MySpace, EasyAdder by Toolsmith

[Sally]

Okey dokey... never say "never", right?

I'll admit, I'm no fan of MySpace.. matter of fact, I have a real dislike for the whole cumbersome forum that is what is called "MySpace".

But hey.. I can get over those personal feelings if it works for biz, right?

 

I fired up a new MySpace account this afternoon.  Here we go.

If you want to develop some new leads in your area... I strongly suggest you embrace these social networking sites.   But that said, IMO, you have to put a geniune interest out there to the people you meet.  I enjoy that part of it... but I just hate the slow messenging system on MySpace.  blah!   

Anyway... if you're going to do this... I also suggest you head on over to thetoolsmith.com and download the Easy Adder program there.  The software guy over there is Paul.. and he's really got a good thing going with this software.  It basically automates adding friends to your list.

The site I fired up tonight is for my Eyelash Extensions... and I'm going to add some Jafra content there, but the immediate thing I wanted to get was brides in my area and get them in my door with the eyelash work I do.  (crazy... yeah... it's crazy).   Anyway...

The software took about 45 minutes to send out 240 friend requests.  Last I checked, about 20 of those were either accepted or refused.. and I had 10 new "friends" added to my list.   Not bad for a couple of hours.

The trick to doing this (IMO) is to have sincere content on your site so it doesn't look like your advertising yourself right out of having people want to talk with you.   Feel free to go see my MySpace page... http://www.myspace.com/coloradolashes  ... and see what you think.   

Just so you know... I only use these accounts to add local clients.  I'm kinda a stickler on that because I'm out to get 2,000 friends on my list and I need them to all be prospects for what I have to offer (in this case, they are come-into-my-office-local-people).   There is another function of that program that allows you to send out comments to your list... and it does take quite a while to send out to your entire list.  So it's not a good idea to have 100 or more people on there that are not candidates for what you have to offer.

Now, all of that said, sometime soon I will put up another identity that will gear itself to direct sales people and hopefully it will drive people back to this site and possibly get me a few decent recruits along the way.  When I get that one going, all of you will be welcome to be on my list so you can see what I do with these MySpace accounts.

Oh well.. enough for now... go play, kids. 

Tomorrow, I'm headed to see if I can do the same thing with Facebook.  Paul (the software guy) has got a program for Facebook as well.   

Let's get a decent discussion going on this... this is worthwhile, IMO.

Oh.. if you missed the post in the main site, there's a little mention of how this sort of work netted me $3,500 in commissions back in March 2006.  That was after starting the MySpace blitz just 3 weeks earlier (I started that account on Feb 8th that year!).   So... I know this can work... it just takes some consistent growing every day and it can really pay off.   

And lastly... I'm forever grateful to another direct selling friend in Minnesota that tipped me off to all of these incredible tools to work MySpace effectively.  I met her through another internet forum back then.

So what I'm sayin... I have real faith in groups such as this one to really TRULY help us make terrific money.

Wishing you all abundance,

Sally

[Sally]

OK, until we get more members in here, I realize I'll be caught talkin' to myself quite a bit.  LOL

I just wanted to throw an update at you all... so you could see how well this worked last night for me.  Twelve hours into this, the numbers are like this:

240 friend requests sent.
48 acted upon (meaning that the recipient either accepted my request or denied it)
17 new friends
1 is a massage therapist that I hit it off with already
1 is a Miss Colorado candidate (not sure if she is currently or was.)
Another one is in direct sales... so might be interesting to see if we connect on some level.
Most of them are really pretty women... totally cool group of people.

Today, I have to get some content up on MySpace about the Jafra side of my business... and create it in a way that it hopefully creates some sizzle. 

We are having a company-sponsored opportunity meeting in 10 days or so... so the the goal is to now get my friends list up into the 200-300 numbers (at least) before then and then figure out a way to get 20-30 of them to this opp. meeting. 

And in the meantime... I'm off to Facebook today.



Hope this helps someone.....

[Sally]

Update.. the page has been up for two days now.. and I have over 100 friends added.   Not shabby. 

[Nora]

I promise you are not talking to yourself here.   
I am listening intently.  I do not have a myspace page, but gee, this sounds like something that might be worth more investigation on my part.

Have you figured out the facebook thing yet?  I am there, but I still feel quite lost. 

[Sally]

Hiya, Nora....

Well.. the MySpace thing has been good to me so far.  One week into it and I've got one new consultant (Julie), and have had one paying eyelash client already with more communication going on with a few more people.

It's such a numbers game.

At the end of the week.. the numbers were more like this:
1,400 friend requests sent
800 acted upon (meaning the recipient decided to accept or deny the request)
250 accepted and added as friends...
and then the business I explained above came from it so far.

But remember.. it's only a week into it.  I think it takes weeks and big numbers to start to have thing percolate.  I expect things to get good when I get closer to about 2,000 names on my list.

As for Facebook.. I'm still fighting with that, too.  I'm sure it can get good.. but it's a different animal.

And I haven't tamed that one yet.