Myspace Marketing Final Advice
MySpace is a powerful new marketing tool that literally thousands of business owners have begun to exploit. MySpace can be an effective tool for you, too; however, there are some important things you should keep in mind.
The first thing to keep in mind is that creating a friends list purely with non-targeted members will yield conversion rates akin to what you might see with “guaranteed traffic” programs. People will view the bulletins you send out; they just wont actually buy anything. For this reason, you will want to carefully target friends when you create a list.
The next thing you will want to keep in mind when creating a friends list is that commercial activity is discouraged by MySpace. In fact, some forms of commercial activity can potentially get you banned or fined. While this is not what usually happens, it is a good idea to consider what is allowable and what is plainly unethical and against the the MySpace terms of service. You may want to consider contacting a representative for advice first.
Once you figure out how to overcome these two problems, you will want to begin formulating a strategy to make money on MySpace. You will want to figure out how to find friends, what type of profile to create, and how to sell your product, as well as what your product or service will be if you do not have one yet.
You will then want to determine if there are any tools you can use to make the entire process easier. For instance, can you automate messaging? Can you automate the friend-adding process? If so, try to find a piece of software that will do that, rather than adding all of the friends yourself. That will save a tremendous amount of time.
Last, you will actually want to execute your plan and follow through. Once you have had success, take what you have learned and apply it other social networks by simply applying the same profile, approach, and messaging techniques.