Game-Based Marketing: Inspire Customer Loyalty Through Rewards, Challenges, and Contests

Gabe Zichermann is the father of Funware theory and CEO of beamME—the world's most popular mobile networking platform for professionals. He is a twelve-year game-industry veteran, having worked for CMP Media as the director of marketing for the Game Developers Conference, Gamasutra, and Game Developer magazine, as well as helping to launch and guide Trymedia Systems from start to sale as the first successful online game DRM and distribution company. A resident of New York City, Gabe blogs about games and society at funwareblog.com.

Joselin Linder is a pop culture writer, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. She currently lives in Brooklyn.