Comments on: Ignore Second Life at your own peril! http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:26:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sbrunozzi http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-94 sbrunozzi Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:37:18 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-94 Jean: best thing to do is find the right Mailing List (like SLED, Second Life EDucators, for educators and professors), look on groups.google.com. Let me know if you find something relevant. :-) Jean: best thing to do is find the right Mailing List (like SLED, Second Life EDucators, for educators and professors), look on groups.google.com.

Let me know if you find something relevant.
:-)

]]> By: Jean Murray http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Jean Murray Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:08:33 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-182 Is there a way to find out if the people I want to market to (people starting health care practices) are actually out in Second Life, before I go wandering around in there? (Sorry for my ignorance) Is there a way to find out if the people I want to market to (people starting health care practices) are actually out in Second Life, before I go wandering around in there? (Sorry for my ignorance)

]]> By: sbrunozzi http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-98 sbrunozzi Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:48:43 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-98 Thanks Karl! I definitively agree with you (that's why someone calls the 21st century "the information age"). Thanks Karl! I definitively agree with you (that’s why someone calls the 21st century “the information age”).

]]> By: Karl Staib - Your Work Happiness Matters http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Karl Staib - Your Work Happiness Matters Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:51:49 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-97 Information is probably the top 5 money maker in the world, maybe oil and a few others might be higher, but I don't think that will last. So companies should get out to the public, informing them about how they can help improve their lives. That's how they will educate people to use their products instead of another company's. Great point! Information is probably the top 5 money maker in the world, maybe oil and a few others might be higher, but I don’t think that will last. So companies should get out to the public, informing them about how they can help improve their lives. That’s how they will educate people to use their products instead of another company’s.

Great point!

]]> By: sbrunozzi http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-118 sbrunozzi Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-118 Correct, Laura, but they're still unsecure about the professionality of advertising firms in virtual worlds. Bigger investments will come when we'll see solid firms out there. Correct, Laura, but they’re still unsecure about the professionality of advertising firms in virtual worlds.
Bigger investments will come when we’ll see solid firms out there.

]]> By: Laura Spencer http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Laura Spencer Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:38:53 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-117 Very interesting! I've heard of companies actually buying advertising in virtual worlds. Very interesting! I’ve heard of companies actually buying advertising in virtual worlds.

]]> By: sbrunozzi http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-113 sbrunozzi Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:31:14 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-113 Thanks Robert! A agree with you... that's why companies HAVE to invest now, before it's too late :-) Thanks Robert!
A agree with you… that’s why companies HAVE to invest now, before it’s too late :-)

]]> By: Robert http://www.secondlifepros.com/2008/04/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Robert Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.secondlifepros.com/ignore-second-life-at-your-own-peril/#comment-114 I agree - to an extent. There simply is no way to gauge whether the virtual world community will bend to the whims of its advertisers. Like almost every other marketing phenomenon, I strongly believe that it has to be first embraced by "purists" that will comprise its core user base before truly becoming attractive to the masses. That being said, as long as their "virtual world" strategy is not cost-prohibitive (by that, I mean that it's cheap to get into and not an atrocious loss to get out of if it fails) then it's definitely worth looking into for select markets. I agree – to an extent. There simply is no way to gauge whether the virtual world community will bend to the whims of its advertisers. Like almost every other marketing phenomenon, I strongly believe that it has to be first embraced by “purists” that will comprise its core user base before truly becoming attractive to the masses. That being said, as long as their “virtual world” strategy is not cost-prohibitive (by that, I mean that it’s cheap to get into and not an atrocious loss to get out of if it fails) then it’s definitely worth looking into for select markets.

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