Greetings and welcome to Grid Wide Advertising Service information page.

We make our marketing knowledge available with easy-to-use products within Second Life.

Our main goal is focusing on what's best for you and your Business!

Using our Grid Wide System there is no need to register or join a group. 

Although we recommend that you join our group to get help and special offers that no other SL agency provides.

These tools provides a valuable asset that no business should be without.

We provide Grid Wide Ads Terminals to rent weekly with a fix price and no hidden costs.

Advertising in Second Life using our Ad Terminals is easy. 

The user friendly Terminals are equipped with a menu with all the necessary information and with easy step by step instructions.

The Ads Terminals look like a standard ATM, conveniently located in several of our centers.

Contact us today to advertise everywhere and reach your target audience.

Grid Wide Billboard Service: 

Display and distribute LM and anything you want to distribute.

Group Chat Service:  

We send Chat to Ad Groups once per hour.

We offer 100% Customer Support!

Imagine being able to transmit your promotions to 300s of sim's across Second Life grid. 

Plus, have the ability to manage them all from one single Ads Terminal that you rent just like a standard adboard. 

We currently have up to 300 Grid Wide AD Billboards throughout SL which includes, 10 x 8m, Billboards and local ad boards, 3 x 3m. 

One of our strategy is to expose our Billboards along the Mainland roads in SL so you have the best access to advertising.

We currently publish your advert in 3 popular sandboxes and we want to expand in this direction to.

At the moment, the service price starts at 300 L$ a week, which breaks down to one linden per Billboard. This is unheard of, in the advertising industry.

Approval process may take up to 24 hours:  

We need to be sure contents of advertisements respects the rules of Second Life.

We care about our customers, the timer will start on the Terminal only after the approval of the advert. 

In case of errors or unapproved images, we will contact you immediately.  You will be able to fix/change them. 

If you do not reply with in 3 days or post an image that does not comply with SL Rules, a refund will not be possible but only a replacement of the image.

Right click on the Terminal to get the menu - than left click to pay.

Once prompted - hold down the "ctrl"key, "left mouse button" and (fullperm) the "texture(s)"  all at the same time to be able to drag items onto Billboard Terminal. 

Repeat the process to add the landmark(s) and/or Notecard into the Billboard Terminal. (LM and Texture is the minimum required)

Avoid using alpha textures because transparency are difficult to be seen and to click on. 

It will take approximately 24 hours for an approval notice.

Advertisements must follow Linden Labs policy for appropriate standards.

As soon as your advertisement is approved you will receive an instant message. At that time it will be displaying in our network.

In case the texture does not comply with the SL rules we will contact you and give you the option to change it (not a problem at all), 

If you do not agree or do not send us a replacement texture, we can and will refuse a refund and terminate your contract with us.

We care about our customer. The Terminal (rental) timer will only start after, it has been approved.

- Not political in nature.

- Adult stores and/or clubs they are prohibited!

- Ad content may not be designed to specifically harass or annoy other Second Life Residents.

Automatic Chat Bot Service.

ChatBot Terminal is user friendly, it allows you to set up your ad and maintain up-to-date promotions any time you want!

The Terminal sends your promotions out in 42 groups, once every hour followed up with group chat instant messages, they are non stop until the lease expires. 

You may be able to combine the different bots and groups into one Terminal. (Only on Request)

The price will vary depending on how many groups you want the message sent to. 

It is also possible to change the time when the ad(s) is published (you choose the minute of the hour).

This means 1008 chat advertisement sent each day, which, combined  is 7056 chat a week!

We offer 100% Customer Support.

To update your nc, select "ADD" on the Terminal menu to drop in your nc.

You may upload 12 notecards at once, with the option to choose which one to publish.

FRIENDLY REMINDER when you click "RESET" it will CLEAR everything from the Terminal/bot.

If you forget to add a notecard with promotions it will automatically use your personal profile link.

Your text will need to be 25 lines or less, with a maximum of 690 characters (draws and spaces are counted).

The SL script can only read a max 255 characters for a line and total 690 characters. Remember to keep your messages under 690 characters per nc. 

One way to check if your notecard is within the guidelines is to put the notecard in the Notecard Reader. They are located on each floor. It will count the lines and characters for you!

TEXT and SLURL will only work on the ncs. Your promotion will not be recognized if you add landmarks or other items to that notecard(s).

For each category you will find the list of groups in the center of the room. You may join the varies groups from the Bot(s),  

Open the group chat to see your advertisement is displayed. The Terminal will display a hovertex, indicating it is sending the message.

Each Bots' Terminals have different groups.  For best results it is encouraged to rent a terminal for each bot to hit more groups.

Be sure to double check that your nc doesn't have to many lines or characters or certain symbols that can crash the Chat Bot Terminal. 

The answer to all such questions is:

“The way a product or service is presented decides their acceptance and life”.

Advertising plays a crucial role in the successful implementation of any new idea. 

Moreover, what you present is less impactful than how you present. 

Hence, the term “Advertising Research Process”.

What is Advertising Research Process? 

It is a detailed analysis of various marketing aspects to formulate a result-oriented advertising campaign. An advertising research process helps you understand the attitudinal pattern of the target audience and customers’ action/reaction.

Further, the main goal of any advertising research process is to design an effective campaign that is competent enough to build a strong brand image and acquire maximum selling profits.

Benefits of Advertising Research Process

• Helps understand the target audience better

• Helps improve the product or service before the launch

• Create an action-evoking advertising campaign

• Build brand identity,

• Attract maximum customers

• Determine potential risks and minimize them.

• Pull/retain old customers

• Boost sales.

Steps of an Advertising Research Process 

Before a company rolls out their promotional campaign, it should follow the following steps for better results:

1. SWOT Analysis: in the first step, the company should discuss on the new product briefly and do the SWOT analysis.

2. Determine the Objective: What message should be delivered through the upcoming campaign? The answer to this question is determined at this stage.

3. Market Research: The actual market research begins here. Information about market behaviour, current trends, competitors, consumers’ response on an existing/relevant product, availability of resources, etc, is collected and analysed.

4. Identify the Target Audience: Here, extensive research is done to determine the target audience that are likely to buy the new product.

5. Choosing the Right Media: Identify the right platform to promote the products so that information to the target customers is reached in the right and effective manner.

6. Deciding on the Budget: Based on the above steps, the advertising budget is planned at this step. Also, the availability of funds and the profit to be generated is also estimated here.

7. Designing the Ad: Here, a creative ad is created on paper by the copywriters with a meaningful story. Further, the actual creation of the ad is done by the art directors. The ad is redefined and polished several times to bring out the best.

8. Launch Date & Time: Based on the market research, the date, time and place of the launch is decided.

9. Actual Launch: Finally, the product is launched as and when decided.

10. Performance Assessment: After the product is launched, the last step is to analyse the performance of the campaign in terms of awareness, reach, lead generation, customer acquisition, sales, and profits earned.

Following these steps can help a marketer make most out of their advertisement campaign and rule the market.