Gatorade
Gatorade inspires healthy living with creator-led Idea ads
Immersive, creator-first Idea ads helped Gatorade Zero to spread a positive message about exercise and hydration.
The key to sticking to fitness goals? Keep it interesting. When people do the same thing every day, they eventually get bored and stop the routine.
Gatorade Zero wanted to help their audience to stay interested—and inspired. To do this, and to bring Gatorade Zero to new fans along the way, the sports beverage company launched an Idea ads with paid partnership campaign on Pinterest.
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Gatorade’s Idea ads featuring creators resulted in 34M impressions1
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Gatorade’s campaign drove over 99K clicks in-feed to the Idea ads1
Finding the perfect partners
Gatorade’s approach was simple, yet effective. They teamed up with four of Pinterest’s most popular fitness creators such as VeraLaRo and Domonique Panton, to create Idea ads that provided workout inspo and reminded Pinners to stay hydrated as they strengthen.
Thanks to their rich storytelling features, Idea ads were a perfect fit for Gatorade’s fitness-focused campaign. Idea ads with paid partnerships are built around Idea Pins, a multi-page, multimedia format. And as Gatorade worked with creators, they leveraged the paid partnership tool. This gives brands and creators an official way to disclose their relationship and expand their audiences.
For this campaign, creators recorded inspiring workout and healthy living routines featuring sugar-free Gatorade Zero. They filmed the videos in a variety of locations—some in the gym and others at home. Each of the creators had established audiences of their own on Pinterest already, so when they were creating the videos, they used the same style and voice that they always had in their pins—which made the content feel extra authentic and engaging. Creators were also filmed drinking Gatorade Zero during their workouts and using Gatorade water bottles, towels and other branded products.
Reaching the right audience
To make sure that the ads were reaching the right audiences, Gatorade used a combination of trends, interest and keyword targeting. By blending the three, Gatorade’s ads reached people who were already using Pinterest for workout inspiration and healthy living content.
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Handing over the creative power to a Pinterest creator allowed for an authentic moment of fitness that could only come from that creator. It made our ads feel new, natural and engaging.”
Johanna Lugo,
Marketing Assistant Manager, Gatorade
Post-workout, post-campaign gains
Gatorade Zero’s Idea ads generated more than 14 million views and 34 million impressions.1 The reason was clear: the content was reaching the right audiences and offering something valuable—workout inspiration.
Tips for your next campaign
Try these Pinterest best practices to get more out of your ads.
Work with Pinterest creators. In a study, brands that worked with creators saw 38% higher brand awareness. Creators help to tell the story of your brand with a trusted and authentic voice.2
Use granular targeting in Ads Manager to ensure that your ads’ creative aligns with the keywords and interests of your intended audience on Pinterest.
Ads work best when they inspire Pinners to take action. Make sure that you include content that inspires, not just stuff that sells.