Awesome! Really, if everyone spent this much time and effort on helping out each other with business related things the L$ would be at a steady 200L$/1USD
The following are just my thoughts while working through the slides. Please take them just as suggestions that may provide another POV on the material you present.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON ACCESSING THE SLIDES:
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- Initial I sat on the "disc" shaped object located under the teleporter chair.
- Teleport dropped me in front of slide #33 rather than slide #1
JUST MY THOUGHTS WHILE WORKING THROUGH THE SLIDES:
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- when references to additional resources are made, like Chip's templates (slide 3), LSL Wiki (slide 6), etc., perhaps provide a prim that offers the direct link to the resource via llLoadURL()
- suggestion of mentioning exacts with image dimensions, especially dealing with clothing as 256x256 seems to be about the de facto standard
- I don't know what DGs are (slide 9), though I rarely visit inworld clubs.
- (slide 11) Given in certain (rare now a days) situations combining small plots together into a larger and better overall land parcel for sale can bring a profit. Though from my experience the opposite is usually far truer. Buy cheap large plots, split into starter tier chunks then resell.
- packaging slides 13 - 23, VERY VERY NICE! Only thing I could hope to add is an inclusion of the answer to a question I see asked a _lot_ about, pricing an item. Or more so, how to research and pick the perfect price. When I see this question, if it hasn't already been suggested, I follow up with the usual simple answer... browse similar items on the web shops to get the best idea. Yeah, basic answer but seeing how much such a question gets asked, appears to be an easy one to overlook.
- slide 25, ware"z"? Given some things sold in SL deserve to be considered warez with a z. Like the moviez.
- support slides 35 - 40, good to see this often neglected topic touched upon without absolutes but general overview on the big issues it entails with a unique platform like SL.
- prices slides 42 - 47, ah okay I see you expand upon the product pricing decisions. Great lots of good info, still dropping a link to the two big web shops for price matching and seeing whose price leading what markets could be a big help.
DO's and DON'Ts:
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- well said on the walls (ceilings too). I still get IMs from residents, usually short speakers, commenting on the lack of walls or just roofs in builds I've designed for functionality rather than aesthetics. Sometimes the urge to mimic real life isn't a good thing.
- on the cooperate, I know it's a commonly know issue but even if it saves one resident from getting screwed over, a notice to watch about group owned land and the ability any officer has of taking it all, might be worth noting.
- "Don't keep old stuff" This is the only point, of all the slides, I have to outright disagree with. Unless a product is broken or received so poorly that it garners many complaints, sell it. Or at the very least if it's an issue of prim limits keep it for sale on the web shops.
MISTAKES:
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Well said on all points.
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Services and discussions about such services like this are the kinds of topics that go far to help SL, the Land & Economy Forum, value of the Linden Dollar and overall "wellness" of SL business. Well done! Looking forward to seeing more of the same.
And it is something that might interest both those who already run a business in SL, and those planning to start one. 