Marines Use MySpace.com for Recruiting

The United States Marines are using the popular teen/young adult networking portal MySpace.com to recruit, according to the Associated Press. So far some 12,000 have visited their profile on the site. In six months, 430 have asked to be contacted with 170 being considered potential recruits.

Other companies using MySpace to market: “Toyota Motor Corp. has a page to promote the Yaris, its new subcompact car. Verizon Wireless sponsored a contest on MySpace for the best single by an unsigned band.”