How many of you use Myspace?

I have no problem with myspace for my business. Yes I do get the porn requests but I just delete them. I am picky about who I choose for models and clients as is. I have facebook, but still learning it. So it has been very beneficial thus far. Lets see it facebook is as good.

Now i have been using facebook for awhile and I have had alot of inquiries about photography and found friends form home on there. So all in all not to bad. But I still get more business from myspace.

http://www.myspace.com​/camerakid

Contrary to what every seems to think, myspace is a great marketing tool. A lot of my clients found me through myspace so it's safe to say that myspace doesn't completely suck. It has generated a lot of work for me in the past couple of years.

i use it as i'm just an amateur but i've made contacts with old friends and i'm shooting one's wedding in a few days as a result of her seeing my shots!

I was going to start a new post but did a quick search prior and found this---so now that I have dug up an old thread let me ask.
Does anyone find much value in Myspace? Being 39 I am a bit over the hill for visiting myspace pages---but have thought about putting one up for business. The crowd is getting younger- But everytime I visit Myspace it truly irritates that daylights out of me.
Well any value???

I stay away from Myspace... have a blog though, but just on Wordpress...

I dont use myspace and I guess one of the reasons I dont use it is because I dont know a single person who does use it, maybe that would change if I did start to use it though so in the future who knows.

I have been using facebook for a little while now and I can see how that could be very useful for making contacts as my circle of friends grows and then as we shoot weddings we try and add any brides and grooms that we can find on there as that strikes me as a great way of spreading the word about us and expanding our network.

Bloggings been a big help for us this year we get a lot of emails from B&G's that mention stuff they have read about on the blog and I think they definitely feel like they know us a lot better as a result of the blog. If you aint blogging your losing out big style imo.

Weve only got one wedding left to do this year and so as things calm down a bit in the run up to xmas I am gonna redesign the website and one of the things I am gonna try and do is integrate the blog feed into it a bit more. I still want to keep them seperate as I believe thats the best way but theres ways to integrate the blog feed into the pages so that the site looks more dynamic even though its still static code.

Marketing is one of the areas we are concentrating on in the off season as I think we have done ok so far but I think the web holds some really good marketing opportunities outside of the static website that we have and we have a few ideas that we will be following up.

It will be very interesting to see what David Jay offers with his showit sites.. not sure it will be something that interests me directly because I have a few websites and I am happy to design and host my own for a lot less cash than showit sites would be cost me ..... but I reckon the designs will be interesting as I expect them to be configured in such a way that they are active and easy to add content to. DJ is definitely a leader in the marketing game so I reckon his new sites offering will be quite inspirational.

Myspace is a tool that can be beneficial if you can attach to the clients you are searching for. If you are looking for models, then myspace can offer several opportunities to get your name out there.

Now if your looking to shoot weddings and landscapes, then maybe myspace isn't right for you. It all depends on what your are working with and what type of clientele you wish to approach.

Now i have been using facebook for awhile and I have had alot of inquiries about photography and found friends form home on there. So all in all not to bad. But I still get more business from myspace. I agree with3190, if your trying to do weddings and portraits, it isn't so bennificial. I have joined ifreelance.com and have also gotten referals form there as well.

I have both myspace and facebook. I like facebook much better, but like some of the others said, I have more friends on myspace.

I am focused on wedding work....but my full time job has me working in the executive world. I am blessed that I have done almost no marketing but still have customers coming to me. Since I have been booking so many weddings I am thinking about doing a directed marketing effort and then doing less weddings but charging more for them.
I hate to admit it but I have never even been to facebook. The few myspace pages I have visited have kind of bothered.....poorly laid out and trying to turn off the music asap---is most of the time the case. I also am put off by the garbage others post on their pages........lots of kid stuff....not very professional---even on the business ones I have been to.
I think Banbert is right with focusing on blogging. Seems like people actually read that stuff.
Wow just not enough time to do everything!

I started blogging back in May - haven't done anything with MySpace or Facebook (don't really intend to) - and so far I've been enjoying writing articles when the muse strikes .

I don't honestly know if it's boosted my business, but I do find it to be very useful for telling clients a bit more about me than what's on the website. When I mail them a quote I also include the blog link as well.

I look at the blog as a living, breathing, dynamic document, which is easy to use since I can't code html. I also treat it as a convenient soapbox for things going on in my life as they relate to photography.

Recently I had some of my urban landscapes accepted in a local show. The blog proved to be a convenient vehicle for announcing the show to friends and associates beforehand, as well as a way to thank those who attended after the fact. Actually, one of our fellow POTN members showed me her support by attending with her husband.... but you'll have to visit the site to find out who that was :

http://www.pearlphoto.​blogspot.com/

Thanks Stuart but you are waaaaaaaaay over the age limit to be in myspace.........HA .

PS- I did visit your blog and well done.

I have found a place seems to be really new and just starting.
www.friendshotspot.com

You've got that right Scott - but I have found it useful for finding out what's going on in the lives of my daughters and their friends since they've graduated college.

My wife and I became pretty close to a number of these young people, and it's always very gratifying to read about their successes and accomplishments. Not to mention that they've also shared some quite interesting photo galleries of their travels. And thank you for the comments about my blog. I've got a whole mental checklist of photography topics and subjects that I want to write about, and I plan on using the blog concept to accomplish that.

stathunter wrote in post #4063532
Thanks Stuart but you are waaaaaaaaay over the age limit to be in myspace.........HA .

PS- I did visit your blog and well done.

since i saw that post about David Jay's ShowIt Sites App.

enjoy the link.

http://sites.showitfas​t.com/app/install.html


the program has promise. Although i feel 40$ a month is a bit steep. That said, I am a poor destitute college student afterall.