Developing More Effective Promotions
The recent rise in fuel prices coupled with a decline in this nation’s economic growth has had a significant impact on casinos throughout the United States. Once thought immune to economic downturns, casino operators have come to realize that their industry is as vulnerable as others.
To maintain revenue streams and gain market share in this tough economic climate, casino operators have increased the level of promotional activities that they use to attract new gamers to their properties and maintain visitation levels among loyal customers. Often these activities include an increasing number of direct mail campaigns, special events that target premium players and traditional large-scale drawing drum promotions. It is the latter marketing program that this article addresses: the design, implementation and measurement of traditional drawings in which a large marketing net is cast across the gaming population by offering a drawing for a new car (more often these days, a hybrid vehicle), a series of large cash drawings or some combination of the two.
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