In 1995, before there was any talk of social media, Tony Rockliff created Cybertown, an on-line community of people from 155 countries interacting in a 3D Virtual Reality off-world town set about 100 years in the future.
Utilizing Tony’s own SEO (Search Engine Optimization) campaigns, Cybertown grew to 1.3 million members, was receiving 1.5 billion hits a year and was listed in the top 2500 sites in the world in the Alexa traffic rankings at the point when Tony sold it to new owners.
Between 1995 and 2002, there was hardly a month that went by when Cybertown wasn’t featured on a TV show or in a magazine somewhere in the world.
Cybertown also attracted partnerships with USA Networks Sci-fi Channel, Sony Interactive, Intel, Hallmark Entertainment, SETI, Centropolis Ente rtainment (producers of “Independence Day”, “Godzilla” and “The Patriot” movies), Warner Brothers, Star Trek and others and was growing at a rate of 400% per annum at its peak.
Tony has been the featured speaker on the dynamics of Internet social community building, membership sites, SEO and Niche Affiliate Marketing at conferences and events across the world and currently continues to deliver many seminars every month on Internet Marketing as well as consulting and building membership sites for others.
He is also an accomplished record producer and recording engineer who has been lucky enough to work with many established artists and he also teaches musicians how to use the Internet to boost their careers.