Below is a list of business benefits depending upon your size of company and geographic spread of staff and customers.

• PR value (announce to local press, trade press, customer newsletters, website)
• Permanent 24/7 3D multi-user collaborative and interactive exhibition – showcase products, play corporate videos, links to website, brochure handouts
• Business meetings (national/global participants, no conference call/video conferencing costs, save travel costs, better interaction amongst participants, save record of the discussion, watch PowerPoint/video presentation together)
• Staff training/seminars
• Staff collaboration
• Recruitment
• Customer facing events – training, invitation to hear/see guest speakers, live support sessions, etc.
• Links back to website for direct sales
• Email links for enquiries
• Collect database of all visitors for event announcements
• Business networking (through business park social events)
• Staff morale
• Fast and low cost prototyping
• Use of SL forums to communicate/advertise
• Cost effective form of promotion

Here is a list of companies in Second Life that have used this facility for the following activities:

• Product launch
• Consultation
• Social events
• Entertainment
• Market research
• Concept testing and user feedback
• Showcase
• Simulation
• Education
• Media distribution
• Training
• Community building
• E-commerce
• Conferencing
• News
• Charity
• Art and it’s promotion
• Branding
• Cultural exchange
• Interactive games
• Recruitment
• Customer service
• Demo prototyping
• Social research
• V-Learning
• Information sharing
• Corporate showcase
• Fan base support
• Website support