growing a hard core game on facebook - gdc europe 2013

Growing a Hard-Core Game on Facebook

Leonard FrankelHead of Biz Dev, Plarium

Company Overview●Established 4 summers ago●HQ in the start-up land Israel

● 3 studios world-wide● 350 employees & 70 open positions

Yes, I will share metrics

Starting Up●First poker game in the Russian SNs

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We’re on Facebook, now what?●Localize everything (Care for a hotdog?)

We’re on Facebook, now what?●Localize everything (Care for a hotdog?)

We’re on Facebook, now what?●Localize everything (Care for a hotdog?)●New countries – World bank, Facebook ads

We’re on Facebook, now what?●Localize everything (Care for a hotdog?)●New countries – World bank, Facebook ads

Increasing ROI●25 professionals in user acquisition●51 in supporting departments: Art, Development & BI and Support●Perfecting Facebook integration● Identifying gamers characteristics

Sponsoring on Facebook●Open Graph

●Page posts

Open Graph – Case Study●OG stories with emphasis on

● Achievements that players are proud of● Meaningful Actions and Objects

●January 2013 – 800k MAU● 13 million stories, 136 million impressions

●75% increase in viral users with Open Graph

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Retargeting● Custom audiences

●Payers: “Your army awaits”, features●Non-payers are harder to lure back

●Action spec Targeting: games.plays

Player Acquisition●CPIs are rising (Platform, Game’s age, Genre)●Facebook ARPDAU up 104.4% to 0.4$ - 0.5$

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Improving the Monetization

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● PvP Element● Holiday Promo

Improving the Monetization

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● PvP Element● Holiday Promo● Troops Revive

Improving the Monetization

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● PvP Element● Holiday Promo● Troops Revive● Immortal Guardians

Improving the Monetization

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StormfallARPDAU

● PvP Element● Holiday Promo● Troops Revive● Immortal Guardians● Holiday Promo

Improving the Monetization

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● PvP Element● Holiday Promo● Troops Revive● Immortal Guardians● Holiday Promo● Legendary Heroes

Offer Wall Performance ●Nano payments, performance varies●2.6% of total revenues●Doubled paying users up to 2%-3%

Thank You! Any questions?

leonard@plarium.com