Difference between revisions of "Business, Education, and Marketing"

Revision as of 10:51, 11 August 2008

Welcome to the Marketing section of the Second Life Wiki. Many of these pages are set up for community participation to provide current and accurate information - your involvement helps maintain current and accurate information. If you find better resources elsewhere, please point to them; life's too short to duplicate information.

Press Information about Linden Lab and Second Life

PR Update Weekly overview of press hits as well as some market trends
What is Linden Lab?- Overview of Linden Lab, including a brief history and list of management
What is Second Life?- Overview of Second Life
Second Life Technology - Overview of the Second Life Platform
Press Contacts - Contacts for media inquiries
Linden Lab Press Releases - Linden Lab's press releases from lindenlab.com
Recent Articles in the News about Second Life & Linden Lab - Linden Lab's recent articles list from lindenlab.com
Links to Second Life Economic Data- Includes statistics, graphs, and market data
Linden Lab Fact Sheets
Multimedia Content for Press Use
Speaker Request Form - if you would like to request an employee of Linden Lab to speak at your event, fill out this form.

Marketing Content

Brands - Lists of publicly announced brands in Second Life, as well as non-profit and government organizations
- Tateru's Mixed Reality Headcount - Compares traffic to the top 3 Resident businesses versus 10 real-world businesses in Second Life
- Project Factory Second Life Statistics - Tracks top 25 brands in Second life, based on traffic
Second_Life_Videos - Second Life-related videos, by category
Second_Life_Images - Second Life image sources
Business Blogs - Blogs about business uses of Second Life
Recent Business Articles - Articles about business in Second Life
Marketing Your Products In Second Life - Suggestions for ways to promote your products in the Second Life community
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life - the guide to doing business in the metaverse
Second Life-related web applications - Web services or applications that extend Second Life
MailingLists - Mailing lists directed at businesses involved in Second Life
Second_Life_Periodicals - Second Life-related periodicals, including editorial and advertising contact information
Second_Life_Radio & TV - Radio and TV companies and channels in Second Life
Second Life-related User Groups
Marketing White Papers - White papers about business use and positioning of Second Life
Volunteer_Portal- The Volunteer Portal provides useful resources for dealing with Second Life, and provides access to knowledgeable Residents who may be interested in being hired to support events and activities in Second Life

Vertical Markets - Specific Uses

Resources and projects for the visually impaired
Science-related places in Second Life
Healthcare-related places in Second Life
Medical uses of Second Life
Educational Uses of Second Life Don't let the title fool you, this is a thorough categorized list of amazing uses of Second Life appropriate for business and education.

Business Inquiries

Market Research & Data

Market Data Home
Links to Demographic Studies - A list of available studies about our residents and their RL behavior.
The 2007 Second Life Market Data Project - A group is spearheading a collaborative effort to get voluntary data from a large group of Residents during this calendar year.
Market_Research_Suppliers - A list of market research suppliers with experience in Second Life
Other Second Life Studies - A list of other research or studies of Second Life

Internationalization (Localization)

International Resources This is the main page for all internationalization and localization of support, web content, and the viewer.
Support
- Inworld Locations for Volunteers
- Listing of Languages Spoken by Second Life Volunteers
- Spoken by Second Life Residents
- Basic Account Management: Japanese アカウント情報の管理
- Basic_Account_Management:_Korean 계정 관리:한국어 위키
- International Volunteer Orientation Handouts
- Resident Created Video Tutorials in languages other than English
- Localized regions in Second Life
- In-world Notecards Translated into German by Project i18n
- In-world Notecards Translated into Spanish by Project i18n
Turkish Second Life Guide: http://www.slturkiye.com/dokumanlar/

Localization

Viewer
- Skinning
- Triage Bug_Triage/Internationalization_Agenda

Linden Lab's International Second Life websites
- http://de.secondlife.com Deutsch
- http://jp.secondlife.com Japanese
- http://kr.secondlife.com Korean

Getting Started

Glenn's Tips for Businesses
Frequently Asked Questions (from What Is Second Life? on secondlife.com)
New Media Consortium's Getting Started
Getting Started in Second Life by Random Unsung and Prokofy Neva
How to learn about Second Life before learning Second Life (Eric Rice)
Getting Started in LSL scripting in Second Life
It's not an economy, it's a product - understanding Linden Lab's view of Second Life
See also Recent Business Articles - Articles about business in Second Life

Solution Provider Resources

Community Development

Community Development Guide - This section is designed to aggregate knowledge about Second Life community development in one place and create a "living document" any Resident can edit and contribute to. It is our hope this guide will be useful to interested individuals, businesses, and organizations using the Second Life Main and Teen Grids.

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 ** [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:Text_from_In-world_Notecards_%28Spanish%29 In-world Notecards Translated into Spanish by Project i18n]
+* Turkish Second Life Guide: http://www.slturkiye.com/dokumanlar/
 *Localization