Deborah Kurfiss, whose Second Life avatar Veronica sports fiery new hair and a Razr phone, is a marketing consultant who helps real life businesses establish presences in the virtual world Second Life. Author of the very popular Doing Business in Second Life guide, she has now tells us her secrets to marketing a business in Second Life. Convinced that the future of the web is 3-D, Deborah tells us how to get our feet wet in virtual waters. Big companies who already have? IBM, Cisco, Sun, Motorola, General Motors, Dell, and Toyota are just a few.
Deborah even sent Veronica around to visit these big companies in Second Life, and she's taken photos of what businesses are doing to market themselves in Second Life, from giving away virtual phones to giving presentations attended by avatars in lace-up boots and leopard-print throws to running virtual funerals. Fascinating, especially the sample funeral parlor...
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Tags: second life
Very cool concept. I think I need an avatar! Thanks for sharing.
Ed
http://www.CarolinaEventPlanning.com
Posted by: Carolina Event Planning | May 12, 2007 at 11:28 AM