PAINTBALL PLAYERS and INDUSTRY UNITE with #PAINTBALLSTRONG
WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
#PAINTBALLSTRONG is a worldwide initiative to raise awareness to current paintball players and potential paintball customers. We need Paintball players worldwide to help spread the joy of PAINTBALL!
Paintball Strong Initiative:
The Goal: To make sure PAINTBALL stays front and center during the COVID-19/Corona Spring Lockdown. Create unity with all PAINTBALL PLAYERS to promote paintball for the long term. It is everyone’s responsibility to promote on all social media channels, websites, by sharing/ interacting with our paintball community and spreading the word about the benefits of playing paintball. We ask you to join in and participate with a “theme” based promotion (below).
Each day regardless if you are a Player, Field owner, or Store we ask that you showcase a different part of paintball from general play, history of the game, scenario, tournament, and other. Again, the goal is to keep people engaged with paintball so that when we exit from this crisis that we UNITE and get as many new, existing, and previous players out playing right away!
Who is Involved: Several industry leaders, fields, players, and stores are currently participating in pulling together resources. Our hope is that all paintball business and players will get behind this initiative as it can only benefit paintball! WE NEED YOU!
WHAT WE NEED:
- Post daily on social media outlets content (you can create your own content or pull content from the paintball strong websites)
- Content can be found on paintballstrong.com website at the following link : https://media.paintballstrong.com/index.php/apps/gallery/s/S4mWayQNMHdMHBD
- Going live on social platforms-talk about products you support/use, playing experiences, and anything that promotes paintball in a positive light.
- Questions to engage interaction about paintball
- Run give away contest (Speak with the listed manufactures about support give-aways and promotional ideas)
- Like and share all associated brand(s) posts
- Include #paintballstrong & #pbstrong on all social media posts.
JOIN THE WAVE:
We encourage you to participate and use the paintballstrong.com platform. You’ll be able to upload your content that you create into the library for other people to grab and use, you will need a log in and password which can be provided. Please make sure all content is in good taste. Feel free to take and use any of the content that is posted here as well. Please also ensure that any content that is uploaded has the right permissions and copyrights obtained.
Also, any additional help you’d like to offer or ideas you have please let us know… additional content and input is always welcome and encouraged.
DAILY PAINTBALL SHOWCASE “THEME” SCHEDULE
MONDAY: DAY OF GRATITUDE
On this day we praise our loyal player base. This includes teams, team captains, sponsored players, and our own staff. Via caption (content for visuals can change) we dive into why they are valuable to paintball and our companies and make paintball strong.
TUESDAY: DAY OF TALK
Idea: Who is doing what, how are people staying busy without parks and open stores, and who’s ready for paintball again. Tech Tuesday videos and how to videos, ending with #PaintballStrong
WEDNESDAY: WHAT’S IN THE NEWS
What’s coming up tournaments, games, scenario games, and any big sales online in your store. This would be a great day to blow out product, one-time sales, clearances, a one of one of anything. Explain why shopping and getting ready be #PaintballStrong
THURSDAY: OLD-SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Photos, funny captions, nostalgia, videos with voice overs, raw talk, who was better than who back in the day, old school team vs new school team. Who would be better a team now? Old school player’s vs new players & who would be better. Always make it fun ended with that’s why they are #PaintballStrong
FRIDAY: FUN FRIDAYS
What’s in your gear bag, tournament players, what’s in your garage, for recreational players what’s in your RV, for Scenario players make it fun & that’s why they #PaintballStrong
SATURDAY: TOURNAMENT DAY
Let’s get that conversation going upcoming tournaments, how to play videos, who’s getting traded etc., unseen highlights, that’s why you are #PaintballStrong
SUNDAY: SCENARIO MAG-FED DAY
Upcoming scenario games upcoming Magfed days, what’s happening at your local paintball park. Any video or pictures that are funny, caption content ending with that’s why they’re #Paintballstrong
If you have any questions, please reach out to your Industry contact for any clarification to the above.
If we stand together we can be stronger. None of us know what lies ahead but if we do nothing NOW we can’t complain about our world crumbling down around us. We ALL need to make an effort… ALL OF US. Share, Create, Like, Post, Interact and engage.