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Pokemon Go

  • 20-07-2016 12:03pm
    #1
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭


    I'm sure you've seen that this app is exploding across the world at the moment.

    Good opportunity to use it for promotion while there's a lot of hype.

    We're experimenting with it this evening, was lucky enough to get a text read out on 98fm as well this morning to say we're luring the nearby Pokestop for the home commuters this evening. Can report back on how it goes.

    Anyone else trying it out?


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  • #2
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    One of the pubs in my local town appears to have a lure going most evenings, I'd be curious to hear your experiences Cianos.


  • #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    It's only a matter of time before businesses start paying Nintendo to have rare pokemon's in their premises.

    This will be Nintendo's biggest goldmine.


  • #4
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    smash wrote: »
    It's only a matter of time before businesses start paying Nintendo to have rare pokemon's in their premises.

    This will be Nintendo's biggest goldmine.

    I heard that McDonalds is already in planning for some sort of collaboration.


  • #5
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    smash wrote: »
    This will be Nintendo's biggest goldmine.

    +1

    Stateside, it looks like many small businesses have already realised the cost of lures for the evening is more that offset by the increased trade.

    Others are going further to offer freebies to players above specific levels.

    As long as the game doesn't become over-run with commercial activities Nintendo could do incredibly well out of it.


  • #6
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    So we set up our lures from 4-7pm. We kept an eye out for the duration but alas couldn't see any obvious activity around the area that was because of the lures. I'm sure there were people passing by that took advantage of the lured Pokestop, but whether they knew it was us or not who set it up I don't know.

    It'd be better if you didn't have to press in to see who set the lure, that'd be a bigger incentive to use them more often as well.

    Good fun giving it a go anyway, and probably much more useful for a more b2c/social environment such as a coffee shop, pub, cafe etc.

    I wrote up a step by step guide for anyone interested in trying it out themselves here.


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