uVme - Social Marketing

OK I admit, it wasn’t a ‘real’ game but it was great fun nonetheless (love that triple word!). uVme has now gone into soft launch so anyone can join as an associate which I did today. While I was waiting for the information to go through, I decided to put a tenner in my players account and see how I could do with some real money games.

Last time I played on the beta site I was quite good at the darts game so I thought I’d wager fiddyp on a game and got a really good score! I was almost nervous while I waited to see what the other player scored and… per-ching! it popped up a few thousand less! I got my fiddyp pack and half of their wager too. yey!

The uVme coders changed the playing format slightly since the beta testing, now instead of aiming, clicking to start the power meter and then clicking again to try and hit the middle (like a golf swing type of game), it is now aim, hold click to start power meter and release the button to throw the dart. The first couple of throws I did I didn’t realize that it was like this and by pure chance the amount of time it took my finger to linger on the button to click and release was just enough to hit the middle of the power button!
As long as you’re aiming in the treble and you hit the middle of the power button, you get the treble and can skip ahead a few numbers on the ’round the clock’ game. I thought I would try a free game (you don’t have to wager) and found quickly that it’s all in the rythm, I got a cracking score and managed to clear the board in only 15 throws and hit the bullseye first time of trying.

Sweet, now to try for 2 quid…

It seems the bigger the wager, the more pressure there is! I totally lost it half way through and ended up with a sub-par score and lost my wager It was bloody good fun though and for someone that doesn’t really play games, I had a great time.

I’ll have to keep an eye out for a Chinese player that’s already become (in)famous on the site, last week he was able to rack up over a thousand quid ($2000+) in wager winnings starting from just a small stake. That’s something that’ll develop more and more, just like going on Xbox Live for the first time - you realize that there some awfully good players out there! At least there’s the option to play for free so I can practice a bit more before wagering a whole two quid next time…

You can join for free and play some free games to see if it’s going to be worth the inevitable hype here

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Here’s a sneak preview of the standalone messenger that is soon to be released by uVme, I’ve been given advance notice of it’s features in readiness for the launch of the company on 21st January 2008.

uVme is going to rock the world of networking and social marketing, there has been a huge effort to get this thing working. It was conceptualized over 2 years ago by Tom Brodie and Len Fitzgerald, the founders of VWD. I am really looking forward to the launch! the games are great fun and easy to play, I will have the opportunity to offer another 3 people a preview of these games this weekend. (if you were one of the lucky preview people last weekend, you can now invite 3 of your friends to preview the games too by logging in to your site on Friday and adding their details).

If you’d like a preview place for this weekend, just register here (for free) and let me know in the comments. If you get chosen, I’ll enter your details on the site tomorrow night and you’ll receive your access details soon after…

The Messenger

* It will be like MSN

* It will be Rich with Features

* It will connect with the .com and .biz sites

* It will allow you to connect via multiple connections

* It will be the First in our industry

* It will be the most dynamic tool you have

* It will take your business to a new level

* And it will be an incredible viral business tool!

Tom went over the numbers at the preview session..

The average person has around 50 contacts on their messenger (source: MSN)
If 30% of them just played games
..and 1 in 5 of them became an associate (you can register to be a uVme associate here)
..and that went down through 6 generations by those 3 chatting and playing games with their buddies
.. that would pay out over 3000 USD per week or a massive 160,000 USD a year!!! (converted from GBP at a rate of 2-1)

Now I don’t know about you, but, when I see numbers like that on a sales page or other promotional material, it doesn’t seem real! I have been to the leaders meeting (details here) and I’ve seen what the pay plan is. It’s awesome and totally geared around you helping others. They have taken the best bits from all the pay plans out there and combined it with a revolutionary new type of social product that will change the face of networking forever. (big words I know but, you’ll see!)

More messenger details

As you can see we have various tabs down the left hand side:

Roster List:
This is where you see your entire uVme organisation as well as all of your buddies from your other IM services (after you have imported them, which is very simple)

Games:
The available games we can all play

Add a contact:
Add a new person to your roster

Connections:
This is where you can connect with your other current Instant Messenger (IM) Services such as MSN, Yahoo, AOL IM and Google (you can add other services as they become available - like Skype)

Challenges - Tournaments - Messages - Alerts:
Self Explanatory

Prospecting Movie:
This will be a business movie to show your players the opportunity we all have with uVme. This movie will be a fantastic way of converting Players into Associates!!

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Here you can see how you can challenge multiple people at once..

Below we can see that there are multiple opportunities for the Player to become an Associate.. and by encouraging this, you will move up the qualification ladder and make even more cash.

Above is the interface you will have, to enable you to add new existing Instant Messenger contacts to your New uVme IM. This is designed to be a simple process - just username and Password.

I am sure you will agree that the new IM is a great tool, Instant Messaging is growing in popularity 2x faster than email - there are NO spam issues and you can offer live support to your people as well as challenging them to games therefore making more money and building your team..

Couple that with Online Skill Games, which in themselves are growing 4x faster than the internet its-self AND this is an Network Marketing business! Network Marketing has grown by 40% each year for the last 17 years!!

You can still register at the uVme site for free and there’s still time to put your name in the comments to be a beta tester, you get a starting bank of 20GBP and you can be from anywhere in the world…

I hope to see you on my ever expanding contacts list!

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I had to fit in some games playing this weekend! all part of work of course

uVme are trialling out their new games this weekend and I got invited to beta test them. They are good, better than I was expecting. The gameplay is good, back to the old days where gameplay was everything!

In case you don’t know, uVme is the company behind the next web revolution, namely 2.0, social networking and game playing. The whole thing revolves around being able to challenge someone to a simple game and you both wager 50p or more. The winner gets their wager back plus 50% and can go on and challenge more people.

It’s like msn game zone or King.com but with small wagers, there will be an integrated multi messenger application that can be accessed over the web and on the same page as the games so you can challenge anyone in your MSN, Yahoo, Googletalk, ICQ messengers to a game.

I will be able to invite 3 people to beta test the games next weekend, you get a starting bank of 20 and all you have to do is try and beat some people! There is talk of real prizes going to the best players and those that provide the valuable feedback that beta testing is for.

Here are some of the games I have just played:

Darts - uVme

I like this one, it’s a simple game. It’s ‘around the clock’ popular in pubs. You start at 1 and continue to try and hit the rest of the numbers in order, if you get a triple on one of the numbers you can miss a few, sometimes all the way up to 19 so you only need 20 and the bull. Points are awarded depending on how many darts you took, how much time was left, bonus hits.

You use the mouse to aim the cross-hairs and then click and hold the mouse button to see the line move up and down on the right, let go when the white bar is in the middle and you get exactly where the cross hair is. Sometimes you still hit the number if the white bar is one up or down from the center.

I played for Fiddy P (or 50 uk pence) , if my score ends up higher than the person I challenged then I get the moolah! (I lost though)

Bubble Trouble

Infuriating! One of those games that starts off looking easy, just keep the bubblel (under you mouse cursor) away from the mines and collect the power ups and avoid the red bubbles. You really do have to have your eyes everywhere to play this, it pissed me off! It reminded me of Geometry Wars on the Xbox. I was never good at that either!

21 Shots

This is a game that can be improved with practice. You get 21 shots at the basket from various positions, click the mouse at the required height, rotate the pointer to the direction you want and then click to build up the power and click to release.

I was rubbish the first few times I played it and then I managed to get used to what power is best and what arcs to choose, I did pretty well on my last game.

Those are just some of the games, it would take me ages to explain them all! I can forsee some people getting very very good at some of these games, you only have to try and play a new game on xbox live to see how good some people are at games. The best thing with this is you can challenge your friends so you’re not going to always have to beat the best to do well.

I am really looking forward to how this goes, I have a pretty extensive network already with elottery and it’s a certainty that plenty of them will take uVme further and pay to be an affiliate so they can then earn a commission on every single play that their site and team generates.

You can still join for free by clicking here, if you’re a member then you get a chance to get a password for the beta testing, once you’re done then you can invite 3 more people. I will have 3 invites to give so I need volunteers to do some beta testing next weekend…

can you play games well enough? these are simple enough flash games so if you’ve ever played one of them when stumble’ing then you’re good to go. Let me know in the comments if you have signed up for free using the link in this post and I’ll put you in the hat to get the beta testing access details.

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With all the hoo-hah being hoo-hah’d on the news and internet about how Facebook, YouTube, BeBo, King.com,Network Marketing, Blogs, Instant Messengers, Multiplayer games and Online Skill Games are growing at a phenomenal rate. Isn’t it about time someone put together an entire package of tools that could tap into that market? If they did, they would be the FIRST company to ever launch a business that encapsulates the top 3 :

Online Games Entertainment

Social Networking using Web 2.0

A new way of network marketing, described as Social Marketing/Network Marketing 2.0

Let’s analyze these a little more…

1. Online Games Entertainment
   • Even in countries where PC ownership is quite small, Internet cafes are commonplace, heavily frequented and affordable to their customers, in many cases open around the clock, 30-40% of their revenue comes from people playing games online.
   • Peoples Productivity at work is improved! A WorldWinner survey (May 2007) showed that 76% of those who play intermittently at work achieve improved job performance.
2. Social Networking
   • Facebook was founded just 3 years ago by a university student, it is now the 18th most visited web site in the world.
   • The average Westerner has more friends than two years ago, and the rise is attributed to the explosion in Social Networking sites and communication phenomena such as email and Instant Messaging.
   • The Neilsen/Netratings report (May 2006) stated that Social Networking sites grow 47% year over year, reaching 45% of web users
   • Millions of people daily are having fun with Social Networking: it is real, massive and will continue to grow.
3. Instant Messengers
• Instant messengers (IMs) such as Windows Live Messenger, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Google Talk and Yahoo! Messenger are now commonplace. More than half the UK population regularly use Windows Live Messenger to stay in touch with friends.

• Windows Live Messenger: 155 Million total users
• AIM: over 100 Million total users
• Jabber: 90 Million users
• Yahoo! Messenger: 22 Million users

I’m part of that company… I’ve been part of it for 3 years, I’ve recruited hundreds into it, earned thousands from it and showed others how to the same. I’ve even made entire sites for the team for training and support, I’ve made a popular series of affiliate training videos that continues to train more than just my team (it earns a fair bit in Adsense too!).

And now, I’m ready to share with you how I will do it with uVme.

I urge you to download this special insiders report, its completely free. Please visit my company domain www.UKOEM.com and enter your details to see why I’m so excited by this new product coming to the market. After this, network marketing will never be the same again.

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