{"id":2293,"date":"2010-11-10T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2010-11-10T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T16:36:21","slug":"advertising-through-social-gaming-crosses-200m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2010\/11\/advertising-through-social-gaming-crosses-200m\/","title":{"rendered":"Advertising through Social Gaming crosses $200M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With <a href=\"http:\/\/techdivine.com\/freesocialmedia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media Marketing<\/a> racing into our daily lives through friends, peers &amp; those wonderful first time virtual friends, advertising online received an amazing adrenaline rush with millions of dollars being spent by big Brands on social games for an ad spot, brand reach and the most cherished word for this decade &#8220;connect&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All of the Big Brands seem to want a part of it. Right from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/us\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mc Donalds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megamind.com\" target=\"_blank\">The movie\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Megamind<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/strauss-group.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strauss Groups Peanut bar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.7-eleven.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">7eleven<\/a> and more are racing to acquire \u201cfans\u201d &amp; to further increase their brand reach by putting up sponsored ads on the worlds most addictive social game of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmville.com\" target=\"_blank\">Farmville<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zynga.com\" target=\"_blank\">Zynga<\/a> with over 80 million users online playing it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2298\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2298\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2298\" title=\"mcdonaldadonfv\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mcdonaldadonfv.jpg\" alt=\"Mc Donald Ad on Farmville Social Gaming Advertising\" width=\"206\" height=\"272\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MC D&#39;s Ad On FV<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mcdsadonfarmville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2299\" title=\"mcdsadonfarmville\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mcdsadonfarmville-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"mc donalds ad on farmville \" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mcdsadonfarmville-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/mcdsadonfarmville.jpg 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The wonderful aspect of this whole social gaming and reaching the audience was also when for causes like <a href=\" http:\/\/blog.zynga.com\/2010\/01\/zynga-creates-haiti-relief-fund.html\" target=\"_blank\">HAITI relief, Farmville game<\/a> contributed a wonderful cause by bringing users together, connecting, being a part of this concern and in real terms making a huge positive contribution and difference to them globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2305\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/haitirelieffromsocialgaming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2305\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2305\" title=\"haitirelieffromsocialgaming\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/haitirelieffromsocialgaming-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Haiti Relief from Zynga Game developers\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/haitirelieffromsocialgaming-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/haitirelieffromsocialgaming.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haiti Relief from Farmville<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2301\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2301\" title=\"7elevengojiberryad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/7elevengojiberryad.gif\" alt=\"7 eleven ad on Farmville game socially gaming advertising\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/7elevengojiberryad.gif 250w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/7elevengojiberryad-234x300.gif 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 eleven Ad on FV<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2300\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/straussadpeanutonfarmville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2300\" title=\"straussadpeanutonfarmville\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/straussadpeanutonfarmville-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"peanut bar from strauss \" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/straussadpeanutonfarmville-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/straussadpeanutonfarmville.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strauss Ad for Peanut bar on FV<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2306\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/farmvilleadsocialgaminggrowth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2306\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2306\" title=\"farmvilleadsocialgaminggrowth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/farmvilleadsocialgaminggrowth-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Conneting with users on farmville megamind ad merchandise haiti relief\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/farmvilleadsocialgaminggrowth-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/farmvilleadsocialgaminggrowth.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmville Worlds most Socially connected Social Gaming<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No wonder the ad-spend on social gaming has crossed over $200million already worldwide.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What does the future look like for brands and products to connect with their consumers in unique way for a global reach?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Share your views with us on this!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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