As there are many users and many profiles, it's really important for you to have a profile that stand out from the crowd so people will want to have you as their friend, listen to your ideas/posts and mainly come back to your home page.
In this article I will give you 10 easy steps you can take immediately to make your profile stand out from the crowd and cause people to re-visit it and add you as their friends. The steps are easy, simple, do not require any super technical skills and are totally free to implement.
I can tell you that I've tried them myself on my profile and got it from 100 friends to 8000 friends in less then 2 months time. It really works!
So, without further say, here are the steps.
1. Pick an easy to remember public profile name. It sounds obvious but many people actually forget to do that and pick weird long names that no one can easily remember. Another key point is that no one knows your true identity so you can pick a celebrity name or a band or famous show/place name if they're available. Examples can be: hot_stuff, coolio, mr_big, megastar etc...
2. Photos - Ensure you pick at least two specially interesting, funny or attractive photos to your profile. They do not have to be really your photos, you can use free graphics and I highly recommend animated ones. You can grab some off the web and there are many available sites but my favorite is: http://www.profiletoolkit.com .
3. Layout - don't keep the original MySpace layout - it's boring and very simple. People like and remember non-standard images and layouts so I recommend you go to a myspace resources site (i.e. http://www.profiletoolkit.com ) and then look at all the available layouts and pick one that matches your liking. Applying is easy - copy paste the layout code into your profile code and you're done (there's also instructions on the site themselves).
4. Add games to the profile - make people want to stay more and play around in your home page. It's simple, easy and free to add games to the home page. Many online arcades provide that service for you Today. A good example for that can be found at http://www.my-arena.com . Simply choose a game you like and you will find the code to copy and paste to your profile at the bottom of the game's screen.
5. Tweak your profile - make sure it's unique and tweak it. You can do many things like center it, hide your last logins and much more. Go to http://www.profiletoolkit.com and look at the tweaks section for a full list of tweaks + simple instructions on how you can apply them to your profile immediately.
6. Whore me generators - These little devils add a "whore me" section to your Myspace profile page. In plain English it means that you are requesting people to add you as your friend. If you want a quick growing friend community - this is the way to go. Again, this generator is available on http://www.profiletoolkit.com .
7. Browse MySpace for new users that have just joined in. Add them to your friends. This has a major benefit - if your among their first friend you will be shown on their top friends section in their profile and this will give you free publicity and expose your profile to other MySpace users.
8. Leave comments to all your friends. Comments link back to your profile and also reminds people that your there. In addition people often look at who sent the comment and visit their profile page. Comments are easy to make, You can use pre-made one or use a glitter text generator to make your own. You can find all comment options on the http://www.profiletoolkit.com website.
9. When sending a friend request to strangers make sure you attach a message - many people are suspicious about having strangers adding as their friends and will only add you if you make a proper friendly introduction first.
10. Keep your profile updated. If there are no updates people will stop re-visiting it. If it keeps changing - people need to come back to check what's new. Don't let your profile become static.
Summary:
If you follow these easy to do steps you are guaranteed to have a unique profile page that will attract friends. The tips will help you customize your MySpace account and gain friends easily and quickly without needing to pay or do any extra effort.
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