My Space

Zach Decker

Overview

• One of the first well known social medias• Users of all ages • You can:

– Make new and regroup with friends– Post blogs– Add music – Post pictures– Message users– Comment – Top friends– Design your own unique layout

History

• Launched by Tom Anderson and Chris Dewolfe in 2003, headquarters in Beverly Hills, CA

• In 2005 Myspace was worth $580 million• From 2005-2008 MySpace was the most visited

website in the world. • Was the supreme social media source until

2008• Rival Facebook came into play in 2008 taking

users away from Myspace

History

• In 2009 Myspace had 1600 workers • June 2011 Myspace was bought by Justin

Timberlake and Specific Media group• After the new ownership employees got laid

off and Myspace was reduced to 200 employees

• As of 2013 there are still 50 million users

KPI’s

• Like Pictures/comments• Share links or post• Connect with Facebook and/or Twitter• Top friends• Number of users that are connected

Original layout

New and Improved

New features

• New design• New news stream• New portfolio section• New owners• New outlook on Myspace as a whole• New music creativity • New Insight section to see your recent activity

Future

• MySpace is on the decline• Creative new features can potential help boost its

productivity but most people have moved on to newer social medias such as Twitter and Facebook

• People like changes and Myspace took too long to change

• Advertisements are not very promising through this social media due to the lack of recent production

Questions?

• Does anyone still use Myspace?

• Is anyone interested in using the new Myspace?

Zach Decker