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Okay, an absolute torrent of entries for this one, it too ka good couple of hours to read them all, and I had to kill several trees for the paper to print them all out, so no moaning about the winners.
Winner of a game of his choice - mickey, for his suggestion of a 'Gameaday Receipt' idea, of which many of you suggested, but mickey got their first. Well done, mickey.
Runners up prize of a DVD of his choice goes to Aliboy, for his 'Santa' idea. It's well put and a nice festive idea, so it's definitely worthy of a prize. Congrats.
Thanks to everyone for all your entries, we read them all and found them to be very useful. Peace out, and complaints to the usual address. Cheers
Ali
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Extra GAD prize here for those with a creative brain to help us with our marketing and promotions.
1. Don't suggest any alterations to the site design. Don't suggest expensive campaigns.
2. Suggest how we can attract more visitors to the site from within the pages of our Club Magazine and our adverts in the specialist press such as PC Gamer.
3. Remember space is very limited. But you can enter this with something as simple as a change to the wording which we already use.
Below is an example of the type of thing we are looking for:
Headline
So, what do you say boys?
Text
Chat me up and WIN! Visit Gameaday.co.uk now. Just click on me and type in your favourite chat up line. That's all it takes to win ANY game of your choice in our EXTRA chat up line competition. There's one prize for the best and one for the worst chat up lines.
Picture
Virtual girl in suggestive pose
Explanation
This would be an extra Gameaday prize running in conjunction with the promotional campaign. Designed specifically to draw in new visitors.
The winner will be the person who makes the suggestion MOST LIKELY to draw in extra visitors. The deadline for entries is the end of October.
Tricky eh?
Winner of a game of his choice - mickey, for his suggestion of a 'Gameaday Receipt' idea, of which many of you suggested, but mickey got their first. Well done, mickey.
Runners up prize of a DVD of his choice goes to Aliboy, for his 'Santa' idea. It's well put and a nice festive idea, so it's definitely worthy of a prize. Congrats.
Thanks to everyone for all your entries, we read them all and found them to be very useful. Peace out, and complaints to the usual address. Cheers
Ali
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Extra GAD prize here for those with a creative brain to help us with our marketing and promotions.
1. Don't suggest any alterations to the site design. Don't suggest expensive campaigns.
2. Suggest how we can attract more visitors to the site from within the pages of our Club Magazine and our adverts in the specialist press such as PC Gamer.
3. Remember space is very limited. But you can enter this with something as simple as a change to the wording which we already use.
Below is an example of the type of thing we are looking for:
Headline
So, what do you say boys?
Text
Chat me up and WIN! Visit Gameaday.co.uk now. Just click on me and type in your favourite chat up line. That's all it takes to win ANY game of your choice in our EXTRA chat up line competition. There's one prize for the best and one for the worst chat up lines.
Picture
Virtual girl in suggestive pose
Explanation
This would be an extra Gameaday prize running in conjunction with the promotional campaign. Designed specifically to draw in new visitors.
The winner will be the person who makes the suggestion MOST LIKELY to draw in extra visitors. The deadline for entries is the end of October.
Tricky eh?
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Picture: silence of the lambs and hanibal dvd cases
Text: Hungry? at special reserve we have taken a bite out of the prices of new DVDs
UKDVD.com
Text: Hungry? at special reserve we have taken a bite out of the prices of new DVDs
UKDVD.com
weqhim wrote:
> I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the threads always post in
> descending order (i.e. newest first). This makes it very difficult for people to
> read through the thread, as they have to start at the end, and read up.
> Therefore, i propose that you change the direction of all the threads, so that
> new people are able to read through a post systematically, and existing users
> can follow a post that may have been started when they werent online, and there
> may now be 8 or 9 new posts. Just an idea...
just click that flip order, oldest first button near the top of the page
> I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the threads always post in
> descending order (i.e. newest first). This makes it very difficult for people to
> read through the thread, as they have to start at the end, and read up.
> Therefore, i propose that you change the direction of all the threads, so that
> new people are able to read through a post systematically, and existing users
> can follow a post that may have been started when they werent online, and there
> may now be 8 or 9 new posts. Just an idea...
just click that flip order, oldest first button near the top of the page
Get ad space on review pages on magazines, just a tiny corner with a box saying Get this game for free - Gameaday.co.uk
Perhaps offer a GAD for their star letter, they are more likely to let you do this.
Perhaps offer a GAD for their star letter, they are more likely to let you do this.
When people look to buy games online they search many places for the cheapest price.
Burger King had a campaign not so long ago that had "30% more beef than a Big Mac and cheaper too". As long as they were factual, they got away with it. So...
WHSmiths: £38.99
Amazon: £35.99
SPECIAL RESERVE: £32.99
Pic: any game with above prices
Text: Why shop around? Our prices are the lowest and we give out reddies too! Save yourself the effort.
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Title: Save your effort, Save at SR!
Pic: Lara croft holding a wad of cash
Text: We are a lot cheaper, and we deliver too!
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Title: Chairs have feelings too...
Pic: Man hugging chair, sobbing/man waving goodbye to chair
Text: Order your games and DVDs from SR, and we will deliver for free. Never leave your chair again!
Burger King had a campaign not so long ago that had "30% more beef than a Big Mac and cheaper too". As long as they were factual, they got away with it. So...
WHSmiths: £38.99
Amazon: £35.99
SPECIAL RESERVE: £32.99
Pic: any game with above prices
Text: Why shop around? Our prices are the lowest and we give out reddies too! Save yourself the effort.
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Title: Save your effort, Save at SR!
Pic: Lara croft holding a wad of cash
Text: We are a lot cheaper, and we deliver too!
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Title: Chairs have feelings too...
Pic: Man hugging chair, sobbing/man waving goodbye to chair
Text: Order your games and DVDs from SR, and we will deliver for free. Never leave your chair again!
Title: DVDs from £9.99?
Pic: Bloke wincing
Header 2: It's better than a kick in the balls!
Text: Surely you'd rather save money by getting DVDs here? You'll kick yourself if you don't...
Pic: Bloke wincing
Header 2: It's better than a kick in the balls!
Text: Surely you'd rather save money by getting DVDs here? You'll kick yourself if you don't...
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the threads always post in descending order (i.e. newest first). This makes it very difficult for people to read through the thread, as they have to start at the end, and read up. Therefore, i propose that you change the direction of all the threads, so that new people are able to read through a post systematically, and existing users can follow a post that may have been started when they werent online, and there may now be 8 or 9 new posts. Just an idea...
UKDVD.com advert ideas:
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are you a family kinda guy? then come by family guy at UKDVD.com
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Are you feeling like a bit of a cast away?
why not be in the company of others with cast away out now on DVD at UKDVD.com
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WOO-HOO its the simpsons on DVD, buy it now at UKDVD.com then sit back, have a donut, and wait for the postman
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Whats better than watching a good movie?
watching a good movie on DVD. theres hundreds to choose from at UKDVD.com
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have you just got a new dvd player or playstation 2, but dont have anything to watch on it? dont worry because special reserve are here, UKDVD.com
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use the force,internet,phone or post to order star wars episode 1 on DVD from special reserve. UKDVD.com
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are you a family kinda guy? then come by family guy at UKDVD.com
______________________________________________________
Are you feeling like a bit of a cast away?
why not be in the company of others with cast away out now on DVD at UKDVD.com
_____________________________________________________
WOO-HOO its the simpsons on DVD, buy it now at UKDVD.com then sit back, have a donut, and wait for the postman
_________________________________________________________
Whats better than watching a good movie?
watching a good movie on DVD. theres hundreds to choose from at UKDVD.com
_______________________________________________________
have you just got a new dvd player or playstation 2, but dont have anything to watch on it? dont worry because special reserve are here, UKDVD.com
_______________________________________________________
use the force,internet,phone or post to order star wars episode 1 on DVD from special reserve. UKDVD.com
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could be set out like invitation,or letter but doesnt have to be:
Dear Reader
You are invited to Special reserve, the best gaming website around. non members get in, but if you want discounts on our already low prices,join the club and get a free gift at the same time. once at special reserve you can, take part in chat, write reviews and cheats, get even more free gifts including a game or dvd everyday of the year.there is also mobile ringtones and logos, internet domains and so much more.
see you soon
The Special reserve staff
Ukgames.com
( if it was set as an invitation then it would say, at ukgames.com, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the sr phone number etc)
Dear Reader
You are invited to Special reserve, the best gaming website around. non members get in, but if you want discounts on our already low prices,join the club and get a free gift at the same time. once at special reserve you can, take part in chat, write reviews and cheats, get even more free gifts including a game or dvd everyday of the year.there is also mobile ringtones and logos, internet domains and so much more.
see you soon
The Special reserve staff
Ukgames.com
( if it was set as an invitation then it would say, at ukgames.com, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the sr phone number etc)
Stuck on your favourite game?
well we can help, come to UKgames.com, and either check our massive cheats database or visit one of our many chat forums and ask another member for help.
UKgames.com - were here to help
well we can help, come to UKgames.com, and either check our massive cheats database or visit one of our many chat forums and ask another member for help.
UKgames.com - were here to help
Title: Xmas shopping? Have one on us!
Pic: Typical festive scene
text: Buy 5 games from us in December and we will automatically trade in your reddies for one of the free gifts and send it to you free of charge!
Description: More incentive to buy more games. People might shop for 2-3 games, and make the rest up for themselves to get a free gift. For xmas month only these reddies would be claimable by non-members, and the package could be sent xmas-wrapped, addresses from tony/santa.
Pic: Typical festive scene
text: Buy 5 games from us in December and we will automatically trade in your reddies for one of the free gifts and send it to you free of charge!
Description: More incentive to buy more games. People might shop for 2-3 games, and make the rest up for themselves to get a free gift. For xmas month only these reddies would be claimable by non-members, and the package could be sent xmas-wrapped, addresses from tony/santa.
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