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Todd’s Guide to Virtual World Business

by Todd Borst of virtualworldbusiness.com

Want help with your Second Life business? Here is a reading guide to find just what you need.
A blog is a great medium for news and journal, but not so much for finding old but useful articles. Personally, I hate digging for content as well. That’s why I’ve made this post.
This list contains many of the articles written this far. It is broken down by topic for your reading pleasure.
Enjoy, bookmark & share with friends that might find it useful.

-Todd Borst


  Understanding Virtual World Business

• 3 Undeniably Awesome Reasons to be in Second Life
• Seven Ways to Make Money in Second Life
• Five Reasons to Start a Virtual Business
• How to Start a Business in Second Life
• What Sells in a Virtual World

Tools and Resources

• Essential Free Help for Second Life Startups
• Quick Tip: Scripting Made Easy
• Second Life Business Resource List
• How Do Your Customers Find Your Shop?
• Insider Trading with Virtual Money

Marketing and Generating Traffic

• Affordable Second Life Marketing
• Are Top Classifieds Worth Your Money? (Part 1) (Part 2)
• Ad Analysis – XStreetSL.com
• Tips For Measuring Your Marketing Efforts
• Know Your Customers: Second Life Demographics
• What Are People Making and Buying in Second Life?

Warnings and Pitfalls

• How to Beat the Freebie Culture
• 10 Ways Your Store is Pissing Off Customers
• How to Handle Content Theft in Second Life
• Does Your Profile Description Repel Customers?
• Six Ways to Cripple Your Second Life Business
• Avoiding the Virtual Land Trap
• Two Myths About Second Life Income

Motivation and Self-Discipline

• Secrets of Success from Richard St. John
• Do You Have A Release Schedule?
• 7 Cures for a Dying Virtual Business
• Finding Your Motivation

Product Design Tips

• Recipe for Creating a “Must Buy” Product
• How to Choose Between Copy VS Transfer
• Create Originality By Using Other People’s Ideas
• How to Write Product Descriptions That Sell

Customer Service

• Improving Customer Service by Ignoring Requests
• Fool Proof Instructions to Reduce Dumb Questions
• Five Ways To Say No Without Being An Ass

Personal Introduction

• My Initial Inspirations
• Hi, I’m Todd. What’s Your Name?
• Why I Quit My Job to Start a Virtual World Business

5 Things Every Band Should Know About Twitter (via TwtTip)

You'll notice I'm talking about Twitter a lot. Well, so is everyone else. You'll find a new great use for Twitter article written easily by visiting sites like mashable, techcrunch, and problogger's twttip. Here's a great gem just posted:

5 Things Every Band Should Know About Twitter
via TwtTip

By Owen Kelly of The Indie Digest. Follow him @ojkelly.

Twitter provides a unique opportunity to everyone that has never really existed before. Not only do you have the ability to follow every minute detail of your favorite band, but you can also have a conversation with them.

It’s often been said that twitter is like a bar full of people. You can listen or jump in with any conversation at the bar. Keep this in mind when you tweet.

If you just blurt out “Click here to see my new video!” Then you closely resemble the people handing out crappy pamphlets at the train station, that end up in the bin seconds later.

Anyone attempting to promote a product, be it a song, CD, or even a book, needs to be aware the usual rules do not apply on Twitter. It has evolved with its own set of rules and etiquette. To successfully promote your product you need to be aware of a few things.

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In a Strange Land: Second Life Academics Grill Pathfinder Linden

In a Strange Land: Second Life Academics Grill Pathfinder Linden
Posted by Iggy O from www.iggyo.blogspot.com
photo courtesy of Olivia Hotshot

Location: Montclair State University Virtual Campus

It was a collegial and jovial grilling, of course, at yesterday's Second Life Education Roundtable.

Pathfinder discussed a number of topics and debunked a few myths. We got to hear about why the teen and main grids are not going to merge anytime soon, as well as why it's a mere SL rumor that premium members will be able to join up to 100 groups.

Of more use to us, he talked at length about how Linden Lab is making eduction a priority in their business plan.

The full transcript is long (and transcribed from voice--expertly by Mirt Tenk and mOOn Jaecies). I've added in-text links to various topics our presenter and moderator (AJ Brooks) discussed.