Having just got stuck into the new birthday book about how to be a successful entrepreneur in Second Life, Hermione was interested to see a Google Alert come in, highlighting an article from ArminasX who owns a successful particle effect shop in SL.
What are particle effects? They are the often very beautiful effects you can place in your house, shop or club to make effects like rain, snow, sparkly glitter falling, or Hermione went to a party the other day where the particles effects were birthday balloons.
ArminasX says "Available today at Electric Pixels are six new "Leaf" effects. They are devices that you can place within your trees to produce a stream of falling leaves.
The six different types correspond to the amount of leaves and the color. You can choose between Red/Yellow/Brown and Thick or Thin. Pictured is Red Thick.
I'm a business owner, builder and explorer of Second Life. I own a particle effects shop in Second Life called Electric Pixels and I have things to say about my experiences - in running a virtual business, building virtual products and exploring the virtual world.
I seem to have developed a rather successful Second Life business, and I am often asked how I did it. There's no magic to it, you just have to do the basics of any start up business and follow common sense. Here's ten tips that might get you started on the way to your first million Linden $!
- Pick the right type of business. There are limitless possibilities for Second Life businesses, but you should pick something that fits the following: You must be reasonably familiar with the area or topic; You must be sufficiently skilled to do the necessary work, which might include leadership, social, artistic or technical skills; There shouldn't be too much existing competition, especially large and mature competition; Most critically you must have ..."
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