| After you set up your MySpace account, you need to | | | | for each account. So keep that in mind as well when |
| find friends in your niche to market to. The good news | | | | deciding what "bot" to buy. Regardless of which friend |
| is that you can easily locate your target market. All | | | | management program you use, the basic process for |
| you have to do is to your account and click Groups on | | | | inviting friends remains the same: |
| your MySpace toolbar. You'll see 34 main categories | | | | First, write several Friend Request messages. |
| listed, and tens of thousands of groups in each | | | | Compose at least five catchy subject lines that relate |
| category. | | | | to the particular group you are targeting. Write at least |
| You can either click on the category that best | | | | five brief one or two sentence messages requesting |
| describes your niche, or you can type a keyword into | | | | users to add you as a friend. Remember, the goal is to |
| the search box below the category listings. If, for | | | | build relationships, so write messages that comes |
| instance, your niche is fitness, type "fitness" into the | | | | across as personable. Then test and track your |
| search box. Then all the groups related to your topic | | | | subject lines and message content to determine which |
| are displayed. | | | | copy results in the most accepted friend requests. |
| Pick a group to meet friends in and click. The people | | | | Second, limit your friend requests to 350 per day per |
| you see in this group are your potential customers! | | | | profile. Currently, the maximum number of requests |
| They've already shown an interest in your area of | | | | MySpace allows for each account is 400. By |
| expertise by joining this group, so you know this is your | | | | remaining under the max, your accounts shouldn't be |
| target market. You could then click on each person in | | | | flagged by the MySpace traffic patrol as spam. |
| the group and individually invite them to be your friend. | | | | Third, target the largest groups in your niche first, then |
| Once they approve you, you have the opportunity to | | | | work your way down to the smaller groups. Keep a |
| comment on their space and lead them to your | | | | spreadsheet of the groups you have ksent friend |
| website. | | | | requests to in order to prevent you from sending |
| OR you could invest a small amount of money and | | | | repeat requests. And make requesting friends a daily |
| invite hundreds of friends in the time it takes you to | | | | habit. |
| invite one. What I'm talking about is "friend | | | | Be patient while waiting for friends to accept and add |
| management software" designed for the purpose of | | | | you as a friend to their space. It's going to take time |
| enhancing your marketing capability with MySpace. | | | | for them to get your requests, then decide whether or |
| Without this type of software, driving traffic to your | | | | not to authorize you. |
| site with MySpace is going to be a slow and difficult | | | | And don't take rejection personally. Not everyone is |
| process. | | | | going to authorize you, but that's okay. It's not about |
| Some of the programs available for you to choose | | | | authorization or rejection; it's about sifting the good |
| from are Friend Adder, Friend Laser and MySpace | | | | prospects from the bad. A good prospect will add you |
| Friend Bomber. The programs range in price from | | | | as a friend; a bad prospect will not. |
| $19.95 to $49, so you'll need to choose the program | | | | Besides, the numbers are on your side. With 10 profiles |
| that's right for you based on your budget. | | | | at 350 requests each, you are actually sending 3,500 |
| When choosing a program, you need to make sure it | | | | requests a day. A good response rate (which |
| can do two things for you: send friend requests and | | | | depends on the quality of your picture first and your |
| send comments. That's it. Those are the fundamental | | | | message second) gets you 250 friends for every 350 |
| aspects of this marketing tactic, so remain focused on | | | | you request, so you have the potential to gain 2,500 |
| the basics when deciding which program to purchase. | | | | friends each day. After just one week, you could |
| Also, some programs allow you use multiple MySpace | | | | potentially have over 17,000 friends! |
| accounts while others charge separate activation fees | | | | |