Makin' The Most of MySpace Pt. 1

Jan
05

Written by webmaster Tag: Music 101, fanbase, Music Promotion, Myspace, Online Promotion, social media, Viral Marketing

For independent artists and people in the entertainment industry Myspace has become a great tool to connect with fans, other artists and even industry professionals. Unfortunately a lot of people are not maximizing Myspace to its full potential. Over the next few issues we are going to give you some great tips to make the most of you Myspace experience. Now for the 5 most common mistakes people make when it comes to Myspace

  1. Not having a Myspace page – With over seventy million people with Myspace accounts you are missing out big by not participating. MySpace is one of the 10 most daily visited sites on the internet and many days is often among the top 5. As an artist or anyone in the entertainment field you are doing yourself a huge disservice by simply not participating.
  2. No Information on your About Me section – You wouldn’t walk up to someone on the street who you want to buy your CD, book you a show, or maybe even sign you to a record deal and just hand them a demo tape, picture, and walk off. Of course not! You are going to introduce your self. The same is true for Myspace. Your “about me” section is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the people who visit your page. You never know who might be stopping by.
  3. No Information in your "Sounds Like" section - One of the biggest mistakes I see made is an empty “sounds like” section. I know as artists you would like to think of yourself as 100% original but by leaving this section empty or feeling it with something like “Nobody” or “Myself” you are severely limiting the number of people who will find your page. When someone wants to find a hot new female R&B vocalist they might search for someone who sounds like Mary J Blige, Ciara, or someone similar. When you don’t have any information in this field you have excluded yourself from the party.
  4. Busy Background Images – One of my personal pet peeves is when people use background images that interfere with the reading of the text and information on their page. I used to highlight the text to read through it. But this has become a nuisance and I now just opt to move on to the next page. In short if you are going to take the time out to put any information on your page don’t make it diffi cultfor visitors to read or find it.
  5. To Many Widgets – The last thing I will touch on is all those slideshows, videos, mp3 players, video games, message boards, and other little extras that so many people feel their profiles with. When properly used these can be very beneficial but more often than not I find pages that are bogged down with so many of these little doodads it causes some important features such as your Myspace Music player or even the entire page to load extremely slow or not at all, even on DSL or cable modem. When I come across pages like this I usually move on to the next page and don’t look back. Try to remember too much of anything can be bad for you.

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