2014 PROMO: GROUPS: Google communities and Facebook groups: could they replace inworld groups?

Google communities and Facebook groups: 
Could they replace inworld groups?
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Social media groups can do a lot more than groups in a virtual world grid.
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• Inworld groups = groups in Second Life or other virtual world grids
• Google+ communities
• G+ more friendly than Facebook to virtual world names
• Find Facebook groups
• Inworlders= people in a virtual world community.
• Outworlders= people in an ordinary world community.
• Maybe not replace.  Augment. Extend.  Expand.

Advantages of notices in social media

• No limit to number of groups you can join.
• Reach across grids and to outworlders.  
• Especially suited to Hypergrid.
• Use the web browser. 
• Mobile friendly.
• Notices are easily revisited.
• Notices show in searches
• Live longer, keep promoting your brand.
• Notices are easily sent to friends.
• More scaleable and reliable than grid-based groups.
• It is not either-or.  It is both-and.
• Top five Social Media sites to promote your virtual world projects
• Education communities in virtual worlds expand into social media

Advantages of notices in inworld groups

• Inworld group notices have stronger alerts, if people are online. 

Uses of each

• G+ and FB notices good for early notices.
• Urge people to +1 and Like  G+ and FB notices.
• Urge people to share G+ and FB notices with friends. 
• Use G+ and  FB to build a following, build a brand.
• Inworld groups (and other notice lists) best for immediate notices. 

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