Want 5000 Followers? That’ll Be $267 Please.
May 17, 2009 by Jeff Parsons
I am not at all talented in sales and marketing. @CostaVidaFred among many others on Twitter have that expertise. In the radio business I concentrate on creating the product and letting our sales team sell it.
That being said, I still have my doubts about dumping a significant amount of cash into something that sounds sketchy at best. The folks at usocial.net are promising you 5000 Twitter followers in 21 days for just $267. There are other tiers available for different prices as well.
Okay great. How do they do that? From what I can tell by reading the purchase agreement, it’s through the use of an “advertising campaign which involves the use of social bookmarking sites.” Huh. Well how will that get me 5000 followers? What will the ad say? What social bookmarking sites will they use? What 5000 Twitter users will they target? What percentage of the Twitter followers will be spam? Too many questions I can’t find answers to before I click the purchase button.
If anyone has used this service and it has worked well for them, please tell me your story. At face value, I look at these guys like that email from the English language challenged person who wants to transfer a million dollars to your bank account if you just provided him with your account number and social.
You can get your own 5000 followers for free. It’s called participation. Become involved in connecting with people and your followers will grow quickly, while you spend your hard earned money on more important things like that limited edition Star Trek Pez collection.
The reality is most people could get 5000 followers pretty easily. One trick would be to mock the email from twitter that say Joe is following you. Most people would blindly follow. But if you are using this to actually do business you need engaged followers, not just numbers. Read my blog for more information http://www.CostaVidaFred.com