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Welcome to A Place For Impact! The IMPACT Channel is MySpace's hub for social and civic engagement – a channel for the causes and campaigns MySpace users care about. As part of the mission of IMPACT, we assist not-for-profit organizations and political campaigns in their efforts to make a positive difference in the world: this page is dedicated to help you leverage the free tools of the MySpace platform to inform, inspire, and motivate our users to take action. Check out our tips and FAQs below, and join the Impact community by becoming a friend!

Why MySpace? Why MySpace?		Tips for Organizations Tips for Organizations		FAQs FAQs
With over 230 million registered profiles and 70 million unique visitors a month in the United States, Myspace offers a powerful platform for your organization to mobilize existing offline members and reach out to a new audience within the MySpace community. MySpace has built a dedicated team specifically to create programs and features that engage our users in issues and campaigns relevant to them, and to help organizations like yours leverage the free tools of the MySpace platform to inform, inspire, and motivate our users to take action. This page should serve as a place for your organization to gain better insight into the robust, free tool-set that allows you, as an organization to: - send mass messages - engage in viral marketing - fundraise and allow your supporters to fundraise on your behalf - host video, audio, and other content - facilitate conversations and dialogue via forums & groups - safely and securely reach a wide audience Our Impact team is here to support you and is always open to the possibilities of greater levels of partnership down the road. Visit the Tips and FAQ sections of this community to learn more about all of the tools listed above. If you haven't already, sign up - and remember it's all free! Friends One of the best and easiest ways to make friends on Myspace is by joining groups that share a similar interest with your organization. For example, if your organization works to bring sporting equipment to underprivileged children, you may want to look in the group section titled, "Recreation & Sports" and friend active users that might be inclined to support your cause. When you find someone, friend them. A helpful hint, we have found that when you send along a personal message with your friend request, there is a higher acceptance rate. Also, be sure to post a comment on your new friend's wall to say thank you! This adds to your exposure as an organization. The search tool can be an effective way to reach out to a broader audience. Find celebrities, bands, politicians or athletes and friend them. This is a great way to expose your organization to new audiences and engage Myspace users. Again, make sure to personalize your message when you send a friend request and be sure to leave a comment saying thanks for their support. Locate and friend NGO's and campaigns that have a similar goals as your organization. This is a great way to build a strong network of dedicated Myspace users who are all working towards a similar goal. Again, be sure to personalize your friend request and then comment on their page after they accepted your friendship. Photos The first step is to make sure that your photos are either in JPEG or GIF format. If they are in a different format (.tif, .bmp or .png) don't worry, you can use Infran View, a program you can download for free here to reformat your pictures. Upload engaging pictures that give your audience an idea of what you have been doing. Also, make it easy on your users; organize your photos into separate albums by events when you upload them. Update your profile picture regularly. We have found that when you rotate your profile picture or update your profile picture entirely, there is an increase in page views – a great way to keep your friends interested, active and coming back! Make a slide show. At any time, you can either put all your photos or just photos from specific events, into a slideshow, allowing your user to pause on your page and at the same time, gain a better understanding of what your organization is all about. Videos Make a new one or use an old one - just upload it! In the top right hand corner of your profile there is a video link, if you click on it, you will be able to upload your videos to your page. The benefit of uploading videos is that users will be able to take these videos and post them on their profile; therefore, spreading your content virally to all their friends throughout the Myspace community. If you have several videos, you can feature a different one each week on your profile to keep your friends interested and coming back to view new content. In case your friends don't catch the update, you should send out a bulletin letting everyone know about the new footage. Want to use someone else's video that is on Myspace? No problem, locate it either on Myspace TV or on a users profile, capture the video code and then paste it in your profile. This video can be placed either in your about me or any other section of your page. Skins These are logos or special designs that users can grab and post on their pages to show support. The more skins and banners you have the greater viral potential. A great example of effective use of Skins and Banners can be found on the Join Red campaign. Music Know of a song that ties together your message? Put it on your Myspace page. Have your own? Even better! Your friends will be able to capture the song from your profile and add it to their page, which will help spread your music virally throughout the Myspace community. Slideshare Does your message come in the form of a presentation? If so, you're in luck. Slideshare is a fast and easy way to upload and manipulate your existing PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice presentations on the Myspace platform. Check out their site here! Blogs Keep your users up-to-date with weekly or monthly blog entries. This space provides a great opportunity to summarize past events and let your users know about future campaigns. Also, don't forget to send out a bulletin with every new blog entry to make sure your friends know about it if they are not already a subscriber. Do you podcast? If so, put a link to it in your blog. This is an easy way for your users to make a one stop experience and be exposed to more content about your organization. You can post your podcast within the "Podcast Enclosure" section when you are setting up your blog. Events This section is one more way to let your audience know about upcoming events, both online and offline, in which they can participate. Simply go to the events section of your profile, the area at the top, and click on "events" and go from there! Forums Be vocal and be active. When you participate in forums, users will be able to view your entry and be able to click on your profile. This will help you expand your friend base and keep the interest of your friends. Bulletins Think of bulletins as a master email. You can use this feature to notify users about: event info, updates, share news, etc. When you send out a bulletin, it will appear on your friends' home page when they log into their account. This feature is great for keeping your users active and engaged in what you are working on and what you have been up to. Also, encourage users to include your organization in their personal bulletins. What is the Impact Channel? The Impact Channel is the pro-social arm of MySpace. We work closely with not-for-profit organizations and political campaigns, building partnerships that bring worthwhile content and features to our audience, and assisting these organizations in leveraging the MySpace platform. We also run several original programs and communities around issues we think are of particular relevance to our audience such as Our Planet, Impact Awards and Rock For Darfur. What is OurPlanet? The OurPlanet community links MySpace users concerned about global climate change with other users who share their interests and with organizations and individuals who are advocating, innovating, and creatively pioneering solutions to this challenge that affects us all. Each month we feature a profile, an organization and a video that all articulate different ways individuals can be part of the solution. How does my organization win an Impact Award? Each month, we feature one of the six categories: poverty relief, international development, community building, social justice, environmentalism and health and safety. Myspace users nominate organizations that do great work in their respective category. After three nominees are selected, there is a voting cycle where users can vote once a day for their favorite organization. When voting closes, the organization with the most votes will be featured on our Impact Awards page and will receive an award of $10,000. How can we be featured on the Impact Channel? We are always looking for potential partnerships for both online and offline events. We can easily partner with organizations that have a strong base of friends, an engaging profile page and a current campaign that is bringing about change or awareness for their cause. If this sounds like your organization, email us to let us know what you are working on and how you think we might be able to assist you. We also like to inform the Myspace community about milestones that non profits or political campaigns have achieved. If your organization is celebrating an anniversary or reached a goal, let us know so we can advertise your achievements to let others know the kind of impacts that are being made in the world. Are there any pro bono advertisement opportunities? We engage in promotional partnerships with organizations on a case-by-case basis. As part of these partnerships, promotion may take the form of featured placement on the Impact Channel or run-of-site advertising. We encourage all organizations to register to be listed in the Impact directory and to email us to start a conversation about how we can work together. This is one of the most powerful ways to gain exposure and help with your outreach effort within the MySpace community. How do we become an Impact organization? It's simple! 1) Register to be listed in our directory. 2) Add the Impact navigation bar to your profile by adding one of these embed codes to your "About Me" section. 3) Sign up for our viral fundraising widget, powered by PayPal. (Available only for registered US non-profit organizations and political campaigns.) How do I sign up to collect donations through MySpace? Just click HERE to sign up and customize your own viral fundraising widget, powered by PayPal. For in-depth information about this widget, please visit PayPal's profile. Can we regulate what ads are shown on our page? Once you are listed in our directory, we will protect your profile from the presence of undesirable ads. You will see only Impact-related ads on your page. Can Impact help design my organization's MySpace page? This page should give you all the information you need to get started on MySpace – tips, best practices, and detailed instructions as to how to use our platform. (Download a full best practices document from the "tips" section of this page.) Unfortunately, we are unable to provide direct design assistance, but we can point you in the direction of professional designers who have experience with organizational and campaign profiles. What sponsorship opportunities are available with Impact? There are a few ways Myspace Impact can partner with your organization. We can feature your content on our channel or within our programs. We are also always looking to partner with organization in both online and offline events. Overall, there is no specific formula we have for determining what level of partnership we can have with various organizations. The best way to find out what sponsorship opportunities are available with Impact is to email us with a proposal.

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