MySpace Marketing

It may seem trivial.. but marketing your business through MySpace can be extremely effective. It also takes little or no money to start a marketing campaign and you will see the results immediately.

Back in 2005, MySpace was easily exploited by spammers pushing offers through javascript embedded in bulletins and adder robots that could add 500 friends per day to thousands of fake profiles.. MySpace spamming is still alive and well, however the days of javascripts and redirects are long gone.

If you are a small business that is looking to target local customers, MySpace is still an awesome tool. I had a local bar owner who asked me to help get some new customers for a promotional night that he started. When he contacted me, they were only getting about 30-40 people through the door per night. I helped him start a MySpace account and ran a friend adder program that targeted ages 21-35 within a 10 mile radius of his bar zip code, and then sent bulletins and messages out about his promotional specials. Within 2 weeks that bar began to pull over 200 people per night!

So.. even though MySpace may not be the cash cow it used to be for CPA affiliates, it can definitely still help the small business owner hit his or her target demo in a local market. If you're a MAC user, then I would recommend Spyder as the best friend adding program. If you're a PC user, then I would just Google "myspace friend adder" and shop around.

Industry Blogs

Here are the top 5 industry blogs that I read the most...  

Shoemoney
SEO Book
Wolf Howl
Stuntdubl
Vanessa Fox

Check em out!

CPA Networks

I recently decided to start getting into some CPA stuff through networks such as Azoogle and Hydra... We have some clients who could really benefit from the advertising side of it, and I've always wanted to build a network of sites to push offers on the publishing side.

I'm not sure where I want to start as far as pushing the offers because there are just so many options. I think we'll start with a targeted email push... Any thoughts?

Vertex Media Group

I started Vertex Media Group with my partner Jason Harris in late 2005. We provide companies with "Intelligent Marketing Solutions" such as online marketing campaigns, pay-per-click management services, graphic design, web development, and more...

We basically get companies an online presence and help them get more sales and build their 
brand via the internet. Google controls about 65% of all searches done online, so most of our 
focus is spent on search engine optimization and making sure that our clients' websites show up on the first page of Google for keywords that will drive their sales...

We also have many internal projects and websites that we operate ourselves.

It's About Time

So.. I finally decided to start a blog to talk about my work. Many of my friends don't even have a clue about what I do on a day-to-day basis, plus I want to be able to share ideas with other internet marketing minds out there. I'm sure I'll get off track from time to time and end up ranting about something irrelevant, but this blog will be mainly about online marketing, SEO, and new ideas...

Feel free to comment on anything at any time... Thanks!