How to Market with MySpace Like a "Teenage" Girl
Written by Jim Yaghi on Feb 14, 2008 3:27 pm
Read More: Marketing | Social Content | Social NetworkingSick of MySpace? So was I until I learned these 5 naughty tricks that teenage girls use on MySpace. Here’s a practical demonstration of how to get free MLM leads for "Building on a Budget".
Boy, can you imagine the look of disappointment on my face?
MySpace receives more monthly hits than Google! A total of 30 billion page views every month.
If you're a Google expert I know what you're thinking. "Yeah right, that's just 30 billion views of pimple-faced girls making kissy faces into mobile phone cams".
That's the excuse I'd been telling myself as I spent months of my life mastering Adwords and SEO. But it's a terrible excuse.
More than half of MySpace visitors are over 35. They have lots of money and they are happy to spend it online.
All mine and your efforts on Google would never touch them. MySpace users aren't like anyone else online. They really use very little of the rest of the web.
In my evil plan of internet domination, I'd been advertising to Google because I thought everyone used it. As it turns out, there are MySpace internet "creatures" that don't even say good morning to Google when they first turn on their browser at work.
I put away my lame excuses. "I need a piece of this spending web", I thought. "If only I knew how to use MySpace like a teenage girl".
Using MySpace Like a Teenage Girl
When I was growing up, using a computer was nerdy. But as I came into my mid-20's, even the "cool kids" were meeting someone for the first time and saying, "Hey, do you have MySpace or MSN?"
The pick-up artists aren't trying to get a girl's "digits" anymore. Now it's all about the screen name on AIM or MySpace.
But none are so skilled at making a lot of friends online as teens are.
You might think the MySpace boom has come and gone. Guess again. Over the next 6-12 months, the Internet will continue to change really quickly. That's because of a fast adapting younger generation.
Some of these kids boast as many as 2,000 contacts! And if you hope to ever market as fast as a teenage girl creates a friend network in MySpace - you'd better learn these skills.
Waaaaaaaait!
Put your spy goggles away. Don't go CIA on your daughter's MySpace conversations.
This trend's been going on long enough that adults in their 20s have either caught on, or like my 18-year-old brother, grown along with the trend.
My Friends Are MySpace Junkies
My friends are MySpace junkies. They come to visit my computer, not me.
As soon as they arrive, they mumble, “I’m just going to check my MySpace”. These guys literally live online and need to be connected at all times.
Even after I pry their claw-fingers off my keyboard an hour later, they’ll spend the rest of their visit sending text messages. They’ll interrupt any conversation with me to take incoming mobile calls from their MySpace buddies.
Mind you, I'm more mad because they seem to find those MySpace folks cooler than me.
When my visitor finally gets The Call, he announces that he’s off to meet “this hot chick”. But before he leaves, I have to sit through 23 kissy-face poses.
There are devious secrets.
One secret, I learned from my friend's youngest sister. It was so evil, I couldn't help but steal it.
Master these tricks and you'll have all the leads you want, targeted, and absolutely free.
"I Don't Want to Pick Up From MySpace!"
Teenage girls want to build a "hot guy" network.
Their profile is the tool they use to market themselves to their target market.
Obviously you're not interested in building a "hot guy" network on MySpace. But what do we want to market? Building on a Budget?
Before we press ahead, understand that people on MySpace are there to socialise and have a good time.
No, you cannot enter their social world as a marketer.You WILL offend them and they'll choose not to talk to you.
Are you kidding me? Trying to sell to a person who's mad at you? Not a chance.
I know you want to market Building on a Budget, but first we have to attract the right target audience. Instead of a "hot guy" network, we want to build a network of entrepreneurs.
Let's blend in and be social. Let's use our profile to market ourselves to Network Marketers.
Naughty Trick 1: The Profile Photo
A MySpace profile without a photo? Don't bother. You'll be THE most unpopular MySpace kid.
It's the absolute first thing anyone sees when you add them. I'm talking about the default profile photo.
An experienced MySpace guy uses his best photo. You know, the latest one of him shirtless leaning against his Japanese sport car, with flexed abs?
That photo is the most important item on your profile.
If they don't like that picture, or worse, if you don't have one at all, there's a good chance your request won't even be opened.
But don't take shirtless photos. This is a professional MySpace page where you'll network with your subscribers, clients, and employees.
Use a professionally taken, smiling, high resolution photo of your face. Wear power colours and look straight into the camera. This automatically makes you "good looking", even if you're not, because people are attracted to others who smile and appear to have authority.
Naughty Trick 2: Make an Attractive MySpace Profile
When you request a connection with a new contact, don't take it for granted they'll just look at your profile picture preview and then accept your invitation.
They'll click through to your profile to see if they LIKE you first.
That's why teenage girls create attractive profiles that grab attention fast: Animations and video attract eyeballs, background audio forces you to start listening, and slideshows showcase all their photos.
MySpace pages are rarely ever well made. But people don't care, as long as there are a lot of interesting photos. And that's how they "sell" themselves to one another.
They know to attract the opposite sex they need photos in certain poses and outfits. This is how they show their value to potential visitors of their profile.
You want the attention of Network Marketers.
Could you begin with a quote from a motivational speaker like Jim Rohn? Or could you show off some of your lifestyle photos of your travels? Maybe you should use photos of your cars and toys.
But nothing is more effective than relating an experience your MySpace visitors will identify with. Careful not to give a review or a testimonial about your product, though.
I'm a student of marketing as well as a teacher. That's what I talk about.
Listen, you're a Network and Internet Marketer. This is what you do. Try to think back to your pre-marketing days and talk like you would about your hobby, career, or studies.
Command attention fast by creating simple, attractive, and fun profile layouts. There are many customisations you can easily make.
On your profile page, find a natural way to refer to your products and link the reference to the sales letter.
For example, you could say, "I had a lot of trouble marketing my home business because I didn't have money to spend. Last week I discovered this video series [masked affiliate link here] and I'm hoping it's the answer I need. *fingers crossed*"
See how I'm relating an experience as a student of marketing. Notice how I'm promoting myself as a fun and valuable friend to have. I put an image in your head of a comical me with crossed fingers. And maybe you smile.
You want to be my friend, right?
Naughty Trick 3: The *Evilest* of All
My friend's baby sister did the strangest thing.
She was really proud of the 2,000 "friends" on her MySpace profile. And she loved to tell me and her brother her online adventures.
One day I noticed her browsing through girls' profiles and adding them to her contact list.
But not just any girls. She always picked the prettiest one on someone's friends list, requested a connection, and then browsed through that list of friends.
Curiosity got the better of me and I asked, "Hey, Dana, how come you're browsing the friends list for that girl?"
"The prettiest girls always have the most guys," she said with a smile. "See, I get on her list and now I can make friends with all her guy friends."
How incredibly genius!
Of course it didn't occur to me right away to use her idea for marketing. But can we adapt this naughty trick to strategically build a friend network of targeted "leads" on MySpace?
It's a shortcut, isn't it?
You find someone else who already attracts your target market and make friends with them and their network of friends.
That's how we meet people in social situations. You make friends with someone and as your relationship develops, they introduce you to their circle of friends. And you introduce them to yours.
Network marketing gurus, leaders, authors, and celebrities always attract a massive circle of Network Marketers.
Go ahead and browse the friends list of Randy Gage, for example. There's a good chance you'll find Agel reps in his downline, crossline, and upline. You'll find other Network Marketers who bought his prospecting CDs. You'll even find the internet marketers who bought his home study copyrighting course.
Does that sound like your target audience for Building on a Budget?
I hope you're nodding.
Naughty Trick 4: Be Genuinely Social.
You better be prepared to be social.
Don't just add all of Randy Gage's friends. Send a short message along with your request.
This teenage trick is straightforward and you may be tempted to ignore it because it sounds like work. But here's why you need it:
Every once in a while you run into a spoilt MySpace creature. This one has been bugged by so many people online that they now claim to only add people they know.
If they see your display picture and don't recognise you, they'll deny your request to make a connection. Yes, and you guessed it, they won't visit your profile either.
By sending a private message along with your request, you automatically get a second chance to have them visit your page. No one can resist checking a personal message written to them.
Think about how you itch to answer your mobile when the caller's ID is blocked. Or how you can't resist opening a letter addressed to you even if you don't know the sender. Right?
And if you've done your job right and written a good personal message, that person will write back to you. You MUST always respond.
They're Network Marketers like you. Chances are they're facing the same problems you did before.
You've got a lot in common and you're more experienced which gives you automatic value. And that's attractive.
Naughty Trick 5: Get Their Attention Again and Again.
This was a pretty crazy trick I first noticed in Facebook and Bebo. It works on MySpace's "Friend Updates" module too.
So listen carefully.
Every time you change something on your profile, your current list of contacts sees an alert telling them about the latest changes that you made to your profile.
MySpacers often delete one of their own photos and then upload it again.
Guess why?
Every time they put the photo up again, all of their contacts will see a preview of it on their own profiles. This is a naughty trick that gets their friends to visit or revisit the profile to see the "new" photo.
That rekindles interest from people who added them before but didn't maintain a relationship.
In MySpace you can make bulletin posts, comment on people's profiles and photos, change your mood in your profile, blog in your MySpace blog, and update your photos.
Want a second chance to get people to view your Building on a Budget videos?
Regularly use all of these tools to bring your social Network Marketer contacts back to your profile.
Jim Yaghi, author of 8 Days to Cashflow in MLM, is a professional internet marketer and trainer of Home Business owners. Learn all of Jim's Google Adwords Secrets in Ferny's *Blackmail*
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Great article Jim!
Thanks, Jim! I have 2300 friends, but they're mostly prayer partners for my Christian work, not business people. Now I have to decide whether to make a new profile, or maintain the two aspects together.
What do you think?
For Debbie
Hi Debbie,
You can use the same profile, that's ok. Just modify your story to talk about Network Marketing and then make a point to add lots of network marketer friends.
The good thing about this, is that you will get some of your non network marketer friends asking you for more information about what you do. But you aren't trying to sell anything to them because they're not in your target market.
If they for some reason qualify themselves by asking you for more information, GREAT!
Jim
Thanks so much Jim! How do you do this? "[masked affiliate link here]" I've already changed everything else around. Sorry, I'm pretty computer illiterate now!
Sick, devious and brilliant!
Great article. Wow! I saw a story about some teenage girl who started making custom backgrounds for mySpace or myFace or something like that and was raking in over $1 million a year... and her Mom wouldn't let her drive. Sigh! I guess I'll have to make the switch from those "boring" business-oriented social networking sites like Ryze etc. Ciao!
Atticus
Masked Affiliate Link
Sorry I didn't demonstrate it properly. I didn't want to include my own affiliate link or put a broken link just for demo purposes. But here's what you can do in MySpace
I had a lot of trouble marketing my home business because I didn't have money to spend. Last week I discovered this video series < /a> and I'm hoping it's the answer I need. *fingers crossed*
I hope that shows up but if it doesn't send me a private message or email and i'll show you there. In the example above i've just used my direct affiliate link. But you can do a masked one like this page http://www.ClickProfitJam.com/ . If you use GoDaddy you can do that through their Domain Forwarding and URL Masking options.
Email me if you get stuck.
Jim Yaghi
Is there 'space' for a grandmother here?
Interesting article Jim.
This all sounds like fun - I'd better start learning! I'm passionate about helping people to wellness so I'd better learn to connect.
Jane
Just another tip to myspace
Jim that is some great information but, I would like to add something else to it.
If you are targeting your market you should set the mood of friends who come to your site by (music, layout)it should express emotion. I use a powerful tool called (my story marketing)
http://www.go2-url.com/ausexd
This just tells a little story about you such as
1) Where you grew up at
2) Family life
3) Why you got into MLM
4) Your pain & hardship of entering MLM
5) Your success, mentors
6) The tool you are using now to grow your biz. (ms)
Pictures are very important HAPPY Pictures & music! I say this because you never know what type of mood your prospect will be in. For example, maybe he/she had a rough day a work, or sick of being approach by networkers who only out to SELL.
So if you can show them through your story that they not out there alone. And you might have the anwser to their problem. They may befriend you & take a look at your magnetic sponsering system.
Of course provide a link to your business site.
Take a look at mines if you like www.myspace.com/barquett
I hope this may help a little bit. Oh I almost forgot "GIVE AWAY FREE SUFF" (ebook, newsletter, report but something of value)
pimp your profile!
i got a background from myspaceplease.com
It's "tropical-like" and very inviting... i just started doing "myspace marketing" starting Jan 1st, and my friends list is over 850... and i don't even really send out all that many requests...
here's my profile:[url]http://www.myspace.com/ExplodeMyBusiness[/url]
notice also that I have a YouTube video play AS SOON AS THE PAGE OPENS, which will immediately draw the visitor's attention...
There's a program that you can use to add friends, as well as a very good course on how to use myspace... PM me if you want more info, because there's no way in heck I'm about to put up any affliate-type links... don't want carl the cop to come and beat me with a stick..hehe
Check out YUWIE
Great article - a lot of tremendous info especially for a newbie in the social network realm.
This (MS) was my first attempt at a/with a social network but through another program, I kept hearing about YUWIE so I had to check it out and I'm way more impressed with it than myspace for a few reasons...
1- they do not allow anything that may be considered as obscene - no photos - jestures - graphic comments etc. Not that I'm a prude but some of the sites on myspace are down right lewd, rude and nasty and it's allowed...your profile will be locked on YUWIE for not conforming to rules about that.
2 - YUWIE is a fairly new social network site but growing to the tune of an average 1800 new members per day! Who doesn't need fresh blood? Sure, some of it is spill over but most is new...looking for new ideas.
3 - What makes YUWIE so different than the rest is that it's members get paid everytime anyone (including other members) visit their profile or read a blog or view their photos or leave a comment and yes, refer others. So it's getting paid to network within as well as offering your other 'wares'...and of course, free to join.
You can check it out through the link on my name (if I did this right!) If not, message me and I'll send you an invitation because you do have to be referred to join.
Myspace is great also!!!
Good Advise!!!
I am new to all this Networking but it is all good. I love coming here and networking and I also love Networking on myspace.You fine that there is some very nice people with great information that will assist you in every area of your life. Prayer,Networking,Friends and for those looking for more then what is listed.
If you like please feel free to check out my profile.....you won't be disappointed.www.myspace.com/ItHappen
Thanks to everyone who listen.
owner
Jim,
You are an inspiration to many of us trying to break into the world of entrepeneurship. I am new to all of the social networks, and do not have a real website, simply a webportal with my products and business info. I would like to try your ideas with myspace and facebook. Do I need to set up a true website and what content would be most relevant? thank you
aimee
To have a website or not...
Aimee,
Great to hear you're getting started with social networks. The great thing about sites like MySpace and Facebook is that they give you a page on their service. This means you don't actually have to have a website of any kind if you don't want to!
As long as you know how to use those networks, just use the tools they provide you to collect prospects (which are now called "friends") and to follow up with them using newsfeeds, blog posts, discussion boards, and multi-user messaging. Simple, right?
Jim
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Other MySpace tips...
Jim,
Great article. I currently use MySpace as a marketing tool for my business. I have been using MySpace for about 14 months now. It is a great place to market yourself with attraction marketing.
I have 2 pieces of advice for those that are setting up an account with MySpace.
#1 - When setting up your Account settings, be sure to have Captcha settings for people trying to send you a message, a comment, or invite.
For those that don't know what captcha's are - they are randomly originated codes that you have to manually enter into a box before sending off a message or invite. the reason for these are to prevent Bots (computer programs) from spamming you. If you have a captcha setting for anyone sending you an invite, message, or comment, they will have to enter the code displayed before the invite is sent to you. That way you can ensure that message, etc. you are getting are coming from real people and not spammers or bots.
#2 - If you are going to post a link on your profile to your main company website, capture page, etc., becareful of the HTML code that you use to link with. If you have an HTML editor, use it to produce your links for you. If you do it manually and don't get the HTML code set correctly, when someone does click your link, they will receive a message pop-up stating that the link they clicked on was a spam site or phishing site and that they will not let you visit that site from MySpace.
However, if done correctly, when somone clicks your link, they will get sent to a new page simply stating that "Follow external Link to:" and then your website link.
Of course if someone wants to visit your site, they will click the link.
And one more thing. Don't be alarmed if when you are entering code, you see your website get cloaked looking something like this: "http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNldmVuZmlndXJlbWFz..." Apparently that is MySpace's way of cloaking your website within the HTML Code on the Profile Edit pages.
If anyone has any more questions about this, feel free to e-mail me. I will also give you my profile name on Myspace to use as a template of how to construct your MySpace profile.
Very nice article my friend
Very nice article my friend ;)
As a matter of fact, I think I'm going to head over myspace right now...
Catch you there!
WOW! WOW! WOW!
What a great article- I had to read that one twice and will probably read it again. I was one of the ones who said, "I don't have time to do a MySpace page just for fun stuff." You can better believe that my tune has changed now. It is the next thing on my list.
Thank you for the great MySpace info...
Great article on how to use myspace. I like how you relate it to a teenage girl. I might have to call up my babysitter and see if she can help me get a happening myspace profile!
Thanks for all the useful content!
Mary
Pimps...
I love the pimp picture.... lol...
Everyone should notice how Jim uses eye grabbing pictures to keep you glued to the article and make you read.
Take note!
Good stuff....
Yag, you've done it again. Nice. And thanks to Ferny for bringing this to my attention. LOVE the little pics!
Shecky
Useful Tool
I knew MySpace had to be a useful tool but wasn't sure how. Thank you for all the simple ideas I can use to make MySpace work for me!
Thanks for the good info
Great Job Jim,
I really enjoyed reading your post. I am new but I am learning. I have to set up a web site and a squeeze page, I am learning how to use this site and Facebook. I will add Myspace to my list of to do. I think I should put my two oldest daughters on that one. They are 16 and 18. My 18 yr old is trying to teach me how to use Facebook right now. I am learning BN on my own.
You and others have mentioned some things that I need to learn. I will send you a friend request so I can learn some "how to" info on some of the things you talked about.
Teresa Baine
Bravo!
This is very informative. I've also begun as a study assignment for myself to "break down" copy, tone/mood, video preference, etc. of those individuals who are actually generating money through myspace marketing.
I've noticed one thing in common so far that those individuals do on their page that I'm going to adopt and that's the font size and selection they use is much bigger and bolder than on the average page. So I will change the code any day now on my page to reflect that.
I love the use of Dr. Rubino's "Chip" character for Naughty Tip #1... I said to myself where have I seen that before. And I agree with Ferny, the Pimp character is amusing too. LOL!
By the way, will you be giving any tips on setting up a good Facebook profile because it does appear to be a difference in profile and mindset?
Thanks for sharing this information.
Continued Success,
Richard L. Turner Jr.
Great stuff Jim...
I have actually seen some great profiles where the person just happens to mention that they have a newsletter to help people get started making money online and they have an opt-in form right there in their about me section.
Although this may only attreact people who aren't making money online you could always have a killer newsletter for advanced online entrepreneurs and attract people who are.
If your going to do this make sure you tell people to ignore myspace's phishing warning.
BTW myspace won't let you leave an affiliate link unless it is forwarded from your own domain. Learned that the hard way...
-Steve
Thank You So Much!
I have waited a long time to find a wady to market on myspace and to do it correctly Thank You so much. I will be using this concept now.Betty
I didn't even worry about
I didn't even worry about using myspace until coming
across the teachings on how Johnathan Budd was
successfully conquering myspace for business growth.
Iam A Johnathan Budd Fan
http://www.mlmavalanche.com/jbmind.html
MySpace is FUN
Thanks for the great article. I have been using MySpace for over a year and I have had great results. I found MySpace to be fun, creative and have been rewarded with friends from all over the world. You can really express your personality. But be careful, some people really get carried away with the flashing and the noise. You grow tired of waiting for everything to load.
Connie Loeschen
Enjoyed the my space article and all the comments.
Wow, I can see how fabulous social networks like FB, myspace, twitter (which nobody mentioned) and YUWIE (which I have never heard of, but will check it out) are for helping us in our networking.
I like the creative, cute way the article was written. It made it fun to read. Now I just need to take the time to put it all into practice and make new friends, different kinds of friends than I already have.
Thanks again Jim and everyone else for all the tips and comments!
Lynn
And some marketers said MySpace was dead!
Great article Jim. It adds another twist to the social networking. I recently started making new friends on MySpace and have met some interesting people. Just made social contact, no pitching. I did it just because some marketers were saying MySpace is "used up," "full of spammers" and "dead." just to say that's not true. Thanks for another aspect of social marketing.
Tony
Thanks for the great ideas!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Good One There, Very Good!
This is a real eye opener and i must say Jim has done a very good work, and also those who has chipped in one or two additional infos have made this article a success. well done people and we can do much better.
Kudos!