[vishenda]

If you want to use MySpace to network with other marketers and/or establish a presence as an expert, Paulie Sabol and Jack Humphrey are excellent examples to follow. I'd check out their pages and see what they're doing.

My personal preference, and recommendation, for marketers isn't necessarily to use MySpace to get leads/business/contacts within the IM world, but rather to market products and services the MySpace users want.

Most of MySpace isn't interested in business, or, well, work for that matter.

What they do want is to look cool, be popular, get hot dates, etc.

If you can market something to them that will help in this respect, you'll have a winner. I.E.:

* CPA offers - ringtones, emoticons, dating sites, even personal care stuff can do well (i.e. acne product, grooming stuff).

* Send traffic to an adsense site on similar topics - leave comments linking to your URL or post your URL on your page

* Layout/graphics/code sites - these do well, the problem here is too many people either (1) are using a templated site w/o making any changes so aren't getting good SE rankings - duplicate content or (2) they simply put the site up and expect traffic to magically come. Work it every day, leave comments w/ pics linking to your layout site every day. Keep working it. Traffic will come if you've got a well stocked and easy to navigate site

* Market to musicians - bands on MySpace really, really want to get more exposure to their music - figure out a way to help them do that, whether it's a product or a service you develop

* Market direct to groups - MySpace users segment themselves neatly into the MySpace "Groups" section, so you know who is interested in what. An dyou'll know which groups - or, topics - are most popular with the MySpace crowd. Might find a group on Drum n Bass music and have something (your website? an affiliate product? etc.) to tell them about, or the TV show Lost, or paganism, or whatever - the groups have members, build a friends list of those members, send them messages, post to group pages, start a blog on the topic & invite group members to read it, etc.

That ought to get the wheels moving for anyone considering marketing on MySpace

[7DollarMillionaire]

The MySpace for business minds is called DirectMatches:
http://www.directmatches.com/moneyforlife

I have gotten plenty of leads and signups for my business from this site.
It's free to add your profile with audio and video just like MySpace.

[vishenda]

thats cool, thanks

[vishenda]

ooh how come the link wont show up here

[Home Income Services]

I am suspended from Ebay and cannot get another account with them because someone used either my name or address or PC to post crap before, i am wondering if Mysapace can help me sell these 5 Playstation 3 Bundles I have (with real pics and reciepts), what do you think?

[TheVision8]

If you like using myspace for networking, check out my signature-same concept. I tried direct matches, but they let you sign up for free, then after a day you get slammed with sign up fees and bombarded with emails. I dont recommend it.

[vishenda]

Can you elaborate on this? What made you sign up that easy by the way, great offers?

[TheVision8]

BizPreneur has actually turned into a very nice networking community. I was kind of skeptical at first for fear of spammers, but this is not the case. The users are very active and like it so much they have taken it upon themselves to help the community grow. There is also a nice affiliate program ($1.00 per referrall) and a few other incentives.

[vishenda]

oh I will check on that for sure
thanks

[TheVision8]

What did you think? Is it something you might use?

[jesterx]

myspace is one of the best resourses to use to generate traffic and business.

there are over 100 million people registered and billions of page views each week. if you market smart to different groups on myspace you can literally make tons of money. its not hard at all.