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Marketing in the Moment
The Practical Guide to Using
Web 3.0 Marketing to Reach
Your Customers First
Michael Tasner
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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Recognize Any of These? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
What Does This Mean to You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Move Out of the Way,or Jump on the Bullet Train . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Why Should You Listen to Me? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Do All the Tactics Apply to My Business? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Is Web 3.0 Marketing Expensive to Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Who Does This Book Apply To? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Are There Other Tools in This Book Besides Online
Marketing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
1 The Mindset Shift: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What Is Web 2.0? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
The Limitations of Web 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Oversaturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Misconceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Modes of Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Openness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
What Is Web 3.0 Marketing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Five Key Components of Web 3.0 Marketing . . . . . . . .12
2 Are You Ready for Web 3.0 Marketing?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How Web 3.0 Marketing Will Affect Your Business,Your
Company,and Your Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Increasing Mobility and Reliance on Mobile Devices . . .15
Resistance to Sharing Information with Everyone . . . . . . .16
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A Reduction in the Need to Be “Belly-to-Belly” . . . . . . . . . . .16
Everything Is Continuing to Go to the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Conducting a 360-Degree Review of Your Web
Platform and Marketing Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Investing in New and Additional Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
The Top Five Things You Need to Do to Master
and Prepare for the Web 3.0 Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
3 Content Marketing: Understanding and Capitalizing
on the Drastic Shift Taking Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Content-Delivery Change Taking Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
From Blogging to Microblogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Blogging:What Is a Blog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
The Two Key Types of Blogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Why Should You Be Blogging? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
How to Fully Utilize the Power of Your Blog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
The Shift from Blogging to Microblogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Twitter and How It’s Changing the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
What Is Twitter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Who Should Be Using Twitter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
How to Get a Massive Number of Twitter Followers . . . . . . . . .36
Advanced Twitter-Building Tactics and Other
Twitter Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
@Tweets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Direct Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Retweeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Tweet Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Social Oomph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Search.twitter.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Twitturly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Multiple Twitter Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Twitter Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Contents ix
4 Mobile Marketing: Tapping into Billions
of Cellphone Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
What Is Mobile Marketing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Mobile Marketing with SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Mobile Marketing with MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
In-Game Mobile Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Mobile Web Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Mobile Marketing Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
A World Run on BlackBerrys,iPhones,and
Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
BlackBerrys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
iPhones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
How to Implement Mobile Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Mobile Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Voice Broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
5 Virtual Reality Worlds: The Hows and Whys
of This Unique Marketing Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The Basics of Virtual Reality World Communities . . . . . . . . . . . .83
www.SecondLife.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
www.ActiveWorlds.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Entropia Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
www.There.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
www.Kaneva.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
www.Worlds.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Moove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
www.IMVU.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Other Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
How to Leverage the Trend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97