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Revenue: Social media games and virtual goods 2010

Laurel Papworth

Virtual goods in the USA will reach $1.6 billion revenue in 2010. I have a patent in social network economies particularly in user generated virtual goods – which we don’t see a lot of yet. So I tend to keep an eye on how virtual goods are coming along. in 2010, according to a report from Inside Network.

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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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Nonprofit Webinar Series – Social Fundraising

Janet Fouts

He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in the virtual world Second Life, which hosts 120 tenant organizations and an active volunteer base. He also runs the website [link] a chronicle of the public good applications of virtual worlds for nonprofits, education and government.

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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle | Main | Social Media & The Super Bowl » January 29, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They understand that the boundaries of the “human world&# have not disappeared in the virtual world. Tagged as: facebook , linkedin , opt-in , permission marketing , relationships , social media , spam , twitter { 5 trackbacks } Hostage Marketing: Hot New Fad For 2010? © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Multiple Personalities

Almost Savvy

world, we can easily choose how much of ourselves we reveal and to whom. In the virtual world, things are much more complicated. Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy. In truth, we all have multiple personalities. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! All rights reserved.