CPA

**imported_DaveTurnbull** · 08-22-2006, 06:49 AM

MySpace Bulletin Case Study
By David Turnbull

First, I selected an appropriate offer from Azoogle.

ID: 1876
Name: Superb Rewards - Free IPOD Nano (Brand New!)
Payout: $1.40

Why did I choose this offer?
- Pays for just the E-Mail; a simple action that can be completed by 99% of people.
- Decent Payment ($1.40); One of the higher paying iPod offers so I thought it was a good choice.
- Good Reward (iPod Nano); iPods are all the craze lately, some may say it is saturated but a lot of people still don’t have, and want an iPod.
- Appeals to my demographic; It’s usually the younger people wanting iPods, so 18-25 is usually a good range.

I have a MySpace account with 5400 friends (as of now) and I posted a simple bulletin with the following fields:

Subject: WOW!!! THIS IS SO EASY!!!
Body: Anyone with a MySpace account can get a FREE iPod just by entering your email address into this form!!!" CLICK HERE!!!

Of course, I linked the CLICK HERE!!! to my advertisers web address.

The Results?
Nothing too spectacular. I got about 10 people clicking on my Link and half of them completed the offer, so I didn’t make too much.

Why? Probably because I’ve used this account for advertising in the past and people have become wary to avoid my bulletins. I did convert at 50% though, so that’s very good – I just needed more clicks.

Here is some motivation to get started, as MySpace Bulletin advertising definitely can work.

You have 100 Accounts with 5000 Friends each.*
Post a bulletin on each account.
Each gives $4.20 (Just 3 Conversions!)$420 in your pocket.
That is a very rough example, but definitely possible.

Bulletins get buried fairly quickly also, so if you post 3 a day, and say you get an average of $2 per bulletin.

You have 100 Accounts with 5000 Friends each.
Post a bulletin on each account 3 Times a Day.
Each gives $2.00
$2.00 x 3 = $6.00
$6.00 x 100 Accounts
$600 in your pocket

For those looking for the quick route you could also check out ScreenNameForum.com – this forum allows you to purchase accounts or bulletins.

*You may not have 100 Accounts with 5000 Friends each, so maybe cut a deal with other MySpacers (basically revenue sharing) and decide to advertise one Azoogle offer together and then split the profits accordingly.

**Nintendo** · 10-13-2006, 01:54 AM

Little warning: Do this now and you can get banend from AzoogleAds. Got to find other programs to use to SPAM mySpace users.

**Conan Stevens** · 11-01-2006, 12:36 PM

For all that trouble why don't you just go and build yourself a website?

Plus I think your idea sucks - 500,000 myspace 'friends' better to build something with value that generated income week after week.

**MonkeyBiz** · 11-01-2006, 01:43 PM

Yea not so good. Free electronic offers are over saturated and people have become blind to them. Better off using bulletin space to promote something new instead of stale ipod offers.

I use bulletins to promote a photo gallery site for example. I get lots of hits and repeat visitors.

**slava75** · 11-01-2006, 02:28 PM

Thanks for sharing, David. At the moment I explore the opps to use MySpace as a marketing channel for my websites and I see that there is no enough information on this topic.

**imported_fryman** · 11-01-2006, 04:01 PM

Yeah, thanks for sharing your experience of spamming people with junk

:thumbdown:

**DLGx** · 11-02-2006, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conan Stevens

For all that trouble why don't you just go and build yourself a website?

People who visit websites are not stupid enough to sign up for crap...at least not the people who visit my websites. I can generate a ton of clicks but no leads since people don't fall for it.

The myspace crowd seems to fall for junk though.

**Verto** · 11-02-2006, 04:57 PM

Perhpas this is another 'quick buck in your pocket but will only work once trick?' then again, what do i know?

**jchen** · 11-04-2006, 08:01 PM

100 accounts with 5k freinds? Lol how crazy is that.

**imported_DaveTurnbull** · 11-04-2006, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verto

Perhpas this is another 'quick buck in your pocket but will only work once trick?' then again, what do i know?

Pretty much.

**Verto** · 11-06-2006, 12:58 PM

I think there are great ways to use My Space to us webmaster's advantage. But I think that gaining trust with your so called friends and then gently advertising your blog is alot better than making a quick buck.

**MonkeyBiz** · 11-06-2006, 01:01 PM

Spamming with bulletins generally isn't a good idea. If you want to promote via bulletins try to offer something that isn't a gimmick and spammy.

**slayerment** · 11-14-2006, 03:09 AM

I'm confused how promoting the iPod promotion is a gimmick. If Azoogle has it on their site for you to use how is it a gimmick? Isn't that Azoogle's problem and not the publisher?

**MonkeyBiz** · 11-14-2006, 04:56 AM

Cause everyone has seen the free ipod deal already and thye know it is a gimmick. There is no free ipod. It is oversaturated and not as effective as other offers.