10 Tips for Promoting Your Blog or Website on MySpace

How to Get Some Love on MySpace

You finally broke down and created a MySpace profile to help promote your blog or website and now your profile isn’t getting any action. Here are the top ten tips for using MySpace to promote your blog and website. Everything from how to get people to visit your profile, add you and become regular readers of your work.

Tip #1: Keep your MySpace layout simple.

The biggest mistake that MySpace users make is choosing a complicated profile that takes forever to load and then filling it with unnecessary graphics. Take your time in choosing a clean, colorful layout and keep any graphics to a minimum. Nobody wants to know your underwear style, which drink you are or which character from Desperate Housewives you most resemble.

Tip #2: Make your MySpace profile a reflection of who you are.

Don’t be afraid to talk about your interests in your MySpace profile. Go ahead, talk about yourself. Choose your favorite song, add your favorite pics. Let your true colors come out. By being yourself, you give people something to connect to.

Tip #3: Place your MySpace link in a prominent place on your blog or website.

People can’t check your MySpace profile out if they don’t know where it is. So be sure to place it somewhere where people can see it on your blog or website. Also add your MySpace link to your signature in emails, forums and at the end of each blog post or comment.

Tip #4: Make it easy for people to add you as a friend on MySpace.

Along with placing a link to your MySpace profile, add a link to make it easy for them to add you as a friend. To get the link, right-click on the Message link found in your contact table, then select Copy Link Location.

Tip #5: Use friend trains or Add Me Groups to get your profile seen by new people.

A great way to boost your friend’s list is by posting a bulletin in any number of Add Me groups that are on MySpace or by joining friend trains. You may have to spend some extra time, especially in the beginning, just getting people to add you and check out your profile, but it’s worth it.

Tip #6: Update your MySpace blog frequently.