| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.06.2019 | How to Generate Interest at Every Stage of the Marketing Funnel | June 7, 2019 6 min read
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Ice cream brand Halo Top launched in 2012, but it’s only now dipping into the world of TV advertising with four TV spots. Although it's experienced treme... |
| 28.05.2015 | 5 iPad Apps for B2B Sales Success | In the new innovative age of B2B sales, sales teams are constantly looking for new ways to optimize the way B2B business is done. With the influx of iPad apps available in the app store, it can be difficult to narrow down your search for ap... |
| 16.02.2014 | With $770K In Seed Funding, Playbasis Wants Businesses In Asia To Gamify | Playbasis, a Thailand-based gamification startup that helps companies engage with customers and employees through cool rewards and social games, has raised $770,000 in seed funding from Ardent Capital, 500 Startups and Axis Capital. The sta... |
| 07.03.2013 | Bunchball launches Nitro 5.0 with focus on enterprise gamification | Bunchball has led the way as a pioneer in “gamification,” or creating more engagement by putting game mechanics in non-game applications. Now the company is shifting more into the enterprise market as corporate customers embrace the trend t... |
| 07.03.2013 | Bunchball launches Nitro 5.0 with focus on enterprise gamification | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bunchball has led the way as a pioneer in “gamifi... |
| 08.12.2012 | Gamification Can Work — Just Don’t Hire A Game Designer | Editor’s note: Rajat Paharia is the founder of Bunchball, a provider of online gamification solutions. Follow him on Twitter @rajatrocks.
Gartner recently issued a press release that made the following provocative assertion: “Gamification i... |
| 05.12.2012 | Bunchball shows off the ‘rock stars’ of gamification | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball rolled out what it called the “rock stars” of gamification on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. Gamification is a service... |
| 19.09.2012 | Bunchball’s sales gamification 2.0: Easier to learn, easier to customize | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball launched a sales gamification app for Salesforce.com a year ago as a kind of interesting experiment in motivating a sales for... |
| 19.09.2012 | Bunchball’s sales gamification 2.0: Easier to learn, easier to customize | Bunchball launched a sales gamification app for Salesforce.com a year ago as a kind of interesting experiment in motivating a sales force through game-like incentives. Today, the company is unveiling a new version of its Nitro gamification ... |
| 24.08.2012 | Seattle startup BigDoor powering NFL.com rewards | With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program gives regular users of NFL.com virtual coins in exchange for reading articles, commenting and taking part in o... |
| 19.06.2012 | Bunchball launches 10 apps to quickly “gamify” websites and enterprises | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball is announcing 10 new apps today that will “gamify” (make non-game apps and processes more game-like) websites and enterprises... |
| 19.06.2012 | Bunchball launches 10 apps to quickly “gamify” websites and enterprises | Bunchball is announcing 10 new apps today that will “gamify” (make non-game apps and processes more game-like) websites and enterprises in a quick and painless fashion. The Spark Series of apps will make it easy for companies to adopt gamif... |
| 30.05.2012 | BigDoor rival Badgeville scores $25M for ‘gamification’ platform | Fast-growing Badgeville has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding, money that the 20-month-old Menlo Park, California startup will use to expand its gamification platform. Badgeville, which competes against Seattle’s BigDoor, said that its... |
| 22.05.2012 | Wall Street Survivor Gamifies Financial Education With Help From Bunchball | If you’re someone who thinks gamification is just a fad, you may want to look away now.
To be clear, Bunchball isn’t just jumping on the latest buzzword. The company was founded to deliver gamification tools all the way back in 2005 — found... |
| 01.05.2012 | Gamification is the exact opposite of what you think | Applying notions of progress, status, rewards to increase productivity in a way that motivates
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It's an understandable perception: you hear the word gamification, and when pronounced correctly [gay-muh-fi-kay-shuhn], the word “game” slaps ... |
| 03.04.2012 | BigDoor closes $5M, touts new ‘gamified rewards program’ | BigDoor execs Keith Smith, Matt Shobe and Jeff Malek at the company's offices in the South Lake Union neighborhood
There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep their readers or vie... |
| 14.03.2012 | Bunchball personalizes “Flamethrower” gamification for each user | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball has made a name for itself by gamifying web sites and business applications so that users are more engaged. Now, the company ... |
| 14.03.2012 | Bunchball personalizes “Flamethrower” gamification for each user | Bunchball has made a name for itself by gamifying web sites and business applications so that users are more engaged. Now, the company is personalizing gamification to target individual users with its new Nitro Flamethrower offering.
To dat... |
| 12.02.2012 | No Longer An Awkward Teenager? Gamification Grows Up | Editor’s note: Guest contributor Joseph Puopolo is an entrepreneur and startup enthusiast, who blogs on a variety of topics including green initiatives, technology and marketing.
Over the last year, you may have noticed that a once-niche tr... |
| 25.01.2012 | Bunchball Says Games Turn Twentysomethings Into Better Workers | Bunchball has been touting the benefits of its gamification tools for years, and many of its recent efforts are focused on enterprise customers. Now the company has published a white paper arguing that gamification is a key way to motivate ... |
| 06.01.2012 | Under Mauro, Langhorne’s Entertainment Games looks to social and mobile and away from retail channel | This summer, Langhorne’s Entertainment Games, Inc., a publicly traded company, announced that it had acquired Heyday Games, a social networking-focused gaming company.
Since June, we’ve watched as Entertainment Games has managed to quickly ... |
| 16.11.2011 | Bunchball brings gamification to Adobe’s digital marketing suite | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s not as sexy as landing Playboy as a customer. But Bunchball is moving further into enterprises with its gamification technology, w... |
| 16.09.2011 | Bunchball hits 500M badges awarded for gamification service | Bunchball launched its gamification service four years ago, before the name for adding game-like features to non-game applications became popular. Now the company is disclosing some interesting milestones, including the fact that its custom... |
| 16.09.2011 | Bunchball hits 500M badges awarded for gamification service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball launched its gamification service four years ago, before the name for adding game-like features to non-game applications beca... |
| 08.09.2011 | Seattle gamification startup BigDoor buys OneTrueFan | BigDoor's Keith Smith, Matt Shobe and Jeff Malek at the company's new offices in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood
BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle sta... |
| 24.08.2011 | Bunchball gamifies Salesforce.com and launches game widgets | Bunchball is trying to “gamify” every web site in the world via tools that make sites more game-like. Its new Nitro for Salesforce.com uses game-like rewards to motivate salespeople, driving up adoption, engagement and performance among sal... |
| 24.08.2011 | Bunchball gamifies Salesforce.com and launches game widgets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball is trying to “gamify” every web site in the world via tools that make sites more game-like. Its new Nitro for Salesforce.com ... |
| 13.06.2011 | $6.5M for Bunchball | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
San Jose, CA-based Bunchball, which offers gamification and loyalty features for the websites of large organizations such as NBC, Hearst, and Hasbro, said today that has raise... |
| 13.06.2011 | Bunchball raises $6.5M for gamification expansion | Bunchball has raised a round of $6.5 million to expand its investments in gamification, or using game-like mechanics to increase consumer engagement with non-game web sites.
The announcement is another sign that gamification is trendy among... |
| 13.06.2011 | Bunchball Closes $6.5M Financing Round | Bunchball, a San Jose, CA-based provider of online “gamification” solutions, has raised $6.5m in funding.
The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners, with participation from existing investors Northport Investments, Correlation Ventures an... |
| 13.06.2011 | Bunchball raises $6.5M for gamification expansion | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bunchball has raised a round of $6.5 million to e... |
| 03.05.2011 | With Playboy as proof, Bunchball says gamification works | Gamification, or using game-like mechanics on non-game sites, is starting to bear some fruit. Bunchball has been working at gamifying web sites since 2005, and its latest efforts with Playboy show that it is able to keep users more engaged ... |
| 03.05.2011 | With Playboy as proof, Bunchball says gamification works | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Gamification, or using game-like mechanics on non-game sites, is starting to bear some fruit. Bunchball has been working at gamifying w... |
| 20.01.2011 | Bunchball helps Bravo “gamify” its Top Chef All-Stars TV show | The Bravo TV channel is teaming up with start-up Bunchball to “gamify” its Top Chef All-Stars show so that fans will be more engaged and loyal.
Gamification adds game-like features, such as rewards and achievements, to non-game applications... |
| 20.01.2011 | Bunchball helps Bravo “gamify” its Top Chef All-Stars TV show | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The Bravo TV channel is teaming up with start-up Bunchball to “gamify” its Top Chef All-Stars show so that fans will be more engaged an... |
| 10.12.2010 | VCs level up with “gamification” investments | There are a few different ways to measure the power of a meme in the tech industry. You can run powerful sentiment analysis on blog posts and message boards, scour trending topics on Twitter, or just follow the money. While it’s no absolute... |
| 10.12.2010 | VCs level up with “gamification” investments | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There are a few different ways to measure the power of a meme in the tech industry. You can run powerful sentiment analysis on blog pos... |
| 25.08.2010 | Website builder DevHub gets users hooked by “gamifying” its service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Gamification is a hot buzz word these days. It means taking the mechanics of games and what makes them fun and then applying them to no... |
| 27.07.2010 | Trusted Opinion "gamifies" its restaurant recommendation community | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Social recommendation firm Trusted Opinion is add... |
| 27.07.2010 | Trusted Opinion "gamifies" its restaurant recommendation community | Social recommendation firm Trusted Opinion is adding a social game platform to get its community of a million restaurant fans to engage in the network and spend more money.
In doing so, the company is taking part in a trend dubbed “gamifica... |
| 02.03.2010 | Bunchball unveils analytics program to measure engagement with web sites | Bunchball is announcing a new analytics service today — one that measures how well a web site incentivizes and rewards consumers.
The San Jose, Calif.-based company is dedicated to what it calls “game-ification,” or making non-game sites mo... |
| 02.03.2010 | Bunchball unveils analytics program to measure engagement with web sites | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bunchball is announcing a new analytics service today — one that measures how well a web site incentivizes and rewards consumers.
The S... |
| 16.09.2009 | TV network taps game startups to launch social game portal | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
TV networks are stretching into new markets. The latest move: USA Network, which operates a popular basic cable TV channel network, is ... |
| 16.09.2009 | TV network taps game startups to launch social game portal | TV networks are stretching into new markets. The latest move: USA Network, which operates a popular basic cable TV channel network, is expanding into social games with its Character Arcade game portal.
It’s launching partnerships with game ... |
| 18.02.2008 | Facebook developers make games to sell ads | Facebook developers are increasingly meeting the challenge of getting eyeballs on advertisements by embedding them in computer games, VentureBeat reports.
Two new widget makers, Zynga and the Social Gaming Network, are planning to start dev... |
| 15.02.2008 | Bunchball learns from games on Facebook, creates its own for shows like The Office | Bunchball masquerades as a network of casual game widgets that you play within a social network like Facebook — not unlike competitors Zynga and the Social Gaming Network. But it’s really doing much more. It collects data about your behavio... |
| 07.11.2007 | Roundup: Yahoo’s China troubles, Google’s game ads, and more | 1) Yahoo’s Yang lambasted by Congress for China actions
2) Social networks eclipse email in the UK
3) Yet another “semantic” search engine launches
4) Coming to a gas station pump near you: Google maps
5) Coming to online games this year: G... |
| 06.11.2006 | Adobe And Granite Ventures Invest $2 Million Into Flash Games Site Bunchball | Redwood City, CA-based company, Bunchball is a hub for Adobe Flash games similar to Atom Entertainment’s Shockwave.com. The two providers of the $2 million investment of Bunchball funding was Adobe and San Francisco based Granite Ventures.... |
| 06.11.2006 | Bunchball raises $2M for interactive “flash” games | Bunchball, a Redwood City start-up that lets people create Flash-based interactive games for multiple players, and then insert them in blogs and other Web sites, has raised around $2 million in in a first round of funding.
Backers included ... |
| 02.06.2006 | TagWorld Widgets Platform | Los Angeles based TagWorld, a social network with nearly 2 million members that is funded by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is launching a Flash widget platform on Friday at TagWorldWidgets.com.
TagWorld Widgets is an open platform and they are i... |
| 05.02.2006 | Embed Flash Games in your Blog | I originally wrote about Bunchball during the Web 2.0 conference last fall. They relaunched their product on February 1, 2006
The core technology is the same, but bunchball has changed their interface, focus and messaging. From their profil... |
| 05.10.2005 | The Companies of Web 2.0, Part 1 | The Web 2.0 conference kicked off today with a number of great workshops. The highlights for us were the Attention Trust board meeting (posts below) and, of course, the Launchpad workshop where a dozen companies presented in an hour and a h... |
