25/09/2016 No Comments

Super Mario Run: 40 million downloads in 4 days, but not everyone is happy

The first Nintendo title for smartphones, the Super Mario Run, reached a record of downloads, but users were reluctant to the single cost to unlock content, which led to the actions of the Japanese videogame maker to the minimum of one month.

Super Mario Run reached 40 million downloads in just four days after its launch on December 15 in 151 countries on Apple’s App Store, the company said. Gross sales reached about 21 million dollars, showed data from the sensor analysis applications company.

But Nintendo shares have lost 11 percent since the launch, as the Italian plumber game has received negative reviews from users, who complained about the initial cost of $ 9.99, instead of the usual method of paying small sums for special characteristics.

“Mario is possibly the most popular game franchise in the world, and yet we see that only 8 percent of those who tried it, bought it,” said Sensor Tower analyst Spencer Gabriel, who had estimated 25 million downloads before. of the company’s report

“I do not think it’s an evaluation about the quality of the game (…), but rather the perceived value when compared to free games that offer more content with optional microtransactions,” he added.

Super Mario Run is free to download from the store; in Japan it has a rating of 2.5 stars out of 5 based on 1095 reviews. “This is a paid application disguised as a free application,” wrote user Racing Game Guy. “You have to pay after playing 10 minutes. It does not bother me to pay, but the cost is a bit high. It is a disappointment after waiting with so many expectations, “he added.

A Nintendo spokesperson told Reuters that the “price was designed to assure parents that they would be charged only once, not multiple times” when their children use the game.

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08/08/2016 No Comments

How colors influence brands

The choice of colors for your brand is something that you must choose very carefully

Color is the impression produced by a tone of light in the visual organs, or more accurately, it is a visual perception that is generated in the brain. Within marketing, color is one of the main characteristics that allows us to seduce customers to attract them to our products and services.

The colors have a great influence on the psychological behavior of each individual, and the purchase decisions were not going to be less. According to a study by Color Marketing Group, a company specializing in the use of colors, color represents 85% of the importance in the decision to purchase a product or service.

But colors are not only important when choosing a product, they are also fundamental in branding, to provide the brand with certain values for consumers. That is why the choice of colors for your brand is something that you must choose with great care.

What should you keep in mind when choosing the color of your brand?

All the brands have a color that represents them and in most of the occasions when they name us a brand, it is their color the first memory that comes to mind. In short, the choice of a corporate color is one of the most important steps if you are learning to design logos. When choosing the color for your brand you must answer some basic questions.

With what emotions do you want to provoke?

Leatrice Eiseman, in her book Color: Messages and meanings, explains that colors provoke different emotions in human beings. Therefore, you should reflect on what emotions you want your brand to transmit and use colors that are in line with them.

What shades are used in my industry?

Pay attention to the tones that are mainly used in your industry to not choose a color that does not look natural when associating your brand to that industry. For example, in the United States, red is associated with meat, silver with dairy products or yellow with desserts.

What is the personality of your brand?

As we said at the beginning, colors convey emotions, but also personality to your brand. Therefore you must decide which are the most appropriate colors to convey the personality you want to give to your brand.

What colors does the competition use?

A great way to differentiate yourself from the competition, especially if they have gained a large market share, is the color. For example, Pepsi uses blue as opposed to Coca-Cola red.

Are the colors in line with my message?

Consumers are much more likely to believe in your message if the colors in which you print it are in line with it. For example, if you are talking about ecology it is more credible to use a green text than a red one.

What colors should you choose for your brand?

When choosing the colors for your brand, you must bear in mind that it is not the only color of your logo, but that in order for it to be effective, you must use it in all your supports: from the web page to letterheads or the business cards.

But what does each color transmit? Next, we offer you a small guide so that you have it easier when deciding:

Red:

Red is a warm and intense color, which conveys various emotions ranging from adventure to danger. But when it comes to using it in a brand’s logo, it is usually associated with adventure, energy, strength, vigor or passion. There are several studies that corroborate that it can lead to hunger or increase blood pressure. Therefore, it is ideal for energy drinks, restaurants or products related to the engine.

Pink

 Pink is a color traditionally associated with femininity, delicacy, innocence and romance. In general, it is used to add a feminine connotation to logos and women’s products. It is recommended for feminine, children’s products or sweets.

Yellow 

Yellow is a color that is traditionally related to joy, happiness, summer or sun. When it comes to using it in logos, you usually want to transmit happiness and warmth. It is especially suitable for children’s and leisure products; as well as to announce special offers and news.

Orange

The orange color is formed by red and yellow, which contains characteristics of both. It transmits strength and confidence like red and optimism and the joy of yellow. The orange is usually used by companies that have as their audience the young public, companies that want to transmit modernity.

Green

The green color represents life, freshness, the environment, vegetation, ecology and all the values that have to do with it. It is normally used by companies that want to transmit their ecological values and respect for nature.

Blue:

Blue is one of the most used colors by companies, both as the main color and to give some detail. It transmits authority, security, success, trust and loyalty. It is also a color that can be identified as masculine. Therefore, we will find it in medicine, government agencies and digital or technological companies.

Gray:

Gray transmits mostly stability and neutrality. It is the midpoint between black and gray. It is mostly used for fonts thanks to its neutrality.

White:

White is the quintessential color of peace and purity. It also conveys style, elegance and honesty. It is used in cosmetics, personal care, beauty, among others. Most cases serve to balance the other color.

Black:

The black color is technically speaking the absence of color. It transmits values such as tradition, seriousness, elegance and mystery. It is usually used in companies that target a clientele with high purchasing power, as it is associated with luxury and elegance.

When choosing which is the most appropriate color for your brand, you should also take into account the representative color of the product you are going to offer. If you are going to use a combination of colors it will be important that you know how to put them together so that it was not disastrous. The most recommended combinations are:

Yellow on black
Red on black
White on red

Red on white
 Blue on white
Yellow on blue

White on blue
 Black on white

If you have in mind to create a company or you are thinking of designing a logo, but you do not see yourself with enough knowledge or materials to do it perfectly, you can consult us to do it.

08/06/2016 No Comments

Businesses are taking advantage of the pull of Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is making consumers leave their homes and is forcing them to enter certain places and connect with certain spaces.

It’s one of the news of the summer, one of those topics that give thousands and thousands of articles: Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game of Nintendo and Niantic, is being a massive success and everyone wants to play it. Therefore, Pokemon Go is being the protagonist of increasingly eccentric headlines. From the woman who quit her job to become a full-time Pokemon trainer and sell accounts on eBay, to the town hall that includes Pokemon activities at youth parties to those who end up being arrested for chasing pokemons where they should not have gone. It’s Pokemon fever and, of course, the brands are also getting into the fray.

Everyone is trying to use the frenzy for the game in their favor

As often happens with any hot topic and with any element that goes directly to the trending topic, the brands try to get rid of Pokemon Go. The companies try to talk about the pokemon, they try to be part of the conversation and they try to get into the Pokemon fever battle.

Although only McDonalds has become an official advertiser, their restaurants will become pokemon gyms where you can train the characters. The company will do it with 3,000 of its Japanese restaurants, it will sell themed Happy Meals and it is not known how much it will pay for the benefit (although those responsible for the game explained to the economic press that these ads linked to sponsored locations will be charged with a cost linked to the visit. ). What effect did this news have? McDonald’s stocks skyrocketed as the information touched the market, as noted in Business Insider.

Pokemon GO is just insane right now. This is in Central Park. It’s basically been HQ for Pokemon GO. pic.twitter.com/3v2VfEHzNA

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Según estadísticas, la presencia de un Pokemon puede hacer que las ventas de un restaurante suban un 75% (si entran algo tendrán que consumir). El 67% de los hombres y el 35% de las mujeres visitaría un negocio solo con la intención de cazar a un pokemon.

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According to statistics, the presence of a Pokemon can make the sales of a restaurant go up 75% (if they enter something they will have to consume). 67% of men and 35% of women would visit a business only with the intention of hunting a pokemon.

All this has a powerful explanation. Pokemon Go is making consumers leave their homes and is forcing them to enter certain places and connect with certain spaces. They are making consumers visit stores, restaurants and all kinds of spaces, making from the retail to the museums through the libraries have a new flow of visitors marked by the game. And if the consumers are there, we have already managed to comply with at least part of the work and we just have to give them a little push so that they end up buying. They are visitors, you just have to convert them into consumers.

A pizza bar in Long Island City in New York claims that its sales increased 75% over the weekend, by activating a decoy model feature that attracts virtual Pokémon characters to the store.
And that’s why the stores are going crazy to direct traffic and hunt Pokémon hunters in their hunts around the city. Being a Poketop or having a gym (in some you can get things to improve your game and in another compete with others) or have a pokemon has become a blessing of heaven, as explained in Business Insider, in one that stores They chase like crazy.

The stores are directly investing money to achieve this, as they point out in the media, which has analyzed what British small businesses are doing with respect to Pokemon Go fever. Taking into account that Spain arrived a little later, it could be expected that this fever of exploitation by the stores will also arrive a little later.

Cheaper than social media marketing

How are they doing it? Not only do they rely on the luck of having a Pokémon element inside them, but they are also using all possible resources to do so. For example, they are investing in buying lures (‘lures’ in English) that make the quantities of hunting birds grow or improve certain things within the game.

That is, they are investing in things within the game that their clients can use and that are a bait to attract consumers. As explained by a person in charge of a cafeteria, in this case Dublin, Business Insider leaves a decoy every day at the doors of his cafe and announces it on social networks, launching a promotion linked to the associated consumption. Consumers have increased significantly.

The investment cost is not very high (the manager of the cafeteria has spent 99 dollars, that of a clothing store about 66 in a week) and the return is high, since it exceeds in results the campaigns on social networks and It has a lower cost, or at least that is how they see these small businesses that are already using this tool.

Just like promoting your location this close to a gym or pokeparadas you can get more visibility and foot traffic, if you have a good presence in social media.

Niantic, has enabled a web page that contains a form where anyone who wishes can send directions to create new gyms or pokeparadas in Pokémon GO. You will have to visit the Niantic support page and fill out a form to not only place your order but also attach a photo.

16/09/2015 No Comments

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14/05/2015 No Comments

10 Tips for starting an online store

After having created a few online stores for our clients, we have seen that there is a series of details that are repeated in all these works and we have decided to make a small vademecum of how to set up an online store.

If you are an entrepreneur and you are clear that the future is in the new technologies, you may have come to the conclusion that an online store is the best possible window to sell your product and that millions of eyes around the world can see what you have what to offer But if you want to start, you must make a list of duties and see where you have controlled and what problems you have to decide. You will need a solution for each of the following needs; What is clear is that you will have to do it before or after if you want to open your online store.

But let’s go in parts, so that the first advice you should take into account is that everything must be done step by step and ensuring very well what should be the digital foundations of your future business. For it:

1- Decide what you are going to sell and get organized

Investigate the Internet in search of similar businesses. It is not about copying, but about learning what strengths and weaknesses your competition has and, more importantly, what sets you apart from them.

It is fundamental to structure the set of your items for sale. So that users do not get lost, you will have to make a main menu that includes the main product groups. This menu is recommendable that does not contain more than 7 elements. This will not be too complicated for the user. The fewer elements and options, the better. From each of them, you can pick up sub-menus that group new divisions of the product. It is not advisable to do further subdivisions after these.

A tip: The most advisable thing is that you take blank papers and in each one put a category of your products. If you have a comic shop, write is a sheet, for example, MANGA. Fill as many sheets as necessary to be able to group all the product of your future online store. Try to collect them by groups of similar items. These would be the main menu, each sheet would be the submenu. This system works, we assure you.

2- Design a good strategy and create your brand

Set yourself realistic goals in the medium and long term (one year), start developing your personal brand which includes a good design, a name, a logo … an image that is the one that serves to recognize your product and that is durable in time

3- Social Networks and Blog

Fundamental for the promotion of any business and more if it is on the Internet. Have a Facebook page, a Twitter profile, and promote blog entries with both your products and relevant information of the sector in which your business model is inserted. The image of all these profiles must be the same that accompanies the web of your brand.

4- Marketing Strategy

Do you already have the store? Now you want to sell, right? Well, just as it would happen to you if you open a store in the middle of a forest, the same thing will happen to you with your online store: No one will pass in front of your shop window. You need visibility And that is achieved through advertising and work.

There are different ways to advertise:
SEM, paying Google to appear in the sponsored search results.
SEO, where you appear on Google because of the importance of your page. Free of charge, but with a lot of effort and time.
More channels: with brochures, advertisements, social networks, blog, etc …
In short, you’ll have to get people to see your store. Keep in mind that the conversion ratio of sale in a shopping cart is around 2%, so you’ll have to take many people to your store to sell a few items.

5- Positioning

Do not forget that your business is on the Internet and that, therefore, you must optimize your keywords and your links to try to be at the top of the search either in generic search engines or in those specialized in the product that offers

6- Take care of your client

As in a traditional business, the client must be the center of our efforts. In the case of an online store, establish secure payment systems (paypal, for example) and hire a good transport service for your products or services. These are the important details that make the difference. Enable a complaints and suggestions mailbox to collect opinions and know what works well and what you should improve.

7- Take care of your product

Pamper the image of what you are going to sell, offer quality images and from different angles so that potential buyers have access to all the visual and technical information of your products. Do not forget that it is better to have few products and quality than many and poorly managed.

8- Contact experts

It is clear that, unless your knowledge is very advanced, the work that comes before you is huge for what you should trust and practice alliances with experts to help you optimize the aspects over which you have no control or knowledge. Trust them

9- Keep your business in order

Renew stocks, inform if the products are finished, keep your page up to date and do not forget to incorporate new utilities and applications to make the user’s experience more and more pleasant.

10- Innovate and be creative

One of the keys in any business is to offer something different from the rest. Do not be afraid to innovate or bet on new paths; It is not about trying to prove, but trying to show all your creativity and put it at the service of your business.

First of all, and as you have seen, setting up an online store requires an exercise in patience and dedication that you must undertake on a daily basis. Check our services page and stay tuned for the next calls in this blog and on our website.

14/04/2015 No Comments

How to measure the effectiveness of your blog

1.Compare the natural growth of the visits first to the blog – and then the average visits for each post – with respect to the same period last year. Do the same with bounce%, traffic sources, social conversions, unique visitors, page views and the average stay in your site – and average in each post.

2.Measure the number of people who have unsubscribed in your newsletter, email subscription or RSS in the last month / quarter / semester / year. This way you will know if your content is accurate, if your community is interesting and if there is a connection with your readers. According to the calculations that I continue to make in my blogs and in others with which I have contact, the average rate usually ranges between 2-3% per month, at most.

3. On the other side. Check how many subscribers there are via RSS, how many via email and if you have a newsletter subscription, how many subscribers do you receive. You can calculate it weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.

4. The volume of comments you receive in each post. The more comments you receive the more popular your blog is, the more popular, the more read it is, the more you read the more you visit and the more visited, the more conversions you should have.

5. The number of “leads” you receive weekly / monthly. By “leads” I understand business opportunities, these are set by each person depending on the type, field, industry and purpose of the blog. It can be a budget for the advice of the decoration of a house in an interior design blog. It can be the request or question of the clothes that you described in your fashion blog. It can also be the contact of a business interested in a PR action on your advertising blog or the proposal of an agency that wants to hire you as a speaker at a gastronomic event through your gastronomy blog.

Without using any social mechanism (twitter, facebook, google +, menéame, etc.) that reach your posts. It will help you to measure the true influence that your blog has on its own.

6. Of the visits you receive in each post, how many actually perform the action you want. That is, how many visitors click on the “call to action” that takes them to the online store of supplements, buy the theme you recommend or make a donation to the NGO with which you collaborate. Sometimes the same “call to action” may be that they respond in the comments to the question that you pose at the end or that they register for your event, webinar or conference.

7. Analyze the number of links to other blogs, posts or websites that obtain each of your posts. This is not only positive at the SEO level, but if you receive many links you will know that it is a valuable post and that others use it as a resource.

8.The recommendations among users that your blog obtains via the social web, on Twitter, Facebook, Google + or LinkedIn. It also applies the number of times your blog or post is saved as a bookmark in a social bookmarking site such as Del.ici.ous or Diigo.

What other ways to measure the effectiveness of a blog occur to you?

Via: Isra García

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