Viral Installs - getting your users to share and rate your game

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Getting more users to share and rate your game VIRAL INSTALLS

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Why some games have what we call "the k factor" while others don't? What makes users want to share some games. Design a narrative that entice users to socially engage with the game, improve the ease of sharing game acheivements and identify the best timing to ask users to connect, share and rate.

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Getting more users to share and rate your gameVIRAL INSTALLS

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• Open source company

• 100M Installs via 3,000 live games

• Free to Play Framework

DO MORE TOGETHER

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Discover SOOMLA in forum

Easy Virtual Economy + IAP

Saves time + on time delivery

Blogs about SOOMLA

Integrates in more gamesMake It Rain - #1 Game

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SOOMLA'S VIRAL LOOP

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VIRAL LOOP IN GAMESWhy some games get shared more?

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3 KEYS TO VIRALITY

story timing ease

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WAYS PEOPLE SHARErate facebook offline

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DESIGNING FOR VIRALITYThe infrastructure for success

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SOPHISTICATED LOOK

Piano Tiles - 91,673 raters

2048 - 98,241 raters

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NEWS / EVENT

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Get users connected on

facebook

Get users connected on Game Center

Adjust sharing request based on user choice

EASE OF SHARING/RATING

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GETTING USERS TO CONNECT

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SIMPLY ASK

• Sell Value

• Every 5-10 sessions

• Up to 3 times per user

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MAKE FB THE EASIEST CHOICE

• Alternatives for connecting

• Users prefer comparable options

• FB must be the easiest

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GIVE USERS AN INCENTIVE

• Good - offer free coins

• Better - offer immediate satisfaction

• Apple's new rules - incentivizing connection is ok

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ASKING TO SHARE/RATE

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FOCUS ON VICTORIES

• Make sure you have a victory screen!

• Add share/rate

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PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE

• Game Center users - RATE

• Facebook users - SHARE

• Native FB is smoother

Web Dialog Native Dialog

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NATIVE FIT TO STORY

• Popping the question in the game

• Gifting in Candy Crush

• Multi-player / challenges

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ADS AND SHARING

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ADS IN APPS

• Ads aren't cool

• No one wants to go to a party that isn't cool

• Competes with sharing features

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ADS IN APPS

story timing

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3 KEYS TO VIRALITY

story timing ease

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