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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

Waxing UnLyrical

Yet when we are all going to have to live, and work, and live, in a virtual world for the foreseeable future, not doing this is also not an option. I manage a few different Facebook groups, one of which is a completely free + no catch Social PR community: The Social PR Posse. What to do?! I hope to see you there!

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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. If I had the money and time, I think I would try to make investments in this kind of virtual worlds.

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Nonprofit Webinar Series – Social Fundraising

Janet Fouts

Managing Online Communities – Rik Panganiban ( TechSoup.org ). Keeping an online community lively and exciting is a combination of psychology, sociology, social engineering, user interface design, and black magic. June 21 – 1 pm PT. Register Here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/730428078. June 28 – 1 pm PT.

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IBM Social Computing Guidelines

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media. This includes forms of online publishing and discussion, including blogs, wikis, file-sharing, user-generated video and audio, virtual worlds * and social networks. Skip to main content. Country/region [ select ]. IBM Social Computing Guidelines.

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Metaverse dangers: How to protect brands from the dark side

Sprout Social

Immersive experiences supported by haptic technology transfers touch from the virtual world to the user in real life. Develop metaverse terms and conditions Whether it’s a short-term activation or a permanent metaverse space, create terms and conditions for building a digital community to protect your brand.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

Remember, customers believe that social media sites belong to “them&# the customer and for a % of your online community your exit strategy is going to destroy their friendships and their content. For Radar : A warm look at history of the online community. Or host a Question and Answer event with a notable person.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Virtual Real Estate a tough one again if you are not a virtual world like Second Life but how about a special forum for payment. One, should we monetize other people’s activity? Would you pay?

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