Running a Business in Second Life
Striding Out Member, Simon Stevens, shares his 10 Tips to running a business in Secondlife.
Secondlife is a popular and ever-growing virtual world where real businesses are beginning to explore it as a real potential for promotion and income generation. But running a business in Second Life is not as straight forward as its looks. I run my own nightclub for many months and here are my top ten tips….
- Always remember Secondlife is not a game and take it as serious as any other business venture.
- Do not assume your real life business venture will automatically work in Secondlife.
- Spend time in secondlife understanding the culture and norms before starting a business.
- Network and add as many friends as you can, you must get known.
- If you do not know how to do something, ask, it is a friendly space.
- If you can’t do it yourself, pay someone else to do it.
- Remember everything costs a fraction of what it is in the real world.
- Expect to be having business meetings in the middle of the night!.
- Don’t assume you are the “first ……” because you are probably not!.
- Always expect the unexpected including having a business meeting with a fox, dragon or octopus!.
Sounds crazy? Have a look yourself!.
By Simon Stevens
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