Software Applications for Having Fun!
Everybody wants to have fun…
Listed as number 5 on the top 10 of most popular internet topics is anything related to having fun. So if you can produce a piece of software that will entertain your users, you have a fair chance of getting a good deal of attention to your website. Of course you cannot build the virtual version of Disney World in a day, but this actually is the applications category of software build within minutes! Most time goes into perfecting the lay-out of your software.
To build similar applications you need to do a browse at one of the many websites providing free JavaScripts. Here you’ll find a wealth of crazy things you can do with JavaScript and all you need to do is add your personal creative twist. You’ll find the links to our favorite JavaScript resources in the scripts section of our blog.
Viral Marketing Possibilities with Fun Software
Let’s face it: you can have a great product and display it on a great website. But if nobody knows it exists, how are you going to make a living from this? You need to drive traffic to your site! And viral marketing has proven itself to be the best source of free targeted traffic.
Many of these fun software programs are especially designed for viral marketing purposes. Offer your potential customers one of these gadgets for free. Let them download it from your website or e-mail the link over your mailing list. Because people like them and can actually use them, they’ll send a copy to their friends and relatives. Of course you display your name and one of your products in a simple banner ad at the bottom of the program screen.
Put in a catchy headline that relates to the software and people are most likely to click on your link. With thousands of these programs being spread like wild fire, you will see traffic increasing dramatically. Once they’ve arrived at your site your excellent content will make the sales for you. Ideal for niche markets!
Go for it!
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My BIG DAY is coming soon!
(promotes a wedding gift)
A program that counts down the weeks, days, hours and minutes till the so important ceremony. Do you trade wedding gifts or other wedding related products or services? This could be the viral marketing tool for you!
created in: 2 hours / free download
How many days till my BIRTHDAY?
(promotes a software game)
Similar to the previous software, this program now counts down till the birthday party. Kids just love this software. They can’t get enough of investigating how long all family members will have to wait till it’s their turn again to receive presents.
created in: 1,5 hours / free download
Do you know how OLD I really am?
(promotes parenting magazine)
Another calculator yet… This time it’s formatted to find out exactly how old you are to the second. The ad banner example links the program to a parenting magazine, but there can be many other products and services you can think of that can be related to this little software tool.
created in: 1 hour / free download
Creative Stories Box
(promotes creativity & innovation firm)
Many creative and innovative ideas you get happen at times you’re confronted with a reality that went just over the edge. Blowing things out of proportion and making them funny will help to shut up the part of your brain that’s always seeking logic and reason. Send dr. Spock on a walk-about and gear up your imagination fast. All you need to do is enter your name and your gender…
created in: 3 hours / free download
Words at Random
(promotes creativity & innovation firm)
Use unrelated things to discover new courses of thinking. Random Words is just one of the techniques employed by Lateral Thinking, a thorough and practical method to change your way of thinking. Developed by dr. Edward de Bono, this method will enable you to increase your creative thinking capacities and let these work for you whenever you want.
created in: 2 hours / free download