About Coala Studio · Surrey, BC · Since 2020

We fill tryouts, camps and memberships. That's the whole job.

Coala Studio is a sports marketing agency for academies, clubs, sports facilities and sports brands in Canada and the US, based in Surrey, BC. We fill tryouts, camps and memberships with reels, ads and registration funnels, planned around each club's season.

Youth hockey players leaning over the boards watching their teammates
Who we work with

Who does Coala Studio work with?

Sports organizations first. Academies, clubs, teams, sports facilities and sports brands across Canada and the US. We also run enrollment marketing for private schools and colleges, and video and community growth for non-profits. We're a small, senior team, so we only take on work where we know the calendar.

How we work

How does Coala Studio work?

We start with your calendar, not your ad account. Every club and school has registration windows, so we map the next 18 months of them and build a campaign for each one. Then we make the creative from your real season, run the ads, build the pages and set up the follow-up. We report on registrations, never reach.

01

Calendar first.

We write down every tryout, camp, intake and membership window for the next 18 months. Campaigns start 8 to 12 weeks before each one opens.

02

Reels from your real season.

We come to your gym, rink or field and leave with a month of content. Training footage, game days, coaches and players. Parents and members want to see the real thing.

03

Ads in the window.

Meta, Instagram and Google campaigns built around registrations and revenue. One program, one campaign, one deadline.

04

Registration funnels.

One landing page per program, with dates, price and one form. No parent should have to hunt for the sign-up button.

05

Follow-up that doesn't leak.

Instant replies, a same-day personal answer and reminders before each deadline. In my experience, the leak is usually the follow-up, not the ad spend.

Results

What results has Coala Studio had?

We report in registrations, sign-ups, followers and members, so here are the numbers our clients have approved us to share.

500+
Leads in 4 months for BC Prep
175+
Camp sign-ups for BC Prep
600K+
Views on one BC Prep reel
10M+
Views for HeartLife Foundation
10,258
HeartLife Facebook community, year one
  • BC Prep. 500+ leads in 4 months and 175+ camp sign-ups. One of its reels passed 600,000 views.
  • HeartLife Foundation. 10M+ views, 12,000 new followers and a 10,258-member Facebook community in its first year.
  • Urumi Athletics and Mosaic Sports. Urumi Athletics reached 11.2K followers off 20 posts. For Mosaic Sports, we built the brand and athlete management platform from scratch.
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From the founder

A note from our founder

I started Coala Studio in 2020 to do one thing well: help sports organizations fill their programs.

Here's what I believe. Don't chase leads, own the intake calendar. Post your training footage, because even a hundred kids under 14 is an audience when their parents watch and share. Reply to every inquiry the same day. And measure it all in registrations, not likes.

I also think the marketing unicorn doesn't exist. One person who shoots, edits, runs ads, builds pages and follows up is very rare. You're not really choosing between in-house and agency. You're choosing between one hire and one team.

If you book a call and it turns out to be something you can do yourselves, I'll say so.

Cheers,
Rounak

Rounak Sardesai · Founder, Coala Studio · Surrey, BC
Free guides

Free guides for clubs and academies

Built on real numbers and our own research. Read them before your next registration window.

FAQ

About Coala Studio: questions

Where is Coala Studio based?

We're based in Surrey, BC, in Metro Vancouver, at 10318 Whalley Blvd #1. We work with clubs, academies and facilities across Canada and the US, remotely and with shoot days on site.

What kind of agency is Coala Studio?

A sports marketing agency. We work with academies, clubs, sports facilities and sports brands, and we fill tryouts, camps and memberships with reels, ads and registration funnels, planned around each club's season. We also work with private schools and non-profits.

Who runs Coala Studio?

Rounak Sardesai founded Coala Studio in Surrey, BC, in 2020. The team is small and senior: strategist, shooter, editor and media buyer, with no account managers passing your brand around.

How do I start working with Coala Studio?

Book a 30-minute call. We'll look at your next registration window and tell you what we'd build first. If it's something you can do yourselves, we'll say so.

Let's map your next season

Tell us what you're trying to fill and when. We'll come back with the registration windows we'd build against and what we'd make first.

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Or email info@coalastudio.ca · (236) 333-1693