MySpace is an online community which offers members the tools they need to create a website for other members of the community to view. MySpace also hosts these websites and provides search features which enables visitors to find information about particular members or members who have certain hobbies.
Opening a MySpace Account
The process of opening a MySpace account is fairly simple and takes place almost instantly. Members who wish to join the online community only have to provide some basic information and agree to the terms of service to be granted membership. The basic information which is required to request membership is a full name, a valid email address and a password containing alpha and numeric characters. After supplying this information and checking a box which states you agree to the terms of service your application process is complete. You are then sent an email with a welcome letter and a link which will activate your account. You only need to click on this link and enter your email address and password to activate your account.
Understanding the Terms of Service
Reading and agreeing to the terms of service is required for membership to the MySpace community but members should review these terms regularly and should be sure they understand all of the terms. This is important because violation of these terms could result in the member’s account being deleted or legal action being taken against the individual. Some of the highlights of the terms of service are:
* Members must be at least 14 years of age and must report their age accurately.
* Members are responsible for keeping their password secret and reporting suspected cases of others using their password.
* Commercial use of MySpace is prohibited unless prior authorization from MySpace is received.
* Users must not publish any copyrighted materials on their website without permission.
* Members may not post content which is prohibited by the terms of service.
Designing a MySpace Website
The process of designing a MySpace website is one of the most exciting parts of membership for many. It is also one of the most complicated part of the membership. However, it is not incredibly difficult and even those with limited HTML or other design skills can create a great website.
MySpace members have a great deal of control over the appearance and content of their website. They are only limited by their own design skills. The homepage for your MySpace account features the following links:
* Edit Profile
* Account Settings
* Add/Edit Photos
* Add/Change Videos
* Manage Calendar
* Manage Blog
* Manage Address Book
The “Edit Profile” section is the one which allows members to add the bulk of the content to their profile. This section is broken down into subcategories such as interests & personality, name, basic info, background & lifestyle, schools, companies, networking and profile songs. Some of these subcategories, such as the interests & personality section, contain titles with text boxes where members can add text and HTML code to modify the appearance of their website. During the design process, members can preview either individual sections or the entire profile. Other sections, such as the background and lifestyle section, have a series of questions where members can supply answers with pull down menus or radial buttons. These features make it easy for members to supply basic information about themselves in a quick and easy fashion. They only have to answer the questions and MySpace integrates the answers into the design of the website.
If you are looking to start marketing on Myspace, a quick way to get started is to use a template page from an affiliate company, like Crack the Myspace Code. They have several designs to choose from and by being an affiliate, you can earn money if anyone signs up from your page.
Mike Haase,
Haase Infotech
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Myspace Marketing Comes of Age
The benefits of marketing with Myspace may seem a bit mysterious at first glance. You may be thinking that Myspace is just a meeting place for “friends”. But in reality, it is much, much more. Just looking at the numbers available, the potential is unlimited. There are currently over 172,000,000 profiles in the Myspace community, a number that is growing by over 200,000 every day. Granted, many of those are duplicates from people who are trying to reach as many people as possible, but most are new individuals. Even if it was 50% of that number, it is still an enormous number of people to market to. Remember, most of marketing is a numbers game. Even a 1% or 2% response rate can add up to a lot of sales quickly.
The biggest step is to grow to a point that you can reach the large numbers to make things work. There are a few different things that you should do to reach the numbers that will make profits start to flow.
First, you must realize that the better quality your product and your sales effort, the smaller the numbers will need to be to make a profit. I mean, the saying I always heard about New York was that there are so many people there, you could set up a street stand selling dog poop and someone would buy it. You will just get more buyers selling lemonade. Another example of this is if you have ever gone into Walmart and seen something displayed and wondered why anyone would buy that. With 180,000,000 customers, trust me, Walmart has someone who will buy it.
So what do you need to do to tap into the Myspace market then? Well, there are a few things:
1. You need to build your friends list. The more friends that you have, the bigger your target audience. You can begin right away manually sending out friend requests. Don’t discriminate, because you never know who is on their friends list that may contact you without you even trying. If you have a specific product that you are looking to market, then join associated groups and request group members become your friends, too. If you are serious about marketing, you may want to try a friend requester bot. I have had a really good experience with “Friend Blaster Pro.” They even have a free version to get you started.
2. Once you have a list of friends, continue adding to it (the bigger your list, the better). Then start sending bulletins, letting anyone who is interested know about what you have to offer and how to find out more about it. Here you can have them click a link to your website or to your blog or if you have an affiliate link, they can go directly there if you want.
3. Also, post to your Myspace Blog and post a bulletin about that to your friends. You also should put links and information on your profile page. Myspace is giving you internet real estate. It’s up to you to make the most of it.
These are just a few ideas. I’m sure that there are many more that will create income from Myspace. The Friend Blaster Pro friend adding bot has several other features that give you a lot of options. The main point is that you must have the numbers to promote to or you are not going to see results.
Michael Haase,
Haase Infotech
Haase Info Tech
Check out Friend Blaster Pro Here
The biggest step is to grow to a point that you can reach the large numbers to make things work. There are a few different things that you should do to reach the numbers that will make profits start to flow.
First, you must realize that the better quality your product and your sales effort, the smaller the numbers will need to be to make a profit. I mean, the saying I always heard about New York was that there are so many people there, you could set up a street stand selling dog poop and someone would buy it. You will just get more buyers selling lemonade. Another example of this is if you have ever gone into Walmart and seen something displayed and wondered why anyone would buy that. With 180,000,000 customers, trust me, Walmart has someone who will buy it.
So what do you need to do to tap into the Myspace market then? Well, there are a few things:
1. You need to build your friends list. The more friends that you have, the bigger your target audience. You can begin right away manually sending out friend requests. Don’t discriminate, because you never know who is on their friends list that may contact you without you even trying. If you have a specific product that you are looking to market, then join associated groups and request group members become your friends, too. If you are serious about marketing, you may want to try a friend requester bot. I have had a really good experience with “Friend Blaster Pro.” They even have a free version to get you started.
2. Once you have a list of friends, continue adding to it (the bigger your list, the better). Then start sending bulletins, letting anyone who is interested know about what you have to offer and how to find out more about it. Here you can have them click a link to your website or to your blog or if you have an affiliate link, they can go directly there if you want.
3. Also, post to your Myspace Blog and post a bulletin about that to your friends. You also should put links and information on your profile page. Myspace is giving you internet real estate. It’s up to you to make the most of it.
These are just a few ideas. I’m sure that there are many more that will create income from Myspace. The Friend Blaster Pro friend adding bot has several other features that give you a lot of options. The main point is that you must have the numbers to promote to or you are not going to see results.
Michael Haase,
Haase Infotech
Haase Info Tech
Check out Friend Blaster Pro Here
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