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Discover effective methods for establishing a player base in your game through unpaid and paid advertising strategies. This guide dives into utilizing general gaming forums, targeted communities, and demographic statistics to reach your audience effectively. We’ll discuss the importance of using platforms like Facebook and Google AdWords, as well as traditional banner ads and collaboration with game reviewers. Additionally, learn about critical metrics such as daily active user counts and the impact of monetization strategies like microtransactions and ads on engagement and retention.
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Establishing a Playerbase Game Networking
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Unpaid Advertising • General gaming forums (r/gaming) • Targeted gaming forums • r/indiegaming • Indiegamer • TIGSource
Paid Advertising • Demographic Statistics • Facebook • Google Adwords • Banner Ads • Game Reviewers
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iOS • Top 25 list • Top 25 subcatogories • Featured • Top 25 50% • Top 10 30% • Downloads
Android • App store optimization (ASO, not unlike SEO) • Daily active user count (DAUs) • Click-to-install rate • Uninstall rate • Branding
Game Monetization • Pay-to-Play • Pay-to-Win • Ads • Micro-Transactions