Social Network Marketing: A Resource Guide to Friendster
BuddyName: Friendster
Friendster is a social networking site on the internet that can be used to build a large base of friends. This site is located at www.friendster.com and is easy to use. First, click on the "sign up" link. Second, fill in your first and last name, and decide whether or not to hide your last name. Third, select your gender, date of birth, relationship status, postal code, country, email address, and select a password. Fourth, verify your registration by typing in the characters found in the image box. Finally, you agree that you are at least 16 years old and agree to Friendster’s terms of service.
Next, you can import your address books from Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, or .CSV File. Then, you decide what friends you want to invite to join Friendster. Then, you have the option to enter emails by typing them in the boxes provided. Subsequently, you can personalize the message to your friends. After that, you can click on the "invite" box or just click on the "continue" link. To continue, you can upload a photo or choose to skip this step. You can give a photo a caption if you decide on uploading a photo. Next, they send you an email to make sure you are receiving emails, before friends can contact you. Subsequently, when you receive the email, just click on the "verify email address" link.
Furthermore, you can pick to upload more photos. Then, you can fill in information like gender, age, relationship status, hometown, your location, and your employment history. Next, you are able to post a "shout out" on your profile by clicking on the "create" link. Also, you can change your Friendster URL from a number to something more personal. The next option is to create a blog.
First, you select your personal domain name and decide what type of blog you want. Friendster offer Blogs Pro for $14.95 a month or $149.50 per year, that allows HTML, archive types, and unlimited weblogs. Friendster Blogs Plus offers photo albums, up to three blogs, customizing your design, and more features for $8.95 or $89.50 per year. Friendster Blogs Basics allows more storage and bandwidth and an ad free weblog for $4.95 per month or $49.50 a year. Then, you have the option of a free ad supported blog that allows you to choose templates and your domain name. Second, you can give your blog a title, and choose a layout structure. You can pick from, a 2 column left, a 2 column right, a 3 column, or a 1 column lay out. Third, choose a design style and click on the "continue" link. Finally, you can create a post, edit a post, edit your design and configuration, or delete your blog.
Moreover, there are slide shows you can create such as "Rock You’s" located at www.rockyou.com. First, you import your photos and they will give you a code to copy and paste in your Friendters "about me" section. Second, you can add videos and images to improve the look of your comments section. Third, you can add the college that you attended as well as your degree and major. Finally, you can select the high school that you went to and graduation year.
Gaining a base of friends at Friendster is made easy through networking, because your friend’s profile allows you to see and look at their friends’ profiles. Consequently, your profile is then seen by their friends, which expands your network of friends quickly. Therefore, when you make a new friend you look at their friends’ profiles. So, you will find interesting people that you can invite to be your friend by using the "add to friends" link.
Then, you can click on the "invite friends" link and import your address books from Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, .CVS File, or Microsoft Outlook and check the friends you would like to invite to your network. Next, you have the option of sending them a personal message too. Finally, you can decide to enter emails by typing them in the enter email addresses box and separate the emails with a space, comma or semicolon.
Friendster contains an area on your home page that profiles new members and popular members. Accordingly, you can easily look at these profiles and decide who to invite by using the "add to friends" link. Again, once your friends join you can connect with their friends. Also, under the "Recent Updates" title you can click on the "friends" tab and enter your friends email address’s to send them an invitation to join Friendster. Groups are another way to find friends with the interests you share. For instance, if you are a dog owner, you could find groups to join about dogs and invite the group members to join your friend’s network.
Next, you can browse the "explore" link that contains an area for the "most grabbed photos", "most popular people" and the "most popular groups". To continue, the search feature allows you to search for friends by certain criteria. For instance, you could select people who are interested in dating, that are single, live in close proximity to you, and share your interests if you were looking for love. Furthermore, clicking the "love" link takes you to a site called True. Thus, you can sign up free there to find your soul mate or a great date. In addition, they offer background screenings for felons and married people, they currently have over 10 million members, and they use compatibility testing.
To continue, friend adder software can be used to make your friends list grow. For example, Friend Blaster Pro can be found at www.friendblasterpro.com and is available for $34.95. Next, you can market to your target members, based on criteria such as; age, sex, interests, and more. Next, you can send messages to your market group or to your friends list. Then, they offer free updates and technical support. Furthermore, the software can send out bulletins on a timed basis and you can invite your friend’s list to join your groups. In addition, musicians can send out messages about gigs to people who live near the event’s location. Finally, you can download a free version to try, before you decide to purchase the software.
Layout creators are another way to get your site looking great and make you more money. They are a way to customize the look of your profile site. Many of these sites are free to use. For example, Pimp-My-Profile.com located at www.Pimp-My-Profile.com offers custom layouts for your Friendster profile. Pimp-My-Profile is easy to join and offers free service.
First, to sign up for Pimp-My-Profile service, go to their "register" link on their homepage. Second, type in a username, email address, confirm your email address, create a password, confirm your password, select your birthday, read their terms of service policy, read their private policy, check the box to agree, and click on the "sign up" button. Third, check your email for a welcome letter and click on the link provided.
To continue, Pimp-My-Profile’s homepage has a "log in" link enter your username and password there. Next, there is a layout tab that you can search for all premade layouts for Friendster, by clicking on the drop down box and selecting Friendster. Also, if you already know what kind of premade layout you want for your Friendster profile, you can type in the category you are looking for in the empty box, and click on the "go" box. For instance, if you want to sell flowers you could search for a flower layout. Next, copy the code they provide you with to paste in your CSS section. Then, go to your Friendster homepage and click on your "edit profile" link. Then, on your "my profile" page click on your "customize" tab and paste it in your Friendster’s CSS section. Finally, you click on your "save" button for your CSS section to be updated.
Furthermore, you will need to go back to www.Pimp-My-Profile.com and copy your code for the "about me" section. Next, you need to go to your Friendster homepage and click on the "edit profile" link. Then, go to the "main" tab scroll down and paste your code into the "about me" box. Finally, click on the "save" button and click the "profile" link to view your new page.
In addition, at Pimp-My-Profile you can find codes that allow you to customize your Friendster profile. For example, if you are looking to draw attention to your "about me" section on your profile you could use the link to go to "Pimp-My-Profiles Codes" section. Then, you could click on the "glowing text" link and pick your text color, style color and format. Next, click your glow color and glow strength. Next, type in the text you want to glow and click on the generate code box. To continue, you can paste the code into the "about me" and "describe who you would like to meet" areas of your Friendster "my Profile" area. Moreover, Pimp-My-Profile offers a Layout Generator that you can use to customize your Friendster profile area. For example, you can customize your scrollbars cursors and more.
To continue, you can customize your Friendster profile page with your own CSS file by downloading your file. Then, edit and paste your new CSS code in the box provided. Next, Rock You located at www.rockyou.com lets you create slides shows, get fun notes and customize glitter text messages. Also, you can create customized slides shows at www.slide.com. First, enter your profile or group Friendster URL and click on the "get" button. Second, you can choose what type of slide show you want, whether or not to shuffle pictures, and the speed. Third, you can choose themes such as; hearts, love, rain, and more. In addition, you can customize your skins and size.
Furthermore, Friendster is partners with the website "Michael’s Friendster Profile Editor" located at www.cubancouncil.com. In addition, you can customize your background, images, and links. Thus, fill in the form and click on the "Generate Friendster Code" button. Next, copy and paste the code in your CSS box on your "customize" page. Finally, your website will look great and therefore, make you lots of money.
