Business Articles

2007

• Debunking 5 Business Myths about Second Life, GigaOm by Wagner James Au, 7/12/07
• Using Second Life As A Business-To-Business Tool, InformationWeek Blog, 4/26/07, Mitch Wagner
• Exploring the potential of Second Life for business communications, information dissemination and innovation Business Communicators of Second Life blog
• Tech Report Special: Virtual Life, Business Week 4/16/07
• Could Second Life kill off the call centre, Silicon.com 10 April 07
• Guide to Doing Business in Second Life - a good short intro to getting started in Second Life, (4/07 but not dated)
• Press release by Komjuniti, a German Brand Management company of a survey of residents about Brands
• How Second Life Impacts Our First Life, Blog post by Henry Jenkins
• A Dialogue on Virtual Worlds, Blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger
• Second Life: Is Business Ready For Virtual Worlds?, David F. Carr, Baseline, March 1, 2007.
• The Brand Owners Guide to Entering the Metaverse, Personalize Media.com Blog, Feb. 4, 2007
• Second Life: It's Not a Game, Fortune 1/22/07
• Starting a Business in Second Life, Entrepreneur.com, 1/9/07

2006

• Second Life Tip Sheet Business Week, 11/27/06 (This is a 10 tips for businesses considering Second Life and is a great intro for any business)
• Warren Ellis to write weekly SL column for Reuters, Reuters, 12/22/06
• Virtual worlds to boost telcos- Can you get outsourced to Second Life?, Silicon.com, 12/7/06
• Second Life's PR Avatar, TheStreet.com, 11/29/06
• Information week article about IBM, 11/10/06
• No, Second Life is not Overhyped, CNN Money, 11/9/06
• Irving in (a Virtual World) Wonderland, 11/7/06
• NYTimes Travel section article about Second Life, 11/03/06
• Irving in (a Virtual World) Wonderland, Blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger
• Is Your Business Ready for Virtual Business?, Publish, 10/20/06,
• 11 Reasons Why Massively Multiplayer Games Will Change How Business Works: Part 1, Poynteronline, 10/25/06
• The Digital 'Second Life' Has Its Own Culture and Economy Red Orbit, 10/17/06
• Businesses find real opportunity in the virtual world of Second Life, My SanAntonio.com, 10/17/06
• Second Life for Amazon, Yahoo Finance, 10/17/06
• Proceedings of the Second Life Educational Workshop at SLCC, 10/2006
• Wired Travel Guide, Second Life, Oct 2006
• Big Media Gets a Second Life, Business Week, 10/17/06
• Breathing Second Life into Business, Business Week, 10/10/06
• Eric Rice's How to Learn about Second Life..., March 2006