Can a new grid get started on the HG now?
Comments by Ann Tree Prenyour
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Selby: I knew I would have to give Ann a byline on this.
Ann: Third rule of acquisition: Don't fight the big boys. You will lose just like you did back in school.
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Selby: But you won't leave it there.
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Ann: No. Find a niche, a place where the big boys don't go.
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Selby: How do you find that niche?
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Ann: Look for something people want that they are not getting. That is what entrepreneurs do.
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Selby: Have you got any examples?
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Ann: Theme-based grids. Like Counter Earth. That's on a Gorean theme, popular in Second Life. You make the grid cater to Gorean tastes. The welcome area, avatars, freebies, events--you make them all fit the theme. You have to know Gorean tradition. You don't have to know how to run a server farm.
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Selby: You have to have a server farm to run a grid with many users.
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Ann: But you don't have to run it. Kitely already figured out that part. The let Amazon run the servers for them. They just manage the grid. If you were running a Gorean grid, you should manage the Gorean part and let somebody else do the grid-hosting. Maybe Kitely would but there are others.
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Selby: Why not just set up a community in Kitely? Then Kitely handles the registration.
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Ann: And Kitely handles the onboarding, too, but not for Gorean. They don't have any Gorean avatars at the Kitely Welcome Center. You bring people in for Gorean, you want to give them Gorean from the start.
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Selby: NMA is already ahead of you on that. We are setting up a web page that gives starter instructions and tells people how to log into the NMA inworld welcome site on Cookie II. NMA's theme is stage and screen. Writing, acting, video production. We give the instructions, avatars and builds (around Cookie II) that fit that theme.
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Ann: That could work. Especially if you wanted to start small. Setting up to run your own grid would take a lot of work. You would want to have an existing community before you decide that it is worth the effort.
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Selby: Then you would probably let the community decide whether they wanted a separate grid.
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Ann: For sure. If you have built a successful community, you don't mess with success.
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Selby: Would a Gorean grid be unique in Maria's sense?
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Ida, the Idea Lady: Thinking about something that is unique is not my favorite way to get ideas. If you go down the ladder of abstraction, you may find that Gorean is unique within the set of theme-based grids.
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Ann: Right. And people don't care about the set of all theme-based grids. They may want Gorean or sailing, railroading, racing cars, flying, writing, building, or whatever. But whatever they want, if there is the only one, it is unique from their standpoint.
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Selby: Then it is only a matter of how many people want that at the price you are asking.
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Ann: And how many know about it. Nothing sells without promotion.
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Selby: So a new grid may be able to get started on the Hypergrid if it can find a niche, cater to it, and promote the grid effectively.
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Ann: That sums it up. I knew you'd catch on if I made it simple enough.
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Comments by Ann Tree Prenyour
- I saw a query about a fairly new grid struggling to get started.
- Content creators won't go there because not enough residents.
- Residents won't go there because not enough content.
- A common startup problem in a new form.
- I had a chat with Ann Tree Prenyour about that.
- (More after the break)
- Where is Arcadia?
- Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
- A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online. I am now running a short form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in Selby's daily news collection.
Metaverse events, current and upcoming
- Selby's daily news collection
- Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
- Entertainment on the Hypergrid
- HYPERGRID EVENTS
- Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
- Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
- Sign of the Kite
- WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
- New Kitely login splash page (not for logging in)
- In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.
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Selby: I knew I would have to give Ann a byline on this.
Ann: Third rule of acquisition: Don't fight the big boys. You will lose just like you did back in school.
-
Selby: But you won't leave it there.
-
Ann: No. Find a niche, a place where the big boys don't go.
-
Selby: How do you find that niche?
-
Ann: Look for something people want that they are not getting. That is what entrepreneurs do.
-
Selby: Have you got any examples?
-
Ann: Theme-based grids. Like Counter Earth. That's on a Gorean theme, popular in Second Life. You make the grid cater to Gorean tastes. The welcome area, avatars, freebies, events--you make them all fit the theme. You have to know Gorean tradition. You don't have to know how to run a server farm.
-
Selby: You have to have a server farm to run a grid with many users.
-
Ann: But you don't have to run it. Kitely already figured out that part. The let Amazon run the servers for them. They just manage the grid. If you were running a Gorean grid, you should manage the Gorean part and let somebody else do the grid-hosting. Maybe Kitely would but there are others.
-
Selby: Why not just set up a community in Kitely? Then Kitely handles the registration.
-
Ann: And Kitely handles the onboarding, too, but not for Gorean. They don't have any Gorean avatars at the Kitely Welcome Center. You bring people in for Gorean, you want to give them Gorean from the start.
-
Selby: NMA is already ahead of you on that. We are setting up a web page that gives starter instructions and tells people how to log into the NMA inworld welcome site on Cookie II. NMA's theme is stage and screen. Writing, acting, video production. We give the instructions, avatars and builds (around Cookie II) that fit that theme.
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Ann: That could work. Especially if you wanted to start small. Setting up to run your own grid would take a lot of work. You would want to have an existing community before you decide that it is worth the effort.
-
Selby: Then you would probably let the community decide whether they wanted a separate grid.
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Ann: For sure. If you have built a successful community, you don't mess with success.
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Selby: Would a Gorean grid be unique in Maria's sense?
- Three ways to make a grid unique (Maria Korolov)
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Ida, the Idea Lady: Thinking about something that is unique is not my favorite way to get ideas. If you go down the ladder of abstraction, you may find that Gorean is unique within the set of theme-based grids.
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Ann: Right. And people don't care about the set of all theme-based grids. They may want Gorean or sailing, railroading, racing cars, flying, writing, building, or whatever. But whatever they want, if there is the only one, it is unique from their standpoint.
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Selby: Then it is only a matter of how many people want that at the price you are asking.
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Ann: And how many know about it. Nothing sells without promotion.
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Selby: So a new grid may be able to get started on the Hypergrid if it can find a niche, cater to it, and promote the grid effectively.
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Ann: That sums it up. I knew you'd catch on if I made it simple enough.
Related
Promote your grid
- Promote your HG business or community with a landing page. HG project
- Pick-a-grid checklist for the HG: What to consider in choosing a grid for your project
Onboarding
- The Hypergrid Welcome Center begins operation. HGProject. BeatThis
- Grid welcome centers on the Hypergrid, examples and summary. HGProject
- The Hypergrid Welcome Center. An element of the HGProjects
- HG Welcome Center. HGProjects. Possible content and presentation
- The HGProjects revealed!
News and Notes
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The Hypergrid WIP Show
The Hypergrid WIP is a one hour "show & tell" of works in progress or recently completed. All builders from beginner to pro are invited. Presentations are in voice and text. For text presentations, best bring the text in a notecard and paste it into chat. Voice presentations may be captured in video. Stills and videos from the show may appear in this blog and elsewhere.
Next WIP show
- Next WIP show: Sun. June 26, Noon SLT
- Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
- HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
- grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
- in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
- hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
- Narasnook location (second Sunday of the month)
- Pandora allows presenters to run high threat OSSL functions.
- world.narasnook.com:8900
- Put the line above in your World Map next to Find. Click Find. TP
- At Narasnook, use World Map to search for Pandora
- Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
- HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
- grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
- in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
- hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
- Next WIP show: Sun. June 26, Noon SLT
- Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
- HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
- grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
- in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
- hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
- Narasnook location (second Sunday of the month)
- Pandora allows presenters to run high threat OSSL functions.
- world.narasnook.com:8900
- Put the line above in your World Map next to Find. Click Find. TP
- At Narasnook, use World Map to search for Pandora
- Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
- HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
- grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
- in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
- hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
Previous Articles from the WIP show
- WIP Show: How to with NPC, Nara Malone. Storytelling of the future
- WIP on Cookie II, Kitely, 9/20 Dolls, Discos, and Discussion
- WIP August 23, A conversation about being creative
- The WIP show, 7/18/2015: Virtual mobile art by Lucy Afarensis
- WIP Show at Hobo Sandbox on Cookie II, Kitely
- WIP Show, works in progress on the Hypergrid June 3, 2015
- Hypergrid WIP meeting. The creatives of the hypergrid
- WIP Show: How to with NPC, Nara Malone. Storytelling of the future
- WIP on Cookie II, Kitely, 9/20 Dolls, Discos, and Discussion
- WIP August 23, A conversation about being creative
- The WIP show, 7/18/2015: Virtual mobile art by Lucy Afarensis
- WIP Show at Hobo Sandbox on Cookie II, Kitely
- WIP Show, works in progress on the Hypergrid June 3, 2015
- Hypergrid WIP meeting. The creatives of the hypergrid
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HG links-- depending on your interests
- Hypergrid Tour 2016-01-- 167 virtual worlds
- Sign of the Kite
- Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
- Best metaverse communities
- Top avatar outfitters on the hypergrid
- Arcadia Asylum All Around
- G+ community: Hypergrid Safari
- G+ community: Metaverse Tours
- Opensimworld. Destination guide for the Hypergrid
- Hypergrid Tour 2016-01-- 167 virtual worlds
- Sign of the Kite
- Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
- Best metaverse communities
- Top avatar outfitters on the hypergrid
- Arcadia Asylum All Around
- G+ community: Hypergrid Safari
- G+ community: Metaverse Tours
- Opensimworld. Destination guide for the Hypergrid
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