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In this edition of Gameops.com Offline, we feature a sample of what you’ll find in
our popular Gameops.com Editor’s Blog, our newest Promotional Kit The World’s
Largest Cornhole and a new option for Schedule Giveaways, the Static Cling Sticker.
Jon Cudo
Gameops.com Founder and Editor
The Gameops.com Editor’s Blog is our tool to comment, consider and construct game
operations and entertainment ideas. Our staff uses this forum to post interesting
news and short posts covering the world of game operations.
Here ‘s a sample of what you’ll see. For each I have a short link to the post, or you can
visit newsletter.gameops.com for links to all of this content in this newsletter.
Or you can go right to the source at blog.gameops.com for over 600 posts on all
things related to game entertainment and operations, with more posts each week.
Blog Highlights:
6 Ways to Save Money in Tighter Times
We look across your budget for ways to save and get more from the money you
spend.
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4 Tips for Making Your “White Out” More Impactful
Planning a full-arena shirt giveaway? Here are our tips on making it great.
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11 People You Should Be Following
Here are 11 people you should be following on Twitter to help you keep you finger
on the pulse of our industry.
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Phone: 1-866-GAMEOPS
Fax: 978-418-0058
[email protected]
Passionate or Apathetic Fans?
Judge your fans on this scale of anthem singing fans in Portland and Miami.
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Promotion Spotlight
Promotion Spotlight: World's Largest Cornhole™
World's Largest Cornhole™ is Corn Hole made to be seen
from the blimp.
Sports tailgaters' favorite game is cornhole and now
Gameops.com has brought cornhole in from the parking
lot and on to your playing field.
Build the contest anyway you want with this flexible
game. Two players shooting for the best round or one
player trying to make it in the hole, World's Largest
Cornhole™ is easy to adapt into countless variations.
The massive 12 foot by 6 foot target gives contestant a
big target for our large-scaled bean bags. Your sponsors
will love the huge full-color imprinted banner target.
Easy to use and store, just roll it up and toss the bean
bags into the included storage bag.
This turn-key sponsor-friendly promotion is available
now on The Store at Gameops.com.
See thestore.gameops.com to purchase
World's Largest Cornhole™
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Promotion Games Include
• Plinko!
• Build el Burrito
• Prize Wheels
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ShuffleBall Kits
Blog Highlights Continued from Cover …
The Chicago Bears Had A Mascot Before Mascots Were Cool
YourMascotSucks.com Editor James Erickson joins the blog monthly with his Mascot
Round-up. Including news, photos and notes from mascots all around sports. This
blog includes amazing video on the Bear’s first mascot who bought his own
costume, paid for the cleaning, and never got paid a dime.
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Herding Promotions
We “Herd Promotions” occasionally by looking across sports collecting the most
interesting and wackiest promotions all in one handy blog post.
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Rolling in Dough Suits
Chuck-a-Puck
Inflatable Chairs
Sumo Costumes
Riders™
Washington Let’s the Dogs In
The blog showcases how team execute promotions, giving readers a window into
how other teams are making their events great. This post looks at a Bark in the Park
Promotion in Washington DC which featured a roller skating dog cameo.
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Site New and Notes
The blog is also our place to promote our new content. Each month we post a flurry
of new content and we often post the highlights (with links) on the blog, like this
preview of our May 2011 content.
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Premium Spotlight
Premium Spotlight: Static Cling Sticker Schedules
A new option for schedule magnets is the static cling
sticker. With 4 mil thickness, it can be easily peeled and
attached to many different surfaces, not just the refrigerator. It maintains its adhesiveness so it can be reapplied over and over again.
Vinyl label with 4 mil thickness. Has a low microsphere
adhesive formulated to be a removable based label that
leaves no residue.
Custom sizes (up to 12” wide), die cut available (extra
charge), 4 color process.
Pricing varies based on size, but most if not all sizes for a
schedule sticker are under $1.00 and always
competitive or lower than similar magnet-sized
options.
Contact Us Now for More Details:
[email protected]
1-866-GAMEOPS
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Blog Highlights Continued …
A Game Ops Bucket List
Everyone has a Bucket List with the things they want to do before they die, here’s our
Editor’s Bucket List of Game Operations and Entertainment related items.
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Where’s Rob?
The blog also includes book reviews, like this entry from January 2010 with a review of
the hilarious book about a New York City Improv Troupe and their exploits at a Knicks
game.
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Ask Gameops.com: Launching Hot Dogs
You ask, we respond. When people ask us game operations questions we post replies
in the blog, like this entry discussing how to (and why not) shoot hot dogs into the
crowd with a t-shirt launcher. Get the whole messy story (only) in our blog.
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As you can see The Editor’s Blog on Gameops.com is a great resource of interesting
and useful ideas related to our industry. The free-flowing and playful tone allows a
different voice to consider and sometimes critique various promotions and highlight
the best and worst of the game operations and entertainment industry. We hope
you’ll stop by and read the Editor’s Blog often.
blog.gameops.com
Premium Items Include
• Prize Parachutes
• Rally Towels
• Schedule Key Chains
• Scratch Card Lottery
• Silly Sports Bands
• Sleeved Fleece Blankets
• Rollabanas
• Knit Beanies
• Tattoos
• Inflatable Noisemakers
• Megaphones
• Stadium Scarves
• Pom Poms
• Trading Cards
• …and hundreds more
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samples, or information on
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In May 2011 we launched a monthly podcast, available on the site and on
iTunes. We hope you enjoy this latest feature.
“It was super interesting and I really enjoyed listening.”
Heather
Milwaukee Admirals
on the Gameops.com Podcast
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