This document provides guidance on running a 7scenes project by outlining key considerations around events, promotion, support, and follow up. It recommends setting up events and teams for multiplayer games, promoting the project through your own channels, social media, and printed materials. It also suggests providing local and community support and following up with participants by email and allowing feedback through reviews.
2. Running a 7scenes project
So now that you’ve created a concept and
published a Scene it’s time to run your project.
Here are some things to consider:
Events,
Promotion,
Support,
After the Scene.
3. Events
7scenes gives you the option to set up events for
which you can invite specific people.
Teams
Events for multi-player games allow you to set up
teams.
Email
Each of the participants receive an email with their
invitation.
4. Promotion
Letting people know about your Scene is essential!
Your own channels
Use the means you already have to promote. Think of
your website, newsletter, blog, press releases, ..
Scene pages
Create specific Scene pages on your website and use
the Scene Player to embed a map with interactive
places.
5. Promotion
Social Media
Use Facebook, Twitter, etc to let your ‘friends’ know
about your Scene. Also ask them to repost so you
can create a social ‘echo’.
Print
Don’t rule out physical promotion materials. Flyers,
posters, stickers are very effective especially when
your Scene is very local and event-based.
Team
Instruct your team so they are ‘ambassadors’ at
any time.
6. Promotion
Social
Encourage people to share your Scene, places and
their photos with their friends on Facebook and
Twitter.
Partners
When you work together with partners also use
their channels to the fullest.
7. Support
Where do people go when they have questions?
Local support
Local support can mean many things, but mainly: “I
want help now!”. You could set up a mobile website
with Q&A, have real people help out, a Twitter help
desk, etc..
Community
Let people know that they can post any question to
7scenes.com/support and read more about what
others have asked.
8. After the Scene
What happens after playing?
Email
All players receive an email thanking them for
playing with a link to the Scene.
Playback
All players can log in at 7scenes.com and play
back their GPS trace and see their interaction with
places.
9. After the Scene
Closing
When your Scene plays in on actualities you have
the option to set the publish state of your Scene to
‘closed’. Now people can not play it anymore.
Reviews & Stats
All players have the option to leave reviews. Check
the reviews to see what they think and check how
many have played your Scene.
10. More?
Howto guide
Check the full tutorial at 7scenes.com/support for a
more detailed step-by-step guide.
More questions?
Check out our GetSatisfaction page at
getsatisfaction.com/7scenes