| As an Internet marketer, you should know how to take | | | | accompanies the image. Target users who allow html |
| advantage of every free source of traffic available to | | | | comments first. |
| you. One such source is the popular social networking | | | | For users that do not allow html comments, write at |
| site, MySpace. | | | | least 5 comments in text only format. Here you'll have |
| To make this tactic work for you, you need to set up | | | | to include your actual web address for readers of the |
| at least 10 different accounts and join groups in your | | | | comment to copy and paste in their browser. Include a |
| target market. Visit the members' spaces and read | | | | tracking tag in all your comments so you can track the |
| their profiles as well as the comments posted on their | | | | click thru rate. |
| sites. These spaces take you into the hearts and | | | | Two, limit your comments to 225 per day per profile. If |
| minds of your customers. By understanding how they | | | | you attempt to send more than 225 comments (which |
| think and feel, you can tweak your copy to reach | | | | is the current MySpace limit), you could be accused of |
| them more effectively. | | | | sending spam. If that happens, your accounts will be |
| Then using a friend management software like Friend | | | | deleted. |
| Adder or Friend Laser, start asking these targeted | | | | Three, leave only comments that are relevant to the |
| prospects to be your friends. With 10 profiles at 350 | | | | group you are targeting. Then make commenting on |
| requests each, you have the ability to send 3,500 | | | | your friends' sites a daily habit. Now that you know the |
| requests a day. | | | | basics, let's do the math to discover the kind of traffic |
| A good response rate (which depends on the quality | | | | you can expect from the comments you post. |
| of your picture first and your message second) gets | | | | By sending 225 comments for each profile, you're |
| you 250 friends for every 350 you request, so you | | | | actually posting 2,250 "ads" a day. Since each |
| have the potential to gain 2,500 friends each day. | | | | comment is viewed an average of 10 times a day, |
| Within a matter of days, you should begin to see the | | | | 22,500 targeted people are exposed to your |
| friend sections on all of your spaces fill with pictures of | | | | information every day. |
| your new MySpace friends. And having friends means | | | | Because these are targeted viewers, you should be |
| you're ready to start commenting on their sites and | | | | able to expect a 5% response rate from a decent |
| driving traffic to your website. | | | | post. That percentage translated into an actual number |
| Here are some basic things to keep in mind when | | | | gives you 1,125 visits to your site a day. How's that for |
| leaving comments no matter which program you use: | | | | a great source of free, targeted traffic! |
| One, write several Comments in both html and text | | | | So make requesting friends and posting comments a |
| only format. For users that allow html comments, the | | | | part of your daily marketing routine. By sticking with it |
| best way to drive traffic to your site is to use an | | | | and learning what it takes to gain friends in this social |
| image that, when clicked on, leads people directly to | | | | network, you will start to see a steady flow of free |
| you. Test several images as well as the copy that | | | | traffic come your way each and every day. |