Giant Step Inc. presents at the nextMEDIA Digital Hot List!
The Digital Hot List is a market access program in which nextMEDIA searches high and low for the online properties, digital superstars or technologies that would interest advertising executives enough to pitch to their brands. Join us as we highlight this year's top nominees and find out what advertisers are looking for in terms of digital media initiatives and partnerships for 2010, how advertisers analyze digital initiatives before taking them to their clients, and who are the key players making this happen.
4. The Problem: How to use the Internet of 2010 to promote a Product / Content / Brand ?
5. Solution: Engage the audience as much as possible, wherever they are, through meaningful interactions
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7. Moderation Fan Club Hall of Fame Personal Pages & Content Watch & Vote Systems of Engagement Web Sites Apps in Social Sites Mobile Apps Console Games Design a system with planned usage in mind (like a vending machine) Registration Games Activities Digital Platforms
8. Casual Games Scoreboard Creative Activities Engaging Activities Massive Multi-Player Games Branded Social Networks Crowd Sourcing Complex Creative Activities Design branded activities (provide exciting things to do) Feedback + Support ( follow / vote / review ) Simple Activities Deep / Complex Activities User-Generated Content
12. This is a complex process.. You have to build it step by step ..but it will increase the brand’s market influence and sales Activities UGC Incentives Impressions Direct Marketing 1:1 Basic Site
13. Need to integrate Technology + Marketing + Design to provide on going, meaningful experiences Technology Marketing Design What does it take?
14. Technology Marketing Design HTML Flash/Flex PHP/MySQL Servers/Hosting Will it work? Not slow? Not crush? On all browsers? Integration Testing Will they come back? Bring friends? Often? Will they use it? Enjoy it? Love it? Usability Look & Feel Brand Guidelines Wow Factor Time spent UGC posts Repeat visits Page visits Sharing
48. Results: * Launched in 9 languages + moderation * Millions of repeat visits per month * 500,000+ user generated content posts * Average 10 minutes spent per visit * High number of page views per visit * Latest news - 250 Million Gogo’s sold in 2009! * Producing animated TV series + Wii / DS games
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