Comments on: Marketing to Myspace Users: A Real Example http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/ A discussion of ecommerce, online advertising, Web 2.0, web entrepreneurship, and just making the web convert for your goals. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:08:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: steve http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-152537 steve Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:59:09 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-152537 I know of lots of successful websites that use Myspace to drive traffic to them. Most of these companies use software programs such as www.adderbadder.com to add thousands of MySpace users to their list. Programs like this can help you add friends from anywhere on MySpace - grab other people’s friends, grab friends from Groups, or simply browse for friends by zip code, age, sex, etc. It’s worth checking out: http://www.adderbadder.com I know of lots of successful websites that use Myspace to drive traffic to them. Most of these companies use software programs such as http://www.adderbadder.com to add thousands of MySpace users to their list. Programs like this can help you add friends from anywhere on MySpace – grab other people’s friends, grab friends from Groups, or simply browse for friends by zip code, age, sex, etc.

It’s worth checking out: http://www.adderbadder.com

]]> By: hajra http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-144362 hajra Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:10:22 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-144362 great example, helps me to understand more about social networking sites, because currently I am doing a research to understand how that actually works, therefore I would be very grateful if someone knows more about these examples (myspace, facebook, friendster etc...), some kind a directory or something whatever just to see others experience as well. thanx H. great example, helps me to understand more about social networking sites, because currently I am doing a research to understand how that actually works, therefore I would be very grateful if someone knows more about these examples (myspace, facebook, friendster etc…), some kind a directory or something whatever just to see others experience as well.

thanx

H.

]]> By: Internet Marketing Website and Blog Promotion Tactics http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-14959 Internet Marketing Website and Blog Promotion Tactics Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:24:16 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-14959 <strong>Get Massive Traffic To Your Site With Creativity Like THIS!</strong> Very good example of Myspace marketing at its finest… ... Get Massive Traffic To Your Site With Creativity Like THIS!

Very good example of Myspace marketing at its finest…

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]]> By: My Hot or Not http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-9412 My Hot or Not Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:18:54 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-9412 Pretty good idea. I hadn't seen marketing like that implemented before. It definately paid off for them - kudos. Pretty good idea. I hadn’t seen marketing like that implemented before. It definately paid off for them – kudos.

]]> By: Pat McCarthy http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1555 Pat McCarthy Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:44:15 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1555 Good points Andrew. Myspace is so vast at this point I think it's tough for them to police everything, and in some ways what makes it so successful is that isn't full of rules and regulations. The freedom of Myspace is why many users enjoy it. I think there is definitely going to be time for smart marketers to take advantage of Myspace's userbase. Good points Andrew. Myspace is so vast at this point I think it’s tough for them to police everything, and in some ways what makes it so successful is that isn’t full of rules and regulations. The freedom of Myspace is why many users enjoy it.

I think there is definitely going to be time for smart marketers to take advantage of Myspace’s userbase.

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1554 Andrew Johnson Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:39:30 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1554 I think News Corp. and Myspace both understand that intervention doesn't help. Although they seem pretty serious about cracking down on adult content, they are pretty lax on everthing else. In fact, there is a band I listen to, not very well known in the US but in South America and Europe they are pretty big. Someone created a fake Myspace profile for the band. The manager sent Myspace a message demanding they remove the profile. Their response was for the whole band to take a picture holding up a sign that says Myspace.com. The manager refused, and finally a month later they took down the picture. Thats an anecdotal story, but I believe its a larger representation of whats going on at Myspace. If you are spamming Myspace with fake profiles promoting dating sites you are asking for trouble. Otherwise, I wouldn't be too worried. On the other hand, if you craft the promotion in a way that encourages users to spam Myspace themselves, you could end up in the crosshairs. I think News Corp. and Myspace both understand that intervention doesn’t help. Although they seem pretty serious about cracking down on adult content, they are pretty lax on everthing else.

In fact, there is a band I listen to, not very well known in the US but in South America and Europe they are pretty big. Someone created a fake Myspace profile for the band. The manager sent Myspace a message demanding they remove the profile. Their response was for the whole band to take a picture holding up a sign that says Myspace.com. The manager refused, and finally a month later they took down the picture.

Thats an anecdotal story, but I believe its a larger representation of whats going on at Myspace. If you are spamming Myspace with fake profiles promoting dating sites you are asking for trouble. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be too worried. On the other hand, if you craft the promotion in a way that encourages users to spam Myspace themselves, you could end up in the crosshairs.

]]> By: Pat McCarthy http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1444 Pat McCarthy Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:10:43 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1444 Thanks for the comment David. I'd say YouTube and Photobucket are less of advertisements and more like common services used by Myspace users. However, it's of course allowed for huge growth in Myspace. Myspace banned YouTube videos shortly after they released their own video feature. I could see at some point Myspace banning ticker advertisements, but it might take some serious work since they do allow certain types of code to be placed on profiles. It's hard to totally distinguish through technology what is and isn't an ad. Thanks for the comment David.

I’d say YouTube and Photobucket are less of advertisements and more like common services used by Myspace users. However, it’s of course allowed for huge growth in Myspace. Myspace banned YouTube videos shortly after they released their own video feature.

I could see at some point Myspace banning ticker advertisements, but it might take some serious work since they do allow certain types of code to be placed on profiles. It’s hard to totally distinguish through technology what is and isn’t an ad.

]]> By: David Shim http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1442 David Shim Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:04:40 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/04/20/marketing-to-myspace-users-a-real-example/#comment-1442 Great example of a company creating a "widget" for MySpace to generate traffic back to their site. I think the other hugely successful industries to take advantage of MySpace has been video hosting sites (YouTube) and image hosting sites (PhotoBucket). I wonder at what point MySpace will limit these type of widget advertisements? Since MySpace's business model is based on advertising, and essentially these sites are advertising on MySpace for free through these widgets. Great example of a company creating a “widget” for MySpace to generate traffic back to their site. I think the other hugely successful industries to take advantage of MySpace has been video hosting sites (YouTube) and image hosting sites (PhotoBucket).

I wonder at what point MySpace will limit these type of widget advertisements? Since MySpace’s business model is based on advertising, and essentially these sites are advertising on MySpace for free through these widgets.

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