How many of you use Myspace?

I agree about the recurring monthly cost KNP.

I've got a steady paycheck and even I feel $40/month, EVERY month is pretty steep for something like that. You're talking over $500/year. You can buy a lot of nice PS books, tutorial DVD's and even a seminar or two for that kind of money.

And that's the trick these days. People like to get you on a regular routine of what may seem to be small, innocent looking, monthly recurrining payments which is how they get rich when it's all added up at the end of the year.

motion_projekt wrote in post #5256547
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.

Hey Stoked you guys are checking out Showit Sites and the way we came up with our pricing was because we wanted to give people a more affordable and flexible payment plan along with a unique website.

We saw that most photographers who bought templates felt "stuck" after two years and as their business grew they wanted their online presence to grow so they would buy a new template and then feel "stuck" again and have to keep buying templates.

So basically if you're just wanting to buy a website and never change it then certainly do buy a template for a one time fee and then be done with it.

...but if you are wanting your website to grow along side of your business then use a solution that can do that....and keep in mind hosting is FREE with us and many template companies are charging insane amounts for hosting so be sure to factor that in.

Rock on!
DJ

I cant fathom why people think that free advertising sucks. IF you know how to work with php code, myself will not error out or fail to load. 95% of the time it is because people try and upload a whole bunch of crap that doesn't work with php. Myspace does have bandwidth restrictions as well. So those that cant get photos to load, dont use photobucket or any other free hosting site.. Host the photos on your own hosting service. This is pretty much eliminate any issues you run into. Free advertising to the world cant be a bad thing...

I have a Myspace account and can't complain. It's gotten me work shooting bands, comedians, families and more.

I have a myspace for my ebay account (never noticed a difference) and a personal myspace for keeping in touch.

Several people have seen my personal family pics on myspace and asked me to take pics of their family, I think it is useful as a semi-marketing angle. I think people go to myspace to find other people, and browse. Many local small-time photographers have a myspace, but in my experience, people are more likely to happen on you as a person there, not really searching for businesses.

I love photography blogs. Perhaps a personal myspace for friends/people/network​ing and link that to your photography blog? That way anyone looking for more could easily find it?

Ditto many of those responses so far.


Myspace is for the teen crowd, and Facebook is more for the professional crowd. I have a myspace account so that I can view profiles of models, musicians, etc, which seem to have myspace accounts. But my professional clients all use Facebook or similar services. So my myspace account uses a nickname, while my Facebook profile lists me as a business.

Myspace was orginally designed for unsigned bands and that just blew up to what it is today. Not just for the "teen" crowd. More for the 20 somethings crowd. All depends on what your trying to market too. Facebook doesnt hold anything to myspace as far as marketability goes... Sure if your work is the corporate commercial type, facebook is probably the better choice, but if your looking for models, bands, weddings, or anything to do with the younger crowd, dont be too quick to discount myspace. I would also use linkedin.com before facebook for a professional networking site.

Spot on,Cory..
And there are some FINE photographers on it-
http://http://www.mysp​ace.com/acidezen
This guy really inspires me-wish I spoke better French to ask him some questions...
http://myspace.com/deb​ususaan

Myspace has a LOT of people on it. I guess it could be handy for advertising work as well as keeping in touch. It gives you more freedom over what you do with your page as well unlike bebo and facebook.

If you look at my page you will see it is very basic. Just search boucha_45 in myspace. Sure its nothing fancy but it does show you what you can do with your page.

i get about 90% of my business through myspace. its all word of mouth, and it seems to travels alot quicker on myspace. no complaints as of yet. but like others have said, have it set up to look nice and professional.
www.myspace.com/danind​rahos