MySpace Blog ProfitsHow To Profit From Blogging on MySpace.com In TWENTY-FOUR Different WaysAnd no, NONE of them violate the MySpace.com 'Terms of Service', in letter or spirit. In fact, I list SEVEN bonus blog profit ideas that you should NOT use on MySpace.com - but can profitably be employed on your other blogs. For now, this report is available at a mouth-watering discount - and you can also grab another social network marketing report too. |
September 28, 2006
MySpace Blogging - For Profit?
The last week has been amazing.
Over 100 people bought copies of my special reports on MySpace blogging - and the feedback has been great. Only one person was unhappy with what he got, but the majority are ecstatic.
Why?
Because until now, no one thought MySpace com blogging could be profitable!
True, MySpace blogging should not be used primarily for profits. But when you see some of the top sites there, each blog post gets in the region of 160 to 250 COMMENTS - and when you factor in that only one in 10 (or fewer) blog readers actually bother to take the trouble to comment... you're talking big numbers here.
Here's the thing - most of the TOP blogs are not using even 5% of what I'm talking about in my report.
There are twenty FOUR different ways to profit from MySpace blogs - yet, the top bloggers there are doing it as a hobby!
Oh well, to each his or her own I guess. It just seems such a shame to see so much targeted traffic go waste :)
If you'd like the report, you can see it here: MySpace Blog Profits
September 21, 2006
MySpace com blogging - How To Spread The Word?
MySpace.com blogging can be confusing, especially when it comes to getting the word out to your network of friends.
It isn't easy to figure out - and even harder when you're surfing around blogs for the first time on MySpace com.
To invite others to your blog, here's what you do.
1 - Click on VIEW MY >> Blog in your profile page
2 - On your blog page, under your photo, you'll see a link to "EMAIL TO A FRIEND"
3 - Click that link, and you'll be taken to a form which you fill in with details and send to a friend.
If they are intrigued enough by your email, they'll click on your link and drop by your blog.
If you want to tell a friend about someone else's blog, especially one you came across from a 'Top 100 Blogs' link, you'll have to the click the BLOG link to the top left of the page.
This will take you to the blog's homepage, where you'll find a 'EMAIL TO A FRIEND' link you can use.
MySpace.com blogging can be confusing at times - but is still a lot of fun!
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September 20, 2006
MySpace.com Blogging Profits
There's a report I wrote recently about MySpace.com Blogging.
You can get a copy - click here
MySpace Blog Profits
How To Profit From Blogging on MySpace.com
In TWENTY-FOUR Different Ways
And no, NONE of them violate the MySpace.com 'Terms of Service', in letter or spirit. In fact, I list SEVEN bonus blog profit ideas that you should NOT use on MySpace.com - but can profitably be employed on your other blogs.
Download your copy - click here
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September 19, 2006
MySpace com Blogging - Things to NOT do... #4
Don't Display Blog Ads
If you have a high-traffic blog, then you’ll have dreamed of this way to monetize your traffic. By displaying text ads on different portions of your blog, you could earn a steady income for each ad loaded into a visitor’s browser.
Except that it's another thing prohibited by MySpace.com.
So pay-per-view and pay-per-click advertising models do work on your MySpace.com blogs - but not to your advantage!
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Customer Service With MySpace.com Blogging
Don't forget you can use your blog to nurture relationships with your customers and clients.
Post updates about your new enhancements or bug fixes for your product and invite your buyers over to MySpace.com to read them. This serves the dual purpose of driving more traffic to your blog, while showing future customers just how well you'll take care of them later on.
On your blog, give gifts to all your customers who visit your blog. Ask for feedback and suggestions from buyers about making your product or service better. Provide them with advance notice of new releases expected.
By building and strengthening a positive relationship with customers, you'll retain existing customers. An added benefit is that of delighted customers telling their friends about your business. And MySpace.com makes that viral pass-along quick and easy!
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MySpace com Blogging - Things to NOT do... #3
You can do Product Reviews - but don't expect to link them to a commission-generating site.
Your blog is focused on a topic. Each post could be an in-depth review of a new product in your interest area. You could include a short account of your experience with it, your opinion as an expert or passionate user, even a recommendation for readers.
But where normally, you would do well to find an online store that sells this product and has a revenue sharing arrangement for referred sales, and have your ongoing income stream in place, earning you passive income as you blog away... this too is prohibited by MySpace.com!
Sorry, but they are pretty clear about that too. They say:
"The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the MySpace Website... (including) displaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the MySpace Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose"
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MySpace Blogging to Create Buzz
Have an upcoming product launch? Releasing a powerful update or fantastic new service? Get your blog buzzing.
Post some teasers about your impending release. Offer samples, trials or previews. Invite comments and feedback from readers. Ask for ideas and suggestions.
Get people talking about it. MySpace.com blogging can build buzz – and in turn, this will enhance sales when you're ready to roll.
But on MySpace.com, make sure all the time that you don't cross the line into blatantly commercial use of your blog. Stick with the buzz building, and you should be fine!
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Add QUALITY content to your MySpace.com blog - often
What's worse than no blog? One with ‘old' or ‘poor quality' content.
With MySpace com blogging, update your blog as often as possible – at least once a week, preferably more often. By providing quality TARGETED content that is useful to - and usable by – readers, you're setting your blog apart from the vast majority that are simply personal journals.
True, weblogs weren't primarily meant to generate profits. But then, wouldn't you like to make money from something you're doing for fun, anyway?
And with MySpace.com blogging, your blog readership is directly proportional to the frequency with which you update it with relevant, useful content.
MySpace com Blogging - Things to NOT do... #1
Direct Selling Blogs are a 'no-no'
A way to add profit streams and value to any other blog is to use a direct selling model of revenue creation - but NOT on MySpace.com.
By including a powerful sales letter for your product or service, specifically focused on the benefits a buyer will get from it, along with a link to place orders at the end of each post, you can encourage impulse buys from readers who have learned about your product or service and want it right away - but that's only if you have a blog hosted outside MySpace.com
If you try it on your MySpace.com blog, you risk losing your membership. At worst, your blog post will get deleted - fast!
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Getting Started With Profitable MySpace Blogging
Choose the RIGHT title. One that's catchy, memorable, attention-grabbing. This is critical.
Your first step is to create a blog that's remarkable in every way possible. That stands out from the crowd and screams “Notice Me”. A good title can actually draw qualified readers to your MySpace.com blog and help implement any of the ideas I'll reveal soon.
For example: 'A blog about unusual things' isn't nearly as captivating as 'Remarkably Purple Spots'– and won't get name recognition the way RPS does.
Let's say your blog is the one chosen for "Most Popular Blog Posts - Updated Daily". It means literally thousands, or even tens of thousands of people could see your blog listed on the MySpace.com homepage.
That's only part of the battle.
Without a catchy title that jumps off the page and smacks your target audience in the eye, you won't get that all important click-through - so make sure you take good care to pick the best name for your MySpace.com blog. Using eye-catching icons, maybe even video clips, can also help your blog listing get noticed.
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September 18, 2006
MySpace com blogging - Making it pretty
Despite all the powerful features in MySpace.com including blogging, profiles, bulletin boards and built-in networking tools, it still turns off some purists.
And the reason is not hard to understand. MySpace.com sucks at design!
There's one bit of good news, though - the design is customizable. It is not easy, because the CSS stylesheets are pretty complex to work with. But Mike has written an amazing tutorial about it - AND given you ready-to-use code to boot.
So, does prettier MySpace.com blogging make it better? I don't know, yet. I just modified my profile on MySpace.com yesterday, and must say the new look does look nicer. And so, I may keep blogging there more often than I'd consider doing with an ugly interface design.
There are many ways to make your MySpace.com blogging site look pretty. There are some sites offering ready made layouts to replace the default ones with. But many of the layouts aren't really pretty.
So pick, choose and make your MySpace.com site pretty - and keep blogging away!
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September 17, 2006
MySpace.com blogging - Keeping it safe
MySpace.com is a HUGE online network, a community of several MILLION people - which may be more than in your own home town.
The bad news is that every one of them now has access to your living room - your MySpace blog and homepage!
While it's 'cool' to share stuff with close friends (or people you hope will be your friends), it's not so cool when you realize the 'sweet guy' you've been chatting with online is in real life a perverted 'dirty old man' - or worse!
Myspace.com blogging can be risky, especially for teens who don't know as much about the seamy side of real life in the outside world. If you are a parent of a child doing MySpace.com blogging, you have a responsibility to help keep it safe.
Tell your teens (and practice this yourself) - never post personal details like pictures, names and addresses, schools, favorite malls, cell phone and phone numbers and such like on your MySpace.com blog or profile page.
Review your child's profile to make sure there isn't anything on it which might identify him/her to an unsavory character - and if there is, take steps to have it removed. Check out any photos - provocative ones could lead to unpleasant encounters. In 2002, the first 'Internet related' murder was reported - and there have been many more since.
Just remember that while your kids may know more than you do about technology, you know more about life. A
For more details about safety on MySpace.com blogging, check out this excellent article at WiredSafety.org
September 16, 2006
How will MySpace.com impact blogging?
Very soon - maybe by the end of this year, we'll have over ONE HUNDRED MILLION people on MySpace.com
With that kind of size, there's no doubt MySpace will impact the blogging environment, the same way eBay now impacts the online commercial marketplace.
How will MySpace culture affect the Net-culture we're getting used to? Will it become an 'exclusive club' or will it retain a friendly meeting place were pals exchange views over a beer or a bite to eat?
This has more than curiosity value to business bloggers - because MySpace.com blogging will take the impact of business blogs to an entirely new dimension, and put it in context of a completely new demographic - MySpace.com blogging enthusiasts.
If history is any indication, this will also lead to the inevitable scammers invading the Wild West of MySpace.com blogging - closely followed on their heels by the 'police' - Governmental regulation of what's for now a free for all community.
Networks built around bloggers are looser, less loyal, more scattered than those that are developing around MySpace.com blogging pioneers. How these networks will connect, coalesce and impact the online culture is an interesting trend to watch.
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September 15, 2006
MySpace Blogging Networks Analyzed
Gosh, does MySpace.com blogging build networks fast!
A friend started using MySpace just a few weeks ago - and already has something like around 5,000 people in his friends network.
What does he do? Blogging on myspace.com
What makes MySpace com blogging so effective? For once, these guys network better, and even bring their friends into their networks. They form social networks that hum and buzz, because they are informal and closely knit by a tight bond of peer interests.
Blogging gives you a platform to air your thoughts - but assumes someone wants to listen to you. MySpace blogging lets you speak to your friends - and gives you the tools to do it easily.
MySpace.com is being called the closest to a community with a central consciousness. There is an inherent potential for what happens inside a MySpace.com blogging community to extend far beyond it, into the real world.
And missing out on that is a scary thought indeed. Makes me think of hanging on tight to my lifebelt and jumping right in to the exciting potential of MySpace.com blogging.
I'll let you know how it goes!
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MySpace.com versus Blogging
There is no hard, verifiable data about MySpace. The only information that comes out is from company releases every few months.
But trends indicate MySpace.com is growing faster than blogging.
There are about 30 million MySpace accounts. The blogosphere boasts around 3 times as many BLOGS - and many bloggers have multiple blogs.
MySpace.com signs up close to a quarter million new accounts every day. Only 100,000 new blogs launch daily - notice, I once was awed by these huge numbers, now it's 'only' 100k
MySpace boasts 1.5 million posts daily - more than even the combined total of blog posts made every day.
All these clearly indicate one thing - MySpace.com beats blogging, at least as things look now. ALL blogging - not just niche blogging or business blogging.
So, are you getting into MySpace.com or not? Sure, it's scary to think about mastering a new medium. But the scarier thought is sticking with pure blogging and missing out on MySpace networking!
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Blogging at MySpace.com - How To Do It
MySpace.com is one of the biggest social networking sites online, and several million users are teeming all over it.
One of the nicest community-building features in MySpace is the availability of a blog with every account. Yes, when you sign up as a MySpace member, you can start blogging at MySpace.com
It's easy. Just take one step after another and soon you'll be blogging at MySpace.
First, sign up as a member, if you aren't one already. You'll need an active, valid email address to register, so keep that in mind.
You can then sign in, and update your profile with any information you like, including a photograph of yours. You can either get started growing your network of friends, or start blogging and focus on growth later.
On your adminstrator control panel, click on MyControls, and then select "Post New Blog". Follow the simple instructions and soon you'll be blogging on MySpace.com
Once you've got a few posts on your MySpace com blog, tell your friends, family and co-workers about it - and grow your network of friends on MySpace.com The more folks you tell about your blogging, the more popular your blog will become.
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MySpace Blog ProfitsHow To Profit From Blogging on MySpace.com In TWENTY-FOUR Different WaysAnd no, NONE of them violate the MySpace.com 'Terms of Service', in letter or spirit. In fact, I list SEVEN bonus blog profit ideas that you should NOT use on MySpace.com - but can profitably be employed on your other blogs. For now, this report is available at a mouth-watering discount - and you can also grab another social network marketing report too. |