Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

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Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

Online Video – A Growing Opportunity for Video Game Purchase Influence

February 12th, 2009 · Comments

A couple of notable online marketing studies found their way to my inbox recently and I thought I’d point out a conspicuous congruency supporting the use of online video as a key component of an overall marketing plan, especially for video game publishers.  Considering video game publishers make up a significant share of our client [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Research · Social Media

Lord of the Rings Fans Strut Their Stuff for Ultimate Fan Contest!

January 16th, 2009 · Comments

Talk about passionate fans! For the past several months Affinitive has been running “Battle For the Ring”, an enthusiast community/advocacy program we developed for the new video game The Lord of The Rings: Conquest for one of our great clients, Electronic Arts.
The game hit stores this week, and to celebrate the illustrious history of [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Self-Promotion · Social Media

Complement Consumers’ Social Habits to Spread WOM

March 13th, 2008 · Comments

Word-of-Mouth is a fickle beast. It is difficult to trigger WOM for a product, but it is even harder to determine how the word will be spread, how the message changes, and who it will reach as it goes from one generation of consumers to the next.
Keller Fay Group released research showing that 90% of [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Research