Lots of people have their own opinion on using social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook for marketing their own business or online affiliate marketing, but I’m not here to tell you what I think about it. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already made up your mind to use it or not.
What I do want to share with you is a convenient, non-invasive way to gather marketing and demographic data without pissing people off.
One of the things I notice about MySpace bulletins is that they are used almost every day by millions of people to fill out irrelevant surveys for fun. Why couldn’t you just as easily leverage the readiness of people to share information, to gather statistics on what people like – to most effectively direct and target your advertising campaign?
This doesn’t have to be just for a big corporation either – you can just as easily get free myspace surveys to use on your own MySpace profile to gather information about the people who have already expressed interest in your business by adding your profile as a friend. Just be careful and be aware of MySpace’s Terms of Use, so that you don’t violate them and get your account deleted.