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Networking on MySpace

Did you catch the show about MySpace with Nancy Marmolejo yesterday? If not you can listen to it over on Blogging and Beyond.

Nancy shared some great tips about how she effectively networks on MySpace to get new clients.  Defnintely worth listening to.

Our mentor, Tom Antion, has also recently jumped on the MySpace bandwagon and is doing his usual intensive study to figure out the best way to make money in a professional, non-sleezy way.  For Tom it's about the numbers of people you can reach with your message. For Nancy, it's about building relationships with a hand-picked group of like-minded people.  Both ways work and I'm following these two closely so I can learn from the pros.

One tool Tom recommends is FriendBlasterPro which will automate a lot of tasks, like posting bulletins, finding friends, adding friends and commenting. This can come in handy if you're playing a numbers game and when you want to blast something out to your group. I've started using FriendBlasterPro on a limited basis to test it and will let you know how it goes.

Email Marketing by the Numbers

We just learned that Chris Baggott's new book, Email Marketing By The Numbers, is now available on Amazon.com. Why are we excited about this? Well, Patsi is one of the featured authors.  It's a "compendium of ideas" culled from many people.

I just ordered my copy and Patsi's copy is on the way. After we have a chance to review the content, we'll post more about our observations.

Chris Baggott is Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of ExactTarget and we interviewed him on Blogging and Beyond in February about whether or not email is dead. Can you guess his answer?!

MySpace: A Quick Way to Add Friends

Another quick tip for making it easy for people to add you as a MySpace friend. This one is courtesy of Dave Taylor who has a post on his blog about creating a button for adding friends. Dave gives you the code to create a button to put on your blog or web site to invite people to add you as their friend.

As much as I would like to show you how the button looks in this post, every time I paste the code (in the HTML field) I get a button that says "submit query" which is NOT what it's supposed to say.  Maybe it doesn't work to have form code in a TypePad post.  I'll have to check that out and get back to you.

I was able to add the button to my sidebar, but I deleted it because it was too wide for the column and I couldn't figure out a way to make the button less wide.

Anyone have some tips here? I'm open to suggestions. In the meantime, check out Dave Taylor's post on adding a button. And you can always add me as your MySpace friend using a good old fashioned link!

MySpace Drives Traffic

Tomorrow we interview visibility expert Nancy Marmolejo about how to use MySpace as a business building tool.  Naturally, when you're focused on a subject, it pops up all over the place. 

Just read a post on the BlogTalkRadio blog (BTR hosts Blogging and Beyond) about how MySpace is driving tons of traffic to hosts' radio programs. Apparently, posting bulletins about your show (which I have been doing), results in more traffic and listeners. Who would have thought?!

I'm learning that using MySpace for business is really a science. I've been studying Nancy's excellent ebook, Make MySpace Your Space ($9.95) and implementing her tips and strategies. I look forward to learning a lot more from her on Thursday.

Tom Antion Presenting Electronic Marketing ButtCamp in San Diego

I got an email today from The Blog Squad's mentor, Tom Antion.

Tom is presenting his "infamous" Electronic marketing ButtCamp (where you learn to make bucks while sitting on your rear end in front of your computer) July 8th in San Diego.

This is the day before the National Speakers Association convention.

We want you to be the among the first to know. Space is limited to 100 people.

Tom has done these extensive one day Internet camps all over the world and he guarantees you a fantastic day that will open your eyes to the Internet riches that await you.

In addition to being in Tom Antion's mentor program, I have attended two of these "buttcamps" and I get a ton of new, do-able information that helps boost our business every time.

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