28 Jun MySpace Goes (High?) Fashion
MySpace Fashion has launched, an effort by MySpace to chunk their massive user network into groups that advertisers will pay for. So far, they have 50,000 friends on the network. Look for it to become its own tab along with “music” and videos.
But the real reason is to find a way to host banner ads from fashion companies. Here’s the challenge: Ads from which companies?
As AdAge points out in a good article, MySpace Fashion is currently running a banner ad for Bratz, which is a decidedly young demo. Is that the niche, or is it more mature, or more upscale. And will upscale brands advertise on MySpace, which isn’t exactly a luxury brand. InStyle.com, on the other hand, has it right. They are serving up buckets of content via MySpace Fashion (the average visitor to MySpace Fashion reads 26 pages of InStyle’s content), which helps extend their brand.
While MySpace works out the wrinkles, the fact remains that marketing via social media sites is here to stay. Let’s hope some smart folks realize it’s much more than banner ads.
