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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.
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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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My choice idea would be to show how much the people can interact with the site. I mean we've had things like regular posts, people helping with site-security, members making their own Extra Extar GAD's...
The 'Inter@ction' levels are off the scale. You could even get a worthy member of the forums to write a column for the mag-page plugging the site... Anyone decent writer from Aliboy to Zelda Pro could write their opinions of the site, the Future of Gaming itself and the games and/or DVD's they've won! You could even split the column into three parts and have 3 columns a week.
Of course, this would primarily attract the SR mag users, but I don't see why you couldn't stick a footer 'column' at the bottom of an A4 SR ad in a gaming mag... quite a few people would read it!
In short, I suggest:
Member Columns
Levels of Interaction
Stress on winning games
GAD winner reviews - Get winners to review the prize they won!
The profiles from the e-mails could go on to!
Game
The 'Inter@ction' levels are off the scale. You could even get a worthy member of the forums to write a column for the mag-page plugging the site... Anyone decent writer from Aliboy to Zelda Pro could write their opinions of the site, the Future of Gaming itself and the games and/or DVD's they've won! You could even split the column into three parts and have 3 columns a week.
Of course, this would primarily attract the SR mag users, but I don't see why you couldn't stick a footer 'column' at the bottom of an A4 SR ad in a gaming mag... quite a few people would read it!
In short, I suggest:
Member Columns
Levels of Interaction
Stress on winning games
GAD winner reviews - Get winners to review the prize they won!
The profiles from the e-mails could go on to!
Game
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Hypnotic wheel (You know the ones I mean, swirls of black and white)
Text
You are now in our command. Log onto Special Reserve and see exactly how much we could save you. Its mind blowing. You will not regret it. Now sit up in your chair and in the count of three you will log on. 1 - 2 - 3. After a while you may experience a little feeling of disbelief, don't worry it is normal our cheap prices have these effects on people Yea they are right, we really do sell them that cheap. So what you waiting for, join now and buy buy buy.
Hypnotic wheel (You know the ones I mean, swirls of black and white)
Text
You are now in our command. Log onto Special Reserve and see exactly how much we could save you. Its mind blowing. You will not regret it. Now sit up in your chair and in the count of three you will log on. 1 - 2 - 3. After a while you may experience a little feeling of disbelief, don't worry it is normal our cheap prices have these effects on people Yea they are right, we really do sell them that cheap. So what you waiting for, join now and buy buy buy.
Header: Metal Gear Solid 2 for PS2 - only £0.00!
Pic: MGS2 cover
Text: Or any game you like! Post a review on ukreviews.co.uk and win any game you like.
Explanation: It looks like an ordinary advert for a game that everyone wants so it attracts attention, then they notice the price, and forces them to read the text.
It's a winner, baby!
Pic: MGS2 cover
Text: Or any game you like! Post a review on ukreviews.co.uk and win any game you like.
Explanation: It looks like an ordinary advert for a game that everyone wants so it attracts attention, then they notice the price, and forces them to read the text.
It's a winner, baby!
When ever i see an advert for special reserve in a magazine it just doesn't really catch my eye. Shock advertising however works really well E.g in the middle of a magazine on a double page spread in huge text write: "ANY GAME OF YOUR CHOICE FOR FREE!!!!" You now have the readers attention so a couple of pages later on a single page have in large type and the same page style so the reader knows the pages were reffering to each other "JUST VISIT www.gameaday.com" By not mentioning how the games are got for free the readers curiosity tells him to go to the web site and see!
the classic...
headline
SEX!
text
now we have your attention...win any game or DVD of your choice everyday! at gameaday.co.uk
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Virtual girl in suggestive pose
Explanation..
when you a flicking through a mag or paper you see sex in big capital letters you cant help but look...the semi naked chick is to seal the deal.
headline
SEX!
text
now we have your attention...win any game or DVD of your choice everyday! at gameaday.co.uk
Picture
Virtual girl in suggestive pose
Explanation..
when you a flicking through a mag or paper you see sex in big capital letters you cant help but look...the semi naked chick is to seal the deal.
Yesterday, for the first time since befroe a site redesign, i think, i bought some stuff from SR on the web site.
Not exactly difficult, but it could have been a little easier in a couple of respects. In this fickle world maybe that's pretty important.
1. After putting something in the basket, then going back to look for something else, it took a little searching for the link to get back to the basket. Maybe if there was something slightly more obvious, eg, just under the advert. It'd only need to be one line of normal text deep, in a reasonably bold colour.
2. The joining procedure (i was re-joining with the order). It was a little unclear as to what actually had to be done. When i was picking a gift, i added membership to the basket with it, that seemed like the way to join (it'd been a while since the last time i did it). Then later on, i was asked to chose a membership package with my order, so i was kind of concerned as to whether i'd have 2 memberships charged, and if i'd get another full look at the basket to be able to check before the order was finalised. Maybe if i'd read all the stuff, the procedure would have been obvious, but i didn't, maybe i'm not the only one?
Also, it'd make sense to have a clearer link for joining SR like with the basket thing, maybe a line of text under the banner ad, split into 2 bright boxes, one for joining info, the other a link to the basket?
Just one more thing (i promise!), i'd saved renewing my membership for when i was ready to buy something, just like the first time i joined, so as to get the free gift.
In this time it'd have been pretty easy for me to drift off to a rival site, whereas if i could have joined straight away, and claimed a gift with the first order, whenever that was, i'd have done so straight away, and would have then had the incentive to stay with SR, instead of looking elsewhere too.
Hope that's helpful.
Not exactly difficult, but it could have been a little easier in a couple of respects. In this fickle world maybe that's pretty important.
1. After putting something in the basket, then going back to look for something else, it took a little searching for the link to get back to the basket. Maybe if there was something slightly more obvious, eg, just under the advert. It'd only need to be one line of normal text deep, in a reasonably bold colour.
2. The joining procedure (i was re-joining with the order). It was a little unclear as to what actually had to be done. When i was picking a gift, i added membership to the basket with it, that seemed like the way to join (it'd been a while since the last time i did it). Then later on, i was asked to chose a membership package with my order, so i was kind of concerned as to whether i'd have 2 memberships charged, and if i'd get another full look at the basket to be able to check before the order was finalised. Maybe if i'd read all the stuff, the procedure would have been obvious, but i didn't, maybe i'm not the only one?
Also, it'd make sense to have a clearer link for joining SR like with the basket thing, maybe a line of text under the banner ad, split into 2 bright boxes, one for joining info, the other a link to the basket?
Just one more thing (i promise!), i'd saved renewing my membership for when i was ready to buy something, just like the first time i joined, so as to get the free gift.
In this time it'd have been pretty easy for me to drift off to a rival site, whereas if i could have joined straight away, and claimed a gift with the first order, whenever that was, i'd have done so straight away, and would have then had the incentive to stay with SR, instead of looking elsewhere too.
Hope that's helpful.
Sometimes words can be harsh on the eye, so why not get rid of that plain white background on the pages, replace it with a snazzy background, like a watermark of the SR logo, and put more pictures with less text.
But then, you would have to be more to the point than you already are to make less text and give the same impression.
But then, you would have to be more to the point than you already are to make less text and give the same impression.
I am the Tarrant wrote:
> Also, how about a word of mouth reward system. Not many of my friends around
> here that are into computer games have easy net access, but I try to get them to
> come. I know we have a few people on here that are from the same parts of the
> country, but I'm sure more could be encouraged.
If you offered the people who
> are already here something for spreading the word to there friends and so on,
> that might bring more people here.
Say if someone mentions me when signing up
> to SR, then you could give me something for bringing you customers (I'm not
> talking about games, but Reddies or something?)
This would also push the
> interst in Reddies up thus acquiring you more members and more sales.
I'm a
> genius!
(or that might be the most stupid plan ever, I don't know?)
That my friend is a cr...brilliant plan. I would like to be your manager, as to get loads of mon...I mean, advise you on what to do when you make it big............................How does 40% of profits sound?
> Also, how about a word of mouth reward system. Not many of my friends around
> here that are into computer games have easy net access, but I try to get them to
> come. I know we have a few people on here that are from the same parts of the
> country, but I'm sure more could be encouraged.
If you offered the people who
> are already here something for spreading the word to there friends and so on,
> that might bring more people here.
Say if someone mentions me when signing up
> to SR, then you could give me something for bringing you customers (I'm not
> talking about games, but Reddies or something?)
This would also push the
> interst in Reddies up thus acquiring you more members and more sales.
I'm a
> genius!
(or that might be the most stupid plan ever, I don't know?)
That my friend is a cr...brilliant plan. I would like to be your manager, as to get loads of mon...I mean, advise you on what to do when you make it big............................How does 40% of profits sound?
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