Content Ideas

Kick off football season with these 4 winning content ideas!


Down…set…hut! Football season is just around the corner, and it’s a perfect opportunity to boost member engagement. Read on for some great pigskin-themed content ideas, including some free downloadable graphics and sample trivia questions!

Sweepstakes and UGC Contests

Even if their favorite team doesn’t win, let members celebrate their own victory with a football-themed sweepstakes! Sell a sponsorship to a local grocery chain and post an Ultimate Tailgate Giveaway, awarding a lucky winner everything they need to throw a pregame party for all their friends.
With User-Generated Content (UGC) contests, your audience can make the plays! Let members show off team spirit and turn their Game Day selfies into prize-winning entries in a ‘Show Us your Game Face’ photo contest.

Don’t have the resources to design a new campaign? Download one of our free football contest templates, including Top Tailgate Giveaway & Super Fan Giveaway! We even have a list of target advertisers to approach so you can monetize the promotions.

Football Trivia

Test your members’ knowledge of their favorite teams and players with football trivia! Sports fans and trivia buffs alike will enjoy the challenge of answering questions about teams, stats, sports traditions, and more! To get started, why not try one of our free football trivia packs from the Client Repository?

Predictive Polls

Let members predict the outcomes of all the big games this season with Pigskin Polls! Have your audience pick the winner of your local team’s match-ups each week, or publish a series of polls for championship games or college bowl season.

Playoff Brackets

Want to score big with your audience during college or NFL playoffs? Our Brackets feature is the perfect way to get members involved in the most exciting games of the season! Let members predict which teams will advance through each round to duke it out in the championship games. For added engagement, encourage your audience to challenge their friends and family to fill out their own brackets, or sell a sponsorship to a local sporting goods store and attach a gift card so one lucky winner can stock up on Game Day gear!

Don’t wait until the first kickoff to launch your football-themed content! Help your members pregame in the weeks leading up to Game Day with these fun engagement opportunities, or create great campaigns of your own!

Looking for more easy promotion ideas for an upcoming event or holiday? Want tips for promoting your content on social media? Contact the Syndicated Content Team and tell us what you’d like to read about in future engagement blog posts!
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