Posts Tagged ‘Play Games’

5 Great New Marketing Articles and Why You Should Read Them

A Dozen Video Game Firsts

Ignore the porn quality ads on this site and give it a good read. The article outlines industry firsts for the video game industry. Don’t play games? I don’t care. The video game industry is bigger than Hollywood, learn from them and apply their firsts to your industry.

9 Ways to Ignite Innovation Inside Your Company…and Light Your Way out of the Recession

Innovation is an amazing concept. Simply take something that’s already being done and do it better … who’d of thought? Well here are nine great, simple things that people can do to make their business more successful. Not into real estate? Who cares, read it anyways and learn from it!

YPulse

This is a great website that helps us old folks (anybody over 30) keep an eye on the kids marketing trends. Not into kids? OK, now I’m just messing … sort of, it’s a huge market.

Your pink slip may turn you into an ‘unintentional” entrepreneur

I love positive pieces about getting fired, reminds me of this one I wrote about how great it is to lose your job.

The Meteoric Rise of the App Store

OK I’m back on my kick, don’t have an iPhone or know that App Store is? Then you’re in a lot of trouble. The App Store (from Apple) is one of the best ways to market digital products such as games and books ever created, college students are selling millions of units of software and earning an equal amount of money for their custom apps.

Google Launches AdSense for Video Games

If you’re anything like me, you live for the latest round of web games but today, Google has taken the next step in the advertising front by introducing AdSense for Video Games

Do you develop or publish web-based games? If so, you’re contributing to a growing trend – according to comScore, over 25% of Internet users play online games every week, which is over 200 million users worldwide. As a beta user of AdSense for Games, you can display video ads, image ads, or text ads within your online games to earn revenue. You’ll be able to show these ads in placements you define, such as interstitial frames before a game, after a level change, or when a game is over. Members of our AdWords team will sell your in-game ad placements directly to top brand advertisers, and you’ll also see contextually targeted text and image ads based on content and demographic information. In addition, you’ll be able to control the ads you see on your pages using our filtering options.

Steven Hodson has a great article about it over on Mashable.