Is The Power of Facebook Crushing Myspace?

Another Social Trend You Should Be Aware Of

I was recently reading on Digg that Myspace recently lost over 10 Million users in a month at the start of this year. (way to go facebook)  You can search for the story on Digg or see the story right here ==> Facebook loses 10 million users in a month

Latest statistics suggest attempts to kick new life into MySpace may be failing. Tech industry analysts comScore say figures show MySpace lost more than 10 million unique users worldwide between January and February. There were almost 63 million users of MySpace in February 2011, down from more than 73 million.

Year on year the site has lost almost 50 million users, down from close to 110 million in February 2010.
The loss of users comes despite a series of changes to the site to make it more about music.
It was the social network site that helped launch the careers of artists like Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash and Lily Allen. But so far this year MySpace has already announced plans to cut half its workforce.

Falling numbers
 
Around 500 staff are going worldwide.

Five years ago it was booming and for many was the first place to visit to talk to friends and listen to music.

But the arrival of sites likes Facebook has changed the face of social networking.

In the UK, 2.3 million people used the site in February 2011.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp bought the company for £330 million back in 2005.

If they were to sell today, they might get as little as £50 million for it.

MySpace boss Mike Jones has been putting a brave face on the falling numbers.

He said the site is no longer a social network and is instead an "entertainment destination".

But with competition from YouTube, streaming services and increased file-sharing it faces tough times.

What does this mean for Facebook?

It only means one thing, Facebook will continue to grow at the expense of Myspace. Smart people are moving to Facebook and that means more opportunities for making money with Facebook. If your looking to supplement your current income, want to learn how to have bigger pay days than your monthly wage packet, I highly reccomend you watch this FREE presentation today!

The Benefits of Facebook Ads

SEO vs. Social Trends 

Facebook’s biggest benefit is its most obvious. It operates through social networking and trending rather than pure SEO – the  hottest trend of this brand new decade. It allows readers to see your ads on their mobile phones – and mobile devices now out number personal computers, 4 to 1!

It is also cheaper than Google AdWords, and while the latter is still a wonderful way to kick-start a campaign, AdWords can be risky for newer marketers, as costs per click can skyrocket faster than your sales. Will it replace AdWords completely? That shouldn’t be your goal! Plan further down the line to do what the big boys and girls do: Kick-start each campaign with well-optimized and researched AdWords.

Facebook vs. Adwords Costs

  Whether you use Adwords (SEO based) or Facebook ads (social networking based), Facebook ads nowadays are a “must” – particularly with the not-so-subtle switch over to mobile devices! But it’s great for beginning marketers because at the moment, it’s significantly less expensive to advertise on Facebook than with PPC!

Graphics Capability 

It’s other biggest benefit is that you can introduce a graphic element or photo into what is basically just a small text ad! Since Facebook is “tuned” to graphic elements, and interest has been shown to
peak when graphics are displayed, it wins hands-down over AdWords tired, irritating banner ads (traditionally low converters for over a decade). (You could simplify it like this: Want a text ad only? 
 Use AdWords. Plan to use a graphic? – Use Facebook Ads.)

Text Capability

You have 75 words to say what you want to say in Google AdWords (that’s less than half a tweet!) Facebook ads not onlyallows you a 25-character headline, but 135 words of body text, too. (That’s over double Google AdWords’ capacity – but note; spaces count.)

That's all for now on the benefits of Facebook ads, We hope you continue to stick around and learn more social media cash tactics in the coming months.