Game Trailer and Social Video Production Tips for Marketers

Video game trailers and promoted social videos are basically ads – wonderful, glamorous, action-packed, over-inflated, self-congratulatory ads. And that’s OK, because just like  movie trailers and social vids, we all love them! They’re windows into the soul of the game. They grab a viewer’s attention, show them what the game is all about, call them…

Why Brand and Startup Videos Have To Be More Creative

In the new age of: “I wish I could be as cool as my teenage son” and: “Why does my grandma have a Facebook?” social media has become an influential, passive aggressive, self-comparison interaction tool. Social media not only represents self-identity, but an engagement of others in community, lifestyle, business, and entertainment. It is a…

Sexist Game Trailer Turns Girl Into A Hamburger And Eats Her

I’m ashamed of myself. I was swept up in my quest to market a new video game and did the unthinkable. I broke the first rule of online video advertising. “Don’t turn women into hamburgers and eat them just for a laugh” Oh sure, it seems innocent enough at first glance… the idea of a…

The Best Ways To Market Mobile Apps and Games

What’s the best way to market your mobile app or game? I reached out to a variety of experts including app developers, game studios, app summit organizers and extreme gaming machine builders to get their thoughts. Here’s the advice that made the most cents, along with my two pennies’ worth, of course. Charlyn Keating @CharlynKeating…

The Best Digital Marketing Tips For Video Games Ever

As you select which digital marketing approaches and tactics you’ll be including in your 2013 video game marketing campaigns, keep in mind that it’s not always which tactics you fit into your budget or the budget you spend, but how smart you are about how those budgets and tactics are used. A huge part of…