Active

Upload an activity on x days per month

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Carbon Saved

Save x carbon emissions over x weeks

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Best Efforts

Run/ride your best effort in a given period

Take the first steps to growing your client’s brand on Strava.

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