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I'm interested in hearing from those of you who use MySpace to promote your website or other commercial ventures.
Technically, MySpace doesn't permit this. Yet, it is widely done and apparently MySpace looks the other way. Musical groups, television shows, clubs, club events, etc. all seem to have MySpace pages and get away with it.
I'm develping a website that would benefit from MySpace promotion. It's a guide/directory/review/rating/social networking kinda site. (Think resturant review site where the chefs have blogs, and you are in the right neighborhood.) Really, I feel it would be a must, as having a MySpace page would add a cool factor and appeal to a primary demographic. I know damn well when I am out promoting this face-to-face, somebody is GOING to say "What's your MySpace?" I don't want to have to answer "we don't have one."
The answer to that question is no problem, at least at this point. <mydomain> is an available name on MySpace. Which is why I am posting this. I want to sign-up with that name ASAP, but don't want to screw things up.
I'm guessing that the technicality that allows this is that the page is really the personal home page of somebody associated with the group, club, event, website, etc. and, well, this just HAPPENS to be the biggest thing that is going on in their life. ;)
Although it seems logical that I should have a seperate personal page (not something I really WANT, as I am a bit out of the usual MySpace age group...), I'm guessing that this is the LAST thing I should do, as having multiple IDs is probably one of the easiest ways to get bounced.
How do I do this without setting off any tripwires? Really, all I want to do right now is set up an account with <mydomain> as the name, and leave is pretty bare until the site launches. I do know people who are on MySpace, and who will be helpful in promoting the site, who can link-in as friends, and I might put up a little "I am working on..." bit, as I'm not too worried about somebody else taking my idea and running with it.
I'm perfectly fine with making it into a for-real (but probably rather bare-bones) personal page with pictures, interests, etc. as I do want to emphasize that there is a real person behind this and not a faceless corporation. (Which is the truth in any case - I'm the sole investor and developer, at least at this point.)
In the mean time, I'd like some guidance of what I should and shouldn't do once the site launches.
BTW, the domain name is a term would be a perfectly valid (if vaguely derisive) nickname for a person, so the name itself is not going to be an obvious tipoff of commercial intent.
commercial promotion seems to be perfectly ok
bands actually have their own special pages and are encouraged
using an agressive bot to automate friends requests seems to be what gets you blocked
you can get your account deleted due to other peoples comments on your homepage
by 'ok', i'm meaning you can do it, not that it is allowed or not allowed.
I have had many positive business relationships start from our company profile on Myspace. We use Myspace as a way to let our customers get to know who we are and for potential business partners to find out what we're doing.
Sort of like an About Us page on steroids.
We're considering hiring an intern who contacted us through our Myspace profile.
I find it's really great for B2B type networking.
For those that aren't supporters, sorry ;)
For those that aren't supporters, sorry ;)
I think you just acquired a new supporter. :)
