Need to write a MySpace About Me section to promote your band, artwork, web services or other small business on MySpace?

This article provides a fill-in-the-blanks template for writing a MySpace About Me that subtly promotes a small business, plus some tips for writing your MySpace About Me section for your small business:

3 Tips for Writing Your MySpace About Me for Your Small Business

1) Keep in mind that MySpace is not intended to be a commercial website. Generally speaking, you are not allowed to post a profile that is simply a business promotion, but you are allowed to mention a product or service you offer and provide a link as a useful resource to visitors of your MySpace page.

2) People love a story. So describe how you got into your business and what you love (or hate!) about it. Just write it as if you were telling someone at a party about your business.

3) Your goal is to get people interested in your business and hopefully click over to your business website. In order to do that, you have to answer the WIIFM (“what’s in it for me”) question that is in every customer’s mind.

WIIFM Defined

Which sentence in the template below do you think is the most important? If you guessed sentence #2 you’re right. It’s the most important sentence in the MySpace About Me section because it’s the one that answers the WIIFM. It tells the reader what benefits they can get from purchasing your product or service.

MySpace About Me Writing Template for a Small Business

I’ve always enjoyed starting and running businesses. In fact, by the time I was ________ (age) I had already ____________ . Soon afterwards, ___________ I began a _________ and a ___________.

Currently I’m the owner/operator of ________________ (your business name, linked to your website). ___________ (your business name) provides ___________ (your service or product) to ____________ (your customers) so they can ____________ (what your customers do with your service or product).

I got into this line of business in ______ (year) when _________ (tell how you got started).
My favorite part of having a ___________ (type of business) business is ____________, because it allows me to ____________ (why you enjoy it). Also, _________________ (a part of your job) can be a lot of fun!

When I’m not working on ___________ (your business name, linked to your website), I like to _________ (your hobbies).