social games, gamification & social loyalty, digital atlanta 2011

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#DigATL#DigATL_Gamification

Social Games, Gamification &

Loyalty

Rob Kischuk@rkischuk

[email protected]

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1.25 Million Facebook Players125k “Likes”

Social Loyalty Platform125,000 Kids

Some Background

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Do Social Games Still Matter?

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90% of new Zynga game players come from another

Zynga game•Requires Retention

•Requires Loyalty

•Feeding the “whales” (Top 2% of users)

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How do you “Feed the 2% Whales”?

•Frequent Content Updates

•Content only available to highly-active users

•Encourage activation of their friends

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Branded Casual Games

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“Simple” Games

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Takeaways From Social Games

•People want to know “what to do next”

•Active users re-engage passive users

•Reciprocity

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Gamification

“is the infusion of game mechanics,

game design techniques and/or game style into

anything.”

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Building Blocks of Gamification

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Quilted Northern / Twitter

•10 Weeks

•Mention #cleanQuiz

•Digital Badge

•Chance to win 1 year supply of toilet paper

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Results

•700% follower boost

•315k reach

•Authentic conversations, residual growth2%

10%

20%

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What’s after badges?

“We don’t need no Stinking Badges”

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DNA of Social Loyalty

•Closest to the user wins

•Use each platform natively

•Twitter, Facebook, Email, Google+, etc

•Design for Re-engagement

•Rewards matter

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Thanks! Questions?

Rob Kischuk

[email protected]://bad.gy

facebook.com/BadgyApp

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