Number 1: Build The Profile

So you've decided to run for political office, and you've decided to use myspace for free advertising.

You need to create a profile that will invite people. We'll tell you from experience that the more things you put on your profile, the slower it will be to load.

Upload your photo to the profile. Put on a shirt, tie and jacket, and make the photo look professional. This may be the first time voters have ever heard of you. You might as well make a good first impression.

You don't want to make your base mad with a profile that takes 10 minutes to display. We advise you to limit the profile to one video (we'll show you how to post a video later, or email us), and keep the background simple. Don't set a large image as your background.

Here are some examples:

Example 1: The Market Myspace profile. Notice how it complements this site. The background is a smaller jpeg file that repeats itself. This is the only example of a background image you should even consider.

Example 2: Our Candidate Interviews profile (its brand new and we're pretty busy, so excuse the lack of content, email us if you want an interview). This is a profile created with the profile builder system that myspace gives you, and we used red white and blue for effect.

You can find this profile builder by looking for a text link in the right column, just below the ads for "cool new things". Note: You'll have to have microsoft explorer to use this function for now, firefox won't work.

Example 3: The-G-Blog profile (also see The-G-Blog on the net): This profile is built with the myspace profile builder (just like example 2), and it complements our main site.

Notice how clean these sites look compared to some other profiles. Remember, this is just going to be ad space for your website (if you don't have a website, check out blogspot: its free, relatively easy to get around and post with, and we'll be glad to help if you need it,) and an easy way to keep in touch with potential voters. Don't get bogged down with the details on your main profile. That's what blogs and links are for.

Next: Using myspace to target people in your area...... Coming Soon.

Also coming in this series (check back often):

-Sending the 1st contact email
-embedding video into your profile
-Using bulletins to get your message out
-Using myspace blogs to help frame your platform
-Putting free straw-polls on your site

Is there something we missed from this post? Do you have other ideas that you wish to share with us and other candidates for office? Have a general question: email us!