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How to Market your Card Game to Millennials

by Mark Bailey November 20, 2017
written by Mark Bailey

Card games have been enjoyed forever, but the good news is, this doesn’t mean that millennials aren’t interested. In fact, card games are very popular with this generation, and it’s a market that a lot of brands have managed to tap into. Sure, some require just your standard deck, but many still have challenged what you think of when you think of “card games”. In fact, marketing a card game to millennials is not difficult because it’s a novel idea, but because there is already quite a lot of competition in the market.

Spin-offs of Popular Franchises

Cards aren’t just for gambling, either. In fact, there’s a whole new player in the game, and that’s card battle games. Titles like Hearthstone, Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls Legends: Heroes of Skyrim, and Polish developer CD Project’s more recent Gwent all encourage players to battle their opponents while immersing themselves in a creative backstory. There are various characters, legends and entire worlds for players to get involved with – as well as different card types and complex rules, knowledge of which improves gameplay. These days, these are very popular, and in fact, spills over into various kinds of media. The Elder Scrolls brand attracts thousands of players worldwide per day. SteamSpy calculates more than 579,000 players for the Legends game alone. So how did these companies tap into these markets? The Elder Scrolls franchise already had a huge following behind it thanks to its success as an action role-playing fantasy series of video games, of which 2011’s Skyrim alone has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Perhaps the attraction to Mediaeval themes in the game makes players more open to “old-school” niches, such as collectible cards, which could explain the popularity when the Legends spin-off was announced in 2015.

Similarly, Gwent comes as a spin-off to The Witcher 3, which was released by CD Project RED in May 2015. It takes part in the same world, hash similar fantasy themes, with the Witcher himself having supernatural powers to defeat beasts. Gwent started out as a mini game, but as it’s been described as “addictive”, so it’s now become popular in its own right, with fans liking the idea that they can play the same games as their hero of the series, Geralt. Interestingly, what all three of these titles have in common is that they are card game spin-offs of popular RPG franchises. This has likely been the push that players needed to try the card games. The lesson we could learn here is that established brands will do wonders for new titles, so if you can somehow link a new product to an old product, you’re likely to benefit.

It’s Not Out With The Old, Though

Although there are now many more card games than just the decks with the standard hearts, clubs, diamonds, and spades as suits, the traditional ones are still a much-loved option. However, some brands have done something that seems to have worked in any other industry – they’ve made things digital.

When it comes to millennials up to the age of 25, over 99% use the internet “regularly” – (99.2% to be exact). When you extend that socio-demographic to include adults up to 44-year-olds, you still come out with a figure of 98.8% regularly heading online. It makes sense, then, that card games have quickly adopted new technologies, and continue to do so eagerly. Playing games with traditional playing cards has always been a popular past-time, but with modern lifestyles the way they are, players appreciate USPs. Online casinos have done just that by offering what is known as live casino games. These are games played with physical card packs which are live streamed to the player’s computer, tablet or phone. Live blackjack follows the same rules as “traditional” blackjack played in casinos, including the option to split or double down, but does so on live video, where a real dealer will deal the player’s cards. “New-old things” are incredibly popular nowadays, and it’s not just card games which have been brought online after years of being traditional. A lot of our daily lives end up being digital, from photo albums through to the way we shop and eat.

Easy Rules and Popular Themes

Cards can of course just be played for a bit of light fun, with no previous experience required. Uno is incredibly popular, and part of its popularity is how easy it is: you can even win the first time you play it! All that’s required is making sure to pay attention to the rules. Exploding Kittens is rather innovative, too – it’s a highly strategic, “kitty-powered” version of Russian roulette. There are some incredibly high stakes and in fact, kittens can actually kill you! Exploding Kittens started in the cat and humour-loving world of the internet, when creator Elan Lee used Kickstarter to fund his idea. He was so successful that there is even an official Android app for it today. And finally, Top Trumps has continued to expand since its introduction in 1968. One of the reasons that it is still thriving today is its willingness to expand its universe according to its audience. When something is relevant, a new deck is released. There are Top Trumps packs for all kinds of topics, from classic cars through to Star Wars, and it is actually very easy to play. Of course, while these games are fun for all, millennials aren’t too cool to be involved – who doesn’t like to have fun?

Adult and Drinking Games

Of course, millennials love to party, and when they do, often cards are involved. Some games rely on a traditional pack, for example, Ring of Fire. This has a set of rules assigned depending on the card that is drawn, which usually involves silly mini-games, dares, or yet more drinking. In recent years, Cards Against Humanity has also become very popular in the market. While it is not specifically a drinking game (instead preferring to market itself as “a party game for horrible people”), it is definitely trying to capture a similar market. Just be warned, it can get a little wild (and more than a little inappropriate, in the very best of ways). These games – and the parties they play at – make for great sharing on social media. Good digital marketing relies on user-generated content to build a community, and when are you more likely to share images and videos than when you’re enjoying yourself at a party?

Recreating Their Success

Despite card games literally being some of the oldest tricks in the book, there’s thankfully no sign of their popularity waning. And, providing that games makers continue to come up with innovative ways using technology and new trends to market their creations, this should be the case for many years to come. If this is a market your business is interested in tapping into, as always, research is imperative, as is ensuring that you’ve done enough not just to create a game, but also a brand.

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Ways to Keep up with Millennials: Mobile Trends

by Mark Bailey January 9, 2017
written by Mark Bailey

The world moves a lot faster than it used to – there’s a new iPhone every two years and a new Call of Duty game every year, while even the most bizarre science fiction technologies, like artificial intelligence and cyborg humans, seem to get a little closer to realisation with each passing day. The obvious concern for businesses is keeping up.

Millennials, people born between 1980 and 2000, are the most technologically adept generation in history. They’re also the hardest to please, having grown up on a diet of on-demand media like Netflix and NowTV; even Argos now offers same-day delivery just to stay relevant.

There are a few almost-guaranteed ways to stay on millennials’ collective good side, however:

Adopt New Payment Methods

It might not sound like something worth troubling the boardroom over but payment options change just as quickly as the technology that supports it. For instance, in 2015, both Apple and Android Pay were born. There’s also Skrill, Neteller, PayPal, paysafecard, Boku, iDebit, Envoy, and a host of other processors on the market today.

Consider how many times customers bail out of a purchase because the company they’re buying from doesn’t offer their favourite payment option – over months and years, the number of lost sales racks up. Not offering PayPal in particular is almost a cardinal sin for businesses, given that the processor had 192 million users worldwide in Q3 2016.

Embrace New Technology

According to a 2014 statistic, there are more mobile devices on Earth than people. It took just thirty years to put 7.2 billion devices in the pockets and homes of humans around the world. Technology is the single most important thing in the lives of millennials in particular. The phrase “life companion”, coined by the Galaxy S3-era Samsung, has never been more apt.

It’s not just about the fastest, prettiest device anymore though. Fingerprint and iris scanners recently emerged from Samsung and Apple’s respective laboratories, while Pokémon Go introduced the world to augmented reality technology earlier this year. With the above in mind, brands have to offer something different to succeed.

As a quick pointer, technologists are forecasting the arrival of the first true artificial intelligence before the end of the next decade and, should we survive the inevitable robot uprising, bots and automatons could become as prosaic as televisions. Asking questions around the applications for true AI in improving people’s lives is a great way to brainstorm for the future.

You can find many how-to guides and resources online to help with technology related tasks. BeBusinessed resource guides are great for this.

Make it Wearable

Smartwatches didn’t provoke the technological revolution Apple and Samsung expected, simply because they didn’t really do anything consumers needed; in fact, as far as usability and battery life were concerned, they provided a significantly poorer experience than smartphones. The true potential of wearables lies elsewhere.

Millennials are particularly excited about banking with wearable technology so, here’s an idea that’s not as hare-brained and dystopic as it sounds – microchip customers with their card details so that they can pay with a swipe of their hand. It’s not only a convenient alternative to plastic; it’s about as secure as banking gets.

Wearables need to solve a problem if they’re ever going to take off; they also need to reduce the amount of decisions involved in their use. For example, putting fitness trackers in shoes would mean that runners don’t have to decide whether or not to wear them on a daily basis.

As a final point, there’s a great deal to be said for taking things “old school” in 2016. Vinyl sales are soaring, the ZX Spectrum and NES consoles are back on the market, and paper books not only survived e-readers but sales are taking off once again. That’s not to say that there’s ever going to be a market for Crocs but looking backwards can sometimes reap rewards for the courageous entrepreneur.

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Unleash Your Digital Business

by Mark Bailey February 13, 2016
written by Mark Bailey

At an recent event entitled ‘Unleash Your Digital Business’ at Forrester Forum for Technology Management Leaders, it has provided perceptive conversations regarding turning processes, technologies and systems into high-impact, quick win digital capabilities. It’s quite fair to say that digital business progress has been made by almost every enterprise as of now. However a lot of organizations, regardless of their industry or size, have a lot more to accomplish and they are at risk. Conversations at Forrest Forum were focus on why and how to apply new behaviors and digital transformation strategies, so that the attendees can be assisted in unleashing their digital business.

The Orlando #ForrForum was opened by Forrester Research, Inc.’s George Colony, saying that the CTO and CEO are not going to provide you with all the help you need in order to help you digital business’ transformation or if you are in the grips of spiraling decline, they won’t save the day with technology. Instead, technology will come from cross-functional team and Business Technology agenda focused on implementing and creating for instance, new systems of engagement.

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The Most Influential Thought Leaders in the Digital Marketing Industry

by Mark Bailey February 13, 2016
written by Mark Bailey

Every year in the digital marketing industry we gather in order to bear witness to the most influential thought leaders. These wise people put forward their inspiration and ideas for those businesses and individuals seeking insight and knowledge, which they can apply to their next digital marketing campaign.

Well, all right, we all get together in a big hall to listen to someone who really knows what he or she is doing, while using a microphone and Powerpoint presentation to convey their message, explaining the next step in the development of digital marketing.

However, for some businesses these experiences can be life changing and if you’re looking to learn from the experts events such as MozCon, C3, The Digital Marketing Show and SearchLove are ideal.

Speaking of experts, actually we’ve been in touch with a number of industry thought leaders, asking them to tell us more about the speaker sessions they have attended throughout their careers and which one of them they think was the best one.

These could be sessions which took a different approach to discussing a well-researched topic, which they thought particularly useful for businesses and which inspired them, because let’s be honest here, with the Internet and the increasing use of mobile media at our disposal, we all consider ourselves as being experts at something related to online media.

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The Laws Required In Running An Ecommerce Business

by Mark Bailey October 5, 2015
written by Mark Bailey

eCommerce, just like any kind of business, is guided by a set of rules and laws that have been in place for a long time. We live in an era where everything is guided by technology and that is why nearly all the business are shifting their focus to online business. As an entrepreneur running online business, you need to familiarize yourself with some of these legislation so that you do not find your business on the wrong side of the law.  In this guide, we have outlined some of the legislation that you need to adhere to when you are running an ecommerce business. There are many advantages that come from operating an online business and that is why you should never be on the wrong side of the law lest you risk losing your business. Small and medium sizes businesses are the ones that can benefit in online business since it is a platform that they can advertise and brand themselves.

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