6 Benefits of Sharing Your Athlete Story

As an athlete, you have an incredible opportunity to share your journey and to create a dedicated following around your athletic career. A lot of MAKEACHAMP athletes are using their athlete fan pages before and after their campaigns to raise more funds, to attract and retain sponsors, and to maintain and grow their community of supporters. Using your athlete page before your campaign is a great way to market yourself as an athlete, and create a community of followers who will help you launch your campaign towards success. Continuing to use your athlete fan page after your campaign is done is...

Cecilia Garcia: Crowdfunding like a Champ

Tips and Tricks of SuccessCecilia Garcia is a rower from Montreal,Quebec, Canada who raised $920, which was 102% of her total MAKEACHAMP campaign goal. Her crowdfunding campaign was geared towards a training camp in Florida during the winter period. She created a MAKEACHAMP campaign because the rowers were in charge of their own fees for this camp. This is Cecilia’s first crowdfunding campaign. She chose MAKEACHAMP after having met two members of the MAKEACHAMP team and she learned a lot about this international platform. Cecilia found the platform clear and easy to understand. Also, the fact that members of the...

Create your athlete Instagram following

Instagram is an incredible platform that athletes can use to create a following and monetize their athlete brand. Instagram plays directly into the athlete's strength - every post from athlete is a story into their athletic journey, it is a behind the scene-sneak-peak into the athlete's "champion-hood in the making".For the modest or shy athlete, remember you are not promoting yourself as a person but rather the individual doing your sport - you are inspiring the next generation of young athletes and you're increasing the exposure of your sport. We've gathered some of the most time-saving techniques that you what...

Maggie Cumetti: Crowdfunding like a Champ

Maggie from La Praire, Quebec, Canada is a Weightlifter hoping to come top at the Canadian Senior Championships. This is so that she can go internationally and really push for a place on the Canadian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020. As the Senior Canadian Championships draws closer Maggie needed funding to get there. She therefore turned to MAKEACHAMP where she was able to 123% of her goal reaching a total of 1,850$. Not many athletes are able to raise this much, what was her secret to success? Read below to find out.The simplicity and the helpfulness of the MAKEACHAMP site...