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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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Virtual Personal Space | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

That all said, most who enter the virtual world, have their eyes wide open. If they exercise their own code of conduct and pick and choose according to this, virtual personal space should be assured. Reply AffirmingSpirit says: September 15, 2010 at 8:14 am Interesting points, Irene. In person, it might not have.

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Wouldn’t it be safer, for the sake of maintaining the integrity of your business name or your personal brand, to ask permission first? They understand that the boundaries of the “human world&# have not disappeared in the virtual world. Why should you do now, apologize later ? They see dollar signs.

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Multiple Personalities

Almost Savvy

Experts in personal branding tell us to decide what we want the world to know about us and then set out to reinforce a consistent and image in all that we do online. world, we can easily choose how much of ourselves we reveal and to whom. In the virtual world, things are much more complicated. personalities?

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Practice Safe Networking

Almost Savvy

He climbed into my car and we had a delightful visit discussing the virtual world and generational differences in the use of technology. Is this different for me because I’m “older&# (in terms of those in the virtual world)? Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy.

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

Convince & Convert

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Interesting thoughts via @jayber here: [link] [link] arikhanson What does the Exact Target/CoTweet marriage mean for you and your brand?

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The time is right for pervasive social gaming

The Way of the Web

The next stage will be a 24/7, multi-medium, pervasive gaming experience which has the potential to completely overtake the likes of Second Life and World of Warcraft, which are still tied into one specific universe. My money would be on Microsoft to be the brand to make it happen.