Myspace Marketing for Those with Hearts
Thursday 15 February 2007

So, you understand the power of the insanely massive community called Myspace, but would rather not get indicted for phising like all the other "marketers" out there? Well, then I think we are going to be friends, as I know the simplest, most legitimate way to advertise on Myspace: simply use it the way it is supposed to be used.

First, you need to set up a profile. You can do that for free on their homepage. When registering with Myspace, you can either decide to use "yourself" as the subject of your page or you can develop an alter ego, either way is works.

Then, this really ties in with the first step, you need to personalize your new profile with information about yourself or your alter ego. It certainly wouldn't hurt to use one of the many Myspace profile editors out there to "jazz" things up a bit.

Next, which is the most important step, in your "about me" section, you need to put a link to the website you are promoting somehow. The easiest, and might I add most effective, means of achieving this is to make it short and simple, something like: "Hi my name is Gonzo. I'm from Philly and I LOVE cheesesteaks. In my free time, I love to cook and work on my website: " Of course, you are free to do this however you want.

Finally, just use Myspace like it is supposed to be used. Add friends (you are welcome to use one of the various automatic friend adders, such as badderadder), leave comments, post bulletins, etc.. Eventually, you will have a lot of friends, and, provided you treat them like you would a friend (read: actually talk to them a few times and DON'T make them feel like a tool), you have the potential to generate a lot of traffic to your site.

I have found this method to be much more effective than the "spam them with bulletins" approach used by a lot of people because, honestly, nobody reads those things anyway. Using this method, if you place a bulletin, after gaining the peoples' trust, the likelihood of them reading it is much higher. Furthermore, contrary to the other method, this method helps to strengthen the Myspace community, rather than to deface it with spammers and phisers. Its a win-win situation!

About the Author

Steve Bruno lives in sunny San Diego, CA. In his spare time, he enjoys surfing the net, making music, and working on his Internet Marketing Site

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