Archive for the ‘business’ Category
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
In a world of pseudo internet anonymity it is possible to register different names for the different sites that you use. So your gmail account can be joebloggs, your facebook JospehMBloggs and your myspace LordThumbleGlorydaBe. This is all great for those worried about tracking and monitoring from the government or other nefarious organisations, but it’s [...]
Tags: branding, interactive web, naming, social networking, web2.0
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Viral videos are an excellent way to generate some buzz about your brand. And it’s also a good way to save money in the process because your distribution costs are kept low. You’re not paying for print-runs, airtime, or pays-per-view/click, because most of the distribution is handled by the consumers themselves . So your content [...]
Tags: branding, marketing, tips
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Is the old adage that first impressions count still valid when doing business in virtual worlds? You better believe it. Just because you can have movie star looks and a 15000 item wardrobe doesn’t mean you can shirk on the basics. I remember reading about a programmer that was attending a job interview in Second [...]
Tags: Advice, business, etiquette, Second Life, virtual worlds
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
We’re currently putting together a new marketing package for Second Life developers and their clients. It’s amazing how many developers don’t seem to understand the first thing about marketing - that their job doesn’t end when the build is delivered, and it’s amazing how many of their clients don’t want to pay for it. It’s [...]
Tags: business, marketing, rant, Second Life, virtual worlds
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
The Commercial
Tutorial.
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Tags: Clever Zebra, commercial, machinima, Second Life, Tutorial
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Recently a friend sent me this ad for a motion graphics artist:
We require artists to have strong design sense in term of graphic design and motion, be able to work as a team, have a good working attitude. Technique/skills required: Adobe AE, Photoshop, Illustrator, and 3D studio max (these are all compulsary).
Salary: talk later.
Working hour: [...]
Tags: ethics, jobs, Motion Graphics
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Another commercial for Clever Zebra. This time for their excellent 120-seat amphitheatre. Great stuff!
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Tags: Clever Zebra, commercial, machinima, Second Life
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Back in action again. This is a commercial we did for Clever Zebra’s excellent build.
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Tags: Clever Zebra, commercial, machinima, Second Life
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Recently we had a potential client come to us through an unusual source. While it’s nice to be able to expand our client base the source of it created a potential problem: trust.
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Tags: Advice, business, trust
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
In case you’re wondering why there hasn’t been anything posted here since July it is because we’ve been busy. Most of what we’ve been doing lately is under NDA so I can’t reveal any details, but I can tell you about a tale of woe and major crapworthiness.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Where’s The Respect?”, url: “http://www.skribeproductions.com/blog/2007/10/05/wheres-the-respect/” });
Tags: rant, respect
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