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2015-05-05T06:46:46Z

Glaznah Gassner:

Hello,
I would like to know when this entry was last updated.

:Hello. You can use the "History" tab to view all updates and date information. (Use the page's "History" tab, not talk page history). Do you want to make some updates to the page? [[User:Glaznah Gassner|Glaznah Gassner]] ([[User talk:Glaznah Gassner|talk]]) 23:46, 4 May 2015 (PDT)

Group inviters comparison

2012-08-20T09:13:19Z

Glaznah Gassner: Useful information has been removed by Stylus Nightfire, wrong prices entered. Reverting back to the original version.

Second Life [[Group Inviter]] bots are used to send direct invitations to join specific Second Life group (usually the visitors of the parcel are invited.

There's several direct group inviter services available in Second Life. The following table shows the comparison of group inviter's features and functions:

=Comparison table=
<table width=100% border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4>
<tr width=20%><th><th width=13%>MyRoBoT Group.Invitor<th width=13%>VAW iGroup<th width=13%>SmartBots Group Inviter<th width=12%>MAGIC<th width=13%>JVA Bot<th width=12%>PikkuBot
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Direct group invitation<ref>All products offer this service</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Server-hosted<ref>This means that you don't have your PC running</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Pricing'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Activation fee/buying price
<td>L$400
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>L$3000
<td>L$1,500 - L$6,000

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Rental price
<td>Depends on usage.<ref>Gradual increase (from L$0 to L$600/week). Check prices at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/pricing_en.php Prices page]</ref>
<td>L$85/week
<td>L$79/week
<td>L$233/week<ref>By ordering L$6000 package for 180 days</ref>
<td>FREE
<td>FREE

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Free subscription
<td>no
<td>no
<td>'''1 week free'''
<td>no
<td>n/a
<td>n/a

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Moneyback guarantee
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Remote payment: from any SL location
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Statistics'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Delivered invitations stats
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Actually accepted invitations stats
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Web statistics
<td>'''yes'''<ref>See Sample at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/statistics_en.php this link]</ref>
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''<ref> Including graphs, [http://blog.smartbots2life.com/2010/06/sent-and-accepted-invitations-graph/ read here]</ref>
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Daily email reports
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Misc'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Established
<td>'''2009'''
<td>'''2007'''
<td>'''2010'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''2010'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Manual invitations
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Free Customizing
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Greeter</td>
<td>'''yes'''<ref>On Automatic invitations means</ref></td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Supported "Plug-Ins" for other systems
<td>XStreetSL JEVN vendors Apez.iVend HippoVend Palen Vendors XSLT Apez.AutoLease HippoRent
<td>Apez.auto-lease HippoRENT Alika '''Any System on Demand'''
<td>HippoRent ArtiZan Greeter SHX Alika Intelli
<td>-
<td>-
<td>-

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Backend (seamless & script-free) support for other systems
<td>-
<td>-
<td>[https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/i/1626868 CasperVend] [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/i/2129768 CasperLet]
<td>-
<td>-
<td>[https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/i/1626868 CasperVend] [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/i/2129768 CasperLet]

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Custom LSL API
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>1. [http://www.smartbots2life.com/docs/AdminBot AdminBot] 2. [http://www.smartbots2life.com/docs/HTTP_API HTTP APIs]
<td>-
<td>-
<td>-

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Links'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">SLURL
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/xstream80/128/100/30]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/DuoLife/200/99/32]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Semoshi/128/192/69]
<td>n/a
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Creation/222/205/39]
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Website
<td>[http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/info_en.php]
<td>[http://www.virtualartworks.biz]
<td>[http://www.smartbots2life.com]
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>[http://www.pikkubot.de/]
</table>

<references/>

=Links=
* [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=direct+group+inviter&SearchLocale=0 Direct group inviters at XStreetSL]
* [[Inviting residents to join your business group]]
* [[Group Inviter]]

[[Category: SL Bots]]

2011-10-12T10:37:55Z

Glaznah Gassner:

=Glaznah Gassner=
SL born: January 2007

Owner of the following businesses in Second Life:

* '''SL Business Directory''' - the Second Life advertising network, along with such advertising services as Guaranteed Visitors, Picks Booster, AdFusion adboards and more. Intended for use by business owners, including AdFusion allowing to earn money by placing advertising boards. [http://www.slbizlife.com SL Business Directory - advertising services for second life]
* '''SmartBots: Second Life group management and personal bots''' (http://www.mysmartbots.com) - Second Life bots, direct group inviters, notices and IMs senders. Prices start from L$79/week
* '''Earn2Life.com''' - Second Life money-making services for residents (in-world visits and picks offers), [http://www.earn2life.com Earn2Life.com - Second Life earn lindens jobs, free for all]
* '''GroupCast Marketplace''' (http://www.gpc2life.com) - SL group ads marketplace, the place to buy and sell group ads (chat IMs, notices)
* '''SLPano''' - Second Life 3D Panoramic URL (http://slpano.com, 3D panorama examples: [http://slpano.com/secondlife/Kernow Kernow], [http://slpano.com/secondlife/Fin_Relive_the_fifties Fin Relive the Fifties])

== Custom orders ==
If you need to develop a custom tool, device or system, contact me to discuss.

As experienced Second Life developer, I'm able to design and maintain the complex Second Life/web systems, involving both LSL scripting, web programming and desktop applications development.

== Contacts ==
Feel free to contact me in-world, I will answer any questions regarding business, marketing, money-making and same stuff.

Talk:Group inviters comparison

2011-04-08T12:15:39Z

Glaznah Gassner: /* Apez is dead... */

Talk:Group inviters comparison

2011-04-03T23:33:55Z

Glaznah Gassner: /* Editing the page: let's discuss the edits here first */ new section

Group inviters comparison

2011-04-03T23:30:58Z

Glaznah Gassner: Dear colleagues, please see the "Discussion" page

Second Life [[Group Inviter]] bots are used to send direct invitations to join specific Second Life group (usually the visitors of the parcel are invited.

There's several direct group inviter services available in Second Life. The following table shows the comparison of group inviter's features and functions:

=Comparison table=
<table width=100% border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4>
<tr><th><th width=13%>MyRoBoT Group.Invitor<th width=13%>VAW iGroup<th width=13%>SmartBots Group Inviter<th width=13%>MAGIC<th width=13%>JVA Bot<th width=13%>IntelliBots
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Direct group invitation<ref>All products offer this service</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Server-hosted<ref>This means that you don't have your PC running</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Pricing'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Activation fee/buying price
<td>L$400
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>L$3000
<td>L$1000

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Rental price
<td>Depends on usage.<ref>Gradual increase (from L$0 to L$600/week). Check prices at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/pricing_en.php Prices page]</ref>
<td>L$85/week
<td>L$79/week
<td>L$233/week<ref>By ordering L$6000 package for 180 days</ref>
<td>no
<td>L$899/week

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Free subscription
<td>no
<td>no
<td>'''1 week free'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Moneyback guarantee
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Remote payment: from any SL location
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Statistics'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Delivered invitations stats
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>''n/a''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Actually accepted invitations stats
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Web statistics
<td>'''yes'''<ref>See Sample at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/statistics_en.php this link]</ref>
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''<ref> Including graphs, [http://blog.smartbots2life.com/2010/06/sent-and-accepted-invitations-graph/ read here]</ref>
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Daily email reports
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Misc'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Established
<td>'''2009'''
<td>'''2007'''
<td>'''2010'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Manual invitations
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Free Customizing
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Greeter</td>
<td>'''yes'''<ref>On Automatic invitations means</ref></td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Supported "Plug-Ins" for other systems
<td>XStreetSL JEVN vendors Apez.iVend HippoVend Palen Vendors XSLT Apez.AutoLease HippoRent
<td>ALL
<td>HippoRent ArtiZan Greeter SHX Greeter
<td>-
<td>-
<td>-

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Custom LSL API
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>'''[http://www.smartbots2life.com/docs/AdminBot AdminBot]''': invite to group group chat talk group chat listen eject group members
<td>-
<td>-
<td>-

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Links'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">SLURL
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/xstream80/128/100/30]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/DuoLife/200/99/32]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Semoshi/128/192/69]
<td>n/a
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterton%20Way/196/186/21]
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Website
<td>[http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/info_en.php]
<td>[http://www.virtualartworks.biz]
<td>[http://www.smartbots2life.com]
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>[http://www.naughtybots.biz]
</table>

<references/>

=Links=
* [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=direct+group+inviter&SearchLocale=0 Direct group inviters at XStreetSL]
* [[Inviting residents to join your business group]]
* [[Group Inviter]]

[[Category: SL Bots]]

Business Blogs

2011-02-14T16:38:48Z

Glaznah Gassner: Removed dead links, moved outdated blogs to archive

Blogs about Business in Second Life

* [http://www.beatenetworks.com/blog/ The Network] News about the immersive web and virtual worlds
* [http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/ Virtual Worlds Blog, Cisco]
* [http://luckytribe.blogspot.com/ The Lucky Tribe] The Lucky Tribe, an entertaining, interactive marketing tool for merchants and a fun social group for members.
* [http://www.slentre.com/ SL Entrepreneur Magazine] covers in-world businesses and business activities in SL
* [http://www.djdoubledown.blogspot.com/ Second Life DJ, Club, & Nightlife News & Info]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/second_lifers/ Second Lifers' Journal]

== Archived ==
These blogs seems to be dead or suspended:

* [http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/second_life/index.html InformationWeek, Second Life topic] (upd. Oct, 2009)
* [http://www.cpaisland.com/ CPA Island blog, CPA activity and CPE in Second Life] (upd. Apr, 2010)
* [http://business.rlsl.org/ A german intro into business in Secondlife] (upd. July, 2008)
* [http://greeneconcept.wordpress.com/ GREENE concept] As-it-happens blog about the creation of a virtual company (upd. Apr 2010)
* [http://peterquirk.wordpress.com/ Exploring business applications of virtual worlds], No There There Blog, Peter Quirk (upd. Mar 2009)
* [http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/2007/06/two_education_e.html Business Communicators blog] - Information on businesses in Second Life (upd. June, 2007)
* [http://npirl.blogspot.com/ Not Possible IRL (Not Possible in Real Life - Bettina Tizzy's blog)] (upd Sep. 2009)
* [http://ewingfashionagency.wordpress.com/ EFA Blog] (upd. May, 2010)
* [http://secondslog.blogspot.com/ SLOG (SL Resident Blog)] (upd. Sep, 2010)
* [http://slcaveatemptor.blogspot.com/ Buying and Selling in Second Life Blog] (upd. July 2009)

[[Category: Marketing]]

2010-11-18T17:16:19Z

Glaznah Gassner:

Group inviters comparison

2010-11-18T15:34:22Z

Glaznah Gassner:

Second Life [[Group Inviter]] bots are used to send direct invitations to join specific Second Life group (usually the visitors of the parcel are invited.

There's several direct group inviter services available in Second Life. The following table shows the comparison of group inviter's features and functions:

=Comparison table=
<table width=100% border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4>
<tr><th><th width=13%>MyRoBoT Group.Invitor<th width=13%>VAW iGroup<th width=13%>SmartBots<th width=13%>MAGIC<th width=13%>JVA Bot<th width=13%>IntelliBots
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Direct group invitation<ref>All products offer this service</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Server-hosted<ref>This means that you don't have your PC running</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Pricing'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Activation fee/buying price
<td>L$400
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>'''free'''
<td>L$3000
<td>L$1000
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Rental price
<td>Depends on usage.<ref>Gradual increase (from L$0 to L$600/week). Check prices at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/pricing_en.php Prices page]</ref>
<td>L$85/week
<td>L$79/week<ref>By ordering [http://www.smartbots2life.com/en/prices.html 6 months package]. L$99 if paying for single week.</ref>
<td>L$233/week<ref>By ordering L$6000 package for 180 days</ref>
<td>no
<td>L$899/week

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Moneyback guarantee
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Remote payment: from any SL location
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''AntiSpam'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Spamless<ref>Indicates wherever bot does not annoy visitors who return back again, and respect parcel borders</ref>
<td>'''yes<ref>Configurable</ref>'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes<ref>Configurable</ref>'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Age Filtering
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Language Filtering
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">BlackLists and BanLists
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Statistics'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Delivered invitations stats
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>''n/a''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Actually accepted invitations stats
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Web statistics
<td>'''yes'''<ref>See Sample at [http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/statistics_en.php this link]</ref>
<td>no
<td>'''yes'''<ref> Including graphs, [http://blog.smartbots2life.com/2010/06/sent-and-accepted-invitations-graph/ read here]</ref>
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Daily email reports
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>no
<td>no

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Misc'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Established
<td>'''2009'''
<td>'''2007'''
<td>'''2010'''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<td>''n/a''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Automatic Invitations
<td>'''yes'''<ref>2 means: with sensor (radar) and volumedetect (for shop entrances f.i.)</ref>
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Manual invitations
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Free Customizing
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>'''yes'''
<td>no
<td>no
<td>no

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Greeter</td>
<td>'''yes'''<ref>On Automatic invitations means</ref></td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>'''yes'''</td>

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Supported "Plug-Ins" for other systems
<td>XStreetSL JEVN vendors Apez.iVend HippoVend Palen Vendors XSLT Apez.AutoLease HippoRent
<td>-
<td>HippoRent ArtiZan Greeter SHX Greeter
<td>-
<td>-
<td>-

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Custom LSL API
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>'''yes''': invite group chat talk group chat listen eject group members

<tr><td colspan=7 bgcolor="">'''Links'''
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">SLURL
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/xstream80/128/100/30]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/DuoLife/200/99/32]
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Semoshi/128/192/69]
<td>n/a
<td>[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterton%20Way/196/186/21]
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">Website
<td>[http://simpleservicebot.myrobot.slware.net/groupinvitor/info_en.php]
<td>[http://www.virtualartworks.biz]
<td>[http://www.smartbots2life.com]
<td>n/a
<td>n/a
<td>[http://www.naughtybots.biz]
</table>

<references/>

=Links=
* [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=direct+group+inviter&SearchLocale=0 Direct group inviters at XStreetSL]
* [[Inviting residents to join your business group]]
* [[Group Inviter]]

Group inviters comparison

2010-05-25T12:21:51Z

Glaznah Gassner: Returned back changes which relate to SmartBots (see discussion). Also fixed the "Greeter" line height.

Talk:Group inviters comparison

2010-05-25T12:18:06Z

Glaznah Gassner: Created page with 'Hello Renegade! I suggest all editor to avoid editing other business' entries: this can turn to holy war and the whole article will be closed. L$79 is the real price. I respect y...'

Group inviters comparison

2010-05-25T07:49:16Z

Glaznah Gassner: Fixed up prices and added ref

Inviting residents to join your business group

2010-04-27T19:42:27Z

Glaznah Gassner:

Inviting other residents to join your group may be very useful to gather a group of loyal customers. You can easily inform your group members about new items you sell, or deliver update to all users of your devices.

Inviting residents to group is possible by:
# Manually inviting every resident
# Setting up an automatic invitation bot
# Asking residents to click a special link in chat history

== Manual invitation ==
This is the most reliable, but also the most hard way to invite people to your group.

It has a very serious disadvantage: you can't invite all visitors of your parcel as you can't stay online 24 hours.

== Automatic direct group invitation ==
Direct group invitations (the ones asking resident to click "Join" button) can be initiated by SL avatar only. This means that it's impossible to send direct invitation by using LSL script.

The direct group invitations can be managed in two ways:
# Install a bot software on your PC and keep it online 24 hours 7 days a week. The bot will locate all parcel visitors and give them the direct group invitation.
# Rent the [[Group Inviter|group inviter]] for a small fee (L$50-100 per week) This is a most reliable way to own a group bot. The company takes care of bots 24/7: you just pay a tiny rental. The bot rental services are listed within the '''Links''' section (see below).

Refer to the [[Group inviters comparison]] article in this wiki.

== Giving residents the link to click ==
This is not a direct invitation technique. Your script can say the link over the public chat and ask residents to click it, open group profile and then join your group.

The disadvantages of this method is that most of residents are too lazy to open the chat history. Also you are losing residents who open your group profile but do no join. Finally, you are not able invite members to specific roles.

== Links ==
* About [[Group Inviter|Second Life group inviters]]
* [[Group inviters comparison]]
* [http://www.smartbots2life.com http://www.smartbots2life.com] - SmartBots: group bots rent service
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36/?img=http%3A//a3.twimg.com/profile_images/642955157/VAW_LOGO__Sep_08__bigger.jpg&title=Virtual%20Artworks&msg=Innovations%20since%202006] - VAW iGroup service: Automatic Group Invites
* [https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=group+invite&SearchLocale=0&SearchPriceMin=&SearchPriceMax=&SearchRatingMin=&SearchRatingMax=&sort=&dir=asc&searchSubmitImage.x=0&searchSubmitImage.y=0 XStreetSL Gadgets] - numerous group invite gadgets and scripts at XStreetSL

Inviting residents to join your business group

2010-04-27T18:24:19Z

Glaznah Gassner:

Inviting other residents to join your group may be very useful to gather a group of loyal customers. You can easily inform your group members about new items you sell, or deliver update to all users of your devices.

Inviting residents to group is possible by:
# Manually inviting every resident
# Setting up an automatic invitation bot
# Asking residents to click a special link in chat history

== Manual invitation ==
This is the most reliable, but also the most hard way to invite people to your group.

It has a very serious disadvantage: you can't invite all visitors of your parcel as you can't stay online 24 hours.

== Automatic direct group invitation ==
Direct group invitations (the ones asking resident to click "Join" button) can be initiated by SL avatar only. This means that it's impossible to send direct invitation by using LSL script.

The direct group invitations can be managed in two ways:
# Install a bot software on your PC and keep it online 24 hours 7 days a week. The bot will locate all parcel visitors and give them the direct group invitation.
# Rent the group inviter for a small fee (L$50-100 per week) This is a most reliable way to own a group bot. The company takes care of bots 24/7: you just pay a tiny rental. The bot rental services are listed within the '''Links''' section (see below).

Refer to the [[Group inviters comparison]] article in this wiki.

== Giving residents the link to click ==
This is not a direct invitation technique. Your script can say the link over the public chat and ask residents to click it, open group profile and then join your group.

The disadvantages of this method is that most of residents are too lazy to open the chat history. Also you are losing residents who open your group profile but do no join. Finally, you are not able invite members to specific roles.

== Links ==
* [[Group inviters comparison]]
* [http://www.smartbots2life.com http://www.smartbots2life.com] - SmartBots: group bots rent service
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36/?img=http%3A//a3.twimg.com/profile_images/642955157/VAW_LOGO__Sep_08__bigger.jpg&title=Virtual%20Artworks&msg=Innovations%20since%202006] - VAW iGroup service: Automatic Group Invites
* [https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=group+invite&SearchLocale=0&SearchPriceMin=&SearchPriceMax=&SearchRatingMin=&SearchRatingMax=&sort=&dir=asc&searchSubmitImage.x=0&searchSubmitImage.y=0 XStreetSL Gadgets] - numerous group invite gadgets and scripts at XStreetSL

Group inviters comparison

2010-04-27T18:17:14Z

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Group Inviter

2010-04-27T13:32:36Z

Glaznah Gassner: Created page with 'Second Life group inviter is a scripted agent (bot) which sends direct group invitation to other Second Life residents. This is useful to automatically [[Inviting residents to j...'

Second Life group inviter is a scripted agent (bot) which sends direct group invitation to other Second Life residents.

This is useful to automatically [[Inviting residents to join your business group|invite visitors to specific group]], or invite all buyers of the certain good or service to support group.

You may host your own bot to sit on your land by buying software and installing it on your PC, or by [[Renting SL group bots|renting SL bot]]. Renting is usually cheaper considering that you don't need to keep your PC around the clock.

Due to LSL limitations it's impossible to send '''direct''' group invitations using in-world objects. Only way is to use the scripted agent ([[Inviting residents to join your business group|read more here]]).

==Existing bot software==

Refer to [[Group inviters comparison]] to compare existing bots and their possibilities.

==Links==
* [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=direct+group+inviter&SearchLocale=0&SearchPriceMin=&SearchPriceMax=&SearchRatingMin=&SearchRatingMax=&sort=&dir=asc&searchSubmitImage.x=0&searchSubmitImage.y=0 Direct group inviters at XStreetSL]
* [http://www.smartbots2life.com SmartBots: Group inviter for rent]

Inviting residents to join your business group

2010-04-15T06:09:44Z

Glaznah Gassner: All references moved to "Links" section, links sorted alphabetically

Inviting other residents to join your group may be very useful to gather a group of loyal customers. You can easily inform your group members about new items you sell, or deliver update to all users of your devices.

Inviting residents to group is possible by:
# Manually inviting every resident
# Setting up an automatic invitation bot
# Asking residents to click a special link in chat history

== Manual invitation ==
This is the most reliable, but also the most hard way to invite people to your group.

It has a very serious disadvantage: you can't invite all visitors of your parcel as you can't stay online 24 hours.

== Automatic direct group invitation ==
Direct group invitations (the ones asking resident to click "Join" button) can be initiated by SL avatar only. This means that it's impossible to send direct invitation by using LSL script.

You can install a bot software on your PC and keep it online 24 hours 7 days a week. The bot will locate all parcel visitors and give them the direct group invitation.

The most reliable way to own a group bot is to [[Renting SL group bots|rent it]]. The bot maintainer takes care of bots 24/7: you just pay a tiny rental. The bot rent services are available within the '''Links''' section (see below).

== Giving residents the link to click ==
This is not a direct invitation technique. Your script can say the link over the public chat and ask residents to click it, open group profile and then join your group.

The disadvantages of this method is that most of residents are too lazy to open the chat history. Also you are losing residents who open your group profile but do no join. Finally, you are not able invite members to specific roles.

== Links ==
* [http://www.smartbots2life.com http://www.smartbots2life.com] - SmartBots: group bots rent service
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Artworks/86/220/36/?img=http%3A//a3.twimg.com/profile_images/642955157/VAW_LOGO__Sep_08__bigger.jpg&title=Virtual%20Artworks&msg=Innovations%20since%202006] - VAW iGroup service: Automatic Group Invites
* [https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=group+invite&SearchLocale=0&SearchPriceMin=&SearchPriceMax=&SearchRatingMin=&SearchRatingMax=&sort=&dir=asc&searchSubmitImage.x=0&searchSubmitImage.y=0 XStreetSL Gadgets] - numerous group invite gadgets and scripts at XStreetSL

Advertising in Second Life

2010-02-24T13:49:04Z

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==Introduction==
Linden Lab does not provide any advertising capabilities other than our Search listings in Second Life. In general, it's important to understand that Linden Lab views Second Life as a platform and focuses its efforts on development and improvements of the platform. We do not create content or services within Second Life.

Here are some suggestions of ways to use Second Life as an advertising medium.

== Advertising Approaches in SL ==

===Blog coverage===
One way to advertise is by simply creating a presence in Second Life and publicizing it. Many Second Life Residents are active in blogs and other internet activities. Many companies have found their activities in Second Life generate significant mentions in web and blog postings.

Images in Flickr and videos involving Second Life on YouTube are additional ways to activate buzz from Second Life.

===Presence in Second Life===
Some companies have found success with an ongoing presence in Second Life and driving visitors though related or unrelated events - technical talks (Intel), or concerts, for example. The key, as with a web site, is to provide fresh content that gives Residents a reason to visit and interact with you. Others have created places with activities to engage Residents (Vodaphone and Weather Channel).

As with real world properties (whether web or physical), to be successful you'll need to promote your presence and activity to the Second Life community through group notices, event notices, articles and ads in Second Life related periodicals, or any other means appropriate.

===Advertising networks in Second Life===
There are a [[Advertising Networks|number of businesses that have built distributed advertising systems]] in Second Life, so you can pay by location and time to have your ad displayed. Some of the systems offer pay-per-click payments instead of time.

===Active advertising in Second Life===
The most difficult, but probably the most rewarding in the long term, is to create an active presence in Second Life that drives the message or experience you are trying to promote for your product or brand. If it's a product, you can script ways for people to interact with the Second Life version of the product.

For example, while avatars don't need to eat or drink, if your product was a soft drink, you could provide a script that had people laugh and dance around whenever they took a 'virtual' drink. You could also provide a hat with your logo which people could give to others, creating viral distribution of your brand. The hat could be scripted so giving it to someone opened a website or a Second Life notecard with more information about the product, or a coupon for a discount on the product.

===Distributed Advertising in Second Life===
There are many popular venues in Second Life, from malls to clubs. Many of them will put up posters or kiosks that can distribute information, links, objects, or provide teleports to the sponsoring location, for a small fee.

===Person-to-person advertising===
Several companies has been very successful in using avatars as a promotional vehicle. Avatars engage people in conversation and offer links to websites, coupons, or other direct follow-up actions. Some companies offer camping solutions at a per-lead cost.

It has been comparable or lower in cost than other media. The quality of leads is questionable as the effectiveness of using static camping chairs as the primary driver for Residents provides only small amounts of $L currency as the draw for participation. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/08/order-of-the-ph.html Imax] was reportedly successful with this approach.

In contrary to the passive camping, a new kind of active advertising is available ([http://www.news2life.com/process/news.html?id=71 New Program Guarantees Visitors to Your Business]).

An expanded form of Person-to-person advertising can take the form of brand personification, whereas brand icons or personalities are realized in Second Life for engagement with residents. An example of this would be [http://theslagency.com/casestudies/Case%20Study%20-%20Nesquik.pdf Nestle Nesquik] where the Nesquik Bunny Avatar entered Second Life and attended a variety of events.

===Media in Second Life===
Every parcel in Second Life can incorporate an audio and video stream. You can simply publish a streaming URL for audio or video and any land owner can add your URL to their land to enable the stream.

You will need to provide them with a reason to do that - good content, or payment, as well as publicizing your stream so Residents know about it. In addition, there are radio and tv stations in Second Life which provide streaming broadcasts. These streams can incorporate advertising, as radio and tv do in real life.

== Links ==
===Articles about advertising in Second Life===
*[http://www.news2life.com/process/news.html?id=71 New Program Guarantees Visitors to Your Business]
*[http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2006/10/advertising_in_.html Advertising in Second Life]
*[http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3503316 In 'Second Life,' a Virtual Ad Agency Arises]
*While not exactly about advertising, this article has some ideas about advertising in Second Life:
[http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2006/10/dos_and_donts_f.html Advertising Dos and Don'ts]
*[http://www.technorati.com/search/headcount?from=http://nwn.blogs.com&sub=searchlet A listing of Resident taffic to commercial properties (Tateru's Mixed Reality Headcount]

===Advertising networks in Second Life===
These are links to companies with ad networks in Second Life. Some of these are listed in the [http://secondlife.com/solution_providers/listings.php?category=ToolDeveloper Tools directory] on the Second Life Grid website.

* [http://www.slbiz2life.com/ SL Business Directory - A lot of second life advertising services, including free ones]: guaranteed visitors, picks booster, Second Life search analysis tools. '''Free categorized listing of SL businesses, a largest one at the moment'''
* [http://www.subscribeomatic.com/ Subscribeomatic]
* [http://www.ModerneInteractive.com/ Moderne Interactive - Formerly TheSLAgency]
* [http://www.mgk-advertisement.com/ MGK Advertisement Networks]
* [http://www.slcontextads.co.uk/ SLContext Ads]
* [http://www.apez.biz Apez.promote advertising service]
* [http://www.rezads.com RezAds Grid-Wide Advertising]
* [http://www.rezzme.com RezzMe Advertising]
* [http://cashcrash.looqz.eu/index.php?&page=advertise Crash-Vertisement]

===In-World Media and Publication, Magazines===
* [http://www.new2life.com Second Life Business News magazine]
* [http://www.slbestplace.com Second Life Locations Directory SL BEST PLACE]
* [http://www.sluncover.com Uncover Magazine]
* [http://www.role-magazine.com Role Magazine]
* [http://www.thebosl.com The Best of SL Magazine]
* [http://www.secondstyle.com Second Style Magazine]
* [http://avenuemagazine.blogspot.com Avenue Magazine]

==See also==
* [[Advertising Networks]]
* [[Marketing Your Products In Second Life]]
* [[Second Life Radio & TV]]

[[Category: Marketing]]