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Title: Advertise?
Post by: titanic3 on October 21, 2012, 08:55:38 AM
Curious, how come there aren't any advertisements for AH? I know there were, but what happened to them all? You can't even find AH without typing in the exact words on the homepage on Google. Not even SimHQ has AH listed on their website.

History Channel's commercial brought me here, but that was at least 5 years ago. I haven't seen any commercials for AH recently.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: MK-84 on October 21, 2012, 09:33:45 AM
Curious, how come there aren't any advertisements for AH? I know there were, but what happened to them all? You can't even find AH without typing in the exact words on the homepage on Google. Not even SimHQ has AH listed on their website.

History Channel's commercial brought me here, but that was at least 5 years ago. I haven't seen any commercials for AH recently.

Perhaps you should Make an AH sandwich board to wear and run around your town spreading the word then  :D
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: titanic3 on October 21, 2012, 09:42:35 AM
Perhaps you should Make an AH sandwich board to wear and run around your town spreading the word then  :D

That's Daddkev's job.  :bolt:
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: The Fugitive on October 21, 2012, 11:27:16 AM
I think a half page ad in Fine Scale Modeler (http://www.finescale.com/) would be a great place as well. While I don't have the time to build models much any more I still read about them when I can.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Devonai on October 21, 2012, 11:42:21 AM
My friend has often remarked that HTC should have one of those tricked-out Winnebagos with several high-end networked rigs to drive around the country.  Airshows, military vehicle expos, even state fairs would all be great venues.  Five bucks gets you 30 minutes with an experienced trainer looking over your shoulder (if you ask).
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: WYOKIDIII on October 21, 2012, 12:01:11 PM
My friend has often remarked that HTC should have one of those tricked-out Winnebagos with several high-end networked rigs to drive around the country.  Airshows, military vehicle expos, even state fairs would all be great venues.  Five bucks gets you 30 minutes with an experienced trainer looking over your shoulder (if you ask).
If I think back top my first 30 mins of MA time in AH2 , and had to pay 5 bucks for that , I would be feeling pretty ripped off . And that was with several weeks flying in the free 8 man rooms beforehand .
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: StrayDog on October 21, 2012, 12:20:54 PM
They were   heavy on HII last month.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Fud on October 21, 2012, 01:58:30 PM
Maybe they should have one of those banner towing planes fly around the arenas lol
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: 9thAFE on October 22, 2012, 09:33:41 AM
I know I have seen some Adverts in Game Informer for the "World of Tanks" or whatever it is called (im not much of a GV player) I thought to myself that would be a good place for AH to advertise. If at all possible it would make for a great article if they could get them to write one up about it.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: PorkyPig on October 22, 2012, 12:25:48 PM
Hey Dale, give my car a new paint job? Free accounts for running the painted advertisements for 2 years? Think about it. Remember car wraps?
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Raptor on October 22, 2012, 12:42:11 PM
The most effective Ad AH could do would be behavioral banner ads. These are online banner ads that target people instead of being restricted to one website. So anyone that visits aviation, history or war websites would be targeted.

This way the Aces High ads would appear anywhere from Pandora to your favorite news website (only if you have an interest in WWII aviation).
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Sunka on October 22, 2012, 12:45:08 PM
Marketing is a very big part to any companies growth,sad HTC has little of it.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Biggamer on October 22, 2012, 06:23:53 PM
I seen the game on military channel some 5 years or more ago thats how i found it
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: MajWoody on October 22, 2012, 06:43:44 PM
I found the game through their TV commercial as well.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: ImADot on October 22, 2012, 07:02:35 PM
Marketing is a very big part to any companies growth,sad HTC has little of it.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/HiTech-Creations/Customer-Relations/gameinfo-aboutus-art.html (http://www.hitechcreations.com/HiTech-Creations/Customer-Relations/gameinfo-aboutus-art.html)

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HiTech Creations was founded with a simple philosophy by Dale "HiTech" Addink in 1999.  It's not to create a large corporation, a vast gaming network, or a line of online games.  It's just to create one game, but one that is better than any other like it.  Contrary to most companies, our goal is to keep the company small.  We know that with a singular focus and an experienced cohesive team that enjoys its work, the production, service, support, and overall level of satisfaction will be unmatched.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Sunka on October 22, 2012, 07:14:02 PM
http://www.hitechcreations.com/HiTech-Creations/Customer-Relations/gameinfo-aboutus-art.html (http://www.hitechcreations.com/HiTech-Creations/Customer-Relations/gameinfo-aboutus-art.html)


That has nothing to do with my point. But ty

(edit) I belive they still like money and new players.I never said anything about the size of the company.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: ImADot on October 22, 2012, 07:21:11 PM
My bad. From your sentence, it looked to me that you were concerned about the company and that they have little growth. I guess you were talking about the growth of the player base and not the size of the company...I'll try to hear what you mean instead of hear what you say.  ;)

 :salute
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Sunka on October 22, 2012, 07:24:01 PM
Np dot ,a company's growth is messurd in many way's,profit ,player base (in this case) amongst others.  :salute
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: PorkyPig on October 22, 2012, 11:27:22 PM
Hey Dale, give my car a new paint job? Free accounts for running the painted advertisements for 2 years? Think about it. Remember car wraps?


Instead of pimp my ride, Wrap my ride. I love this game and would be proud to advertise it as I drive throughout the country and not just locally here in Pensacola, Florida. Think of magnetic signs as well. It would be cool to drive in your favorite a/c paint scheme with AHII advertised in strategic locations on the vehicle.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Daddkev on October 23, 2012, 02:30:14 AM
 :huh :huh :huh I would wear a sandwich board....as long as it was the size of a creditcard!  :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: ink on October 23, 2012, 02:47:34 AM
:huh :huh :huh I would wear a sandwich board....as long as it was the size of a creditcard!  :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

 :rofl
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: hitech on October 23, 2012, 08:00:25 AM
We still advertise on TV. Sometimes on the Military channel some times on the Military history channel.

The most effective Ad AH could do would be behavioral banner ads. These are online banner ads that target people instead of being restricted to one website. So anyone that visits aviation, history or war websites would be targeted.

This way the Aces High ads would appear anywhere from Pandora to your favorite news website (only if you have an interest in WWII aviation).

We have also done test runs on these type of adds in the past months.

HiTech
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: JOACH1M on October 23, 2012, 08:52:22 AM
We still advertise on TV. Sometimes on the Military channel some times on the Military history channel.

We have also done test runs on these type of adds in the past months.

HiTech
i do see these on late at night, around 1-2 in the morning.
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: mthrockmor on October 23, 2012, 09:01:49 AM
My friend has often remarked that HTC should have one of those tricked-out Winnebagos with several high-end networked rigs to drive around the country.  Airshows, military vehicle expos, even state fairs would all be great venues.  Five bucks gets you 30 minutes with an experienced trainer looking over your shoulder (if you ask).

This might be a winner of an idea. Imgaine a 3-month airshow tour. I'd show up and meet people. That could be fun, build the crew on the spot.

Boo
Title: Re: Advertise?
Post by: Babalonian on October 23, 2012, 05:32:24 PM
This might be a winner of an idea. Imgaine a 3-month airshow tour. I'd show up and meet people. That could be fun, build the crew on the spot.

Boo

The pro is the same thing we're thining, they're right in the thick of potential new customers at these "festivals", the con though is that affordibly/reasonabley a "HTC team" can maybe attend a dozen (at best) of these types of events a year, realisticly probabley only 6 (there are many expences and often vendor fees, even with an all volunteer staff).

Maybe HTCs can team up with some of the many traveling simulator demo teams out there already, still a cost but maybe more practical.  The ones I'm seeing out there are full-blown simulators on a trailer, and those cant be cheap to run/make/own.  I don't think HTCs budget is big enough to fund and make such a similar and large initial investment, although maybe they can be succesful with a trailer big enough for 4 computer terminals.  On the other hand, these teams/companies out there with these serious mobile flight sumulators might be interested enough to "host" virtual WWII dogfights on their simulators at these historic military air shows, and may be in a similar boat - a limited budget.