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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. First, that sounds kinda cool.

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6 Ways Emerging Technologies Are Set to Change the Use of Social Media

SocMed Sean

The question is whether social networks can bring the interactive features of their networks and overcome the isolation that virtual reality currently creates. This is the middle zone between our real and virtual worlds and superimposes computer-generated images (that are often taken from a virtual world) on to our real world.

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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. I hope they decide to open their eyes.

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8 ways to deal with negative comments in online communities

Laurel Papworth

How do you respond to a negative comment in an online community, on Facebook? Shut the Page down, ban the commenter, suck up to them? PS: Your marketing intern may not have that skill! Well, every company does it differently, but let’s look at corporate vs personal voice when dealing with negative comments.

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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

Waxing UnLyrical

It’s what marketers have been struggling with since Biz and Ev clicked their heels three times and said, “There’s no place like Twitter.” 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. What to do?!

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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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Why Social Success is No Accident

Convince & Convert

Never forget that in almost every case, people experience your company in the “real world&# first, and then decide whether (or how much) to interact with you in the virtual world. Why the dream of social media marketing is over (LEADS Explorer). Social media success is a byproduct of being a good company.

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