What App Developers Can Learn from Game Mechanics

Ever since Atari and Odyssey game consoles started appearing in consumer homes in the 1970s, a lot of very smart people have put their talents to use as game developers. Today, many of the people who would’ve been creating games like Pong or Telstar had they been born a generation or two earlier are now [...]

Roundup from Community Next: Monetize

Offerpal was proud to sponsor the Community Next: Monetize event yesterday at 111 Minna in San Francisco, where we continued to spread the word about monetization through virtual currency. Part social mixer, part expo and part conference, the event brought together a great combination of social app publishers, monetization companies and industry experts. Hats off [...]

Ensuring Viral Growth on Facebook

The Facebook profile changes have kicked in by now, and the word on the street is that most app developers haven’t been hit as hard as they feared they might. The general consensus is that the changes are definitely good for the user, and what’s good for the user is good for the entire ecosystem.
That [...]

Anu Shukla Speaking at Social Ad Summit

Today Nick O’Neill over at AllFacebook announced the speaker lineup for his upcoming Social Ad Summit, and we’re honored to be included. Looks like our Founder and CEO, Anu Shukla, will be among pretty good company.
The Social Ad Summit is a full day, invite-only, conference held in NYC focused on strategic issues driving the growth [...]

Grow Your App With Offerpal’s Install Program

We are proud to announce our new App Install program — the quickest, easiest and most cost-effective way to gain more installs for your application. We’ve got the largest network of social apps on the Internet, so whether you’re on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or hi5, become a featured “Hot App of the Day” throughout our [...]

Videos from Social Gaming Summit

Today Charles Hudson sent around the videos from his Social Gaming Summit that took place at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in June. Both the venue and the turnout were great, the excitement level was high, and Offerpal was proud to have sponsored it.
Videos from all six sessions are posted on YouTube and the [...]