Are Social Networking Sites Such As MySpace Good For Promoting Your Business?

Sites such as MySpace are very good for promoting your services. Bands promote themselves on these type of sites and build up friends.

MySpace allows users to post bulletins, which can be very useful if you wish to promote your services. If you post a bulletin, then it will be sent to everyone on your friends list, and if you had over a thousand friends then you are likely to get a response.

Also, if you wish to advertise, you don't necessarily have to create a MySpace account. You can advertise on the site, and because MySpace is such a popular social networking site, a lot of people will be viewing your advert, and you are bound to generate some interest.

I think it really depends on your business. For example if you are in a service industry (eg a business consultant) getting involved in a social network like linkedin allows you to expand your network and connect with people that may be potential customers in a referred type of way.

Another example, imagine you're in the music business promoting a band,  having a profile on myspace outlining your music with mp3 examples allows you build a list of friends interested your products.

Also take Blurtit.com, if you see a question like, How can I become a plumber?, and your business is to train plumbers to full accreditation you could post a really informative answer to the question outlining the training process which in turn puts your online profile right in front of the correct readership.

So yes, it can help, but chose the right network for the right business and work within it in a way acceptable to its user base.