Black Internet Marketing Lessons » Social Networks

Know When to Hold Them… Know When To Fold Them…

BJohnson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:39 +0000

….Know when to walk away… Know when to run …. Google LIvely 3D service to be discontinued.

Per Google’s Lively.com,

Lively by Google has interactive 3D places on web pages where visitors can see each other’s avatars and chat. Customize your avatar and decorate rooms to add another dimension to social networking!

Although I did not really jump into the 3D space on Lively, it is a great hint as to where the web COULD go! Why? By creating 3D animations of your offline store, club, restaurant, or any offline place… with a little infusion of real video, is one of the best ways that the web could evolve for interactivity. Web 5.0 or Web 10.0…

From an Ecommerce/Internet Marketing Perspective, I dig the fact that I could virtually comb through items in a store. Lots of work for the vendor, but cool prospect in web dreaming!

Check out Google’s 3D Room below….

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For full announcement, check out Google’s Blog on why they are discontinuing the service by clicking here

Perhaps a point of failure is the whole animated thing. Perhaps it is still considered to be a niche interest compared to what mainstream wants to see and interact with. If we are progressing to Web 3.0… then my guess would be Web 7.0 will be ready for this transition.

Google, continue your trendsetting…. Early adopters get the point.

Let me know what you feel by commenting below.

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Check Brand Names in Social Networking Media

BJohnson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:27:16 +0000

With the onset of all of the Social Networking and Bookmarking sites, wouldn’t it be great to use a centralized site to check your brand name in ALL social media sites?

Check out the following site: http://usernamecheck.com which allows you to check the availability of your brand name. SWEET!

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Facebook… The Major Face Of Social Networks

BJohnson — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:51:27 +0000

I have a great and major new found respect for Facebook. The benefit is just not from a “social networking”, get a bunch of friends, get invited to events and post some pics tip…

No, it is from an even deeper level. You see, Social Networks as we have known them in the near past really harped on the benefit of THEM keeping the autonomy of revenue and the ability to regulate what kinds of businesses could be promoted… IF ANY.

Facebook encourages business opportunities. They do this by encouraging enterprising internet developers and groups to come up with applications to integrate into their systems. Subsequently, if your application is tight enough, they allow and again, ENCOURAGE you to use their social network to virally distribute your product, and lastly, WANT you to have the opportunity to make money.

Sounds good to us. For that, they already have become the MAJOR FACE of social networks… as allowing us to have the opportunity to make revenue from traffic we helped to generate, has always been a sermon of mine!

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