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Facebook is Meta, But Does It Really Matter?

Jon Loomer

They’re betting everything on the “Metaverse” — a world where Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and social experiences collide. Our lives move into the virtual world. The “So What” is about how we — marketers and advertisers — fit in. What hardware will we need?

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Directory of Social Networks for Learning Professionals

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Learn2.008 Shanghai Conference : for those at the conference and. for learning and virtual worlds for K12 and higher ed educators. interested in the use of virtual worlds in education (Ning). Education Community Conference : Whether youre planning on being. Stage 3 Geography : A Ning. Geography KS3.

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Experiential Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

The first episode of my new podcast, Social Media Business, looks at revenue stream associated with providing your online community or social networks with a real world experience such as a meetup, conference or party. In particular, how some of the large social networks are making money from real world conferences and get-togethers.

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The Metaverse: What it is and why it matters for brands

Sprout Social

These include, but are not limited to, the following: Extended reality (ER) – another umbrella term encompassing virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). Virtual worlds created by metaverse users (e.g., Decentraland ). Massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), like Fortnite or Roblox.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. I have structured the agency so that it is an advertising and SM marketing agency for small businesses as advertising is still alive and well and we need to incorp those efforts into the SM. How can I help you?

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Other topics (or "lessons") could include the following: RSS, flickr , Wikipedia , social bookmarking, search engines/blog search engines, virtual worlds, VoIP/Skype, mobile media, interactive gaming, and other tools that can be found on this nice list on the Teaching PR blog. advertising. ReadWriteWeb. RWW Network.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

advertising? For instance, the idea that TED TALKS charges $6,000 a ticket for a conference, and have a waiting list of wannabe attendees, yet put each conference presentation video, with high production values, up online, is an anathema to them. Advertising versus Free/Premium subscriptions. A mugs game?