Businesses in Second Life

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While there may be many reasons for their involvement, it is certainly true that one driver for the first wave was PR. These first arrivals sparked off (or rode the tide of) a media frenzy, that has resulted in a huge increase in the number of user accounts, and more importantly, online users. <br>
While there may be many reasons for their involvement, it is certainly true that one driver for the first wave was PR. These first arrivals sparked off (or rode the tide of) a media frenzy, that has resulted in a huge increase in the number of user accounts, and more importantly, online users. <br>
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The following is a (non-exhaustive) list as at mid-Jan, 2007.
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The following is a (non-exhaustive) list as at mid-Jan, 2007. Please note that, at this time, some sites are under construction, however, many more exist and wait to be identified and added to this list.
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=== Automotive ===
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=== [[Automotive Businesses in Second Life| Automotive]] ===
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*BMW
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Follow the above link for details.
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*Toyota (Scion)
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*General Motors (Pontiac)
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*Nissan
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*Vodafone
*Vodafone
*Telus
*Telus
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*younevercall (a mobile phone sales channel)
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*[http://younevercall.com younevercall] (a mobile phone sales channel) are offering free virtual mobile phones to use in Second Life.  This is not a unique offering, but what is new and different here is that the multichannel selling route provides benefits to Second Life users - who get 1000L$ cashback if they buy a real phone thorough the website. The service also allows you to send SMS from Second Life to a real life phone for only 25$L (about 5p).
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*Comcast
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*Pulver (internet telephony and VOIP)
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*Argali (white and yellow pages)
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=== Information Technology ===
=== Information Technology ===
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*IBM
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*[[IBM|IBM]]
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*PA Consulting
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*Microsoft
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*Amazon Web Services
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*Sun
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*Intel
*Dell
*Dell
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*[[PA Consulting|PA Consulting]]
*Depo Consulting
*Depo Consulting
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*Amazon Web Services (coming soon)
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*Autodesk
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*Softlab
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*Adidas
*Adidas
*Nike
*Nike
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*Reebok
*American Apparel
*American Apparel
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*Wired
*Wired
*Popular Science
*Popular Science
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*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/20/new_hack_in_sadville/ The Register] (the irony! This UK online technology paper has been critical of "Sadville" from early on, but now has a stringer inworld)
*MTV
*MTV
*BBC Radio 1
*BBC Radio 1
*Channel 4 Radio
*Channel 4 Radio
*Penguin Books
*Penguin Books
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*Sundance Channel
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*Endemol (Big Brother)
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*Regina Spektor
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=== Marketing and Creative ===
=== Marketing and Creative ===
*AKQA
*AKQA
*Abramelin Studios (who??)
*Abramelin Studios (who??)
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*Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty
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*Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty
*Leo Burnett
*Leo Burnett
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*Crayon Marketing
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*Dieste Harmel
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*Square One Research (market research)
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*DNB Media (Netherlands)
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*Text 100 Global PR Company
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*Mediacom - described as:
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**"''responsible for planning and buying the advertising for some of the world’s biggest companies – among them Procter & Gamble, Shell, Glaxo Smithkline, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nokia, Masterfoods, VW and Universal''."
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=== Travel and Leisure ===
 
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Starwood Hotels
 
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=== Others ===
=== Others ===
*ING (bank)
*ING (bank)
*ABN Amro (bank)
*ABN Amro (bank)
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*Capozzi Winery
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*[http://www.simvineyard.com/ Capozzi Winery]
*4 Unlimited (no idea what this is - but it looks like a large-scale launch due soon)
*4 Unlimited (no idea what this is - but it looks like a large-scale launch due soon)
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*Gabetti Propery Solutions (due Apr'07?)
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*Starwood Hotels
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*Cumbria Tourist Board (UK)
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[[Category:Second Life]]

Current revision as of 22:04, 15 February 2007

Real World (or "RL" - Real Life) businesses started to appear in Second Life around mid-2006. While there may be many reasons for their involvement, it is certainly true that one driver for the first wave was PR. These first arrivals sparked off (or rode the tide of) a media frenzy, that has resulted in a huge increase in the number of user accounts, and more importantly, online users.

The following is a (non-exhaustive) list as at mid-Jan, 2007. Please note that, at this time, some sites are under construction, however, many more exist and wait to be identified and added to this list.

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Automotive

Follow the above link for details.

Telecommunications

  • Vodafone
  • Telus
  • younevercall (a mobile phone sales channel) are offering free virtual mobile phones to use in Second Life. This is not a unique offering, but what is new and different here is that the multichannel selling route provides benefits to Second Life users - who get 1000L$ cashback if they buy a real phone thorough the website. The service also allows you to send SMS from Second Life to a real life phone for only 25$L (about 5p).
  • Comcast
  • Pulver (internet telephony and VOIP)
  • Argali (white and yellow pages)

Information Technology

  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Sun
  • Intel
  • Dell
  • PA Consulting
  • Depo Consulting
  • Amazon Web Services (coming soon)
  • Autodesk
  • Softlab

Retail

  • Sears
  • Adidas
  • Nike
  • Reebok
  • American Apparel

Media and Entertainment

  • NBC
  • Fox Atomic
  • Reuters
  • CNET
  • Wired
  • Popular Science
  • The Register (the irony! This UK online technology paper has been critical of "Sadville" from early on, but now has a stringer inworld)
  • MTV
  • BBC Radio 1
  • Channel 4 Radio
  • Penguin Books
  • Sundance Channel
  • Endemol (Big Brother)
  • Regina Spektor

Marketing and Creative

  • AKQA
  • Abramelin Studios (who??)
  • Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty
  • Leo Burnett
  • Crayon Marketing
  • Dieste Harmel
  • Square One Research (market research)
  • DNB Media (Netherlands)
  • Text 100 Global PR Company
  • Mediacom - described as:
    • "responsible for planning and buying the advertising for some of the world’s biggest companies – among them Procter & Gamble, Shell, Glaxo Smithkline, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nokia, Masterfoods, VW and Universal."


Others

  • ING (bank)
  • ABN Amro (bank)
  • Capozzi Winery
  • 4 Unlimited (no idea what this is - but it looks like a large-scale launch due soon)
  • Gabetti Propery Solutions (due Apr'07?)
  • Starwood Hotels
  • Cumbria Tourist Board (UK)
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