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Sweepstakes Marketing Agency

We’re RAVEN5, a sweepstakes marketing agency AND a contest marketing agency. We are known as “The World’s First Sweepstakes Marketing Agency” and are noted on Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Google. Our team are experts in creating, planning and implementing sweepstakes, contests and incentivized marketing solutions and programs in the United States and Canada. All associated services for sweepstakes and contests include planning, legal, design, creative, execution, reporting, winner selection, notification(s) and release(s) (including tax forms) and fulfilment of digital and conventional prize programs. Our team specializes in custom creation and development of loyalty styled sweepstakes marketing and contest marketing programs, as well as shop and win styled programs for marketers of all sizes. If it’s a sweepstakes or a contest, our team is ready to assist you with your next project.

Bonding

Bonding

In some states, provinces or countries when your prize is over $5,000 you might be required to pay a percentage of the total prize value. This ensures that the consumer...

Contest Marketing

Contest Marketing

Some might refer to it as Sweepstakes Marketing. But a contest is a game of skill, where you need to do something better than somebody else to win. There may...

Customized Contest

Customized Contest

We work with brands directly, as well as offering our services to agencies across North America that are looking for niche marketing solutions. We can build to order your customized...

Customized Sweepstakes

Customized Sweepstakes

We work with brands directly, as well as offering our services to agencies across North America that are looking for niche marketing solutions. We can build to order your customized...

Fulfillment

Fulfillment

With our professional prize fulfillment services, your business has one less thing to worry about. No need to worry about arranging for pickup of the prize(s), coordinating the delivery of...

Insurance

Insurance

Looking to give your fans, customers and clients the chance to win big without spending big money yourself? Now is your chance to offer a large prize in order to...

Planning

Planning

Running a successful sweepstakes or contest can require a lot of administration behind the scenes. We've worked with brands of all sizes and we have the expertise to ensure that...

Prizing

Prizing

Prizing is a critical step as you need a prize that is specific to the audience you're looking to build. Quality over quantity, you'll filter out those that are uninterested....

Registration

Registration

Depending on where a promotion runs and whom it's open to geographically, there are local state laws and requirements that must be met to be legal. Based on the dollar...

Rules

Rules

Brands often push for cutting edge, digital firsts, innovative and edgy promotions. While that attracts entrants, it's important to ensure that the rules are ironclad as they govern the promotion...

Strategy

Strategy

Contests are a tried and true way of building brand exposure and gaining precious eyeballs in today's attention-scarce world. With a proper strategy developed for your contest or sweepstakes you...

Sweepstakes Marketing

Sweepstakes Marketing

When thinking about online promotions, the first thing that comes to mind is a sweepstakes or contest. Depending on your location it's imperative to review local laws and have an...

Our work speaks for itself

We specialize in creating fun and interactive marketing contests and online sweepstakes that help you find new customers. We ensure that the look and feel of your custom social media contest is inline with your strategy and branding guidelines which is appealing to your current and prospective consumers.

Case Studies and Presentations

We are a contest marketing agency! Literally, our bread and butter here as we provide online sweepstakes marketing campaigns to brands of all sizes. Have a look at what we can show you from some of our past online campaigns below. Noting that many of our clients operate with us on the condition that we don't let out their secret recipe (using RAVEN5 for their contest marketing services).

Case Studies

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United at Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sweepstakes

United at Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sweepstakes

To promote awareness of United Airlines’ partnership with Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, United Airlines conducted a 4-week sweepstakes open...

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Presentations

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Sweepstakes Marketing Presentation

Sweepstakes Marketing Presentation

Unique as your customers. We're a niche marketing agency specializing in sweepstakes marketing. We work with brands, marketing agencies and...

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Resources to get you started with promotional contests

As a contest vendor we’re always looking for new ideas and ways to improve what we do and of course, we love to share. Social sharing is what it’s all about, have a look at some of the latest contest marketing and social media related blogs and videos we’ve found around the web. Want to try something new like a Twitter contest? Here’s a great starting place to gather more insight into what we can offer as your contest marketing company.

Latest Blog

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Dive into RAVEN5: What You Need to Know About Our Exclusive Marketing Sweepstakes

Dive into RAVEN5: What You Need to Know About Our Exclusive Marketing Sweepstakes

In a world where audiences are flooded with ads and promotions every minute, brands need something more compelling—something exciting enough...

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Latest Video

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Michelle D

I wanted to thank you for your tremendous support in helping us plan and execute our Titanic contest.  We simply couldn’t have done this without you!  Please extend our sincere gratitude to the broader Raven5 ... team.  - Michelle D.

Megan R.

RAVEN5 has been our preferred marketing company since 2013. Each year, their marketing efforts on behalf of the shopping centre and tenants are well planned and executed. Overall, the programs have yielded very positive results. ... RAVEN5 is easy to work with, friendly, professional and approachable. They always fulfill their commitments and will develop and implement a unique program to fit their clients' needs. - Megan R.

Media Post

"Screw Content Marketing. This Agency Says It's All About Contest Marketing..." - Media Post

FOX 40 Binghamton

"Raven5 is a top responsive web design firm that ranked third on this month’s list of winners. The company provides some amazing responsive web design services using HTML5, and they are excellent at getting websites ... to run smoothly on any browser through any platform..." - FOX 40 Binghamton

Tiffany

EEEEEK! I am SO HAPPY with these comps! Your designer is AMAZING! - Tiffany T.

Heidi B.

RAVEN5 came up with great creative for marketing our online contest and delivered on or before deadlines.  They were knowledgeable, professional and on-point and handled all the logistics of our online sweepstakes seamlessly. - Heidi ... B.

Deedee U.

It’s been a pleasure working with you all. Thank you for the efficient and seamless process. Looking forward to continuing our partnership in 2024! - Deedee U.

Jeff G.

We've had the pleasure of working with RAVEN5 on contest marketing programs for two years running. We are pleased to recommend the team at RAVEN5 for a variety of reasons, primarily, their company provides outstanding ... creative, solid program development and ongoing customer service. Equally important, the program has delivered over 40,000 prospects for my business portals. The company intentions are to continue working with RAVEN5 on an ongoing basis. Success is common place for any initiative that this firm is involved in. Their credentials are excellent and knowledge impeccable. - Jeff G.

Christine D.

Thank you so much, Ivars! This is wonderful. Our CEO is so pleased with the success of the campaign so far that he’s VERY invested in keeping the momentum going. - Christine D.

Heidi B.

"The Team at RAVEN5 was very creative, professional and an absolute pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend their services!!" - Heidi B.

Tiffany T

I couldn't be MORE IMPRESSED with RAVEN5 - your dedication to finish this project on time, your creative skills and abilities, and your professionalism. I've never had a turnkey program work so well. Thank you ... so much! - Tiffany T.

Adrienne G.

I just wanted to thank you for the work you did on the project. It looks better than we imagined! Thanks for tackling all the edits we needed, much appreciated. - Adrienne G.

Daniela L.

It's been great working with you - and thank you for all your help on this upcoming project! - Daniela L.

Shannon P.

Raven5 provides exceptional service to their clients.  They always produce content that exceeds our expectations. Highly recommend them to anyone looking for a focused digital marketing strategy. - Shannon P.

Marcie M.

Amazing! You guys are the best! - Marcie M.

Stephanie C.

We are so pleased this is as much of a success for us as it is for Raven 5. - Stephanie C.

Megan R.

"RAVEN5 is very easy to work with and they know their stuff. They have enough people to fulfill all of their commitments and still develop and implement a unique program to fit their clients’ needs." - ... Megan R.

Vince R.

Thank you to everyone. It was a pleasure working with your team. - Vince R.

Marcie M.

Thank your for your partnership, I appreciate your flexibility and dependability more than I can say. Here’s to a great 2020! Speaking of, we are looking to do a large scale giveaway to support our ... 100 year anniversary coming up next month. I’d love to get on a call to talk through some ideas and executional details. - Marcie M.

Stephanie C.

Woo hoo!!!! Thank you, all for your incredible work. - Stephanie C.

Angela T.

"The RAVEN5 team has expertise in the digital space that is unparalleled, they always deliver more than expected." - Angela T.

Tabitha C.

RAVEN5 is a great partner to work with. They are reliable and timely with their responses. I really appreciate how they were able to make our campaign set up seamless and very functional. - Tabitha ... C.

Stephanie C.

Thank you for everything you and your team did to support our Giving Joy campaign.  It was a huge success! Your patience and guidance throughout this process was imperative and so appreciated. - Stephanie C.

Nicole M.

Working with RAVEN5 on the sweepstakes project for Finning Canada was a great experience.  Michael and the team were incredibly professional, managing our multi-stakeholder team and meeting tough deadlines.  They also accommodated program changes late ... in the development to meet a change in requirements on our end.  We have plans to work with Raven5 to run the program again. - Nicole M.

Megan R.

I am very happy with how this contest was received. Participation and interaction was good. - Megan R.

Martin F.

We are looking back at a hectic yet successful 2017 with sales growth across all product categories. Your work and creativity with our promotional programs, branding programs, contests, consumer outreach programs, online shop expansion and many ... more has been instrumental and paramount in our company's success. We would like to thank you for your hard work, your flexibility to accommodate short term changes or addition of new programs. We are glad to have you as our partner; you have done a great job and truly deserve the kudos. - Martin F.    

Stephanie C.

Thank you, all, for the incredible effort to get this live!!!  - Stephanie C.

Miranda H.

Happy Thursday, we just reported on the program results and they are very happy with the campaign and the results. Great news! Great work from your team! Thank you. - Miranda H.

Patrick W.

I have done hours of research on the web. For this type of service. RAVEN5 is the only one I would recommend. - Patrick W.

David B.

The contest site looks great! I echo Michelle’s message in saying thanks to you and the team for getting this live today and for all the efforts you’ve put into making this site work for ... our needs. - David B.

Marcie M.

You and your team have been incredible partners, we really appreciate how nimble and easy to work with you are. - Marcie M.

Bernarda G.

It's been a pleasure working with you and the entire Raven5 team. Thank you for your dedication to this project and for all your help! - Bernarda G.

Paul A.

That’s fantastic. It was a great contest and execution from RAVEN5. Thanks for your team’s great work on it. Looking forward to the next one. Paul A.

Shannon A.

Thank you again for your amazing work at this fundraiser, we have raised around $80,000, sending many kids to camp. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything the team has done for us. ... - Shannon A.

Jeffrey Y

Appreciate all the work you and your team did, very happy with the sweepstakes and the results. Thanks again. - Jeffrey Y.

Kevin A.

After working in the digital brand engagement space for 20 years I can confidently say that there are countless digital vendors but there is only one RAVEN5. From concept through execution the entire team at ... RAVEN5 truly embodies the partnership approach to capture the business needs, translates them into best-in-class user experience frameworks and executes brilliantly to ensure both the needs of the brand and target audience are fully met. - Kevin A.