Gamification: Rewarding Users with Simlpe Game Mechanics

............................................................................................................................................................ Using simple game mechanics to enhance your SEO and user engagement.

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............................................................................................................................................................ In the first quarter of 2011 this website got as many check-ins as it did in all of 2010.

............................................................................................................................................................ Check in to your favourite TV, connect with friends and get stickers in the post.

............................................................................................................................................................ “The point system has dramatically improved engagement + contribution on Moz. We’ve grown community content 200%+ in the 24 months” Rand Fishkin, CEO, SEOmoz Inc.

............................................................................................................................................................ Gamification Using game mechanics to motivate your users to perform actions critical to the growth of your business

............................................................................................................................................................ GAME MECHANICS 101: POINTS Points are a fundamental unit of measuring performance in a gamified system. They’re everywhere.

............................................................................................................................................................ LEADERBOARDS Bunchball’s Nitro platform gamifies a real life situation, driving competition.

............................................................................................................................................................ LEVELS AND CHALLENGES

............................................................................................................................................................ SELF EXPRESSION Encourage commitment by scoring the level of profile completeness to get ownership

............................................................................................................................................................ BADGES Badges form a key component to the foursquare ecosystem. People love to collect, and compete.

............................................................................................................................................................ VIRTUAL CURRENCY / VIRTUAL GOODS In Microsoft’s Xbox Marketplace, you can exchange points for customisable avatars

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............................................................................................................................................................ GAMIFICATION FOR GOOD - IMOK I’mOK, an iPhone app that parents can use to track their children – kids check in and receive points

............................................................................................................................................................ REWARD W/STATUS – A POWERFUL MOTIVATOR Status is an amazingly powerful especially for heavy users – it opens opportunity

............................................................................................................................................................ CREATE SIGNUPS / SALES WITH LOSS AVERSION Loss aversion refers to the tendency for people to strongly prefer avoiding losses than acquiring gains.

............................................................................................................................................................ www.codecademy.com teaches users to code using challenges, levels, achievements and social interaction

............................................................................................................................................................ HELP PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR BUSINESS I love http://dribbble.com/ - Great designs win business.

............................................................................................................................................................ GENERATE REVIEWS Netcars.com reward with points and badges for user reviews, ratings and blog posts

............................................................................................................................................................ INCREASE SIGNUPS Increase your sales: Motivate your users to grow your subscriber base like Dropbox and Xbox live

............................................................................................................................................................ REWARD FOR GIFTING Gifting (another game mechanic) a virtual currency and rewarding with tangible rewards

............................................................................................................................................................ REWARD FOR UPLOADING CONTENT Lockerz.com – upload photos, (and watch videos), earn points…

............................................................................................................................................................ GENERATE LINKS Make it easy for your users to benefit from Word of Mouth marketing via their social and linking activity…

............................................................................................................................................................ WE COULD INCREASE SOCIAL SHARES Make it really easy for your users to benefit from performing the actions critical to the growth of your site

............................................................................................................................................................ GET YOU USER’S QUESTIONS ANSWERED Create a question, earn points. Answer the question, earn points and status. SEOMoz.org/q

............................................................................................................................................................ Month1: 12,188 Page Views Av. Time on Site up 81% Implement a minimum viable product and iterate

............................................................................................................................................................ Reward Users for the behaviors that are critical to the growth of your business

............................................................................................................................................................ THANK YOU @RichardBaxter SEOgadget.co.uk Email me: richard@seogadget.co.uk Thanks for listening! Email, Tweet or just say hi!

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