North America's #1 contest marketing agency since 2003
One team handles everything.
From first brief to final report.
From the contest mechanic to the microsite, the official rules to the prize fulfillment, the media plan to the post-campaign report. You brief us once and we handle every detail. That's what 20+ years and 200+ contest launches looks like.
Free strategy session with a senior contest specialist. No obligation.
The brands that trust us with their biggest promotions
200+ promotions launched across North America. Millions of contest entries.
Every piece. One team. Zero gaps.
You brief us once. We handle every stage, so you never manage the gaps between vendors again.
Strategy and mechanics
We design the contest around your business goals, not a template. Entry mechanic, prize structure, rules framework, and KPIs defined before a single pixel gets designed.
Award-winning creative
Microsite design, campaign creative, social assets, in-store POS, and copywriting, all built by the same team running your contest, so everything looks and feels like one brand experience.
Custom development and QA
Responsive microsites built from scratch. Cross-device, cross-browser, WCAG 2.1 AA accessible, load-tested, and obsessively QA'd. We don't launch until it's perfect.
Legal and compliance (Canada + USA)
Official rules, eligibility, disclosures, CASL compliance, and bilingual requirements. Drafted, reviewed, and enforced by people who've done this hundreds of times. No separate law firm. No last-minute surprises.
Contest administration and support
Entry management, winner selection and verification, compliant releases, bilingual consumer help desk, and clear status updates for your team. Every operational detail handled, so you never touch an inbox.
Prize fulfillment
Digital, physical, and cash prizes procured, verified, and shipped on schedule. We handle the logistics end-to-end so you can focus on what's next.
What an end-to-end contest launch actually looks like.
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Cross-platform contest, media buy, complete analytics
Every type of contest. Every mechanic. Battle-tested.
Whatever promotion you're planning, we've built it before, and we know exactly how to make it perform.
Chance-based entry with random winner selection. Fully compliant rules, draws, and winner verification across Canada and the USA.
Real-time prize reveals that drive excitement and repeat engagement. Spin-to-win, scratch-off, and digital reveals with precise odds management.
Purchase-based promotions powered by AI receipt verification. Consumers buy, upload, and enter, validated by EliteAI in real time.
Points, challenges, leaderboards, and game mechanics that turn passive audiences into active, repeat participants.
Buy X, get Y. Single-transaction or multi-purchase punch card mechanics with digital reward delivery and fulfillment.
UGC contests, hashtag campaigns, comment-to-enter, and share-to-enter mechanics across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X.
Low-friction entry mechanics that work anywhere: in-store, on-pack, at events, or in print. Simple for consumers, fast to market.
Purchase validation tied to cash-back rewards via prepaid card, digital transfer, or check. Full administration and fraud protection.
Layered campaigns combining multiple mechanics: sweepstakes + instant win, receipt validation + gamification, and more.
The problems we exist to solve.
Five vendors on one promotion. Nobody talking to each other.
Official rules showed up two days before launch, drafted by a firm that never saw the creative.
The microsite looked great on desktop. Nobody tested mobile, where 70% of entries came from.
30% of entries were bots. You found out after the winner was announced.
Your VP asked for ROI. You spent a full day stitching spreadsheets from four different vendors.
Your “contest agency” turned out to be a platform. You were still doing all the work.
These aren't edge cases. They're what happens when contest execution is split across vendors who never talk to each other. We built our entire model to make sure none of them happen.
Your contest isn't just a promotion. It's a first-party data engine.
Every entry is a data point. We capture consented opt-ins, purchase behavior, product preferences, and engagement signals, then feed them directly into your CRM, email platform, or CDP. What happens after the contest matters more than the contest itself.
Email and SMS automation
Triggered welcome journeys, nurture sequences, and winner notifications that keep the conversation going long after the contest ends.
Media remarketing
We build audiences from your contest entrants and retarget them across paid social, display, and search, turning one-time participants into repeat customers.
First-party data intelligence
Opt-in profiles, purchase patterns, and engagement data delivered to your systems, giving your marketing team actionable intelligence, not just entry counts.
CRM integration
Contest data flows directly into your CRM, CDP, or marketing platform, so your team can act on insights immediately, not weeks later.
EliteAI
One compromised winner can trigger a PR crisis. EliteAI makes sure it never happens.
Every contest attracts bots, duplicate entries, and fraudulent receipts. EliteAI catches them quietly, validating purchases, detecting suspicious patterns, enforcing entry limits, and maintaining complete audit logs, so your winners are legitimate, your prize budget is protected, and your legal team never gets that call.
A contest shop builds your microsite. A full agency builds your campaign.
Most contest companies hand you a microsite and hope traffic shows up. We plan and execute the media that drives entries: paid social, programmatic, search, email, influencer, in-store, and on-pack. Your strategist, creative director, media planner, and contest team sit in the same building, working on the same brief, speaking with one voice.
Already have an agency? We're the partner they'll enjoy working with.
We work alongside creative agencies, media agencies, and in-house teams every day, plugging in for contest mechanics, development, legal, administration, fulfillment, and analytics. No ego. No territory. Just a reliable partner that shows up prepared and makes your team look great in front of the client.
20+
Years running consumer promotions
200+
Contests launched for Fortune 500 brands
0
Compromised winners. Ever.
The team at Elite doesn't just deliver, they exceed expectations. They understand our brands, and deliver incredible work that makes a real impact. A true partner in every way that is a pleasure to work with.
— Dave Sheedy, Head of Mainstream Brands, Labatt Canada
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Ready to make your next contest easy and effective?
No pitch deck. No pressure. Just a clear plan from a team that's done this 200+ times.
You'll hear from a senior strategist within one business day. Not a junior rep. Not a chatbot.
Free strategy session. No obligation.
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