App Marketing Tips from Amazon

You have just finished your latest game or mobile app and you think it is going to be the next big thing! BUT how is anybody going to find your app. Hundred of apps are released each day and look at the size of your phone screen – how many apps do you scroll though…. 20 or 30… at best. Most users only see a tiny portion of the apps released daily. So, what chance has your app? .... will it be seen by anyone ?

It is difficult but thankfully there is help at hand. Amazon have their own apps store and have published this useful guide to help you get your app visible. In summary, their app marketing tips are:

  • Write compelling product features and descriptions
  • Select good keywords (app store optimization)
  • Link to your product page
  • Choose the right screenshots
  • Invest in video (vitally important)
  • Respond to customer reviews (particularly negative ones)
  • Get featured on the Amazon Appstore
  • Get featured by media pros (blogger, tweeters, influencers, youtubers)

The guide is located here. Well worth a read if you are close to publishing your app. Good luck!

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Major Shootout

Fierce Fun recently developed a game for the online sports portal Pundit Arena. Pundit Arena has created one of Europe's fastest growing sports publishing platforms that allows the mass creation of quality content across all sports throughout the world.

They required an Irish sports themed game that would primarily work on mobile Web browsers. They also needed the ability for users to share the game via social networks such as Facebook. The game was launched on time for a promotional campaign undertaken by Pundit Arena and one of their clients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Games for Marketers

Fierce Fun is presenting a talk at the National Sales and Marketing Summit which is being held on 30th May in RDS, Dublin. This conference focuses on the fundamental changes occurring between how buyers and sellers interact at both a consumer and business level. The Sales & Marketing Summit is collocated with Grow Your Business Online and Tech Connect Live.

The talk is entitled "Games for Marketers" and discusses how games can be used as effective marketing tools. The slide presentation can be downloaded here

Responsive Games – Digital Marketing Opportunities

Most progressive marketers are aware of the value of gaming content as part of their digital marketing portfolio. With games like Candy Crush and Angry Birds, game playing is now a mass market entertainment activity, enjoyed equally by both male and female players. Generation Y and millennials have all grown up with games – they love them, especially the free ones!

However, with a proliferation of digital devices available to consumers, it can require considerable effort and cost to get your game and brand out to the mass market. Responsive games offer a solution to this problem. Using a HTML5 platform, Fierce Fun have developed a responsive gaming system that ensures your game can be played on almost any device.

We developed the game I C Words as a demonstration of the cross-platform capabilities of our system. Play it on your PC, Mac, laptop, iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet…anything with a Web browser.

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Play I C Words here

For more information on the digital marketing potential of responsive games, please drop us a line …. we love to talk!

Ogie – Ireland’s Digital Sports Pundit

Ogie was inspired by the legendary local GAA commentator Eddie Moroney. During the 90s, the videotape of “Effin Eddie” was widely circulated throughout Ireland - this was before Facebook and YouTube. He is a brilliant passionate sports commentator with a great turn of phrase, as you will hear. It’s also no holds barred stuff, for real sports fans!  I licensed a sample of his audio to create a demo for our digital sports pundit Ogie.

If you are interested in exclusively licensing Ogie for brand or marketing purposes, drop us a line and tell us your story.

Advergaming, Branded Games and Marketing Games

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Advergaming, branded games, marketing games as part of the marketing mix are increasingly making their presence known world wide. This kind of marketing connects with the consumer in a fun but casual way, on all types of devices, but primarily on mobile devices. It seeks to provide positive experiences for the players or players, this in turn reflects on the specific brand or product connected to the game. Consumers are introduced to the brand or product in a positive and exciting way using this medium. They will learn about the brand and have a pleasant recollection of the experience via the games.

The usual array of internet marketing options like banners, pop ups, have their place; however they can be easily blocked by savvy consumers. Advergaming provides an effective and more interactive method way to engage with consumers. People increasingly use the mobile phone as their primary touch point with the internet. We feel its inevitable that marketing through these devices will become crucial to the successful placement of products or brands. Gaming has expanded its reach to beyond the traditional male audience. It is now a popular entertainment activity with the general public, with games now played equally by male and female players. Increasingly your customers as casual users can connect to play games on their mobile devices or phones.

Advergaming is not considered intrusive and can lead to positive social and viral marketing of your product. One great innovation in the online gaming area is the use of web gaming and HTML5. This allows cross platform game activity, working on all devices. You can play anywhere and even use devices interchangeably. Imagine starting the game on the train to work and finishing it on your PC in work (at lunchtime of course).

At Fierce Fun we provide full advergaming, branded and marketing gaming solutions. We can create a complete branded games solution for your business. Because the process includes building a storyboard visual,  you are fully involved in designing your own game. Also our developers and animators create a digital emulation using critical data on potential user flow. This will ensure you get a highly effective marketing solution, in addition to a great game. This approach can transform your brand and move your products to a new audience. So if you want to take advantage of the marketing potential of online gaming in the Irish, UK or European markets, please contact us.

ADVERGAMING

http://www.warc.com/News/Default.aspx?ID=34948

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_in_video_games

 

 

 

 

 

AgriKids Mobile Game

AgriKids needed a mobile game developed to highlight farm safety for young children. The mobile game is designed to complement their full range of safety products including books and clothing. For full coverage of potential mobile users, the game had to work on Android and Apple phones and tablets. The beautiful graphics were supplied by AgriKids, with Fierce Fun providing game design and programming services. Fierce Fun is also providing mobile marketing services and advice. The first Android version is available on Google Play. It was launched to coincide with the National Ploughing Championships.

Get the app here on Google Play

For excellent farm safety information and products, visit AgriKids

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Interactive Banner Ad Game

The online sales team at Independent News & Media required an interactive game that would fit their banner ad format. The game needed to work seamlessly on both desktop and mobile devices. Using our HTML5 game software, Fierce Fun created the banner ad game in a very short period as it was needed as part of an overall digital marketing campaign.

For Irish brands, INM provide a comprehensive range of digital advertising solutions – highly recommended.
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Irish Government Political Fantasy Game

Fierce Fun created a fun interactive game for the digital team at Independent News & Media. For the 2014 government cabinet reshuffle, INM needed a fantasy political game created in a short period. Using our agile development methodology, we were able to get the game completed on time and to the agreed specification. The game was hosted on their newspaper portal Independent.ie

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Game Development Services

Game Development Services

Fierce Fun offers comprehensive Web and mobile games development service for digital publisher and advertisers. In our games library, we have 4 different games types:
 - Rebranding Complete Games
 - Prototype Games
 - Custom Games
 - Premium Mobile Games

Rebranding: Complete Games
A complete game is a finished game, normally in a Web format.
Standard Rebranding:
•    Name change
•    Logo change
•    Links change
•    Text change
•    Game license (non-exclusive)

Prototype Games
A prototype game is a concept game that has been designed, with initial graphics and basic interactivity. As such, they can be customised within the existing design.
Custom Prototype Game:
•    Game branding
•    Level completion
•    Game license
•    HTML5 (in most cases)

Custom Games
•    Game concept (in consultation with the client)
•    Game design and documentation
•    Interactive prototype
•    Content assets (graphics, animations, audio, text)
•    Level design and production
•    QA and user testing
•    Delivery and deployment
•    HTML5, mobile Web optimised

Premium Mobile Games
•    Game concept
•    Game design and documentation
•    Interactive prototype
•    Content assets (graphics, animations, audio, text)
•    Level design and production
•    QA and user testing
•    Delivery and deployment
•    Designed for the Google and Apple top 20 app charts
•    50 to 80+ levels
•    Multiple characters, backgrounds and game worlds
•    High quality, detailed UI, animations and characters animations
•    Fully developed storyline and game scripts
•    Significant original IP development
•    4 to 6+ hours of game play
•    Cross Platform (IOS, Android, Web, Windows, Steam, Yahoo)
•    Integrated social media features
•    Cross promotional ad service
•    Highscore and player registration systems