Advice on Sales!!

Glad you have lots of participants for your hunt - Sorry I am such a spoil sport I have never cared for the things on either side of them.

you do not send it to me hon, I will be sending out a sign, and the lm's to the next location in the chain, to each sponsor who sent me their lm
that should be ready early next week
today is the cutoff for new sponsors

so as long as you are on the list, and sent me your LM, you will be in the hunt, and you will hide the item at your own place, in the pumpkin that will be provided

no worries amar
I see it as a great way to get folks (a great assortment of folks) to the stores in the chain

plus it will be fun for those who do enjoy hunts

(got some bigger names in SL as well as lesser known places, so all in all, I am pleased with the results)

heck I never expected this many folks, I figured maybe 10 or 15
NOT nearly 100 LOL

Wow Rha! That's so exciting! I remember when you and I talked a while back you had maybe 30 at that point...how fantastic that it has grown so big. Kudos to you for taking it on...and many, many thanks as well!

~ Desi

I wish I didn't miss this thread when it was first started! I skimmed a bunch of it and it's nice to see people offering constructive criticism in an area of SL that's REALLY hard to break into now.

Just wanted to add two (older, maybe out of date) blog posts that might help people starting to think about marketing:

http://alaskametro.blogspot.com/2007/01/10-cheap-or-free-things-you-can-do-to.html

http://alaskametro.blogspot.com/2006/08/public-service-announcement-bad-design.html (also in that post is a link to another designer's post on the same topic, also full of good info)

I also wrote an article on branding for fashion in Second Style but I can't remember the issue number.

Wow that's amazing Rha, i'll get my LM sent too you today.

Hi Alaska, ty for the links. I'll have a little browse later on.

thanks Alaska, that blog entry was really educational! I will be thinking about it whenever I put together an ad layout.

I suppose I shouldn't be such a stick in the mud and you are going thru so much trouble, Rha- OK- count me in- I will send u the LM - is it to the store itself or to where the actual item will be hidden? I do see where this woudl be helpful to all the vendors and fun for those that like the hunt part - Does it need to be a totally unique item or can something previously released be a part of it? Sorry for the redundancy but since I had not been interested before I had not paid attention. Bad me

If you don't mind my being a johnny come lately and it is not too late- then let me know. If it is too late- I totally understand.

@ Eclectic- I picked up a cute little flower butterfly hair thingie last night- it's gorgeous!!!

Hi, Alaska and welcome to the thread.

Thank you so much for including those links.

Thanks for those links, Alaska. I've just added them to the Merchant's Page (which I know, I know, sorely needs updating!) -

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfz3dk33_0d2dvsbgx

glad you like it ama

RE the hunt ama -can be soemthign you have released previously and the lm shouldnt take them diectly to the pumpkin just to your store

even though cut off was friday, you can jump in.
just get the lm to me before monday as I will be sorting it all out then

the lm should be to your store, which is where you should be hiding the item (in the pumpkin I will send you) any item created by you, as long as you set it for 0L is acceptable

I will drop a notecard on you arma when I am in world again, outlining the basics of the hunt so you get an idea

put the lm in a folder, name the folder with your name, then drop it on me, so I know who has sent lm's

desiree yep amazing isn't it hehe

to anyone that is reading this thread and is in the hunt, please make sure the lm's are dropped on me in a folder with your name on it, otherwise you will not be included

OH! Amar, do you have the ability to check hippo groups online, if so you can get the info notecards from there, I have added you to the group (mailing list)

Going inworld now to send u LM and get notecard- i have never been to a hippo group site- can u post a link please?
thanks - and thanks for tolerating the late arriver!

taking into account and using all the great tips given here for moving store, especially Phil! but whew still hard work!

The new store is up and stocked, the old store will remain in place for some time yet, while we make the changeover. (I have had a sign up showing what my prizes will be for the gridwide hunt, to avoid confusion I will still be doing the hunt at the old location). So far I have changed all the LMs in the satellites, then I looked at Xstreet and OnRez and omg, I have to put a new LM in every box and edit the slurl on every ad! /cry

I love the new store tho, the slurl is in my sig if anyone wants to check it out.

http://www.hippo-technologies.co.uk/
from the website you can find instructions on how to get a password to be able to log in and check any hippo group you have subscribed to

moving is a lot of work, i agree. so many little things... but so worth it when complete.

CONGRATS! and best of luck!

i won't remember to come find this thread, so would you be willing to drop me a LM inworld? i'd love to see the old/new both and would much appreciate the ease of some LM vs a slurl. thank you in advance, assumptions firmly attached. LOL

Hi Ralektra! Did you move because you needed more space or other reasons?

Asking because I'm still debating if I should sell off a great part of my land to lower tier costs and start small (which then would likely mean buying back the land *if* it were for sale at a higher cost *if* I needed the prims)...or moving to another locale...

OR...keeping the land I have now and growing into it. (What I pay in tier is not big money for most people, but takes a chunk out of my income).

Gratz on your move

thanks Rha- signing in- do I need to know a group name or anything?

It probably depends on whether or not you *will* grow into it. I was similar to you in that I had more land than the store needed when I started it. It was a spare 8k that I wasn't using so I started the store on it. I walled off a 1024 piece for my small number of items, so that it didn't look empty. I kept making more things and pushing the walls back to accomodate them, keeping the place looking full. So the answer to your question is down to whether or not you will be adding more and more things to make it worthwhile having the space available for them.

well here's the thing Czari...I got incredibly lucky. My partner was gifted with a 2048 a while back by a friend who was just going to abandon it otherwise. We went for a walk one night on the Linden Highway (we do that sometimes) and came up on some stores for rent, the big nice prefab ones. I fell in love with the polish and professional look, and shopped around a bit for prefabs but couldn't find one that would fit on our current parcel. So I decided for fun I would try to see if I could build something. I did, and it was too big Then my partner surprised me and deeded his gift parcel to the store group and told me to put it there I rebuilt it and made it a little bigger and there we go! It's a nicer area (no linden highway tho), and less lag (a club has just gone up directly across the highway from my current store). Long story but yea I know a 2048 doesn't sound like a lot to people who have whole huge parcels and shops but it is big enough to hold me for a while!

3 I will make a note to pass some LMs to you when I get in world.

Hi everyone, this thread is a great source of useful information.. loved the 2 blog posts from Alaska!

Quick question for Rhaorth....

Would it be possible to get a copy of the texture for the hunt poster? I'd like to add mention of it to my blog

Thanks!

Rha I could be a little dense here but I did no see where I could sign up for access- I will look thru my note cards and hope I can find one re the hunt mean time- drop me a pumpkin when u get a chance and I will set it out. Thanks

And that's the rub...I truly don't know at this point in time. I currently own 5104 sqm with me and an alt both premium to get 1024 without tier. The land is a very pretty water sim bordered by two protected Linden oceans. I purchased the land when it was VERY low in price. There is a lot of land currently for sale on the sim but the lowest priced one is about 3x what I paid for any of my plots, so I'd hate to let mine go then need to repurchase them at higher prices if needed.

The other thing is our home is on the land as well, so if I sell off some land, less prims to share between the house and the shop.

Ah well, just talking out loud here.

Aww...cool story Ralektra Thank you for answering as I'm still in a major undecided phase for my land.

Will come see your new place soon

Rhianna that skin you sent out rocks I just used it in a photo shoot hehe