Comments on: Basic Marketing Plan for Indies http://gbgames.com/blog/2006/05/basic-marketing-plan-for-indies/ An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts Mon, 21 May 2012 10:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karja http://gbgames.com/blog/2006/05/basic-marketing-plan-for-indies/comment-page-1/#comment-20712 Karja Wed, 24 May 2006 14:08:08 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=400#comment-20712 Ach, I see! That explains it. I've used most of WordPress' default settings, and I didn't expect this to be one of them; so I didn't bother reading up on trackbacks. Thanks for the tutorial! Ach, I see! That explains it. I’ve used most of WordPress’ default settings, and I didn’t expect this to be one of them; so I didn’t bother reading up on trackbacks. Thanks for the tutorial!

]]> By: GBGames http://gbgames.com/blog/2006/05/basic-marketing-plan-for-indies/comment-page-1/#comment-20711 GBGames Wed, 24 May 2006 13:56:44 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=400#comment-20711 Hey, Karja! When you posted "Flight Plan for Indies", you had a link to my article. WordPress, your blog software, sends a pingback/trackback automatically to my blog software, which happens to be WordPress as well. I believe WordPress uses the actual link to the article, but other software, like TypePad I believe, uses separate trackback links to do the same thing. Check out <a title="WordPress Trackback Tutorial" href="http://www.optiniche.com/blog/117/wordpress-trackback-tutorial/" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a> for more info on trackbacks in WordPress. Hey, Karja!

When you posted “Flight Plan for Indies”, you had a link to my article. WordPress, your blog software, sends a pingback/trackback automatically to my blog software, which happens to be WordPress as well. I believe WordPress uses the actual link to the article, but other software, like TypePad I believe, uses separate trackback links to do the same thing. Check out this tutorial for more info on trackbacks in WordPress.

]]> By: Karja http://gbgames.com/blog/2006/05/basic-marketing-plan-for-indies/comment-page-1/#comment-20709 Karja Wed, 24 May 2006 09:34:25 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=400#comment-20709 Hmm... I just have to ask: that quote above, did you place it there, or did it magically become added since I linked to this blog entry? I'm totally lost when it comes to how these feeds and backlinks and permalinks and whatever-links interact. I guess it could be good to know if something happens when I go around linking to people's posts. :) Hmm… I just have to ask: that quote above, did you place it there, or did it magically become added since I linked to this blog entry? I’m totally lost when it comes to how these feeds and backlinks and permalinks and whatever-links interact. I guess it could be good to know if something happens when I go around linking to people’s posts. :)

]]> By: Cynical Stuff » Blog Archive » Flight Plan for Indies http://gbgames.com/blog/2006/05/basic-marketing-plan-for-indies/comment-page-1/#comment-20463 Cynical Stuff » Blog Archive » Flight Plan for Indies Tue, 23 May 2006 09:08:11 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/?p=400#comment-20463 [...] In this blog entry I found a pair of nice links about marketing, aimed at independent developers. Excellent advice, but I can’t help but feeling sceptical about it all. I have no head for marketing, so it seems too much like a gamble - especially in a fluid environment like independent software development. Trends change at the blink of an eye. I still remember when Quake 2 was big news, and it doesn’t seem like all that many years have passed since those days; but they have, and the software business has changed along with them. On a smaller scale: look at the casual game market before Zuma was released. That wasn’t all that long ago. [...] [...] In this blog entry I found a pair of nice links about marketing, aimed at independent developers. Excellent advice, but I can’t help but feeling sceptical about it all. I have no head for marketing, so it seems too much like a gamble – especially in a fluid environment like independent software development. Trends change at the blink of an eye. I still remember when Quake 2 was big news, and it doesn’t seem like all that many years have passed since those days; but they have, and the software business has changed along with them. On a smaller scale: look at the casual game market before Zuma was released. That wasn’t all that long ago. [...]

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