The Secrets to a Great MySpace Profile
Today let’s talk about MySpace. I will assume that you have all signed up for a MySpace account. If not, go get your Myspace account now!
Welcome to Day 18 of the “30 Tips in 30 Days” Holiday Blog special, where I am providing a marketing or online business tip for each day in the month of December. If you’ve missed any of the previous posts, simply click on the Business and Marketing Tips Category on the right sidebar.
If you are marketing online and you are not on MySpace, you are making a big mistake.
This is not your teenagers MySpace anymore!
Online business owners are flocking to the social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook like never before. The reason? Because there is money on the table. If there wasn’t, you wouldn’t see them on these sites.
So get with it, get your account, and set up your profile.
In today’s post, I am going to give you some easy TIPS to follow to set up a killer MySpace profile.
But before I do, a word of warning.
Remember the video on social marketing I put on this blog a few days ago (see post “Are you Getting Social Networking All Wrong?) If not, go back and view it again. And again. Because if there is one thing that will kill your results using MySpace, it is blatant PLUGGING of your BUSINESS. In fact, it also may get your account deleted.
MySpace if for building relationships. People to people. Get interested in what makes other people click. What are their interests and goals. Share with them about you and your dreams and aspirations.
In other words, take the time to get to know people, help them with their problems, and MySpace will pay off for your big time!
OK, enough preaching from the pulpit (my wife hates it when I do that)….
Here are 5 Tips to Building a Great MySpace Profile Page:
- Headline: This is a short blurb that means something to you that will show up next to your picture. Have fun with it. It can be a quotation, passage, or anything that means something special to you. A
- Photo: Your MySpace photo is important, because it will be displayed prominantly on your profile page. Make sure it is a good picture of you, smiling, being happy, enjoying life. Nobody wants to know an Eeyore
(for those Winnie the Pooh fans).
- About Me: this sections, as it is named, is YOUR STORY. It is the heart of your profile. And you want to get it right.
Jimmy Davis of MLM Goldmine outlined a great template for creating a great “About Me” section.
He calls it MyStory Marketing, and it is what I used to create my MySpace profile.
Here are the steps:
- State who you are. Sounds obvious, but some people forget. If you have a website, you can claim ownership of it. For example, we wrote on our profile….”Hi, our names are Bob and Rosemary Clarke, and we are the authors and creators of Carbon-Copy-Professional.com. Even if you are just getting started in the industry, you have instant credibility with this statement.
- Give a short summary of WHY you are making this MySpace page. Paint your picture. What got you to this point of your life. Maybe you just got laid off and you are looking to network. Maybe you are so stressed out at your job that you can’t stand it anymore. Or maybe, with the high cost of everything right now, you just need more money! Whatever the reasons, state it clearly. This is the OUTLINE THE PROBLEM phase of your profile.
- Next, give some more personal information about yourself. Where you live, where you were born, what are your hobbies, your likes, your dislikes. In other words, tell your story. This is MyStory Marketing at its best.
- Now, provide the solution to your problem that you outlined above. It can start with a phrase like, “All of these frustrations ended when we finally….”
- Call To Action. What do you want your readers to do? Ask them to visit your website, or if you want them to contact you, provide the information. Make it clear, but don’t be pushy.
- More Photos: Now add some more photos. NOT business photos, but some of you having fun with friends or family. I used a site called Slide.com to post my pictures. You can see them on my MySpace page.
- Other sections: Here you can put in more personal information about you. Your interests, you favorite television shows, favorite movies and books, etc. Let people get to know the REAL YOU. This is all about getting real. If you are not authentic, people will spot it a mile away.
Again, this is supposed to be about the personal side of you, not the business side. Make it fun and personal!
OK, a couple more tips before we wrap up this post.
- When you are typing your About Me section, type it in the blog section of your page. This section allows you to add alot of HTML, and works just as if you were creating a document in Microsoft Word. You can add bold, italics, colors, etc. that you would not be able to add by simply typing in the About Me template. After you are finished, you can cut and paste to the appropriate section of your profile.
- If you can make YouTube videos, as I know you all can after the last few posts, try making a video about yourself (not focused on your business). Tell your story, and post it in your About Me section. Very powerful!
- Add a Twitter box to your MySpace page (more on Twitter later). This will allow people to see what you are up to on an ongoing basis.
So go out and create your own personal MySpace page. It’s fun to do, and will help you create relationships that may or may not pan out for your business. If so, great, you have a new customer. But if not, no worries. At least you have added a whole bunch of new friends! Not bad!
Tomorrow we will discuss how to add friends to your MySpace page.
Til next time, folks.
Bob
Visit MY MySpace page!
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